Cat Healing Team

"Is it my illusion? It seems that Tuanzi hasn't been running around much recently."

"Well, it always lies on Qiqi now, but it used to walk on its own."

"Are you tired from playing? Maybe you can just take a break?"

The elves who had never raised magical beasts began to discuss that they had a very long lifespan and a few years for them was about the same as a few weeks or months for humans.

Even weak monsters can live for decades, not to mention powerful monsters and forest elves.

Compared to them, Tuanzi's lifespan is much shorter.

In addition, since Tuanzi can use magic, no one thinks of it as an ordinary animal.

The nine-year-old Tuanzi has entered old age and is no longer as active.

His hair became rough and his golden eyes became a little cloudy, but he still stuck to everyone every day and tried his best to make them happy.

"Meow!" [Don't run away, that elf! Let me talk to you! ]

"Meow?" [It's a gift, do you like it? ]

"Meow" [Don't move, I want to draw a dog-head stone! ]

There were constant sounds of cats and dogs barking every day, but Tuanzi's voice was getting quieter and quieter.

It knows that it is old and has not much time left. It is very sad, but there is nothing it can do...

Tuanzi began to work harder to accompany the elves and Qiqi, but this made them a little uncomfortable.

Originally, I would only bring them things occasionally and stay with them at night, but now, as soon as I go out to get something, I run back without even eating the fish.

And he is always lazy. He hardly walks every day and stops after walking a few steps.

"Is it sick?"

"Ah, I don't really understand Warcraft either."

"Then why don't we ask the Tree of Life when it wakes up next time?"

The elves picked up Tuanzi and felt his body to see if there were any wounds or anything different about it.

But they didn't feel anything, so they could only put Tuanzi back into Qiqi's arms and look at it worriedly.

Tuanzi curled up in Qiqi's arms, being caressed by the elf beside him, and snoring loudly.

What a wonderful life this cat is. When it needs to move around, there is a dog to take it for a walk. When it needs to eat, there is someone to feed it and someone to stroke its fur.

However, it still hopes that it doesn't have to do this.

At first, the elves thought that Tuanzi made this sound because something was stuck in his throat.

Later I discovered that it would snore whenever it was happy or wanted to make others happy.

Wuxiao looked at Tuanzi, picked off a leaf that was fixed on her head, and strung it on Tuanzi's shell necklace.

"This is the leaf of the tree where I was born. I am giving it to you now. I hope you get better soon."

She touched Tuanzi's cat head, her eyes full of worry.

When going to trade, Qiqi always shared the delicious fish with it.

Even coming down is not allowed, so Tuanzi can have a good rest.

"Aoaowu" [You are too small, eat more and grow up quickly. ]

Tuanzi wagged his tail, trying to say that he could not grow up.

But the tail slowly stopped and it didn't know what to say.

What is it going to say? It's going to die, so don't be sad?

Or is it still alive, but just not coming back?

How can it say such a thing?

"Ah?" [What happened? ]

"Meow" [It's okay, I'm just daydreaming. ]

It couldn't say it. It could clearly say it by opening its mouth, but it just felt so difficult.

I just feel so sad and uncomfortable.

It can only tell itself over and over again that it will remember them, forever.

It can only seek comfort by recalling the memories of their time together over and over again.

Tuanzi grabbed Qiqi's ears with his claws and shook his head to cheer himself up.

But time really flies, especially in the eyes of elves with long lifespans.

Suddenly, Tuanzi grew up, and suddenly, Tuanzi started to lose his teeth.

It's not about changing teeth, it's about the teeth becoming loose as you get older.

They didn't understand and just thought that Tuanzi must be sick.

Or is this really the change of teeth? Is this the beginning of adulthood?

They took Tuanzi to find the awakened Tree of Life, and then took Tuanzi to find the mermaid.

Various methods were tried in turn, and even the tree of life contributed its few fruits.

It's useless. None of their methods work on Tuanzi.

Finally one day, Tuanzi no longer lay down all day.

But it took out its usual toy Pearl and gave the Pearl to Kiki.

It asked the elves for help and took off the necklace and gave it to Wu Xiao.

It distributed its collection of conch shells to other elves.

There was nothing left in the little nest where Tuanzi had piled his things because he had distributed them all.

They didn't want it, but Tuanzi was determined.

It brought a lot of things about them, so they had to accept them too. If it took everything away, what if they were unhappy?

After delivering all these, Tuanzi stood there, looked around, squinted his eyes, and lay down with satisfaction.

His eyelids felt heavy, so he closed them and tried to stay awake.

Qiqi next to it covered it with a tail blanket. In the end, it felt very happy and warm.

They are all super nice, luckily not all of them stayed with those bad guys, luckily.

Thinking of some things in the past, its expression became softer and there seemed to be tears in the corners of its eyes.

Tuanzi's breathing gradually became weaker and weaker, and no one knew who started singing for it.

Some elves also cut their hands and wanted to feed their blood to Tuanzi.

The flesh and blood of the elves are very powerful and can bring back seriously injured and dying people.

Their idea was very simple, they just wanted Tuanzi to survive.

However, this is of no use to Tuanzi who has reached the end of his life and died naturally.

Because it is not sick or injured.

The singing of the elves spread to every corner of the forest. Although their voices were sad, they actually expressed beautiful meanings.

Their faith is the forest, and they are also in the forest.

So, they hope that Tuanzi will become a part of the forest, and they will protect it forever.

It was it that saved them in disguise.

The chorus of elves was different from all the previous ones. They used their voices to drive the magic in their bodies, hoping to bless Tuanzi.

I hope that Tuanzi, with their blessings, can return to them again.

"I hope you can turn into grass and trees and become a forest"

"Your heart beats forever with the forest—"

“Your body will become one with the forest”

"The night and the fog will dissipate"

"The sun will guide you home..."

"We will always wait for you to come home"

"Thank you for your company..."

Qiqi didn't cry or move.

The pair of ears that were always erect drooped down, and the eyes stared at Tuanzi, not knowing what it was thinking, or maybe it was thinking nothing.

It just listened to the elf's singing and licked Tuanzi's fur again and again.

It's still there, albeit only breathing faintly.

But it's still there, so I can't be sad.

Tuanzi in his arms opened his eyes hard and met Qiqi's moist eyes.

Qiqi met Tuanzi's eyes and subconsciously wanted to turn his head, but he was afraid that Tuanzi would misunderstand and become unhappy, so he looked at it with moist puppy eyes.

That was the first time that Qiqi showed this kind of look. He used to be a heartless and silly dog, but now his eyes were full of wisdom.

It's true, it doesn't look good at all. It was fine before, but now it's like nothing.

It has to make it laugh, it has to make this silly dog ​​happy.

Thinking of this, Tuanzi opened his mouth and showed an unstandard kitten smile. He was very happy.

So, everyone should be happy too.

"Meow..." [Be happy...]

"..."

"Meow..." [Silly dog... I will always remember you, I will be happy, not sad...]

Tuanzi struggled to control himself and finished saying this, with the elf's singing in his ears.

Qiqi couldn't hold back her tears in the end, but she tried to laugh thinking about what Tuanzi said, and agreed with it in the gentlest tone.

"Ah" [I promise you. ]

Tuanzi felt a little relieved, because Qiqi had never lied to him about anything important.

Tuanzi raised his head and looked at the elves around him.

It wasn't a song in Elvish, so it understood it.

Its body would become part of the forest, but it can't.

The songs in the forest are still echoing, and the sleeping tree of life has awakened.

She looked at the surrounded Tuanzi and probably understood something, but she was not sad at all.

It will have a place where it should go, and this death will not be its end.

After venting his emotions, the elf buried the dumpling with sadness.

That's its favorite place to stay. If it knew, it would be very happy, right?

And Qiqi changed his usual lively behavior and followed the elf quietly, waiting for Tuanzi to be buried.

It lowered its head, tears fell to the ground, and then quickly disappeared.

Perhaps, this is what Tuanzi taught it, embarrassing, right?

It must look very miserable now, right?

Qiqi grinned, and the tears in his eyes dripped onto the ground, merged into the soil, and then disappeared.

In this way, it stopped crying, it was laughing, it was happy, it had done what it promised Tuanzi.

Qiqi picked up Tuanzi's pearl, put it on there, and then lay there quietly.

It seems to have grown up a lot. It is no longer as jumpy as before, and only wants to destroy the house and play all day long.

It became like Tuanzi, observing the elves around it every day and learning how to comfort them.

Its silly cat said to be happy, so they should be happy too.

Qiqi still goes to the beach every day, but she always leaves a portion for Tuanzi in her mouth and brings it back.

Dumpling’s life is short, but everyone still remembers it.

The uninterrupted daily companionship and sometimes seemingly irritating actions prevent them from being held back by painful memories and getting stuck in the quagmire from which they can never get out.

Tuanzi really tried to comfort them in his own way and never gave up even for a single day.

Qiqi's behavior was noticed by the elves, and they found a stone in Qiqi's nest.

That was something that Tuanzi had carved with his claws before. There was a little cat head on it, one for Wuxiao and one for Qiqi.

These days, it always held the things that Tuanzi gave it at the end and never returned to its nest, so naturally the stone was also ignored.

And now, it has been found.

Qiqi stared at the stone blankly and held it in his arms.

Every day after that, Kiki used magic to hold up the stone and it never left his side.

Just like they were before, never separated.

The scene when it first said its name suddenly appeared in my mind.

The little moments of our time together played in my mind, and finally the last words of Tuanzi came to mind.

Be happy...

Who would be unhappy because of it?

Ah, it turns out that it was this stupid dog of mine...

"Ah..." [Dumpling...]

Wu Xiao, who was following it, also looked at the stone in his hand. The kitten on it was smiling happily.

It accompanied her when she was confused, and stopped her when she almost ran towards the human town.

Accompanying her in exercise will give her a goal, or treating her differently from other elves in the future.

She thought that in her long life, she would never forget that there was a kitten who illuminated her.

It is black and white, but in fact she feels that it is the color of sunshine.

It is the light that dispels darkness and fog.

Wu Xiao touched Qiqi's head and spoke to it in a firm tone.

"The dumpling will become part of the forest, a tree, grass, or sunlight."

"It will always be with us, just as it was in the old days."

Wuxiao believes that Tuanzi's body will turn into nutrients for the forest and will continue to exist in another form.

But Kiki is just a dog, and all it knows is that it can't see its kitten anymore.

The kitten left it, so it had to always guard the kitten's body and its things.

Even if it never comes back, even if it is death.

It's a dead cat, it's a stupid dog.

Tuanzi was the first magical beast it had ever seen. The Tree of Life picked it up and raised it, and it was very attached to it.

But the Tree of Life would always fall into a deep sleep, for a few days at short intervals or for several weeks at long intervals, and would never accompany it out to play.

During the days when no one was with it, it was Tuanzi who accompanied it. Tuanzi was an indispensable family member to it.

It looks small, but it always teaches me something and cares about my emotions.

Sometimes it feels that it shouldn't treat Tuanzi as its sister as the elves said.

Because Kiki feels that Tuanzi takes better care of it, and Tuanzi is like its sister, although a little silly.

.........

Like every day before, Qiqi walked to the beach. It had not traded with the mermaids for a long time.

As usual, he ignored the mermaid next to him and caught a fish to take back, but the mermaid asked him.

"Where's the monster?"

She didn't ask about the transaction, but just asked curiously about where Tuanzi was going.

But Qiqi lowered his head and ran away quickly.

This was the first time it escaped. Qiqi was not sad or regretful, it was just very confused.

I robbed a human before, and that human’s book talked about something like reincarnation.

Anyway, it only roughly knew that Tuanzi might really turn into another kitten, but it just couldn't find it.

It was very worried that Tuanzi was not having a good life.

It can't find it either, a stupid dog can't find a dead cat.

If Tuanzi returns to the forest again, I will definitely be able to recognize it, and then take it out to play again and create new memories with it.

.........

Slowly, Qiqi found the motivation.

It always runs around in the forest, howling.

It seemed like I was back to the days when I went crazy with Tuanzi, and my behavior was weird again.

Only it knows it, it's just afraid that the stupid cat won't remember it.

And it is also afraid that it will always be unhappy, and the silly cat will also be unhappy then.

Qiqi is a silly dog, but his heart is not silly.

Its emotions are not stupid.

It will be happy and keep the good memories.

Until its kitten comes back again, then it smiles and says to its kitten

"I knew you would come back. I am very happy every day."

Then I told it many things, for example, I learned how to comfort the elves from it, and I also learned a lot of things.

For example, its magic is to draw a cat that looks just like the real thing, and then put them together for comparison and laugh.

For example, it really misses it.

I wonder why it was so bad and came back so late...

But if the silly cat really doesn't come back, then it will forget about the silly cat.

I will definitely forget...