--- Kat ---


    After watching Hunter interact adorably with Stephny for a while, the group was shown to their rooms.A meal was offered, but Kat and the others shrugged it off by exining they already had more than enough food. Thedy who ran the inn didn''t seem to mind and simply left them too it.


    With separate rooms, and their ability to practice somewhat limited because they were inside everyone decided to turn in early… well except Kamiko, who snuck back out to give her horse a proper brushing and ensure he was fed but she went to bed once that wasplete.


    Kat was up early as per usual and decided to take the chance to practice a bit more with her water form. In this case, she wanted to use it to sneak in and out of the closed door to her room without getting any water on the wood. It was harder then Kat thought.


    Fitting under the door as a watery mass was no issue, but the old dry timber sucked in nearby moisture greedily and even the slightest brush from Kat''s form would cause it to absorb a chunk.


    It was nothing Kat couldn''t deal with, in fact, she barely noticed the extra demonic energy drain when switching back. The thing was… that was never the point. Kat didn''t care if she lost a bit of water here and there for safety reasons, she cared about it for sneaking reasons.


    Sure the line of water she left wasn''t a huge hint in regards to what was going on, but a keen eyed watcher might be able to notice something was wrong so Kat got back to practicing.


    This eventually came to an end when Lily sat up and bed and started to sniff the air a moment before transforming to speak. "Hey… are we the only guests here?"


    "Yes?" said Kat unsure. "At the least I didn''t hear or see anyone else,"


    "Well I think the innkeeper took offense the fact we skipped dinner. I can smell a LOT of food being cooked downstairs. It''s not ready just yet, but… we might want to head down for that if we want to be polite," suggested Lily.


    Kat shrugged and wondered over to Lily to scratch her ears. Lily copsed onto Kat''sp and started to purr. "How was your sleep? I''m honestly a bit surprised with the quality of the beds. I mean, they weren''t the best I''ve slept in butpared to the technology level I''d guess them to be at these are fantastic,"


    "Prrr, I think that… rrrrr, that either the enchantment for bedding… prrrrr. I''m trying to make a pprrroint…" Kat, ignored Lily''s pitiful attempts to escape. If she really had a problem with her current treatment Lily had plenty of ways to escape Kat''s reach. As it stood, Lily was just moving her legs around andining. "Mrrr, fine. Enchantment widespread, or bedding material easy to farrmmmrrr…"


    Kat nodded, "Yeah that makes sense. I wonder what it is? I could see something cotton like being easy to harvest if it''s grown in a more convenient way or there''s a tool to say… maise the cotton? Just open a bag and let it all fly in? As for the enchantment, well you''d probably know better then me about that,"


    Lily nodded in response… or maybe she was just moving around so that Kat could keep scratching her ears. She was pretty out of it, so Kat wasn''t exactly able to tell which of those two options were true… so she just shrugged and kept up the scratches for a while until Lily seemed to be about to fall back asleep.


    Kat decided it was time to ensure Lily was wide awake and gave her a long kiss before separating.


    Lily took a moment to calm her racing heart as she red at Kat with an adorable pout. "Let… let me just change out of my pyjamas and we can head downstairs,"


    Kat nodded and soon Lily was dressed for the day and the pair headed downstairs. Kamiko was missing, presumably still in her room, and Hunter was sitting at one of the corner tables with her lower half wrapped around a chair. Kat wasn''t sure howfortable it was, but Hunter seemed fine so Kat chose not toment as she slid into the seat nearby.


    A few momentster the innkeeper burst out of the kitchen with a massive cart of food. "I see you must''ve smelled breakfasting. This is just the first lot and you''re wee to grab some. This is mostly for the townsfolk to grab now to eat while they''re out hunter or working the fields but there''s always leftovers so feel free to help yourselves,"


    The innkeeper wheeled the cart around until it was sitting across the front wall of the inn and just barely blocking the doors. As she was walking back though she paused as she looked at the three women at the table. "Hang on a minute… didn''t one of you have pink hair before?" Lily transformed in her seat and then back again. "Wait you''re the cat?!


    Sorry, if I''d known you were a person I would''ve assigned you an extra room. Not like I''ve got any other customers for the moment,"


    "Oh, I''m together with Kat," said Lily as she gestured in Kat''s direction. "So we would''ve taken the single room even if you''d offered,"


    "Well that does make me feel a touch better… still feel like I should''ve noticed but aw well," mumbled the innkeeper.


    "I spend a lot of my time like that. Gives me an excuse to snuggle with my girlfriend," answered Lily, with a surprisingck of shame. At least from Kat''s perspective. *Huh… you''re shockingly forward at the moment. Not that I mind, but normally you''d be a bit less outgoing.*


    [Maybe it was all the pets, or maybe it''s because Hunter and Kamiko know, while we don''t even know this woman''s name. It… makes it easier to think it doesn''t matter if I share? Maybe? I don''t really know. I just felt like announcing it.]


    Kat smiled slightly at that. d Lily was getting some more confidence, even if it might not be that much more. A momentter, her head was snapping to the stairs as Kamiko wobbled her way down the stairs, rubbing her eyes and stumbling towards the table. "Good morning," said Kat and Hunter together.


    "Good mrning," mumbled Kamiko as her face hit the table.


    "You seem… a lot less rested then I''d thought you''d be," said Kat diplomatically.


    "No, no, I just rx a lot better when I''m inside a town so I know to set an rm and it only just went off. I was going to knock on one of your doors… but then I stumbled downstairs instead and saw you guys were here already… so I guess it worked out anyway?" offered Kamiko.


    *Odd. I mean, I guess I can see it… but I wouldn''t have thought she''d be so tired regardless of any rms.*


    [I guess some people just aren''t morning people even when we''repletely different species.]


    Lily I''m not even sure if you''re an afternoon person these days.


    [Exactly, I''m the expert on sleeping here, and I say it just makes sense.] Find your next adventure on m_v l|e-NovelBin


    Kat smiled a bit at that as she heard the door open. A bunch of people all started to wonder in. "If you want any of the best stuff you might want to go in now," added the innkeeper. Kat just shared a look with the rest of her table and gave a shrug that was returned. They knew they had plenty of food, and if there was nothing good left they''d just have some of that.


    As they were thinking that, Slvr stepped out of the line with a te full of food and headed their way. "Hello you three…? Four?"


    "She was the cat," added the inkeep.


    "Ah, I see…" said Slvr despite not really seeing. "Anyway, I was talking with the captain earlier and it turns out that the worm nest actually DOES have a bounty on it. So we''ve already got the funds set aside if you want to take that off my hands. If not… well is there anything else we could offer you? I know we worked out the deal with the end, but that''s hardly anything,"


    "Do you know where Forest Vige is?" asked Hunter. "We were meant to venture out from there… but we were not given proper directions. We picked up a map along the way but we couldn''t find it anywhere so we''re heading for Forestown instead, if that helps,"


    Slvr nodded, "Oh yeah I can help with that. It''s probably because Forest Vige is actually inside the forest itself. Um… shit. Where was the turn off for it? It''s one of the smaller paths but it was really well maintainedst I heard. Something about an earth mage that lives nearby.


    Forest Vige''s mayor is a Rank 2 mage himself actually, so people visit for magical advice on the regr. Probably how the roads stay in shape… just let me think for a bit. I know it''s not too far off…"