Chapter 69 Awakened With Grief

"What was that, Rena?"

Arius couldn't hear Rena's tiny voice which sounded like a baby mouse trying to speak.

Rena's whole body flushed, her purple eyes snapped onto Arius, placing her hands up she began laughing awkwardly.

"Haha... it's nothing haha... please could you wake up the empress..."

Rena asked, withdrawing her eyes from Arius in embarrassment.

Arius shrugged his shoulders and headed toward the fox empress.

Standing above the fox empress he placed his right hand on her skinny pale jaded stomach and spoke a random heal spell.

"Uhhh... heal..."

A small line of yellow that looked like a small piece of string started to sink into her body and enter her blood vessels.

The fox's empress's body began to glow a little, showing life.

The room began lighting up with torches that were placed on the stone walls.

Seeing there was no point in keeping his night vision on he turned his eyes back to a rose red.

Rena did the same, reverting back to her beautiful purple.

"Cough, cough, cough."

The fox empress shot up from the rectangle shaped rock and began coughing which caused her massive breasts to shake up and down.

Arius activated his buddha mode, walking over to the fox empress he waited until she stopped coughing.

After coughing for a good minute the fox empress noticed Arius and immediately tackled him to the cold ground pushing his head into the floor.

Her eyes became fierce, she lifted her white snow hand which had razor sharp nails, placing them gently to Arius's neck and she began questioning him.

"Who are you? How did you get in here? How am I healed-?"

She went on and on asking hundreds of questions.

If you're wondering why Arius didn't dodge or do anything well... he wanted to enjoy those huge melons which were pressed onto his small chest!

Arius felt like he was listening to a broken record, sighing he looked the fox empress in the eyes.

"First of all I just healed you and this is how you repay me by taking me to a cold ground? Second my name is Arius Fay a overpowered harem protagonist who has a bunch of beautiful wives and I want you to be my wi-"

Before Arius could finish his words his body went flying toward the wall.

To be honest he could have never expected to be sent flying out of nowhere.

Boom!

Arius's body making contact with the stone wall caused the room to shake a little.

Quickly recovering he looked at the feisty fox empress whose eyes were as cold as ice.

"Jeez I was kidding... kinda... but still I am your savior so no need to be so hostile."

Arius told her with a small smile trying to calm the situation.

Rena who was watching this whole time quickly ran toward the fox empress and jumped toward her with open arms.

"Aunt!!!"

She yelled happily.

Seeing her little niece her whole face did a whole 180.

From an icy expression to a warm expression.

Of course Arius noticed this and quietly sulked a little.

Rena and the fox empress tightly hugged each other not wanting to let go.

"My little cute fox I missed you so much."

The fox empress spoke with a smile, tears began to come out of her eyes which landed on Rena's cloth.

Rena simply ignored the liquid and cried herself.

"Aunt I was all alone for so long.... I thought I would never be able to see you again."

Her voice was quickly breaking apart, trying her hardest not to break down. She bit her smooth red lip.

"How long have I been asleep..."

The fox empress asked the most important question on her mind and was worried sick.

Rena looked her aunt in the eyes.

"14 years..."

She answered in a sad tone.

The fox empress quickly realized something hearing those years.

"Rena, where is your mother?"

Rena pulled away from her aunt and avoided eye contact, her body began to slowly crumble mentally.

"D-D-D-D-Dead..."

She spit out the one word which took her entire energy.

Silence...

The whole room turned silent until the fox empress began to speak.

"What... Ashely is de- my little sister... is dead!?!?!"

The fox empress's voice turned cold and distorted, the entire atmosphere around her was suffocating, the stone wall and floor turned to hard pure ice.

Cold air began to leave her body.

Her eyes turned slanted and her pupils turned to slits.

She took a step forward which caused the whole den to shake.

Her razor sharp nails grew a couple extra inches to a regular knife size.

The giant nine white fluffy tails began hovering in the air.

Before Arius or Rena could tell the fox empress to calm down the whole den started to turn to ice.

Arius looked to ground and sighed.

He raised his right foot and stomped on the upcoming ice which was covering the entire stone floor.

"Fire presence."

Arius spoke, A ray of fire equipped to the bottom of his shoes causing the ice surrounding him to melt.

He then quickly disappeared then reappeared next to Rena and lifted her up in a princess carry before the ice could reach her.

The ice quickly melted but the fox empress was still cold as ice.

The fox empress pulled on her hair while her eyes were freezing with danger.

"HOW DID SHE DIE!?"

She couldn't accept that her little sister was dead.

Her one and only sister who was there for her was dead...

Losing all reason she began screaming while stomping on the floor repeatedly which caused a small crack to appear on the stone floor.

Arius, seeing no ice, placed Rena on the floor.

"I'll calm her down, just wait here."

With these words Arius raised his hand facing Rena and all of a sudden an orange shield was placed around her.

Rena who was inside the shield (Bubble) looked around with interest.

"Arius, what did you place around me?"

She looked over at Arius.

"Ah, it's just a heat shield so no ice magic can pierce it unless it was a god or a demigod."

Rena nodded her head.

"I see..."

Seeing she was satisfied Arius turned around and began walking toward the enraged fox empress who still was screaming and stomping on the floor.

"WHY IS SHE DEAD!?"

The fox empress kept repeating these words over and over, her voice was still as cruel and distorted.

Feeling a presence approaching her, her eyes snapped onto the person and an ice wave came out of her hands.

The fox empress didn't utter a word and instead attacked without reason.

The giant wave of ice crashed into Arius's body, freezing him from head to toe.

Not even a second passed and the ice began to crack.

Crack, crack, crack.

Boom...

The ice shattered.

Arius kept walking toward the fox empress with slow strides.

Seeing someone break out of her ice wave gave her a sense of fear but only a little.

More ice began to come out of thin air and her hands.

It shot toward Arius at a rapid speed.

Arius simply raised his hand making a shield of fire which was literally made out of pure fire that only the gods can use.

The ice melted mid air.

The fox empress's ice began to melt and she found herself passing out from the grief and rage and sense of loss of her younger sister.

Before she hit the stone floor Arius caught her and lifted her in a princess carry.

Coming back toward Rena.

"Let's head back to the holy kingdom..."

Arius told Rena, deactivating his shield he snapped his finger and a medium size portal appeared.

Rena quickly walked over to Arius and smiled.

"Let's go home... darling..."

Arius nodded his head.

"Yep, let's go home my sweet wife."

Going through the portal they entered a back alley.

Rena who was the first one out looked at Arius tilting her head.

"Arius, why are we in an alleyway?"

She asked.

"Huh… Because first we have to make sure your aunt won't freeze the kingdom."

Rena nodded her head understanding what he was thinking and quickly agreed.

"I have to agree with you there, so what will you do?"

Arius showed a gentle smile.

"Let me have a talk with her. I have also lost an important person before…"

His voice turned quiet at the end.

"Arius…"

Rena's fox ears flopped down on her head showing she was sad.

Seeing he made her sad Arius felt like hitting himself.

"Rena, it's fine, it was in the past, don't worry about me."

Arius told her with a worried tone trying to make sure she wasn't gonna go all depressed on him.

Rena eyed Arius seeing if he was lying but couldn't find anything.

So she shrugged her shoulders.

"Well if you are ever sad you can come to me at any time!"

She spoke energetically, radiating a positive aura around her which she didn't notice.

It did blind Arius though with cuteness.

With that Rena and Arius talked for another minute until she headed back toward the holy kingdom capital to find his other wives to tell them he will be a little bit longer before he returned home.

With Rena gone Arius made another portal and walked through it still holding the fox empress in a princess carry.