Catgirl in the Pantry: An anime-inspired reverse isekai adventure romance by Scott Sinclair

Author:Scott Sinclair [Sinclair, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18:

“School was really cool, but I’m exhausted,” she said, locking the door behind her. “Let’s do something fun, like watch more of that alchemist show!”

“Lilah,” I said, annoyed. “We literally got attacked at school today!” I flopped into one of the kitchen chairs. “And now you want to watch TV?”

Lilah looked at me with a sympathetic expression on her face, the sort of expression you’d give a scared child. She slowly took off her backpack. “Gavin, I understand. I remember when I was first attacked by somebody who had something against Emissaries. I was eleven at the time. My mentor saved me. I was too scared to fight back. All I could do was run, then watch frozen in fright when my mentor came in to defend me.” Lilah smiled sadly and took a seat next to me. “The next day, I was scared to go out hunting with her. I was afraid somebody else would try and kill me again. My mentor told me… she told me that being an Emissary was dangerous, and that yes, we could get attacked. But if that fear kept us from enjoying life, then it was like we were already dead. Even if life is dangerous, you can’t stop living it.”

“Well okay, yeah, but we didn’t stop the assassin. We just drove him off. He’s going to come back, right?”

“If she comes back, we’ll deal with her.”

“How?”

Lilah shrugged. “Depends on what’s around. We’ll figure it out.”

“You’re being really cavalier with your own life, Lilah.”

“If worst comes to worst, I can just run away.”

“I know you’re fast Lilah, but did you see the way that thing moved?”

“Yeah,” she said, nodding. “But she’ll be wearing armor. It’s exhausting to move in armor. She’ll tire out first, I’m sure.”

“We don’t know how she’s so fast. Some sort of weird jumpy gliding thing. It’s obviously magic somehow.”

“Or some strange tech,” Lilah pointed out.

I nearly objected and said tech couldn’t do that, but then remembered the gun. Who knows what other weird technological gizmos the assassin may have had? “Sure, okay,” I admitted. “Point is, does moving like that even take any effort? Maybe you’d tire out first?”

Lilah’s tail flicked. “Well what do you expect us to do? Cower?”

“There’s got to be something we can do,” I said. “Some way to prepare, or some advantage we could find, or—”

“Gavin!” Lilah said, cutting me off. Then her tone softened. “Look, if you’re being hunted, there are a few simple rules. Be stronger. If you can’t be stronger, then don’t be alone. If you have to be alone, then be defensible. If you can’t be defensible, then be mobile. If you can’t be mobile, then be beneath notice. And if you can’t be beneath notice, be too useful to kill.”

“Wow. That’s… quite the list.”

“We’re defensible right now. I locked the door behind us. If she breaks in anyway, I run. That’s why I’m still wearing my coat and shoes. You’re too much of a bother to kill because then your world’s guard force will look into it, so you’re safe.

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