Seven days later
"Uuu..." Plutia moaned as she held her head.
"What happened and where am I?" Plutia asked as she found herself in a familiar room and bed.
Plutia looked around and found everyone staring at her with their eyes wide in shock.
"What?" Plutia asked as she tilted her head cutely.
'''K-kawaii...''' Everyone thought once more about her.
"Ah! You're awake Plutia! You're back inside one of Peter's mansion room as you can tell." Nicole hurriedly snapped out of her daze.
Nicole looked at Plutia up and down observing if there was any abnormalities on her. 'Good thing she's fine.'
'Why is Nicole and the others looking at me strangely? Did I do something strange?'
"Oh right, after you went unconscious we had the guards round up the adventurers and the aristocratic troublemakers for you. Say, did you always have that power or did you strain yourself out?" Nicole asked what everyone was thinking to ask.
"Um, I strained myself." Plutia deliberately lied as she remembered to hide her identity since she has her powers currently sealed.
"Don't strain yourself ever again or else I'll punish you!" Nicole scolded Plutia as she fiercely glared at Plutia.
"H-hai!" Plutia said in fright as she couldn't stand Nicole's gaze and hid herself under the blankets.
"Nicole you look terrifying right now... I can hardly imagine how scared Plutia is when you're directing all of that at her." Sally told Nicole while looking at Plutia who's hidden under the blankets with pity.
Nicole's fierce gaze still looked towards the blanket where Plutia is hidden under which could burn the blanket if gazes burned. Meanwhile under the blankets Plutia has cold sweat on her back and is shivering really badly because she has rarely gotten anyone to scold her with a scary gaze like that.
[Author : Mental Note, Plutia is scared really easily. :3 Wait that's me... Its true IRL anyway lul.]
"Sis, I think that's enough. You might make her afraid of you for her entire life." Brian added.
"Ha~ Alright, Plutia I hope you've learned your lesson! Otherwise I won't show you mercy!" Nicole took her gaze off Plutia and said.
"Y-yes." Plutia still shivering under the blankets replied.
"You can come out under the blankets now." Nicole said.
"I-I'm fine... I'll stay here for a while." Plutia replied.
Everyone in the room looked at Plutia and Nicole and sighed. They all waited while looking at Plutia who's hidden under the blankets until she came out. She never came out so everyone turned their gazes towards Nicole to see what reaction she would have. Contrary to expectations she did not have a impatient face but a sad one.
"Look, Plutia I'm sorry for scolding you and looking at you like that okay? Can you please come out of the blankets now?" Nicole apologized to Plutia while still having a pained expression.
"Un..." Plutia said as she crawled out of the blankets with only her head showing and with tears in her eyes, she looked so pitiful.
Nicole and everyone who saw this was pained instantly. Nicole who caused this was even more pained and was about to start crying herself. In order to try to stop herself from crying she dived into the bed and hugged Plutia.
"Awawawawa." Plutia who didn't expect what Nicole was about to do was confused and stunned.
Everyone who saw this scene was dumbfounded and was in shock.
Creak
"Hello kids, I brought the black spirit cat here, he was in the baths." Ben said as he walked in the room with a black cat following him from behind.
"Why are you all so quiet? What are you looking a-" Ben's mouth froze with his mouth agape as he looked at Nicole hugging Plutia on the bed.
"Meow!" The black spirit cat said happily.
(Little girl you're finally awake!)
Everyone went out of their daze once they heard the black cat's meow. They all stared at it, meanwhile Plutia who saw the cat was immediately had her eyes sparkling.
The black spirit cat casually walked towards Plutia's bed and jumped onto Plutia's thighs.
Plutia started to pet the black spirit cat showing her affection for the cat and forgetting about how Nicole was still hugging her.
Nicole who noticed this had her face darken while staring at the black cat enviously. She looked like she was about to pounce onto the cat and start a battle.
"Meow! Hiss!" The black spirit cat who saw what Nicole was trying to do had it's fur and tail stand straight up and yelled.
(Human, why are you looking at me that way? You want a fight!? Come at me!)
"Laura what did this idiot just say? I bet he just told me to fight it." Nicole said as she looked at Laura with her face still darkened.
Laura who saw this sensed that she must answer Nicole quickly before she gets dragged in as well.
"The cat asked if you wanted a fight... It said come at it."
"Awrighty here cat. Plutia let go of the cat it must be in pain..." Nicole said with a terrifying gaze.
"No! I won't let you hurt him!" Plutia cried out as she hugged the cat protectively.
"Why! He asked for a fight didn't he!?" Nicole retorted.
"S-so! He's still little so forgive him!" Plutia replied with tears in her eyes making Nicole's heart pained.
"Fine, I'll forgive him! Make sure he doesn't mess with me though or I'll burn his fur off!" Nicole stated.
"Un! Be careful now kitty, she means it when she'll burn off your fur...." Plutia said as she looked towards the cat with a hint of pity.
"Meow! Meow meow meow." The black cat said.
(Hey little girl, you're so nice. Why don't you become my master? I used to be a high classed spirit beast you know! I feel like if we worked together we could conquer the world!)
"Laura? Translation please?" Plutia asked as she looked towards Laura waiting for an answer.
"Err, the cat asked if you wanted to become his master." Laura said.
"Umm, how do I become his master?" Plutia asked as she tilted her head to the side cutely.
"Err, you make a spirit contract with the spirit beast you want to be a master of..." Laura answered.
"""Spirit contract!!?!""" Everyone in the room once again got in shock after hearing the rare term.