My First Trip to the Catgirl Cantina
“W-Whoa...”
The moment I walked through those doors, my jaw dropped. Fujiyan had just taken me into a place I’d never been before: the Catgirl Cantina. The staff all had cat ears. And they were cute.
W-Wait, was this some kind of adult shop?
“My esteemed Tackie...” Fujiyan explained with disappointment. “This is no brothel. They don’t offer that sort of service...”
“...You just read my mind, didn’t you?” I accused. Please don’t, it’s embarrassing!
“Think of it as a maid cafe.”
“Oh, I see.” So the point of the place was just to look at the cute girls.
“Welcome to the Catgirl Cantina!” A wide-eyed cat-eared waitress greeted us before showing Fujiyan and me to our seats. Her skirt was short. And underneath that skirt swayed a cat tail.
I-I was being tempted... No, keep it together. Calm Mind skill, activate!
“Oh, my esteemed Tackie...”
“Got a problem?”
We were led to a luxurious table in the back.
“Thanks for everything, Meowster Fujiwara! Is it your companion’s first trip here? By all means, take your time!” The cat-eared waitress welcomed us with a smile, took our drink orders, and disappeared into the kitchen.
“So they do make cat puns,” I remarked.
“Heavens no! She’s the only waitress here who does so.”
“Huh?” For real? Our drinks were delivered as we continued this discussion, and we said our cheers. Entrees were soon brought out plate by plate.
“This is some good food!” I exclaimed.
“Indeed it is,” Fujiyan agreed. “The impeccable quality does not stop at the service staff—the food is exquisite as well!”
“But it must be expensive.”
“Oh, my friend, you’ll be quite surprised by what they charge...”
Fujiyan slipped me a number.
“Wow, that’s pricey!” I couldn’t help but remark.
“What?”
“...What?”
Fujiyan and I stared at each other. Ah, we’d just hit upon a difference in perspective; of course a rookie adventurer and a successful businessman would think about the value of money very differently. Things got a little awkward.
“Er, may I ask what you typically dine upon, my esteemed Tackie?”
“I guess I just go to the food stalls in the guild every day,” I responded. “I can get a full stomach for a few hundred gald.”
“That is indeed cheap... But I’ve heard that almost all of the stalls in the guild primarily serve drinks.”
“Yep, it’s all bar food.” But I liked junk food, so it wasn’t a problem for me.
“Well now, are you fellas talking about work? Mister Fujiwara, this friend of yours is an adventurer?” The cute, cat-eared waitress chatted along as she poured us drinks. A-A little too close for my comfort...
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The time flew by, and before I knew it, I’d drunk way too much.
“C’mooon, Mister Fujiwara, you can stay until morning, caaan’t you?”
“Ah ha ha! But of course!” Fujiyan replied. “Come, my esteemed Tackie, we’ve much more drinking to do!”
Fujiyan was still partying hard.
“Uh... Sure...” I was tired. Honestly, I wanted to head back to the adventurer’s guild and get some sleep. I couldn’t handle my liquor as well as Fujiyan, after all.
“Mister Fujiwara, I want to drink that luxury wine...”
“Can I have some fruits?”
“I want to try that wine too...”
Fujiyan was surrounded by catgirls wearing skimpy dresses. Wait, weren’t those skirts a little too short? It was starting to feel like the type of venue that wasn’t quite a brothel... Right, a cabaret club.
At just that moment...
I froze. A shiver that I still struggle to describe raced up my spine.
“Hey...Boss? Didn’t you say you’d come home tonight’h?”
I turned around to see a bunny-eared girl standing imposingly before us. The cat-eared girls instantly scattered away like mice.
“Er... Well, you see, about that... My trusted Nina, I have a perfectly reasonable explanation...” Fujiyan stammered as he tried to come up with an excuse.
“My apologies, Mr. Takatsuki, but the boss has some unfinished business’h. Would you mind wrapping up your evening here’h?”
“...Nope, go right ahead.”
If anything, I was so sleepy that I appreciated the assist. But did Fujiyan really spend the night with me when he still had work to do? Then again, he was the one who’d invited me to go drinking. Oh well, good enough for me.
I returned to the adventurer’s guild and fell fast asleep.
Come to think of it, what was that bunny-eared clerk’s name, again?
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