New morning for a little cat.

#Pov Ilnya.

"..."

Morning... The morning has come again, huh? Although I slept a little late yesterday, I still woke up earlier than Meru.

"Zzzzz..." I could even hear Meru calmly breath, beside me.

Looking at her this way, she didn't look like someone who came before me with her two creepy demon subordinates who were slaughtering anything that came their way. Really, she just looks like an ordinary girl now. An ordinary girl who was very beautiful at the time.

I could even see a beautiful morning like this is thanks to Meru saving myself that day, isn't it?... Maybe.

To be honest, I was more afraid of Meru herself at the time than that Tuna. Meru's calmly smiling figure as the purple magic energy and blood and organs of the soldiers flew through the air looked very scary to me. However, she saved me.

I have to thank her... Right?

To be honest, I'm not even sure if a person as strong and great as her would actually do all that just to save me.

I mean, she might just be in the mood to save a fellow Black cat she happened to find in trouble to spend her free time, right? In that case, even if I thank she... She'll probably just say "You're welcome." Then ignored it as if nothing had ever happened.

From the beginning, I didn't even know what she was really thinking because she almost never changed her expression in the slightest.

The only time I've ever seen a change in her expression is just when she's asleep with her innocent face... And also when she smiled just then, wasn't it? Her smile at the time really made she look exactly like a devil.

Ah, what am I thinking anyway?! Strange thoughts began to bother me because I hadn't fully awakened yet.

"Nm! Let's get up! Get up and work!" After shouting it out to encourage myself, I immediately jumped off the bed, changed my clothes, and started walking out of the room - until I realized that I hadn't actually bought even a worth single weapon for continuing my adventurous activities.

"Aaaaaaa aa!!! What am I doing?! I should have at least bought a few cheap knives instead of just carrying these two rusty swords! Aaaaahhhh!!" Kneeling down holding my head, I started crying over the stupid act I had done yesterday night.

"F*CK!! I'M STUPID!"

"Yes, you are indeed so stupid for making noise in the morning like this."

Because I was too busy with my own problems, I failed to notice that I had already accidentally woken her up.

"... Eh?"

"That being the case, I still need more sleep." Saying that, Meru touched my shoulder with her right hand.

And...

"... EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!"

... Instantly the scene before me changed. I don't know what exactly happened, but suddenly I was thrown into a state of falling from a very high altitude above ground level.

There, I can see the shape of this world at a glance. Beneath me, there is a large green plain, with some small dots of human civilization that may be big cities/towns. They all looked so small from where I was.

Then slightly curved not far from the place of the green plain, there is a strange plain. The plain is gray. The plain looks as if it has died to me, like there is no life at all, I think?

In addition to the two plains, there are also many other small plains located around the two large plains. Well, even so, "... It's so beautiful."

Without me realizing it, my fear of the fall had disappeared, replaced by a cool feeling of air touching my skin and a feeling of freedom and satisfaction at being able to see all these things from above.

However, "... Until when should I fall? It looks as if I didn't move at all in the first place even though I kept experiencing the feeling of falling."

Hm, well, maybe I'll just have to wait for a while longer, 'I guess?

5 minutes later, "... Not yet?"

20 minutes Later,"... Uhhhh..."

45 minutes later,"... Meru-san~!!!"

After that, maybe a few hours have passed, but I'm still stuck here and Meru never even appeared from anywhere.

What the heck?! Am I going to be trapped forever, floating here? This is too unreasonable!

"AaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

"Can you just shut up now?"

"Eh?"

When I was screaming hysterically because of the fear of the possibility of unexpected bad luck that was trapped forever in the air, suddenly a voice said something to me.

No, I know this voice, it is Meru-san's voice!

"..."

And sure enough, when I turned my body, there was a figure of Meru sitting on the bed in her casual clothes.

"Eh?! I'm back again?! What the heck is this?!" Unbeknownst to me, I had returned to the old room of this inn again, it was so strange.

Staring at me like that with a sleepy face, Meru sighed slightly before standing up and pointing at the two swords I bought yesterday night, "Forget about it. More importantly, that two swords are yours, right? Why did you carry such a dangerous swords?"

Although I was a little disapproving when she tried to divert the topic, my attention at the time was drawn to what Meru had to say about my two swords, "What do you mean by 'dangerous'? They're just rusty old swords... Right?"

However, strangely the expression on Meru's face looked very serious at the time. She also muttered some strange things afterwards, "... Does it mean that she carried its without knowing the abilities of that swords themselves? Hm, guess I shouldn't let these kinds of swords be handled by ordinary people like Ilnya, huh."

"Um... Meru-san?" What is she talking about? Did she say that these two rusty swords are actually powerful or some kind of dangerous? I don't understand...

Perhaps because she noticed my confusion, Meru changed her expression afterwards, "No, it's nothing. I'm just talking to myself."

"Okay..."

"By the way, you said you need new weapon' don't you? Judging from what you brought, it seems that you have encountered a little difficulty. What if you just use this?" Meru said, while suddenly pulling out a pair of short swords with thin black and white blades and having only one sword eye different from most swords I have seen so far.

"I-Is I really can have these things?!" When I held that pair of black and white short swords, I immediately felt that these swords were great swords. I could feel from the energy that both swords were emanating from both my hands.

"Yes, I almost never use both, anyway."

"T-then, I'll use it! Many thanks, Meru-san! For the swords, and... Em, b-because saved me too."

Before repling what I said at the time, Meru widened her eyes slightly and remained silent for a moment, before making a smooth smile on her lips, "...I didn't do that much, you know?." Her cheeks also looked a little blushed at the time.

As I stared at that beautiful sight, I thought, (Ah, maybe Meru-san isn't as cruel and heartless as I thought before.)

A smile also naturally appeared on my lips, "Then I'll take some Quests first, okay?! Maybe I will eradicate some monsters first to familiarize myself with this new weapons of mine!" Lefting those words, I immediately ran out of the inn to where the Guild was located.

Maybe because I finally realized that my previous worries weren't actually right at all, my every step felt so light, "Ahahaha! Even the morning air feels so refreshing inexplicably!"