Chapter 775: The Phased Abduction of the Quill

The moment those words left his mouth, the surroundings instantly plunged into a strange, deathly silence.

The tip of that quill froze in place on the spot.

【G-Girl...friend?! Like and care for you?!】

As if trying to confirm what she had just heard, she used a very hesitant, uncertain stroke, finally managing to stiffly write a line of words in front of Lynn, ending it with a big, emphatic exclamation mark.

Needless to say.

Anyone could see the turbulent and utterly outrageous state of her emotions at that moment.

Lynn nodded, speaking with a tone of absolute certainty and affirmation: "Yes, that's right. You agreed, so you can't use amnesia as an excuse to weasel out of it now."

The quill remained frozen in place.

Really?

Did she really just agree to such an absurd condition and request from him?

But somehow, something felt off. It felt very, very wrong!

Could it be that because he saw she had forgotten certain things, he deliberately said some strange nonsense to trick her?

Looking at the quill frozen stiff, Lynn raised a paw to adjust his monocle, treading softly like a cat as he walked up to her. He used his nose to poke at the feather of the pen, and said seriously:

"It's true, this is something you agreed to after careful consideration. Really, if you don't believe me, just look into my eyes. Can you feel that your affection for me has clearly increased just a little bit more than before?"

The quill stiffly turned to face the cat before her.

Carefully.

She gazed into its cat eyes.

"..."

In the strange silence, a gentle breeze blew softly by.

Then she trembled.

Because she discovered...

【There really is...】

Yes.

This was precisely what frightened her the most. Because she genuinely discovered that, compared to before her memory wipe, her affection and fondness for this cat in front of her seemed to have genuinely deepened to a certain degree. It was that kind of impulse to pick him up, hug him tightly, and give him a good, vigorous rub-down. That overwhelming urge to pamper him silly.

It was definitely much stronger than before!

This was certainly unusual. And the only possible reason for this could only be that she had written something to herself.

Could it be that during the period she had forgotten, she really did agree to his request, and actively increased her affinity toward him?!

This... This...

Lynn nodded, adjusting his monocle, and said seriously:

"See? That's why I said, how could I possibly lie to you? Just like how I really like Miss Writer, and Miss Writer also has an unusually high affinity for me. And she's never been someone else's girlfriend before, so agreeing to try it out first is the right move. Those were your exact words, by the way."

Zuo Zuo 0ДQ!

She could see at a glance that her big Brain was up to his old tricks again, trying to abduct some innocent young maiden.

Now he wasn't even sparing a mere quill!

No morals!

He was truly, completely devoid of morals!

How could he, at such a critical moment, calmly and collectedly approach things from such a bizarre angle just to bully a poor quill?!

【W-Wait a moment!】

That quill was clearly starting to panic as well.

While Lynn lay on the desk, watching her with a serious and burning gaze, the quill paced back and forth restlessly and anxiously. The tip dragged across the paper, leaving behind a series of chaotic, messy lines with every nervous step.

A testament to the turbulent emotions swirling within her at this moment.

And the cat looked so utterly harmless, its long tail swaying gently back and forth, showing absolutely no sign of trying to pull a fast one on her.

But had she really agreed to such an outrageous request?

A girlfriend, of all things!

How could she possibly agree to be a cat's girlfriend!

Seeing her nervously bending her feathers, desperately trying to recall the specific details of that moment, Lynn kindly extended a paw and poked her, saying:

"How about I show you the recording from that time? Once you remember, you won't have to agonize over it so much."

【No!】

The moment he finished speaking, the quill scrawled those two resolute words onto the paper.

Because there was absolutely no way she would change her decision to erase those memories over something like this. Every time she managed to escape danger by the skin of her teeth, it was because forgetting had played a huge role in it.

But... But...

She was so torn she was about to shed every last feather.

Lynn, meanwhile, maintained his pure and harmless expression, lying there without a single worry.

As the saying goes, take a gamble, and a bike can become a motorcycle.

Although he truly didn't know what terrifying secret this quill had discovered, from any angle you looked at it, her power and rank were absolutely terrifying, no explanation needed.

Since that was the case.

Why not take their relationship to the next level, making it tighter and more intimate?

After all, as long as their relationship was nice enough, then in the future, he wouldn't have to worry about the quill writing terrifying things about him anymore. It was killing two birds with one stone!

And more importantly, he had seen the words she wrote on that sticky note when she erased her memories, the words about loving cats. Didn't that instantly create the perfect opening and prerequisite for him? After all, there was only one cat here, and the quill absolutely loved cats. And he was a cat. So if you just did the math...

Didn't that just mean the quill also really liked him, and was planning to become his girlfriend?

Wasn't that a perfectly normal and reasonable thing?

And when it came to things like girlfriends, the more the merrier! And besides, not getting an answer costs nothing, but getting one is a massive profit. It was clearly a very lucrative deal!

It was just that there might be a small loss on the morality front.

But isn't morality something meant to be spent anyway? What's a little overdraft here or there? What's the big deal?

ヽ(￣▽￣)ﾉ

【Ding! Your Morality -1】

"So, have you decided?"

Lynn seriously adjusted his monocle, and said:

"Time and tide wait for no one, you know, Pen Pen."

【Don't call me by such a weird name!】

That quill wrote that sentence on the paper with an unimaginably explosive surge of emotion.

She tried her best to calm herself down.

Although she wasn't sure if he was lying or not, and didn't know if she had really agreed to his outrageous condition, going by her feelings, her fondness for him did indeed seem to have increased a bit compared to before the memory wipe. From a rational standpoint, this obviously wasn't something that had been cultivated naturally, but rather something she had indeed subtly programmed into herself.

In plain terms, before it was 【Affection +1】, and now it's 【Affection +5】.

But why would she deepen her liking for him?

Could it be that she really had agreed to his request, and so added that little note before erasing her memories, as a reminder to her current self?

She panicked.

Clearly, due to the severe lack of information, she failed to realize that Lynn had already pulled a fast one on her, swapping her love for cats with love for him. If this mental leap couldn't be reversed, then there was truly no solution, because feelings couldn't be deceived.

Lynn continued to lean in seriously, poking the quill with his nose, and said:

"So, do you agree?"

"Of course, if you want to go back on your word, there's nothing I can do about it. After all, you've already forgotten, and I can't really force you to remember. I'm just a cat, after all."

He closed his eyes and licked his paw convincingly.

Harmless and adorable.