Chapter 154 – Helping Aiko 101 and gifts for her team
The Umbra Fox was brushing the sleeping Aiko's tail. She was much calmer now that she rested inside instead of being outside where she could see that she was high up in the sky.
"Mistress is amazing..." The Umbra Fox murmured.
"Just keep calling her Aiko and she might like you more." The Blood Fox suddenly said.Updated chapters at novelhall.com
"But... that wasn't in the contract..." The Umbra Fox said with some sadness.
"Yet it always slips on your tongue." The Blood Fox chuckled when she imagined the countless times that Umbra Fox called Aiko by her name and not as 'Mistress'.
"Wouldn't we get punished if others knew?" She asked worriedly.
"Probably." The Blood Fox shrugged. "But they can't punish us if they don't acquire permission from Aiko."
"Do you truly believe they won't go around it...?" The Umbra Fox said pessimistically.
The Blood Fox couldn't answer that, since the more time they spend outside, the fishier things become about the Fox Village.
"It would be hard to leave, since we would be hunted..." The Blood Fox murmured.
"Don't forget that Mei would eat us alive if we inconvenience her." The Umbra Fox suddenly said.
"... True." The Blood Fox said with a neutral voice. She was quite happy with their current relationship and she didn't want to ruin it. She knew that Mei would be willing to completely restrict her from meeting Aiko if she messed up.
That would mess up her current situation, so she had to treat it carefully.
"My bad..." The Blood Fox apologised, the more she thought about it, the more she wanted to leave that shitty Fox Village.
"No worries." The Umbra Fox smiled. She was already used to the fact that the Blood Fox was pretty much an obsessive fanatic when it came to their Mistress. The only reason she didn't step in and stop the Blood Fox was because the Blood Fox had a good reason for this.
'Although I still can't understand how Mistress is able to calm her down...' She couldn't find the logic behind that, as such, there was nothing she could do about it. After all, she was not well versed in Demonic Beings and the little bits of information that she knew was from rumours and gossip.
The Umbra Fox quite liked gossip since they were a good source of entertainment in her bland life. 'But that has to change...' The Umbra Fox shouldn't gather gossip as truthful information, as that is not very practical and similar incidents, like the one in 'that' Capital, might arise and mess up her steady mind.
She understood that the more powerful she was, the steadier her mind was, the less likely she would crash like a flying ship without Spirit Stones.
The Blood Fox stared at the Umbra Fox for a long time, but after that, she sighed in relief knowing that the Umbra fox didn't have any feelings for Aiko.
'The only issue is Mei...' She thought. Mei was obsessed with making Aiko her servant, even when the situation was the complete opposite.
The Blood Fox was crestfallen from the fact Mei was so powerful. Mei could lock her in place with just her gaze. The Blood Fox needed to unlock her Divine Sense to combat this rift.
The Blood Fox believed that once she unlocked her Divine Sense, she would be able to restrain Mei’s Divine Sense and defeat her...
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Aiko woke up as the duo was chatting happily. She was glad that she didn't need to help the Umbra Fox, since she didn't know how, but it turned out that her tail was more than enough to be used as a comforter.
She yawned, but was rudely interrupted by the smiling Blood Fox.
Aiko suddenly had a very bad feeling about this, like something that she didn't like would happen... and happen it did.
The Blood Fox suddenly pulled Aiko's Assassination Uniform with a smile on her lips.
Aiko had to wear it...
"Here." And placed them in front of the duo.
She filed down the edges so now it looked like prettily decorated smooth stones.
The Blood Fox and the Umbra Fox touched it. They could feel that it decreased the ambient Qi quite sharply, but they could not gauge its effects.
"What does this do, Mistress?" The Umbra Fox was the first to ask, as she was curious about this pretty rock.
"It is the same as this, but stronger." Aiko said, pulling out the Snake Artefact.
The duo stared at it.
"Is this supposed to poison us?" The Blood Fox tilted her head cutely and teased Aiko.
"No!" Aiko slapped the table, annoyed at the Blood Fox. "I have no idea why some idiot Forging Cultivator created this like this. It doesn't poison you, but protect you from poison...!" Aiko shook her head, she could not understand what the maker of this piece was thinking.
"Anyway, it only protects you from certain types of low-grade poisons." Aiko gestured. "So if you are not sure if you are poisoned or not it's better to still take Pills, but when you are in a fight and you can't take them, there is a possibility that this thing can protect you." Aiko explained.
"Of course, it would be better if you didn't get poisoned in the first place, but this thing is still only a loose safety net, it might catch you, but you can still slip through it." Aiko rambled on and on, she was not used to those adoring gazes. She used her rambling to hide her embarrassment, but her ears were already a tinge of pink and slowly turning red.
Aiko coughed awkwardly. "You can place it into your pockets or somewhere where it stays close to your body, I don't have the proper materials that would allow me to make this into an accessory, so you will have to make do with these metal pieces." Aiko explained a bit more, but choked when she saw the Blood Fox slide that pretty metallic stone into her bosom.
Aiko stared there for a good while. "Won't that slide out of her valley?" She subconsciously stated her worry.
The Blood Fox giggled and stood up, those peaks shook like jelly, yet the smothered metallic stone stayed in place.
'Did it acquire Spiritual Sense already...?' Aiko couldn't understand, how could the Blood Fox store so many things into her bosom without losing them.
She stared down, but when she compared her bumps to those massive personalities...
Aiko suddenly felt angry and she also felt the need to slap them... again.
She coughed, looking away from the Blood Fox, lest she would get even angrier and actually slap them... again.
Aiko sipped some water looking over the Umbra Fox, which was more pleasing to the eye and not overwhelming like the Blood Fox.
The Umbra Fox caressed and played with the stone, curious and mesmerised by the Inscription.
"Mistress..." The Umbra Fox hesitated.
"Tell me, tell me." Aiko was curious about what could make her so hesitant.
"How much Beast Core energy do we have to spend to power this?" The Umbra Fox blushed slightly. She didn't want to ask this, but it was important to know so she could get prepared during fights.
"I don't understand...?" Aiko tilted her head. "It's already working, you know?"
The Umbra Fox was startled. "You don't need to power it to make it work?" She was greatly confused.
"Yeah, as long as you keep it close to your body, the Inscription Energies will invade your body and protect you from the low-grade poisons." Aiko said flatly with a raised eyebrow.
"Mistress..." The Umbra Fox had tears in her eyes. "Thank you so much for giving us such an incredible treasure!" She kowtowed towards Aiko, making her flustered.
"What are you doing?!" Aiko was completely flustered. "This is just a simple makeshift trinket made within a few hours, it's not a treasure!"
Aiko's statement silenced the whole room and they could hear someone outside the door choke up...