Chapter 8: Don’t Touch Me
Translated by Lime
Previously, when she was scanning the first-years enrollment list, she had seen this kitty with pristine, snow-white fur. With one glance, she could tell that the kitty had been taken good care of. She was also studying in the Department of Control, specializing in Physical Spirit Control. The Department of Control had gained such a small kitty this year, so Lu Sha couldn’t help but look at her again.
As a female lion, Lu Sha was usually strict but still treated her junior brothers and sisters fairly, especially ones that had a young appearance.
However, she was clueless as to why the Department of Control even accepted a small kitten this year.
Maybe, this kitty had extraordinary innate talents.
She was also curious about the other first-year kitty, Ah Tan, who was studying Psychic Control.
“Let me help you. I’m Lu Sha, a third-year studying Physical Spirit Control. I was just chatting in the large group chat.”
When Qi Xiaohan heard her introduction, she nodded and cutely meowed.
Lu Sha helped the kitty take out her admissions letter and other certificates. After inspecting them, she removed Qi Xiaohan’s school card, the card to the entrance of the dorm building, and her dorm room key from a drawer. She realized that the kitty probably had not reached a certain level of cultivation yet and was unable to assume a human-like form, so Lu Sha carefully placed the items inside the duck bag while saying, “The bag is pretty cute.”
When Qi Xiaohan heard her comment, her ears pricked up, and she felt a bit embarrassed.
Before the start of school, Ning Ning had taken her to go shopping and insisted on buying Qi Xiaohan the bag. She had basically been forced to wear it.
Qi Xiaohan had no clue why this human was so childish.
“This is your campus card. Your dormitory building is number 20, and your room is 412. Today, at 4 P.M., there will be a class meeting that you are required to attend. Once you arrive at your dorm, use your time wisely to unpack. Tomorrow is a day of rest, and the day after is the start of military training,” Lu Sha meticulously recounted.
“Okay, thank you senior sister.”
When she saw the little kitty angle her face to attentively look up at her, Lu Sha’s heart was bursting with cuteness. This little junior sister was very gentle and obedient. Why she had been assigned to Spirit Control was a mystery.
The Department of Spirit Control was nicknamed the Department of Strength because both attack power and strength were vital.
Most of the students in this major were large cats. They were either calm and collected strategists or were strong and fought fearlessly.
As for the well-known Lang Chen, he was both of these.
Even though he was usually cold and detached and occasionally made terrible jokes, there was no doubt that once he was promoted to president, he would become powerful and domineering.
Lu Sha returned the dormitory card and the certificates to the small kitty when her phone suddenly vibrated. Lu Sha glanced over, and her brows furrowed. She placed the phone down and spoke to the kitty:
“I just received information that another first-year encountered an evil spirit and didn’t ask for help. They fought with the spirit and both were injured. Apparently, the ground is scorched black, although I have no clue what blew up. Fortunately, you met up with Lang Chen, otherwise, I don’t know what would have happened to you.”
As Qi Xiaohan listened, she nodded with a bit of fear.
“Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, the second-year student that was supposed to be assigned to you was Cheng Lin, a tabby cat from the Department of Medicine. At the time of the explosion, she was on the scene, and someone said she was sent flying when the building exploded. Right now, she’s recovering in the infirmary, which is why you were not found for a while. But, that is also our fault. The incident today affected many things. Before Cheng Lin recovers, we will assign someone else to you. If you have any issues, you can directly ask them for help.”
Little white kitty: “Okay.”
Due to evil spirits still at large around the campus, Qi Xiaohan was not allowed to roam around, especially as a first-year who had just arrived. All first-years were to stay at safe locations until the school was able to clean up the effects of the disaster.
All of the Cat Clan’s first-years had been accounted for by their senior brothers or sisters except for Ah Tan. Those who had not reported yet needed to make a trip to the office.
Qi Xiaohan stayed there, watching many first-years come in to report with a senior classmate following them, each one a large cat: a cheetah, a snow leopard, a lynx, a leopard, etc., none of them a small kitty like her.
A few moments later, several humans walked in. Seeing Lu Sha, they greeted her:
“Lu Sha, what time does your shift end?”
Lu Sha checked the time: “When Lang Chen comes back, he’ll be on duty instead of me.”
The leader of the group was surprised: “Wasn’t Lang Chen taking care of the monsters?”
Lu Sha: “Lang Chen was standing guard at the Shadow Forest earlier, but was wounded severely so Duo En went to replace him. Then, he went to look for a little kitty that we haven’t located yet. After he returns, he will be taking over office duty.”
“Then, we won’t wait for you. Remember to eat something, there might not be food at lunch.”
Thinking of something else, the student who was carrying a sword spoke again: “Wait, the Wu Clan mentioned that your Clan’s first-year had been bullied by the Wolf Clan. They didn’t say who it was, could it be that missing first-year?”
Qi Xiaohan overheard this and looked up at the human.
The human sensed someone staring at him. Turning around, he saw a snow-white kitty and was momentarily surprised before smiling:
“Lu Sha, is she your Clan’s first-year?”
The little lump was cute and fluffy. One glance would make anyone feel inexplicably happy.
Lu Sha rubbed the kitty’s head and introduced them: “These people are third-years from the Fire Spirit House’s Sword Sect. Currently, we are taking classes together so expect to see them frequently.”
The white kitty looked up at them and meowed, “Nice to meet you, upperclassmen.”
He smiled: “Hello, little junior sister.”
He reached out a hand to the kitty.
Qi Xiaohan paused before extending out her paw and placing it in his palm.
“Miaow.”
The other upperclassmen around them burst out laughing, then neared to pet the kitty.
Most of the cats of the Cat Clan, whether large or small, had odd attitudes. It was rare to see such a friendly kitty. At first, they were testing her for fun and didn’t expect for her to actually offer her paw.
She was both cute and odd.
Lu Sha snorted and a freezing blade of ice dropped from above and landed next to their feet. The sword cultivators hastily retreated.
“If you want to talk, speak clearly. Don’t you dare move! Keep on dirtying my junior sister’s fluffy fur if you dare to provoke me!”
(T/N: ‘动手动脚’ = Move your hands/feet. This is the name of the chapter and has several meanings. It can literally mean ‘move/touch me’, but another meaning is ‘fight/attack’. It is usually used to mean ‘fight’ so I think Lu Sha is playing around with the double meaning as a joke.)
The blade of ice rapidly melted and the sword cultivators glanced at the fierce lioness while touching their noses out of embarrassment. They laughed: “Fine then, stop making a fuss. We’ll be taking our leave. If you’re still working later, then please take care of our first-years.”
Lu Sha casually waved her hand at them to signify that she understood.
Only then did the several sword cultivators finally leave.
Lu Sha stared at the white kitty who was squatting on the chair. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that this junior sister of her’s was too easy to push around. Why did she let those humans pet her with no reason? When they realized she was easy to bully, they were going to frequently visit her in order to pet her. The Cat Clan students knew this from experience.
The human students were satisfactory in all other areas, but when it came to petting cats, they were always eager to do so, annoying the cats to no end.
Lu Sha sat down and spoke, “Xiaohan, your white fur is bound to get dirty easily. In the future, be a little more arrogant and don’t let anyone pet you as they wish, okay? Of course—” Lu Sha modified her previous statement: “The senior brothers and sisters of the Cat Clan can pet you.”
The little kitty obediently nodded.
Well, after being raised as a house pet, Qi Xiaohan was already used to letting humans pet her. As for the arrogant kitties here, most of them did not need to rely on humans to live, so they disliked their touch.
The kitty watched as her senior sister entered an adjacent office room. When she returned, she was holding a cardboard box and had set it down next to her desk. It was probably for students’ cards and other things.
A while later, a few sword cultivator first-years entered the room and saw a snow-white kitty staring at them.
The moment they saw the little kitty, their eyes lit up and were just about to reach out their hand to pet her, when the kitty lifted a paw up and earnestly resisted their touch.
“Don’t touch me, we are all classmates.”
(T/N: She says the same ‘don’t touch me’/’don’t fight me’ phrase from earlier.)
Sitting behind them, Lu Sha giggled.
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