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They agreed to go directly to her house with Asamori after school tomorrow, and Natsume went to Tanuma to ask about his decision after class today.

When Tanuma knew about this incident, he didn't show that this incident caused him distress, but accepted Asamori's invitation with pleasure.Even though he didn't know who Asamori was.

"That Asamori-san... is the same as Natsume? You can see monsters."

"Ah."

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18

18. Cat X brush...

After school the next day, they made an appointment to meet at the school gate.As for why he didn't go to Asamori's home directly after school, one is because Natsume is going back to bring Teacher Kitty, and the other is that everyone has to go back to get the gifts they prepared. After all, the first time you go to Asamori's house, you can't go empty-handed.

Teacher Cat knew about it the day Natsume received the invitation card.As soon as Natsume came back, he handed the invitation card to Mr. Cat to see.As a noble and powerful monster that has survived for many years, Teacher Cat can still recognize human characters, and also commented on the characters on Asamori's invitation card.

"This guy Asamori still needs to practice." This sentence means that Asamori's handwriting is not in the eyes of Mr. Mao.

Natsume immediately said: "Really? I think the writing is pretty good. Is Mr. Cat's writing better than this? I'll go get the paper and pen."

After Natsume finished speaking, he got up and went to his desk.

On the desk are the pens he usually uses, all of which are inserted into the pen holder.Natsume randomly picked one out of them, and took out a blank sheet of paper from the drawer.He put these in front of Mr. Cat, and signaled it to write better fonts than Asamori.

"Hmph! Natsume, just watch!"

Teacher Cat didn't care that Natsume prepared these things for him with the mentality of watching a good show.It stretched out one of its claws, trying to grab the pen Natsume had prepared for him, and—

"Nyan—?"

The pen falls straight from Mr. Kitty's paw.In fact, it can be said that Mr. Cat didn't hold the pen on the ground at all, but just moved it with his paw.

"Pfft ha ha ha - I knew it would be like this!"

Natsume laughed out loud.The cat's paws can't hold a pen at all. Natsume knew it from the beginning, but he didn't remind Mr. Cat just to see this.

"Natsume……"

Teacher Cat knew that Natsume had slapped him this time, his voice darkened, and a grin appeared on the cat's face.

—How dare you treat a noble and powerful monster like me like this, look at the claws!

"Wow-"

Natsume didn't expect Mr. Cat to do this trick, he couldn't react, but fortunately he avoided it, otherwise, he would really dare not go to other people's house tomorrow with the cat's claw wound on his face.

However, dodging a blow does not mean that the rest will be safe.

Mr. Cat, who missed a hit, landed nimbly on the ground, then kicked his short hind limbs without hesitation, and greeted Natsume's face.

——Teacher Kitty just likes Natsume's face!

This time Natsume didn't have time to dodge, and before he could react, the cat teacher had already waved its sharp claws and came to Natsume's eyes.Reflexively, Natsume stretched out his clenched right hand and ruthlessly smashed Teacher Kitty's face.

It can be said that self-inflicted crimes cannot live.

Instead of scratching Natsume's face with his claws, he punched him heavily.Mr. Cat was a little mentally unbalanced for a moment, turned his head to ignore Natsume, ran to the corner of the room and squatted.

Ah, it seems to have gone a little too far.

Xia Mu felt a little guilty, probably because he thought that the punch he just had was too much.Instead, he walked over and began to please Mr. Cat.

"Teacher, didn't you mean to show me your beautiful handwriting?"

With just this sentence, Teacher Cat's mood changed for the better.

——It’s just so easy to coax!

Xia Mu thought to herself.

Although Mr. Cat seemed a little reluctant on the surface, he still turned around and looked at Natsume instead of facing the wall alone with a half-smile on his face.

Natsume knew that it wanted to laugh, but because of what happened just now, it didn't want to show it in front of Natsume, which led to such a tangled expression.

The cat teacher who came back to the paper and pen was not going to pick up the pen with its cat paws again, but with a "bang", as the smoke dissipated, he transformed into Natsume Reiko.

"Teacher—don't do this, it's hard to explain if Aunt Tazi finds out!"

Natsume wants to stop Mr. Cat from doing this, but he also knows that his words are powerless in front of Mr. Cat.

Teacher Cat directed Natsume to prepare brushes and paper for it with the same voice as Natsume Reiko, saying that it would show Natsume well.

Natsume has never heard Reiko's voice, but still thinks it should be the voice after Cat Teacher transformed into Reiko.In addition, Natsume felt that other voices were not suitable.

After preparing the brush and paper, Mr. Cat, or "Natsume Reiko" as he is called, spread the rice paper on the desk, introduced the ink into the research tool, adjusted it, dipped the ink with the brush, and a pair of masters made group.

Natsume stared at such a cat teacher intently.

Teacher Mao didn't care about Xia Mu's eyes, "she" looked solemn, and waved her hand, and then, the calligraphy written by "her" in one go on the rice paper was displayed.

Natsume stared blankly at those words for a long time, not knowing how to speak.

"Natsume Reiko" who put away the pen looked at Natsume proudly, waiting for his comment.

——What should I say! ?

Natsume was anxious.To be honest, he didn't understand any of these words written by Mr. Cat!It's just like the symbols on the messy talisman paper that I saw at Mr. Natori's place.

If Mr. Natori knew that he judged those things in this way, he would be very sad.

In short, Natsume didn't know what to say to the proud cat teacher!

It was too late to wait for Natsume's appreciation, and Teacher Mao naturally understood what Natsume was thinking at this time, and the anger that had not dissipated just now burst out together with the new anger that was now generated.

Instead of maintaining Natsume Reiko's appearance, she turned back into Teacher Kitty and jumped out of the window of the room.

"Alas..." Natsume sighed softly, got up and closed the window.Since Mr. Cat came, the window of this room has never been locked, and today is no exception.As for the copybook left by Mr. Cat, Natsume didn't put it away immediately, after all, the ink hadn't been completely wiped out.

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When Natsume came home, she happened to meet Aunt Tako going out, and the two bumped into each other at the door.

"Ah, Natsume, you're back." Aunt Tako greeted Natsume warmly as always, "Didn't you say you're going to play at a classmate's house today? Why are you back?"

"Come back and bring Mr. Cat with you. Then gather at the school gate."

"Eh? Really, it seems that classmate likes cats very much."

Natsume thought about it, right?

"Then go quickly, don't make people wait in a hurry."

"Ah."

"Ah, by the way, Natsume," Aunt Tako seemed to have thought of something, she stopped walking and turned to look at Natsume, "Is Natsume practicing calligraphy recently? I saw it, the writing is very good .”

After Aunt Tazi's reminder, Natsume remembered that the rice paper that Mr. Cat had written last night had not been put away, but was still on the desk.

"It's just for fun."

Aunt Tazi didn't care, but continued to walk outside after asking this question.

Natsume entered the door, went up the stairs, and came to his own room on the second floor.Although there was a little unhappiness with Mr. Cat last night, Mr. Cat came back after a while and slept in the quilt with Natsume.

The weather has gradually become colder, and Mr. Cat shows by his actions that even though he is a cat now, even if he has cat fur all over, he is still afraid of the cold.

When Natsume pushed open her door, she saw Mr. Kitty sleeping on the cushion it usually used.In fact, he didn't know whether Mr. Cat was asleep, but the moment he entered the door, Mr. Cat's closed eyes opened.

"Going to Asamori's place?"

"Yes, I came back specially to pick you up, teacher. Let's go."

Natsume and Mr. Cat went downstairs together and came to the living room.On weekdays, there are small snacks made by Aunt Tako on the dining table, which is a gift from Natsume's visit to Asamori's house today.

The snacks were packaged in a beautiful box, and Natsume mentioned it, thinking in his heart: I have caused trouble for Aunt Tako again.

In fact, Natsume didn't tell Aunt Toko that he was going to a classmate's house at first, but after all, there would be a day when he wouldn't go home for dinner, so he finally said it.

Aunt Tako was very happy after hearing this, and offered to make some snacks for Natsume to bring over.Although Natsume felt that this would trouble her, she still couldn't refuse her proposal.In the end, it was the delicate snack that Natsume saw on the table.

Natsume and Mr. Kitty were the last to arrive at the school gate.

One person and one demon saw everyone waiting for them from a distance, so they quickened their pace.In this way, all the invited objects have arrived.Asamori nodded in satisfaction.

Just now, she and Tanuma have known each other.Although the two can be regarded as meeting for the first time, because of Natsume in the middle