Chapter 171: Growing (Edited)

Despite the Weasleys' efforts to get Fish, reluctant to do his homework, to stay, they could not overcome the determined Professor McGonagall. After lunch with the Weasleys, they returned to their home in Hogsmeade through the Fluffy dust.

Not that Professor McGonagall was insensitive, but she knew that if she gave in a little, the cheeky kitten would keep pushing her, and if she didn't bring him back, it would be even harder to get him to do his homework when he went feral.

Of course, Professor McGonagall did not blindly carry out the coercive education, so after returning to Hogsmeade, she said to the grumpy Fish, "Tomorrow I plan to go to Diagon Alley to buy you next year's textbooks..."

Professor McGonagall did not finish her words, and then Fish, predictably, changed his previous nasty attitude and pounced on her.

"Minerva~"●ω●

Fish rubbed Professor McGonagall's cheek with a flattering expression, "Fish also wants to go to Diagon Alley nya~."

"Then you have to be obedient and do your homework."

"Okay nya!" (●ΦωΦ●).

The simple and happy kitten was easy to cajole.

After sending Fish off to do homework, Professor McGonagall put on her glasses and went back to work at Hogwarts. She was in charge of drafting admissions notices for all new students and sending them off with a list of necessary materials she had already prepared.

By the end of the evening, Comey had prepared Chinese food for Fish to enjoy.

Although Professor McGonagall had sent the food twice before at the Weasley's house, the family was so large that Mrs. Weasley had used those ingredients sparingly.

Although Fish was able to eat his favorite Chinese food at every meal, the portions were a bit meager and didn't allow him to enjoy himself.

But Fish is much more sensible now, and the rest of Mrs. Weasley's food tasted good, so she didn't bother with it.

Of course, it would have been nice if every meal had been like this one.

Fish rubbed his bulging belly with satisfaction, then ran to his room, grabbed a storybook, and turned to Professor McGonagall.

"Minerva, Fish wants to hear a story." (つΦωΦ●Φ●)つ

After handing Professor McGonagall the storybook in his hand, Fish changed back into a tabby cat and jumped onto her lap, tucking his paws under him and squinting as he purred.

Since I have to go out tomorrow to play, I won't be going to the Forbidden Forest tonight to see my animal friends, kitties know how to save energy too!

After listening to Professor McGonagall's story, Fish went back to his room early, got under the covers and went to sleep.

All was quiet when the little cat opened his eyes under the covers.

Well, now that I've recharged my energy, it's time to go play with Shadow and the others.

So the kitten, who had made up his mind to recharge his energy, immediately abandoned the plan to recharge his energy and, as usual, slipped out of the house and ran into the Forbidden Forest...

Sure enough, by the next morning, Fish had fallen asleep again.

"Master Fish, it's time to get up!"

Comey called insistently to Fish, who had squirmed in a strange position.

"Meow~!"(=￣ω￣=)

The cat, who hadn't slept enough mentally despite having slept a lot of real sleep, lazily agreed and then rolled on the bed without opening his eyes.

"Master Fish, today you have to go to Diagon Alley with Professor McGonagall!"

"Meow!"

Fish kept rolling, but didn't get up.

Just then Professor McGonagall walked in and said, nonchalantly, "Let Fish sleep on, I'll go to Diagon Alley alone."

"Meow!" ∑(=ΦωΦ=)

Fish's eyes instantly widened and he jumped out of bed, taking the form of a cat-person and pounced on Professor McGonagall.

"Good morning, Minerva." ●ω●

"You've taken off your pajamas again!"

"It's uncomfortable sleeping with your clothes on nya."

"Don't you always turn into a cat when you sleep? What do clothes have to do with it?"

"Fish doesn't like it nya!" (●ΦДΦ●).

Most of all, Fish hated the fact that it was too complicated to change clothes.

Professor McGonagall sighed helplessly at Fish's insistence and didn't force him to wear his pajamas, after all, not everyone liked to sleep in them, and at least Fish knew he had to wear underwear, so that was that.

"If you don't want to wear it, don't wear it," Professor McGonagall patted Fish's head gently, "But don't take off your normal clothes."

"Minerva is the best nya!"

With Professor McGonagall's permission to not have to wear those annoying pajamas anymore, Fish was overjoyed and hugged Professor McGonagall with a smile.

"Then hurry up and get dressed!"

"Got it nya!"

Fish quickly put on one of the suits Estella had given him...

Then he stood there fidgeting and twisted his body.

"What's wrong?"

"It's a little uncomfortable nya.". ?ω?

Fish tugged at his shirt collar, wrinkling his forehead as he continued to squirm.

Professor McGonagall knelt down and took a closer look. Unlike the baggy robes that wizards wore on a daily basis, many of the clothes Estella had given her were thinner and easier to move in, so Fish had always liked wearing the clothes she had given her.

However, the thinner clothes could clearly be felt with the slightest change, like now.

"I don't think you can wear these clothes again." Professor McGonagall told Fish, "Take it off and choose a looser outfit."

"Why nya?" ∑(●ΦΦДΦ●)

"Because Fish has grown up."

Professor McGonagall patted Fish's head and smiled from ear to ear.

In the three years since she had adopted him, Professor McGonagall was concerned that he hadn't changed much in size, and she suspected he had the same elf blood as Professor Flitwick.

While she didn't dislike Fish or anything like that, Professor McGonagall wanted the chance to see her son grow up a bit, so she was glad to see that Fish had finally grown a bit more.

"Grow up nya?"

Fish froze and ran over to Professor McGonagall, comparing his height to hers, and was pleased to find that he had indeed grown a little taller.

"nyahaha! Fish is going to be a big cat nya." (●≧≦●)

The fact that he had never used to bother him, but since he had learned the spell that allowed him to change size freely, it didn't bother him anymore, but it was nice to be able to grow anyway.

In fact, it was also because Fish had come to accept his human side after attending the Animagus Club meetings.

The Shard of the World Tree, a treasure of the elves, had more to offer than awakening druidic spells.

Of course, none of this mattered to Fish, who didn't even know what he had swallowed in the first place.

After a few moments of happiness for both mother and son, Professor McGonagall made a point of measuring Fish's height and weight, and left a line on the wall of the house to represent his height.

"Come on, let's go to Diagon Alley!" A happy Professor McGonagall waved her arm, "I'll buy you anything you want to eat today!"

"Minerva is the best nya!" (●ΦωΦ●)