I Thought You Said, You Can Take Care Of It!?

Burp! Clang!

"More!"

Dia released a satisfied burp before pushing the large steel bowl towards John, asking for seconds or maybe more.

The edge of John's right eye twitched as he couldn't believe such a small creature could eat a serving suitable for at least two people, and she's even asking for more.

John just stared at her and took the bowl as he stood up and walked past her, and came before his gas cooker as he looked at pork adobo that he cooked earlier for an early lunch because of the so-called deity's sudden appearance.

'I'm going to work your ass off after eating this much'

John grinned devilishly while scooping a ladleful of the pork adobo into the bowl, followed by two ladlefuls of rice.

This time, he's now not scared of angering this white cat because of the contract they had gone through.

And it was because he bought a contract called Soul Contract, where both parties are equals and that they couldn't hurt each other.

It was seriously expensive because it made his heart and wallet bleed, but it was worth it because it gave him peace of mind for his safety.

"Brrr! Did you make the air conditioning colder?"

Dia couldn't help but suddenly shiver when she felt a cold draft that washed over her.

'She even knows air conditioning now'

John rolled his eyes in annoyance as he was also not expecting that there would be a day that he would be cursing a lot.

He really felt frustrated because Dia was able to learn some knowledge about the modern world from him through the soul contract, but he didn't, which was such a huge bummer for him that it was Dia who was lucky to have that option when they signed the contract.

"This better be worth it"

Complained John as he placed the bowl steaming with food on the table before Dia with a serious tone.

After all, Dia had already eaten a day's worth of food, and John doesn't even know if the food on the pot is enough for the cat!

"You're really one weird human"

Dia said in passing while munchkin on her meal. It was because she really couldn't understand why this human before her is not happy at all that there's a living deity living with him!

Just what is wrong with this blockhead!?

Is having a deity at home not that exciting and honorable anymore!?

A question that's really bugging her a lot!

"Anyway, don't bother me as I'm gonna be editing my video" said John after giving the bowl of food to Dia, then he walked away from the kitchen towards the living room and sat before his laptop.

"That's the one that's called a laptop, right? It's a pretty interesting invention of you humans" replied Dia from the kitchen while chewing on her food.

"Just how come you didn't know these things when you were living at the cemetery where there's literally a flood of humans during All Saints' Day every year?" asked John as he really couldn't understand how someone like Dia doesn't even know the changes that happened to the world.

"I've been sleeping for a hundred years, and just woke up a couple of days ago. How would I know that the world of humans had progressed this fast? Why do you think I approached you?" replied Dia while licking her paw.

"Wait..really?"

John raised an eyebrow as he stopped editing and turned his head towards her as he couldn't believe what he's hearing right now.

"Of course, why do you think my current form is that of a cat? Do you even know what my true form is?" Dia let out a satisfied burp and sat on her butt while looking at John with a satisfied face.

"What is it?"

With his interest piqued, John quickly stopped what he was doing and stared at Dia waiting for her answer.

"Do you really want to know?"

Hearing Dia's voice that suddenly turned somewhat creepy, and feeling the sudden drop of temperature that's even lower than the air conditioning, John gulped down as he also realized that feeling of bad premonition he felt last night when Dia slapped him into oblivion!

"Hmmm...nope. I'm just gonna continue editing this. So why don't you, on the other hand, watch some shows on the TV instead?"

John quickly turned his head away and grabbed the tv remote and turned on the television, where they were greeted by the morning news that is currently broadcasting a gruesome murder that happened at Lawag City last night.

"Vengeful spirit" said Dia a few seconds later when she came into the living room and saw the news.

"How do you even know that when the image was clearly blurred?"

John raised an eyebrow and asked with a scoff.

Dia shook her head and replied, "You don't learn do you? Since when did humans and deities have the same eyes? I can still deduce what the image was even when it was blurred, do you think that just because I've grown weak that my abilities have also deteriorated?"

"..."

John was speechless by what she said and couldn't utter a single word and just stared at the cat sitting on the table in front of him.

"What? Cat got your tongue?"

John shrugged his shoulders as he really didn't have any rebuttal to that and just decided to change the topic.

"Hmm, vengeful spirit? I've never encountered or seen one before"

"What? You want to look for that one? With your flimsy ability, you wouldn't even last ten seconds just looking at how gruesome the victim's body just from the blurry image that almost occupied the entire tv screen" Dia sneered in disdain with contemptuous eyes as she looked at John.

"You'll die if you encounter it. You're really lucky that the ghosts you have encountered so far are just weaklings"

"You don't need to keep reminding me of that" said John with a tone mixed with annoyance and glumness.

Dia smirked and said, "Don't worry, with me here. I can take care of them, but the price...you already know"

John looked weirdly at the white cat who's rubbing her paws together.

Her original intentions of doing that might have been to creep out John, but instead, it made her look more cuter!

And if John was a cat person, then he would have already pounced at her and started rubbing their cheeks together because of her cuteness!

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"Motherf*cker! I thought you said you can take care of it!?"

"Shut up! How would I know that it's a hundred year old vengeful spirit!?"