Chapter 60: Allocation

Edited By: Arthur300000, Bunny and Deathbricks

I woke up to the sound of birds singing outside and warm sunlight on my face. It’s morning. I stretched and then rolled around for a while. The cold morning air made me shiver. It seems colder than yesterday. Winter is coming to the Beastkin kingdom.

Let’s sleep a bit more. I don’t have to do anything much today anyways. I pull my blanket over my head, adjusting my posture a bit, and went back to snooze. Ahh, free time is the best.

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For some reason, I'm back in my old moldy apartment playing Skyrim, and my body has turned back into that of 30 year old man.

"Nyaa~" An ugly, black cat jumped onto my lap. Her name is Kuro, the cat that I picked up from a dumpster near my rented apartment.

"Oh, yosh, yosh, you are a good girl." She purred as I pet her back. She’s warm, ugly, and cute at the same time. Her tail was moving slowly showing that she's content as she snuggled comfortably on my lap. Sometimes she was grooming herself. Sometimes she decided that I'm the one who needed to be groomed. Oi! Didn't you just lick your ass a moment ago!? Stop! I inched my arm away from her, but she continued her pursuit.

Thinking back, this might be the happiest moment in my previous life. Right, this must be a dream. Why my subconsciousness decided to show this bittersweet memory to me, I have no idea, but I'll gladly play along. The roughness and warmth of Kuro's fur was exactly as I remembered. I missed her so much. Maybe I should ask my new family if I can adopt a cat.

"Nyaa!" Sorry, Sorry, I won't betray you. Wait, why am I apologizing to a cat. Moreover, having more than one pet isn't adultery, right?

"Nyaa!" She climbed over me and tried to sniff my nose. She seemed to be hungry.

"Hmm, you're hungry, right? Wait a minute, let's see if I have anything for you." I put her on the table and opened the cupboard. It's empty... Let's try the fridge. It's also empty. Damn it! Why am I broke even in my dream!?

"I'm terribly sorry!" I bowed to her, and she looked at me with disappointed eyes. She turned back and clawed at the only window in my room. It's her usual signal telling me that she wanted to go out.

"Have a safe trip." I told her as I opened the window, and Kuro elegantly slipped out the window.

I left the window open to ventilate the stale air from my room. Of course this is a dream, and I didn’t really need to do it, but I wanted to do something for this nostalgic place. My entire world for the past 15 years was in this moldy and pest infested four by four meter room.

Anyways, let's check out whether a new chapter of the novel I followed have come out. Mr. Dreamworld, don't disappoint me now.

My old PC fan whirred loudly as I started my browser, but before I could type in the novel site's address a scary scream came from outside the window. Kuro ran back in with a strange marshmallow-like monster chasing her.

"Kuro, dodge!" I yelled at her, and she jumped quickly to the left. What a smart girl she is, she is a cat though. The monster's white tentacle missed Kuro by a hairbreadth, but for some reason, the tentacle continued in my direction. It was too late for me to dodge. WHAM! The strangely soft tentacle hit me square in the chest with enough momentum to force the breath out of my lungs.

Then I woke up.

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Ouch, my nose- It seems I fell off my bed, boobs first… This time Mr. Pain told me that I was back in the real world. The fantasy world, I mean. It had already been three weeks since I became a girl, but I still dreamt about my old self and that apartment room from time to time. Let's check everything down there to make sure... Yup, it's still gone.

I propped myself up, wiped the drool off my face and inhaled the late cool morning air. The fragments of my dream still lingered in my mind. Because of that, compared to my previous world, the room that I currently lived in felt like a wonderland.

“A bad dream?” The Queen of Spades, a.k.a. Skynet asked. She's still inside the plushie backpack that sat on a desk. Looking from down here, its posture seems to be more haughty than usual.

“A bit at the end.” I answered and yawned. Yesterday I slept very late because I was experimenting with the cat ear hairband. I discovered that there was a tiny sensitivity setting knob under it. And it was set to max... Note to self, let's have a long chat with Ms. Bluebell later. Anyway, I tried to simulate what happened yesterday, but rubbing it by myself doesn't seem to work. Maybe it was the same as tickling, one can't tickle oneself.

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I extracted myself from the entangled blanket and folded it neatly. Then I rearrange my pillow on the bed cover. Hmm, this is strange. In my previous life, I would just let everything sprawl on its own.

Why did I bother making my room just now? I touched my chin and looked at my unbelievably neat bed. Not to mention that my chin is hairless and smooth, I felt the chore doesn’t bother me as much as it used to, and I also have an indescribable urge to live in a nice place. Is this also because of my new body's influence?

“Nah, it doesn’t matter~” I decided. It’s already long past 10:00 AM. Alright! Let’s take it easy today. This week was too hectic. And Ms. Bluebell will take us back to my hometown tomorrow. So, today is a good day to laze around. I will also enjoy today to the fullest, is my late morning resolution.

I finished my girly routine quickly and began to change into my outdoor clothes. I felt troubled that it didn't feel strange to me anymore. The romance of putting panties on myself has worn-out. The bear pattern felt mundane, but I still wore them because they feel comfortable. On the contrary, my bras felt tight. Damn it. I need to be moderate with my midnight snacks.

The command center room is on the way to the kitchen, so I peeked into it and found my sister and Sophia chatting inside. Even though we still need to protect the town for another day. Everyone on my team decided that they will handle it by themselves and only ask for me if something beyond their capabilities approaches.

"Good morning." I greeted them.

"Good morning." Sophia greeted me back, but my sister took the camera and pulled the shutter on me rapidly.

"Is it alright that I’m doing nothing?" I asked my sister.

"It's fine, after yesterday there were almost no events. The trouble that group of bandits gave us seems like a lie." Sophia answered, and my sister nodded sagely.

They taught me a bit about how to operate the blip blop things inside the command room. The only thing that I understand was the city map. Green dots are citizens, blue dots are officers, and red dots are illegal entities which may be monsters or people. They can also tag each dot manually to track them or pull the CCTV feed of that area up on the screen. I zoomed in the command center and found that I was also tagged with 'Kuro' flag. I wondered what this means...

Before leaving I gave my sister a set of unique monster armor and asked her to hand the rest of its skin to my brother. I don't know his size, I told her. Sophia also asked me for her souvenir, so I gave her a lollipop.

I visited the kitchen next planning to scavenge for something to eat. However, Cocoa was already there, cooking something in a frying pan while standing on a short stool. I know that she is already 26, but seeing her tiny stature, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was alright to let her play with fire.

"Wait a moment, it’s almost finished." Cocoa told me as I was troubled over the fact that there was no microwave oven here. I thanked her and waited at the table with anticipation. A minute later, she put a plate of fried rice in front of me, steam still coming from it. Mhm, it smells terrific. Let's try it... wow, she can cook well.

"Hmm? Don't you need one?" I noticed there was only one dish on the table. And she was already cleaning up the pan.

"I already had something else." She answered. "It's my job." she added as I look at her astonished. So, she did prepare it especially for me. I'm touched.

"Say, Kuro, can I have my next monthly payment early?" ... I gulped. Actually, it's not a problem to pay her early, but let's ask why first.

"You see, I need a communication device." Oh, she needs money to buy a mobile phone. The short ranged one that I gave her didn't come with an internet connection. I'm sorry for being inconsiderate, Cocoa.

"Here pick any one that you want, you can use my money to buy the mobile contact. An unlimited package is fine." I arranged the communication devices I had on the table. Including the lot that I got from yesterday's bandits it felt like I could open a mobile shop with all these. There were 26 devices in total.

"Oh, while you are at it, please keep the top three for me and sell the rest." Then I realized that there are more jobs for her to do. I pull out all the student grade and lower devices that I got from yesterday and told her to sell those too.

"Uhm, thanks, but do you need to sell them quickly? I can get more money if I release them slowly." She asked while still looking dumbfounded.

"It's alright. You can do as you wish." I told her and continued enjoying the fried rice. I found it strange how only a few dozen devices could flood the market but I decided not to mind it. She should know best, I think.

“Alright, I’ll take a walk.” After I finished my breakfast, I stood up and put on my new disguise, the cat ears. I adjusted its sensitivity to medium though. The lowest setting felt like my ears were numb, and maximum setting would be too troublesome in front of my sister then I put on my heavy jacket and preparations were done.

The heavy jacket eliminated the need for an artificial tail. Even Cocoa’s bushy tail was pushed down by its weight, so I could play it off by saying my tail was hidden underneath the jacket.

It doesn’t mean that I don’t have a fake tail though. I have one. In that insane moment of internet shopping, I intentionally yet unintentionally put one in my cart and purchased it. Moreover, it’s a black cat tail which matches perfectly with my triangular artificial ears. It also has the function to move around as I pour my Magicka into it.

The problem is that I am a man. A man and a butt plug don’t get along, that is the common sense which was forgotten in that moment of insanity. Even if I’m a girl right now, there is no way I would voluntarily put anything in my butt. To be honest, I realized this fact after staring at the real thing for ten minutes. To the men who would try, you are too brave. Why am I fine with the front one? Well, that’s different.

"I'm going." I told Cocoa as she continued comparing devices. Looking at her tails she seems to be happy but considering her speed, she would take a very long time to finish.

"Have a safe trip." She told me without looking up. Her sentence gave me a sense of déjà vu, but this time, Kuro is me...