Chapter 1252

“She had no right!” The woman shouted defiantly. “She took everything from us!”

“How many tails do you have?” I demanded angrily, causing her to cower behind her husband once again. “Three? Five? I guess the children, being so young, got hit with too much spiritual energy. That’s why they are so sick. As for the rest of you, you’re hardly affected at all.”

“A few who were unlucky enough to spawn too many tails died!” The foxkin man shouted. “Many of us are racked with pain every night.”

“So?” I asked, causing the man to blink in shock. “This is nothing more than your brethren had to deal with every day while you pretended to help them. The saddest thing about this all is that you’re not cursed at all. You’ve been given a gift, and you’re too foolish to even do anything with it.”

“You dare!” He snarled, taking a step forward. “You call it a gift? It’s nothing but a curse, a bane placed on the foxkin for our sins in a previous life. It only brings misfortune and death!”

“Don’t act so noble!” The man let out a snarl. “I know who you are. You’re the man who bought her. You paid for her like an object, just to play with her. Was using her like a toy worth it? This is your fault! If it wasn’t for you, she’d have been dead by now like she was supposed to. She would have been better off dead!”

I didn’t know when my hand had lunged out, but I grabbed his neck and lifted him. The woman that had been holding onto him let out a cry as she was shoved to the ground. Everyone else, rather than running to help, cowered back. Even here, they didn’t seem to care about protecting their own. They were happy to bully others when they had the upper hand, but they would just as quickly turn on each other when it was convenient.

“And what right do you have?” I screamed.

“Stop!” The woman cried out, the only one who got back up and started trying to hit my arm. “Leave him alone! We have every right!”

“And how is that?” I hissed.

“We’re her parents!”