Stealing the Female Lead's Spirit Animal

[A beginner's work, still a little rough (bows)]

Good news: Xu Liunian has found a cat who isn't afraid of her!

Bad news: The cat has an owner... the female lead.

Then she'll just have to roll up her sleeves and work hard to earn the right to pet the cat.

So Xu Liunian takes down a scumbag, beats up a pervert, and carefully picks out a whole bunch of handsome, capable, decent people for the female lead to choose from.

But why does the female lead keep staring at her whenever she's petting the cat? Her face even looks flushed with anger.

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Xie Wanyang has a secret.

Her mental power level is very low because her mental power has taken physical form: a cat.

She hides it away as carefully as she can.

Then she meets someone

who keeps finding excuses to be around her, helping her with clumsy pretexts, and earnestly telling her,

"You were born to be a great tree. You don't have to fear the wind and rain."

From then on, she can no longer take her eyes off her.

After a long time, she finally sees that person standing in front of her with flowers and a gift, looking awkward as she says, "Um..."

"I will."

The other woman is surprised, then delighted. Overcome with excitement, she takes away... her mental spirit cat?!

Xu Liunian: Yes!! Come on, kitty, let's go home!

Xie Wanyang: Huh? Damn it, she's a cat trafficker!

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Whenever Xu Liunian pets the cat that is her mental spirit, Xie Wanyang can't help herself.

She can't help craving the shared sensations of her mental spirit.

She can't help being consumed by jealousy.

The vines of possessiveness wrap around her whole being, bringing tears to her eyes.

"A Nian, you'll never get to pet my cat in this lifetime."

"Unless you take me with you, too."

Real cat lover Xu vs. seemingly aloof, genuinely possessive Xie

Upcoming novel:

It's another world, and I still have to be a graduate student?

Also known as: Pursuing My Advisor with an Intelligence Ability

Luo Yi died from being worked to the bone by her unscrupulous advisor, right in front of the computer where she'd labored day and night.

If she got another life, she swore she would never apply to graduate school!

When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a supernatural world of magic, knights, beastfolk, mermaids, and dragons.

She had become an intermediate apprentice at a magic academy, about to be assigned an advisor for further study.

Wait, wait a second! Isn't that just graduate school in another world? I don't want this!

After struggling every which way, Luo Yi failed to escape her fate as a graduate student and was assigned to the academy's legendary devil of an advisor.

After reporting for duty in utter despair, Luo Yi thought: Do you people have some kind of misunderstanding about what a devil of an advisor is?

Advisor Feistian is clearly young and promising, highly accomplished in magic, and so beautiful she takes your breath away.

Sure, she always leaves the magic tower in a mess and keeps asking me to clean it, but tidying up my beautiful advisor's room once in a while isn't asking too much.

Sure, she always assigns difficult tasks and sets strict examinations, and she doesn't like to teach me step by step, but that's all to help her students grow independent.

Sure, I know absolutely nothing about magic, but I have a special ability.

[Today's intelligence has been updated]

[1: A fruit shop in the city of Unes has received a new shipment of Red Mountain Fruit. Hidden among them is a hard-to-spot [Elemental Fruit] that can increase elemental affinity when eaten.]

[2: A rare bamboo spirit has appeared in the academy's back hills, but it seems to have gotten lost. Unable to find plants to sustain it, it is on the verge of dying of sorrow.]

[3: High Mage Feistian seems to have noticed something unusual about you and has become curious about you.]

? It seems like something strange got mixed into the intelligence, but it doesn't matter. With my intelligence ability, I can finally make a name for myself in magic and live up to my advisor's expectations!

Just as Luo Yi thinks her life will continue in this "dull and uneventful" fashion, Advisor Feistian is ostracized by the Magic Association, stripped of her position as an academy advisor, and sent to a barren land.

The other apprentices turn their backs on Advisor Feistian, but that's okay! I can use my intelligence ability to develop her territory and earn the resources she needs to advance!

Just as Luo Yi gets the territory thriving and her advisor successfully advances, she realizes her ability seems to have broken.

[Today's intelligence has been updated]

[1: Legendary Mage Feistian has developed feelings for you. She hopes you'll confess your love to her.]

[2: Legendary Mage Feistian has developed feelings for you. She thinks confessing to you herself wouldn't be out of the question.]

[3: Legendary Mage Feistian has developed feelings for you. She has decided to force you to confess your love to her.]

Luo Yi: ???

Feistian: (Lifts her chin) Look into my eyes, my dear Luo Yi, and tell me you love me.

The story starts at the academy, then moves on to territory building.

The tsundere advisor falls for me.

Theme: Building a beautiful life together