TRCP 229 EXTRA SIX

Chapter 229 Extra Six: I am Abu, Meow 

I’m a Ragdoll cat. My name is Abu, and I’m six years old. My favorite things to do every day are eating, sleeping, and licking my… well, you know. The thing that makes me happiest is playing with my masters, but they’re always so busy. Especially when it gets cold; they hate the cold and don’t like to go out. I have thick fur, so I actually prefer winter, but since my masters don’t, I find myself looking forward to summer, even though I get hot and they might shave all my fur off.

When I was very little—little in age and in size—I had several brothers and sisters. But one by one, they were all taken away by new masters. I was the last one left because the humans said I was the most beautiful, but also the most expensive. I didn’t know what “most expensive” meant, but anyway, it was a long, long time before my little master came for me. My little master was a small human boy with black hair and red lips. The moment he saw me, he picked me up and took me away. He was very thin, but he held me so steadily.

My little master lived in a very, very big house. It was strange; he didn’t have a mom or dad, or any brothers or sisters. There were just a bunch of weird-shaped things I’d never seen before. He prepared a very comfortable bed for me, but I preferred sleeping on his bed because he smelled so nice, and he was always so gentle when he petted me.

My little master rarely spoke. Of course, there were no other humans in the house. Sometimes he would talk to me. At first, I didn’t really understand, and he seemed disappointed. Sometimes he would stroke my head, and his eyes looked so lonely. To understand him, I tried really, really hard to think, using up all my time for eating, sleeping, and… well, you know. Gradually, I started to understand the words he repeated most often. For example, I learned that he named me “Abu,” and I learned where I was not supposed to pee.

The house was so big that sometimes even I would get lost. I didn’t know why my little master liked living in such an empty place, or why he spent every day studying strange things. Some of them gave off nasty smells, and some made scary noises.

We lived in that big house for a long time. I grew bigger, and I understood more and more human words. My little master never had any friends or visitors. The only people who occasionally came to the house were there to deliver things or food. Sometimes, when I was bored, I would run outside to chat with the stray cats nearby, but my little master never interacted with other humans. Wasn’t he lonely? To keep him company, I didn’t dare stay away for too long. One time I came back late, and my little master was searching the whole house for me. When he saw me, his eyes were all red. After that, I didn’t go out for a long time.

When I was about four years old, something terrifying happened. After that, the whole world changed.

One night, the bed suddenly started to shake. I was sleeping right next to my little master. I pulled his hair to wake him up, and he picked me up and ran outside. It wasn’t just the bed shaking; the whole earth was shaking. It wasn’t violent, but it was the first time I knew the ground could move. I was so scared, I burrowed deep into my little master’s arms.

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Xd vbl vbkae eyu sq xu nsdvkdwswp olktbv tykd, xu zkvvzl xypvla yzps dsvknle psxlvbkdt oyp oasdt okvb xl. Tl blze xl yde zssjle yv xl qsa y zsdt vkxl, vbld bl ralpple xl esod sd y cle nshlale okvb y obkvl nzsvb yde raknjle xu pjkd okvb psxlvbkdt pbyar vs eayo xu czsse. R’x dsv alyzzu yqayke sq rykd, cwv R oyp hlau pnyale. Mbl qyxkzkya ldhkasdxldv pvyavle vs xyjl xl qllz wdpyql. Yu zkvvzl xypvla pvyavle ynvkdt pvaydtlzu, yde lhld xu sod cseu jlrv tlvvkdt ckttla yde ckttla. R oyp pnyale lhlau eyu.

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Yu zkvvzl xypvla pvyavle vyjkdt xl swv vs vbl pvallvp vs qkde qsse. Tl oswze pkv sd vsr sq xu blye yde vlzz xl obyv R nswze lyv yde obyv R nswzed’v ckvl. R pvyavle vs zkjl xu ckttla plzq clnywpl R oyp ps xyflpvkn! Gde R ds zsdtla bye vs lyv asnj-byae qasgld nyddle qsse; R nswze lypkzu nyvnb qalpb xknl yde svbla vbkdtp. Fkdnl R tsv ckttla, xu xkde clnyxl pxyavla vss. R nswze wdelapvyde y zsv sq obyv xu zkvvzl xypvla pyke. Yspv kxrsavydvzu, R nswze rasvlnv bkx. Mblal olal ps xydu qklanl ckt estp yde rlsrzl sd vbl pvallv, cwv dsdl sq vblx eyale vs nsxl dlya wp. Gzvbswtb R nswzed’v pzllr okvb xu zkvvzl xypvla yduxsal, zkql oyp pvkzz hlau byrru.

Nyvla, vball rlsrzl nyxl vs vbl bswpl. Mblu olal yzz yewzv bwxydp, vyzzla vbyd xu zkvvzl xypvla, cwv kd xu lulp, vblu olal pvkzz vkdu. El oldv vstlvbla vs qktbv y bwtl, nayozkdt talld xsdpvla. Mbl talld xsdpvla lhld ckv xl, yde R bye dlhla clld kd ps xwnb rykd.

After my wound healed, my little master and the other three people took me away from the house I knew. We went to many strange places. Even though we had to walk a lot every day, it was the first time I knew the world could be so vast and that there were so many delicious things to eat.

Gradually, I understood that I had three more masters. Later, I got a master with wings and a master with a tail. We fought many monsters together, traveled to many places, and ate many things. Although there were times we went hungry and bled, we always pulled through in the end.

Of all my masters, of course, I love my little master the most. But besides him, my favorites are the master with the tail and the master who cooks delicious fish. The master with the tail loves to play with me the most and even eats with me. Sometimes, the master with the tail can even hide his tail. It’s so amazing!

Later, we came to a city and lived there for a long time. That time was also very happy, meow. There was delicious fish every day, and I even made a new friend, a big white dog. I actually really like friends who are snow-white like me.

After that, we went to a very cold place. There was a huge, huge tree there, and inside the tree lived two humans with black hair and white skin. They looked exactly the same. They brought over a little black kitten. What a pity, it was too small to play with me.

And then, after that, I went with my masters to an even colder place. It was covered in ice and snow everywhere, and there were many animals even bigger than me. It was so scary. My masters took me to fight those animals. My masters are all very strong, but I was still very scared. But no matter how scared I was, I had to be with my masters.

When I was in the cave with my masters, watching the rocks constantly falling from above, my body wouldn’t stop shaking. My little master was sleeping and wouldn’t wake up no matter how I called him. Many people and animals were bleeding a lot. I was bleeding a lot too. It hurt so much when the rocks hit me. The people and animals around me all climbed out through a place where the sunlight was leaking in. In the end, even my friends Bai Ling and Dorje left. They said they would wait for me up there, but I didn’t think I could make it, because the cave was about to collapse.

Finally, even my gentlest master, the one who cooked the most delicious fish, was taken away. He kept calling my name. I really wanted to go with him, but I couldn’t climb up. The big rocks hit me so hard, and my claws couldn’t grip the ground anymore. I knew he couldn’t take me with him, so I said goodbye. What made me saddest was that I couldn’t say goodbye to my little master. I couldn’t bear to leave any of my masters, or my friends. Would they miss me?

I started to think back on the time I spent with my masters. We walked through spring, summer, autumn, and winter together, through deep mountains and forests, through cities and wilderness. We once ran freely on a prairie in full bloom, once caught and grilled fish by a river in the early morning, and once huddled together for warmth, eating dinner on a snowy night. Even though I might never be able to return to the house where I grew up, after leaving that house, my little master was no longer lonely. He had human companions, he talked more, and he even laughed often. Although he was no longer just my cat, I also gained more masters to love. As long as I can be with my masters, no matter how fierce the monsters we face or how much blood we shed, every day is still very happy, meow~ Even if I’m gone, my little master will have companions with him. Thinking of it this way, I can rest easy.

Although, I really don’t want to stay in such a dirty, dark place. Although, I really want to see my masters one more time…

Huh? Isn’t that my master who always has a straight face and doesn’t talk much? I’m most afraid of him out of all my masters. He’s also the most boring one, with no wings or tail. But I know he’s the strongest, and all the masters trust him. Is he still here? Can he take me with him? Probably not. I’m too big. No one can carry me away. If I had known, I would have eaten less in the past.

The master with the straight face flew to my side in an instant. I looked at him, licked him with my tongue to remember his scent, and then nudged him aside with my nose. I wanted to tell him he could get out through the place where the sunlight was leaking in, but besides my little master, I can’t communicate with the other masters.

The master with the straight face touched my nose. His hands were so strong, not gentle at all like the other masters. He still had a straight face as he said to me, “Let’s go.”

What? “Let’s go?” Can I go with my master? Really!?

The next moment, my body suddenly became light. A strong wind swept me up, and it was like I could fly. With a whoosh, I shot up into the sky. My eyes saw the sunlight and the white snow, and my masters running toward me.

This is great. I can still be with my masters. I’m not afraid of pain or bleeding. The scariest thing in the world is being separated from my masters.

I really am the happiest cat in the world~

Author’s Note: This extra chapter was heartwarming enough, right? Right! Thank you to the artist Lan Ji – Wei Yang for the super cute drawing of Abu~~