Chapter 208: A different route (Edited)

"Kanaloa, I've come to play with you nya!"

The next night, the little cat, who had been true to his word, slipped out of the castle for the first time in a long time and headed for the black lake, screaming at the surface.

Soon, the huge figure of Kanaloa emerged from the lake, and reeled Fish in with his long tentacles, tossed him into the air and caught him, one of the most common games they played.

Fish loved the thrill of the game.

"Nyajajajajaja!"

?(●≧?≦●)?

Fish, who was constantly thrown and caught by Kanaloa, laughed and attracted the fairies wandering around the black lake, which flew around Fish and emitted a buzzing sound.

Fish laughed and waved to the little creatures.

Unlike the Doxy, the fairies are not very intelligent, but they are completely harmless, if a bit noisy.

Their wings are often used by wizards as temporary decorations because of the variety of colors they display.

These little creatures, like Gilderoy Lockhart, are extremely vain, so whenever they are asked to serve as ornaments, they are obedient.

After questioning Fish and learning that he did not need them as ornaments, the fairies continued to circle around Fish and left in disappointment.

After a few moments of tossing and catching, Kanaloa reeled Fish in and dove to the bottom of the Black Lake....

She couldn't talk to Fish after she got out of the water, she had to get in the water.

[How are you doing in school?]

Kanaloa asked as she dove in with Fish.

"Other than homework, everything is fine nya!" Fish replied with a string of bubbles coming out of his mouth.

[You still need to do your homework and learn more spells so you don't get bullied.]

As a squid that had lived for nearly a thousand years, Kanaloa had always put herself in the position of an elder.

As the pet of Godric Gryffindor, "the greatest dueling master of his time," he had a high regard for the strength of wizards.

"I won't be bullied! And Fish is smart!".

?(●φωφ●)?

The kitten shook its fist and spat out a bunch of bubbles.

Kanaloa, who had fought Fish many times, knew this, but she also knew that Fish's strength lay in his animal form and his strange "innate spells," so she emphasized.

[Wizard spells are no slouch, many of them are much better than your claws.]

Thinking of the countless times he had been easily subdued by Minerva's spells, Fish wrinkled his nose and didn't argue.

After worrying about Fish's recent situation, Kanaloa asked again.

[These days, you seem to stay in the castle at night and don't go out much...]

Despite living in the Black Lake, Kanaloa knew the outside world well, and it had been many days since she had seen Fish go to the Black Lake or play in the Forbidden Forest after dark....

Weekend trips to the Forbidden Forest were commonplace.

"That's nya!" ∑(●φдφ●).

It was then that Fish remembered the main reason he had come to see Kanaloa tonight.

Then he bubbled, "Kanaloa, do you know a big snake called Uroboros?"

[Uroboros?]

Kanaloa, who was swimming nonchalantly in the lake, stopped moving and floated in the water for a moment to remember....

[The name sounds familiar...]

Unlike Uroboros, who had been asleep for hundreds of years, Kanaloa had been awake for almost a thousand years.

But Fish was there to remind him, "Uroboros said he had fought you before and won..."

Fish was looking forward to the fight between the two giant beasts, and without waiting for Kanaloa to say anything, he continued, "He also said that if you disagree, you can fight him again, and today I'm here to give you a letter of challenge from him!"

(●?ω?●)

The kitten looked at the big squid with a burning gaze, hoping that he would get angry and accept Uroboros' challenge.

Unfortunately, by then Kanaloa already knew who the big snake Fish was talking about was.... He had only lost to one snake in his life, and it was the kind that almost killed him.

[He's right, I lost to him and I don't think I can beat him now.]

Kanaloa was not ashamed of it and told the truth.

"Nya! How can that be? Uroboros couldn't even beat Fish!"

∑(●φдφ●)

[Have you fought him yet?]

Kanaloa's voice was full of surprise, she had thought Fish had met Uroboros because of their strange affinity.

[Have you seen his eyes? is he okay?]

"Of course I've seen it, it's just a big yellow eye, what could happen to me?" asked Fish with a puzzled expression.

[Normal people and animals would die if they saw his eyes, so most of the time he was hidden in the castle by Slytherin and wasn't allowed to walk around] Kanaloa explained.

"But Fish doesn't feel anything nya..."

Fish scratched his head, but he didn't suspect Kanaloa was lying to him, after all, it wasn't uncommon for him to do so, and neither the Augurey nor the Fwooper's cries had any effect on him.

So the kitten said with some distress, "Well, then, won't Fish be able to introduce Fluffy and the others to Uroboros nya? I still want the three of them to fight together to see who is the most powerful nya."

[...]

Kanaloa wiggled her tentacles a bit, glad that Fish had come to her first to warn her, and not just to bring Uroboros, or the Black Lake would have been "full of corpses" tonight.

"But why can't you beat him, Kanaloa?" That was Fish's main concern: "He can't do anything to Fish."

?ω?

[Because I'm too big, and his poison is too strong for me to resist!]

Kanaloa said earnestly.

[You were able to beat it because you were small and agile enough that it couldn't bite you and the poison didn't take effect]

As the pet of one of the best duel masters from a thousand years ago, Kanaloa's combat skills were quite good.

"Is that so nya?". ?ω?

Fish frowned, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said with a serious expression, "Fish remembered, the book Hermione gave me said that the best hunter, the smallest of all the cats and kittens, was the black-footed cat ... Fish always thought that was a lie nya!"

In Fish's mind, the bigger he was, the stronger he was and the more powerful he was, so he was determined to become a bigger "cat" and use it to defeat Minerva.

But today, Kanaloa had given Fish a new idea: maybe it would be better to become a kitten?

After all, he had succeeded with Uroboros, and had evaded Minerva's spell by shrinking his body before.

So...

If it had been smaller, wouldn't Minerva's spell have been able to hit it?

As for the rusty-spotted cat, which is one of the smallest felines in the world, it is not a consideration for Fish, as it is not as capable of fighting as the black-footed cat.