Mike's Abilities

“So, what kind of things can Mike do?”

Rachel asked Mike.

“Right now… I can pretty much just talk, nyan?”

“Huh?”

Rachel was surprised that for the price of putting her own body on the line, the things he could do were far too few.

“Can you take a human form or something?”

“I can’t, nyan.”

“Can you exert power equal to a Master?”

“I’m a cat, so I can’t, nyan.”

“Can you use magic?”

“A shop fairy can’t do such advanced things, nyan.”

“Do you have high combat capabilities?”

“I can scratch with my claws, nyan.”

Rachel tried asking about various things Emily could do, but Mike answered that he couldn’t do any of them.

“This shop fairy is useless, isn’t he?”

Rachel complained to Al.

“I believe I told you at the beginning that he didn’t have much power?”

“You certainly said that, but after seeing that thing with Emily, I couldn’t help but expect a little.”

“That blonde idiot with huge breasts is just an outlier. Normally, shop fairies don’t possess such great power. However, by making the shop prosper, a shop fairy absorbs magical energy and their abilities will increase to some extent, so you have no choice but to work hard to grow the shop.”

“I’m somehow not convinced.”

Rachel looked very dissatisfied. Beside her, Kent spoke to Mike.

“She’s that kind of younger sister, but make sure to protect her well.”

“Yes. My range of action is only inside this shop, but I will protect her even at the cost of this life, nyan.”

“I’m counting on you.”

Kent and Mike made a man’s promise.

“Well then, Big Brother, it’s about time to go home.”

“Understood. Then let’s head back.”

“Well then, Mike. Take care of the place.”

“Understood, nyan.”

Having finished her business, Rachel informed Kent. Kent handed the shop key to Rachel.

“Then, since this is the shop key, make sure not to lose it.”

“Got it. Thanks, Big Brother.”

Saying so, Rachel received the key from Kent and locked the shop.

On the way back, Al, who had returned to her fairy form, spoke up.

“Master. How was the feel of Rachel-sama’s breasts?”

“Wh-what if she hears you?”

“It’s fine. She can’t hear us from that far away. So, how was it?”

Rachel was walking a little ahead, away from Kent. She seemed to be in a very good mood because she could have her own shop (though it had no bread production facilities, formally it would be a branch of Marie’s bakery).

“Well, they were soft and just the right size, so the feel was good, you know?”

“I see. If it made Master happy, then lying was the right choice.”

“What do you mean?”

“Actually, it wasn’t necessary to take off her clothes to inject magical energy, and as I think Master knows, milk isn’t necessary for a contract; it can be done with a little blood. Besides, Master had nothing to do with producing the milk; I just cast a little growth promotion magic. Of course, the magic’s effect has worn off, so milk won’t come out now, you see?”

“What did you say!?”

Kent unintentionally raised his voice at Al, who had confessed so nonchalantly.

“Big Brother, what’s wrong?”

With a twirl, her hair and skirt fluttered open as Rachel turned toward Kent and spoke. Kent was a little captivated by that movement and was slightly late in responding.

“Umm…”

“Strange Big Brother.”

Saying so, Rachel turned back to the direction she was walking and started off again.

“Since both Master and Rachel-sama seem satisfied, I think it turned out well in the end.”

Al said while floating airily beside Kent.

The next day, Kent finished his morning work, headed to school, and entered the classroom to take his remedial lessons.

“Good morning, Kent-san. Today is the second day of remedial lessons. Let’s do our best.”

It wasn’t the start time yet, but Tia was already waiting in the classroom.

“Good morning, Tia-sensei. It’s still before the start, but you’re early.”

“What happened yesterday was very educational, so I couldn’t help but look forward to today too.”

“I’m sorry about yesterday. Even though I’m supposed to be the one receiving the lesson, it seems I did something unnecessary.”

Kent recalled how he had set aside the remedial lesson yesterday to give instruction to Tia, and he reflected on it.

“It’s fine. I thought I had to teach from scratch because you were a student with a total score of zero in yesterday’s remedial lesson, but I was surprised when I saw the previous test results. Originally, you were the top student, weren’t you? Why was it zero last time? If it were forgetting to write your name… I might understand for one subject, but it’s inexplicable for all subjects.”

Tia tilted her head.

“Actually, I was doing a self-grading, and I think it was close to a perfect score in all subjects. Of course, I wrote my name too.”

Kent hesitated to speak, but he decided to tell Tia only the facts.

“Is that so? Was it some kind of clerical error or something?”

Tia didn’t seem to know the circumstances around that time since she hadn’t been appointed to this school during the previous test.

“What shall we do? We could stop the lessons and do a test immediately. I think you could clear it without any problems, Kent-san?”

“Let’s see… for now, I’ll take the test once Tia-sensei reaches a point where you feel no anxiety about conducting future lessons. How about that?”

With the matter of Caro, he had a feeling that he wanted to finish the test and the remedial lessons quickly, but Kent thought it would be more strategic to continue the remedial lessons as they were for another reason.

“It helps if you say that, but is it okay?”

“It’s fine.”

In this way, Kent decided to give instruction to Tia under the guise of receiving remedial lessons.

“Umm, how should I say this part?”

“This part… if you say it like this, I think the students will take an interest.”

“I see. Then, what about here?”

Tia learned various things from Kent. Since Kent’s way of teaching was originally easy to understand, Tia absorbed them to improve her own skills while being impressed.

The remedial lesson ended, Kent returned home, and showed his face at Marie’s bakery, his part-time job.

“Big Brother, welcome back. Well then, I have permission from Marie-san, so let’s go.”

The moment he showed his face, he was abducted by Rachel and taken to the new shop.

“Master, welcome back, nyan.”

“Were you a good boy?”

Rachel, Kent, and also Caro, who had come to the new shop (under preparation) in the commercial district, opened the lock and entered the shop. Inside the shop, Mike was curled up in a sunny spot. Noticing that Rachel had entered, he stood up and greeted them.

“Umm, is there a fairy-san here?”

“I guess Caro can’t see him. Mike, can’t you do something like visualization?”

Caro couldn’t see Mike with her eyes, but she seemed to have sensed something was there, likely through her sense of smell, and spoke while facing toward where Mike was. Just in case, Rachel asked Mike.

“I can do at least that much, nyan.”

Saying so, Mike visualized himself.

“It’s a golden cat-san, isn’t it?”

“Unyan.”

Caro said while stroking Mike. Mike comfortably entrusted his body to Caro.

“Now then, since we don’t have much time, shall we get started soon?”

Rachel spoke to Kent and Caro with renewed spirit.