The Guild Member Next Door - Volume Side Story 4
#hiddentrack. It’s so soft
People call creatures like me cats.
Among them, my name is ‘Go away’.
Other nicknames include ‘thief cat’, ‘butterfly’, ‘baby-cat’, and ‘dirty’.
I quite like the name ‘Go Away’. This is because my mother, who looked exactly like me, was often called by the same name. I chose my own name among many others.
Mom said that humans give cats names. I didn’t understand why humans make up our own names, but anyway, I came up with the name ‘Go Away’.
‘go away’… … .
What does it mean? I don’t know what it means, but I really like it. Seeing as the mother is also called that, it seems to be a name given only to the world’s coolest, most handsome and best hunting cat.
The day I inherited my mother’s name for the first time, I was left alone.
***
The gang of gangly cats living under the blue roof are truly unlucky. In particular, ‘Pig’, the leader among them, did not have a good relationship with his mother from the beginning. Maybe that’s why ‘pigs’ tend to inflate their size and make threats whenever they see me. He must be jealous of my noble and elegant appearance and my youthful spirit. If I were in another cat’s shoes, I would have seen the shiny fur and stamped my front paws, wanting it.
Maybe the ‘pig’ is jealous of my name, ‘Go away’. ‘Pig’ hates his own name. He claims he doesn’t have a name, but… . From what I heard from the yellow old lady at the playground, she is a ‘pig’. How can a grown cat not even know his own name?
However, there are many more cats in this neighborhood without names. In fact, most people seemed to have names but couldn’t remember them. I guess cats as smart as me are rare.
***
An old human lives in a blue roof house. The human doesn’t say anything when other cats approach, but whenever he sees me, he comes running out, holding a broom and calling my name. Why only me? Am I too young a cat to be qualified to go in there yet?
In response to my question, Jeombokki said, ‘It’s all because you take after your mother when you’re young.’ It’s because my fur is black like my mother’s. Humans often have a bad opinion of black cats… .
But why? What’s wrong with my hair? If you look closely, they’re not completely black, but my feet are slightly white. Can’t you see this? An old, ugly, smelly, bald human with only three strands of hair. Why are you blaming me for something you can’t see because your eyes are blind?
I am a lonely, cool cat, ‘Go away’.
I don’t really have any intention of showing off to people, but I was angry that people only hated me, so I felt sad for no reason.
***
After taking a long walk, I found a place that was not affected by the Blue Roof Cat gang. Meanwhile, wherever the food was placed, the gang was guarding it with their eyes lit, so I couldn’t even dare to approach… .
The human who prepared the new supply station does not try to touch me arbitrarily like other humans. He doesn’t yell at me or call me names. Although he was reluctant to watch me from afar, I didn’t feel bad as I filled my stomach for the first time in a while. That person is someone who knows how to understand a topic. He appreciated that so much that he decided to come back for a meal tomorrow as well.
***
I also met a human with black fur. Every time that person sees me, he makes a strange expression from far away. Still, his hunting skills aren’t that bad for a human, and I like the fact that he doesn’t make a fuss at me like other humans do.
Today, I appointed that person as my subordinate.
***
The load always appears when the sun sets over the top of the blue roof. He then leaves some food and water at the supply station and waits for me for a while before leaving. When I feel like it, I rob a supply depot in front of my subordinates, but most of the time I hide in secret and wait for my subordinates to leave.
***
I know I shouldn’t trust people carelessly, but… It seems that my subordinate is not the kind of person who would harm a cat.
***
For the first time, my subordinate raised his front paw and stroked my fur. It was annoying, but I just left it alone. The subordinate, who had been stroking me with his front paws and wiping my eyes with his fingers, watched me from a distance when I became irritated. The subordinate’s skill in retrieving food is quite useful.
***
Today, while my subordinate was watching me, another human surprised him from behind. The subordinate screamed. The angry face is similar to the people who called me to ‘go away’.
Me, I am absolutely not afraid of subordinates or anything like that. I just don’t want to see my subordinate being bullied here… . My subordinates would not want to show me such an ugly image.
As a very loyal cat, I left, promising to wait until tomorrow.
***
In the evening, the subordinate places a new feeder at the supply station and brings water. however… … Lately, it seems like my subordinates have become attached to a strange person. This is the strange person from last time. A few days ago, I saw a subordinate running away screaming from that person.
The brown-haired human is smaller than his subordinates, but seems to be stronger than them. How can you do that? I want to become strong like that too! Could it be that my subordinates are bullied like me among humans? Now that I think about it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen my subordinate walking around with other humans.
It’s pitiful… . I decided to do better starting tomorrow.
***
It seems that the location of the supply depot was discovered by the Blue Roof Cat gang. The ‘pig’ ate all the food that my subordinate had hunted for me. That’s mine! I need to run away so that time doesn’t overlap.
Anyway, the playground grandmother has not been seen since a few days ago. The only cat that treated me like a kitten so far was my grandmother… . Maybe that’s why the playground without that old lady feels empty and awkward. ‘Spotted’ said that humans picked up her limp grandmother and took her somewhere.
I think it’s similar to when my mom did it. Was her grandmother also in a deep sleep? Is she not waking up? She will never see that old lady again.
***
I got hit by a ‘pig’. I feel resentful that I was defeated by that bully cat without even being able to attack him properly. That gang is truly a gang of thugs. Either put me in there too… .
Actually, I want to be a bully cat too. I want to go around beating up random cats. I want to become stronger. I also want to become a cool cat that hunts its own food… . The reality is that without subordinates and supply stations, you can’t eat anything all day and starve. I miss my mom today.
***
My subordinate caught me today and muttered something in human language. Stupid subordinate. It seemed like he still didn’t understand that I had to use cat language to understand what I was saying. To be honest, I had no idea what the subordinate was saying, but it seemed like he was asking why I was hurt.
I am a fairly quiet and loyal cat. Even though they don’t get along well with ‘pigs’, they are not mean-spirited cats that teach humans about other cats’ mistakes. My subordinate was not a person who would harm cats, but there was no harm in being careful. I heard that there are many evil people who kidnap cats and take them somewhere.
I kept the secret until the end. ‘Pig’ should be thankful to me for this.
***
I believed it! I believed it! You, too, were human after all. I didn’t trust humans!
I have been kidnapped by humans who used to be my subordinates and am locked in a box with a foul smell. The smell of other animals is unpleasantly clear. I feel like I fell asleep for a short while and woke up with pain between my legs. There’s a strange circle on his neck, so he can’t even straighten his hair. How did it end up like this? It’s so miserable. There is also white tissue wrapped around the front paw where the ‘pig’ scratched. I’m falling asleep again. I have no strength in my whole body… . It’s so dark and lonely here.
***
It seems like a human has brought me into his home. I really was kidnapped. As soon as I landed in an unfamiliar space, I didn’t even look back and hid in the corner all day long to see if there was anything dangerous. But strangely, this is a place where there are no other cats, water does not suddenly fall from the sky, and above all, there are no gangs of ‘pigs’.
And the human keeps talking persistently as if he has something to say to me. But I’m sorry. I’ve already closed my heart to you. I will never again call that scum who hurt me my subordinate.
***
wow! My subordinate gave me some really delicious food! the best! If there was something like this, I would have given it to you a long time ago. Why didn’t you give it to me until now?
I decided to generously accept my subordinate’s request for reconciliation!
***
My subordinates have been calling me ‘Yoonposong’ since sometime. My name is ‘Go away’… . I felt like he was misunderstanding something, so I told my subordinate my cool name, but he makes a fuss every time I talk to him. I don’t know if he doesn’t understand what I’m saying, or if he’s just pretending not to know.
Mom said that humans give cats names. My subordinate is a human, and my human subordinate calls me ‘Yun Po-song’, so from today, my name becomes ‘Yun Po-song’.
I don’t feel like it, but this is something that can’t be helped. Because my subordinates are the only humans here.
But what does ‘Yoonposong’ mean? Is it better than ‘Go away’?
***
My subordinate threw me into slippery water with a strange scent. Then he pulled my front paw and rubbed my fur, damaging it. I was so angry that I threw a nuclear fist at my subordinate. When I came to my senses, I saw traces of my attack left on my subordinate’s legs.
As a strong cat, I felt helpless and pitiful for my subordinate. As a human being, he was so weak that he couldn’t even protect his own body properly. Even though my subordinate was beaten like that, he didn’t get angry because he liked me. Instead, he patted me and served me delicious food.
Hey, how are you going to live without me? I pretended to lick the wounds I had made, and my subordinate laughed. I can’t believe he was so happy even though he licked it once or twice because it was annoying. My subordinate is an easy guy.
***
My subordinate goes out once a day to hunt for food, and when he comes home and doesn’t see me, he keeps ‘pouting’. At that time, when I come out from hiding and surprise my subordinate, he is surprised and loves it.
‘Yoonposong’.
I think my new name is a little cooler than the name I used before. The person who gave me a new name, well… … . The best among humans.
***
I had to re-plan my day in a very different way. Climb the tower and look at the sky, and when the time comes, jump on the subordinate’s boat and wake him up. My subordinates give me more food than when I lived outside. And sometimes, when I ask for more rice, he calls me ‘pig’. ‘Pig’ is the one who made me like this! Whenever that happens, I throw a warning punch to my subordinate.
***
When I was living on the street, a brown-haired human who had been harassing my subordinate appeared at his house. Maybe it’s because he’s a person my subordinate really hates, but I don’t really like him either. I wish I could get out of my area right away. I glared at him for a long time in the dark house. Even if the sky falls, I will never get close to that person.
***
wow! Brown-haired humans are quite good at picking out their fur. My subordinate’s front paws were so uncomfortable that I ended up having to trim them again… . After much thought, I said today that I would adopt a brown-haired human as my exclusive hairdresser. The human who heard my words looked very happy.
It’s an honor to be the groomer for such a wonderful cat.
***
It seems that the subordinate and the hairdresser have reconciled. I think at first, whenever I saw a hairdresser, I would run away like I did when I saw a ‘pig’. Now, if it’s a day when the hairdresser comes, I wake up in the morning, straighten my hair, and keep looking at the clock.
Now that I think about it, I’m not a bad hairdresser either. Because that person has sharp front feet and, above all, is someone his subordinates like. Above all, his subordinate is a human being whom I may never meet again in my cat’s life, and if such a subordinate does not dislike me, there is no need for me to be wary of that human.
Subordinates sometimes do strange things. It’s a very meaningless thing where they attach the muzzle to me and then remove it, and my subordinates sometimes do that to their hairdressers. It seems that the hairdresser is as important to my subordinates as I am.
Is the relationship between those people the same as between me and ‘Spotted’? Spotted was my only friend. Sometimes my subordinates pick up the scent of other cats, but as an adult, I don’t get angry over such trivial things. I wish my subordinates would take care of ‘Spotted’ instead of me, who has now achieved success.
***
“Mr. Posong Yoon. “Why are you talking to yourself like that?”
beautiful person-.
“Do you like it if I touch your head?”
Wow.
“You also look like your owner, so it makes a lot of sense… .”
what?
“… … brother.”
“Posong, look at him. “He said he was upset again.”
“What are you doing there alone?”
“Brother, are you going? “Your master is calling.”
Nyah.
“Yeah, why did you call me?”
“… … “You knew I was staring at you from before.”
“huh.”
“But why do you always play with Posong?”
“Why are you jealous of Posong? “Are you a cat?”
“No, what kind of jealousy are you… ? It’s really absurd. That’s not it. He’s with me for the first time in a while, but he keeps paying attention to my cat. “I can’t even see you, what do you mean?”
It was then. The groomer raised his head and briefly bumped his muzzle, then pulled away, and his subordinate froze in place with his mouth wide open.
That… Are you angry? no. It seems similar to the expression of an angry human, but is somehow different. In contrast, the hairdresser was smiling with her eyes closed. It was obvious from the look on her face that she was dying of fun. He must have been harassing his subordinate.
Should I go and scold him? … Well, it’s annoying… . Let’s just leave it alone.
“Earth, no matter how jealous I am of Posongi, what should I do if I beat the dough like this?”
“Seriously, don’t talk like this. What number is this? You promised to focus only on me on the weekend. Did you forget? “Is it a goldfish?”
“Should I sleep in today?”
“… … ”
“Is that okay?”
“… … That’s good. You can do whatever you want, as much as you want. Sleep… “Go to sleep.”
What, have they already reconciled? Sometimes, it seemed like they were getting along well, but it wasn’t. Still, I can’t understand their behavior in sharing each other’s territory. Humans seem to be such strange creatures.
“no! “I just don’t want to sleep.”
“yes? Why again?!”
“I forgot because I’m a goldfish.”
“… … .”
“Why are you complaining about what I did well again?”
Again. The hairdresser laughs and teases his subordinate. The subordinate alone has muscles around his eyes trembling and his facial expression is very strange. I felt like I had heard something very insulting. What on earth are they always talking about except me? It would be nice to say it so that even cats can understand.
“Earth, is Posong looking at us pitifully again?”
“… … That’s not the problem. Are you going to sleep?”
“If you kiss me.”
“… … ?”
The subordinate suddenly attacked the hairdresser as if he were going to eat him and began to take revenge. I was always on the receiving end, but now I know how to fight back… . You’re all grown up.
I climbed up on the tall tower above the living room and looked out the window, leaving the two humans nuzzling each other. As the sunlight hit me, my ears naturally fluttered and my eyes closed. From afar, two humans could be heard whispering and laughing.
Today was an extremely ordinary day with nothing special about it.
My Neighbor Guild Member side story completed.
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