Losa looked at the roof, at those cats that roamed the eaves, gathering in groups, and wondered, "These days, Constantinople has started a trend of keeping cats."
"Yes, to deal with those rats."
Anna rubbed her forehead. "Even the Brahna Palace has started keeping cats, fortunately this is not a bad thing."
"Indeed."
Losa thought of the reason for the Black Death in the past life; one reason was that people in the late Middle Ages viewed cats as the evil witch's pet, or an incarnation of the devil, and slaughtered them en masse, even holding grand ceremonies for cruel killings.
This led to rats losing their natural enemies and their numbers soaring.
The true historical Sun King of France, Louis XIV, once personally lit a pyre to burn cats during a ceremony.
This king, who reigned for seventy-two years, was a devout believer and is said to have only bathed seven times in his life. He was always encased in a foul odor, yet he was the one behind the invention of perfumes.
