blueteamnovel Chapter 184 She's A Neko Alright
Chapter 184 She's A Neko Alright
Watching the hooded girl storm off, I decided that we should just follow after her.
Hey, that's a possible cat girl! I'm not going to just let her walk off now, am I?
Amber and Lea also followed behind me without protest, though I'm pretty sure Amber was doing so because she was expecting a continuation of the fight.
"You gave up pretty easily there," Amber commented as we followed behind her.
She said nothing until we were out of sight before she stopped to turn around and fact us.
"Why are you following me?"
I looked at the others who looked back at me.
I wasn't about to admit to her that I was following her because I saw her cat ears and I wasn't letting a cat girl just walk out like that.
But what else could I say?
Lea came to my rescue, "We were concerned if you were alright after that man pulled such a thing on you."
She placed her arms on her hips, "Oh really? I thought you might be trying to get me to pay you for wasting your... Hold on... Are you a real Alv?"
Lea didn't seem surprised by her question and simply gave her a nod, "Yes I am."
The girl then took a moment to look at Amber and I before checking our surroundings to see that no one else was paying attention to us.
She then narrowed her eyes at her, "How have you not gotten swarmed by others then? Pretty sure the humans here would be clamouring all over you if you were an actual Alv."
Lea simply pointed at her neck where the slave collar was.
The hooded girl narrowed her eyes slightly before turning to face Amber and I.
"So that's it huh? Are you planning to enslave me too?" She asked.
I raised an eyebrow at her, "How did you even come to that conclusion?"
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"Why else will you follow some stranger that you just met for the first time?"
"I don't know? Maybe I thought that you could guide us around or something?"
"Do I look like a tour guide to you? Because if you didn't realise this from what happened earlier, I just got fired from my job as a mechanic."
"And you don't seem to be that upset about it?" I pointed out.
Sure, she seemed unhappy about it, but she accepted her loss quite easily as compared to how combative she was earlier while she was arguing with him.
"I'll pay you for it?"
She chuckled, "Are you like some naive noble who came out to play Merc for fun? Did you think I would accept something like that? Why would you even trust a stranger to guide you around?"
"Because you seem to know about all of these things better than us?"
"Uh-huh... Still doesn't mean I have to help you though? I'm not interested in doing it for money either."
Ugh... I guess I'm being too much of a creep now aren't I? I'm only approaching her because I'm seeing an actual cat girl for the first time in my life.
I turned to the other girls, "Alright... I guess we'll just have to go look around on our own. How about we--"
I didn't get to finish my words before a shout came from behind, "There she is! That's the terrorist!!"
We turned to see the salesman from earlier pointing a finger at Ries, his face contorted In rage. Behind him were four armed guards who looked almost as pissed as he was.
Ries furrowed her brows at him, "Oh, I'm a terrorist now?"
"Of course you are! You blew up my merchandise and attempted to derail this hotel's good name! I saw her fiddling around at the back of my stall earlier but I thought she was just a thief I scared away! You guys need better security! I'm demanding compensation from this!"
Oh wow, this guy's a professional scammer for sure. He really came up with a story like that so quickly?
One of the guards started approaching her, "You're coming with us right now."
Ries fumed, "Oh hell no! That bastard is lying! I was supposed to do maintenance on the machines but he fired me before I could! If he didn't, I would have been able to prevent this! He's just trying to take advantage of you guys to pay for his stupid decisions!"
The guard paused and narrowed his eyes at her, "Do you have proof?"
"Yeah! He has my employment contract!"
Everyone turned to him and he scoffed, "Oh please, at least use a better lie. I've never even met you in my life! And everything was blown up in that explosion so I lost everything!"
I understood the hidden meaning behind that statement. He meant that even the evidence she was relying on had been consumed by the explosion or he had taken advantage of it to get rid of it.
The guard turned back to Ries, "Well?"
There was an edge in his voice and I realised he did not care about the truth behind it and just needed someone to blame. So if Ries did not have anything else to prove her innocence, he was prepared to make her the scapegoat.
Amber then leaned over at that moment, "I have a video of your argument if you want it~"
Ries swivelled her head to face her, practically demanding for the video with her eyes.
Amber raised a finger, "Not so fast~ You'll have to pay for it by becoming our guide~"
"I'll do it! Hurry up!" She agreed immediately.
Oh wow, that was a quick change of heart...