She still hadn't let Hong down from her back and she full intended to carry On from her mouth again. She knew that these two were still clumsy and they still hadn't eaten properly. Once they reached a safer area, she could let those two walk on there own but until then, they would just have to be carried.
A few days passed by, there had, luckily, been only two encounters in which they had to fight. The first time, Tyche had caught the humans off guard by Hong and On's poisonous fog. The second time, she had to fight off two cats. She had found out the full extent of her flexibility and stamina then.
Now, they just needed to ride Arm's ship going to the western continent. Hopefully they would find some food in there.
She glanced at Hong and couldn't help but feel her eyes water at the sight of her staring longingly at the pieces of meat some people were eating. On wasn't doing much better either. Food had become a huge problem just as Tyche had expected.
They weren't going cold in the nights but going hungry wasn't much better.
She bit her tongue harshly and forced herself to focus on the pain rather than the scorching hunger. She could go hungry for longer than the kittens so she chose to eat less.
'I'll be eating everything I can when we get out of here.'
She got up and decided to do something she hadn't done since she got reincarnated in this world.
She would turn into her human form.
She could see the golden pupils of Hong and On dilate in surprise when she suddenly turned into a human. It felt weird yet familiar to be standing on two human legs again.
'I have absolutely no body hair in this form. Wow.'
Her hair was extremely long. It was probably because that as a cat she had very fluffy and big fur. She idly wondered if she cut her hair in human form then would she have less fur in her cat form. And it would seem as though some sort of clothes would form when she would turn into her human form. This time there was a black dirty shirt and pants. She decided to check out her appearance in a nearby river and she was shocked to say the least.
She had yellow pupils, which could be mistaken for golden in the night.
'This must be why I was a bit isolated from the rest. I must've looked like I'm a sibling to those two.'
She looked at Hong and On and her lips turned into a small genuine smile.
'Well, that's nice too.'
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She wondered if she should save the black dragon but then rejected the idea as soon as it came to her mind. She barely had the strength to protect her two kittens, she couldn't take care of a baby dragon. Even if she felt sorry for it, she just couldn't do it.
Quickly grabbing the food, she rushed towards her two little siblings. The ship's people had their guard down completely, so it made it easier for her, or Hong and On, to steal food without anyone noticing.
"Noona..."-On
She looked towards the silver haired kitten.
"What is it?"-Tyche
"We'll be fine now right?"-On
What was she supposed to say to that? She couldn't lie and tell her that they would be fine. Should she be harsh and just say that they will never be fine?
"I don't know, but... you won't be alone facing whatever it is that will come."-Tyche
'That was fine right...? I just said the truth but...'
She barely kept herself from falling when a small silver blur suddenly crashed into her.
Sighing softly, she stroked On's small head and let her cry. Her tail wrapping around Hong. She knew that Hong was awake and was pretending to be asleep and would probably cry after hearing On break down.
If Tyche killed a few men when her siblings had left the ship to let out her frustrations and to save a few slaves who were bring brought to the western continent then... Nobody needed to know that.
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The trip to the Henituse slums area had been uneventful and Tyche had even let herself relax for a moment. She slept for a couple of days before she went around stealing some food for the three of them. These days might have been the most peaceful ones till now, even if On and Hong sometimes got hurt while stealing.
Although they still had a lot of problems, they at least weren't cold at night, they weren't lonely and they usually weren't hungry when they went to sleep. And that was enough for now.
They would keep moving forward and live.
'We should find Cale soon. I want some good food.'
As if the gods had taken pity on her and informed Cale that some poor cats were waiting for him, the said man came by the next day. He was first planning on ignoring the cats but Tyche stalked over to him and nuzzled her face on his leg.
Hong also followed her and did the same while he sighed and gave them some bread before he shooed them away.
'That was humiliating.'
She did the same thing the next few days when he came to feed the tree the delicious bread. Although Hong and On switched between their human and cat forms. She did not bother to change into her human form.
She meowed loudly as she landed on the balcony of Cale's room. She had done her research for the past few days and had found out that this was his room. It was quite easy honestly. He was the only person living in the west part of the Henituse mansion out of the family.
'Now I'll have to force him to adopt us.'
She went in his room and found him preparing to go to sleep. She jumped up on his bed and curled up on his pillow to sleep there.
As expected he didn't kick her out but just slightly poked her. Wait.
'What?'
She got up to see if he really did just poke her.
He did. And he looked not even a bit sorry about it. It seemed like he was really making sure that there was a random cat he fed once on his bed like the cat owns it. Is this what his junior meant when he said that having a cat is like that the cat owns you rather than you owning the cat?
'The audacity of some people to disturb you while you sleep.
The only reason I haven't bitten you till now is because you become a sacrificial bastard in the future who will be helping me, Hong and On with our revenge. Hmph!'
She hissed a bit before she turned around and elegantly walked to the side to sleep.
Cale did not know how a cat could manage to look elegant but he wasn't questioning it. He sighed a bit before he too slept.