Chapter 36 – Troubled Queen

Chapter 36 – Troubled Queen

'Am I imagining it or is this mean Fox glancing at me too often?' Aiko was puzzled as she felt the Foxes stare at her too often.

Meanwhile the Glancing Fox. 'D-did I overdo it?? I mean she was kind of nice to look at, but who would have thought it would make her fur so shiny!?' The Queen was struggling. She was extremely tempted to acquire human form so that she could pet her to her heart's content.

She breathed heavily. 'Calm down, don't rush, she might be a bit shiny, but we can just wait.' Then she paused and the air around her changed.

'No, wait a minute! If we arrive at the 'Fox Village' other bastards would also like to pet her!' Her murderous intent almost leaked and her thoughts warped and clouded her thoughts.

'Right... it would be a pain in the ass to kill them all.' She regained some clarity. 'Let's just announce her as my mate when I arrive there, that way nobody would go after her!' Never mind, her mind had already a few screws loose. This was not unexpected as she lived too long and Aiko's fur and love for meat constantly reminded her of someone.

'Since it didn't work out the previous time, let's make it work this time~' She hummed inside her mind and Aiko for some reason shivered, like some kind of beast was staring at her poor body.

...

Aiko was extremely apprehensive against this mean Fox. For some reason she would get licked much more often, not to mention whenever she would sneakily sleep on her mean Fox, the next day she wouldn't make any fuss about it?! And even made her delicious meat?!

This was too much for Aiko and she was very wary of this Fox. Such a strange, sudden and sharp turn in treatment... she wouldn't get eaten by her right?

Aiko ate her meat the Fox was suspiciously close to her, but since the Fox didn't do anything to her and only kept Aiko warm with her tail, she didn't say anything, for now.

The Queen strapped Aiko on her back again and moved through the Forest.

Aiko once again enjoyed the feeling of wind against her fur. Thanks to this Fox's [Clean]ing skill she was always squeaky clean. Sure it couldn't compare to the feeling of taking a bath, but it was much faster and less tedious when it came to drying.

She had to wait several hours on that beach to dry, yet this fox just used a skill and in the blink of an eye she was completely nice and dry!

She pouted a bit, it would be great if she could use that skill, but it seems like one has to have an affinity with the Water Element to do so. She only has Shadow and Earth, and neither of them is of any use when it comes to cleaning.

She even looked through her shop, but to her shock, some Abilities and Martial Arts were locked behind a wall named Elemental Affinity.

She wasn't completely locked, she could buy them, but those Abilities were incomparably more expensive than if she were to buy Abilities based on Shadows or Earth.

She stared at this mean Fox in a new light. It seemed like she was very good with Water Element. The Queen used her [Clean] on Aiko too many times, so Aiko thought she might have bottomless energy or it just cost too little.

Little did she know that it was actually quite expensive to use that Ability in terms of Qi, but the Queen couldn't get enough of Aiko's fur so she willingly burned through her Qi so that she could lick and cuddle that nice fur, especially now after the medicine bath! It was incomparably better! So good in fact that she questioned her morals as an Immortal!

Aiko naturally didn't know about this inner conflict that the Fox was having and even if she knew she wouldn't do anything about it unless it threatened her meat-producing capabilities.

"Evolution depends on several factors. Most beasts would evolve without unlocking any Bloodlines or they would have such a generic Bloodline that it would be useless to them. Then there are exceptions like that [Fire Lizard] you fought in the desert." The Queen smiled, but Aiko wasn't smiling.

Aiko slapped the back of the stinky Fox, still upset at the fact that she threw her inside that desert without telling her anything, not to mention she was forced to fight such an unfavourable fight.

She really wanted to ask about this, but at the same time, she was worried that this would cause Aiko to distance herself from her. This plagued her mind but kept it hidden for now.

'As long as it doesn't cause anything negative to her I won't ask her, but the moment something happens I will have to force her to tell me.' She thought. 'I have vast knowledge and there wouldn't be anything that I couldn't solve!'

She placed more Beast Cores in front of Aiko and they resumed their spree for the next few days.

[Level: 80 (2nd Evolution)]

[You can Evolve into [Uncommon] Beast]

[Levelling further will allow you to Evolve into [Rare] Beast.]

Aiko consumed a vast amount of Beast Cores, but could only reach the Uncommon Rarity. This greatly disheartened her as she would have to consume too many Beast Cores if she wanted to Evolve later. Not to mention the Evolution in itself would consume a LOT of Spirit Stones/Energy.

Status System

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Name: Aiko

Good/Evil: 420 - 580

Species: [Shadow Fennec Fox Cub(Female, Peak of Unique)]

Species: [-]

Age: 0.35/100

Bloodline: [Shadow Fiend Fox(Awakened)]

Bloodline: [-]

Beast Rank: Beast

Level: 28 -> 80 (2nd Evolution)

Title: [Foul-mouthed], [Agile], [Brave], [Courageous], [Thief Who Robbed Immortal],

Stats: (*2 Shadow Enhancement)

HP: 280/519 -> 567/719 (1pH & 0.07%pH)

ST: 303/685 -> 781/1,197 (2->3pH & 0.1%pH)

Vitality: 145/301 -> 349/453 (1pH & 0.03%pH)

Vigour: 467 -> 931

Beast Core(10%): 1,000 (1,120)

Toughness: 272 -> 372

Strength: 413 -> 773

Agility: 1,089*1.5 -> 2,697*1.5

Dexterity: 238 -> 286

Mind: 742 -> 1,726

Insight: 30

Beauty: 2,142 -> 5,726

Luck: 378 -> 426

Stat Points: 172 -> 342

Skill Points: 118 -> 288

Elemental Affinity: [Shadow - 3], [Earth - 9]

Martial Arts: [Lightness Technique]

Divine Ability: [Duality of Cultivation], [Jaws of ####]

Ability: [Shadow Walk: Mastered]

Passive Ability: [Desert adaptation: Lv.2], [Shadow Enhancement: Mastered], [Agility Mastery: Lv.1], [Intention Perception: Lv.1->Mastered]

Skills: [Burrow: Mastered], [Crushing Bite: Mastered], [Lacerate: Lv.3], [Sprint: Mastered], [Tracking: Mastered], [Quick Jump: Mastered], [Climb: Mastered], [Camouflage: Lv.3], [Meditation: Lv.1],

Passive Skills: [Stealth: Lv.3], [Enhanced Sight: Mastered], [Health Recovery: Lv.5->7], [Stamina Recovery: Lv.7->Mastered], [Prehensile Tail: Mastered], [Dark Vision: Mastered], [Enhanced Smell: Mastered], [Temperature Regulation: Mastered], [Intimidation: Lv.1], [Weakness Detection: Lv.1], [Hunting Mastery: Lv.1], [Vitality Recovery: Lv.1->3], [Linguistics: Lv.1], [Swimming: Lv.1],

Blessings: [Blessing of the Ancestral Nine-Tailed Fox], [Blessing of the Ancestral Phoenix],

Items: [Introduction to the Mortal Realm], [Meat x250], [Skill Coupon x4], [Skill Combination Coupon x2], [Cultivation Gift]

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