Chapter 30: What does the fox say?

After mercilessly making this shameless woman, who might have charmed Set and taken him away from me, kneel and raise her hands and say what she had done wrong in a loud voice, I cooled my head after some time and realized that I hadn’t even heard her name yet.

I approached her, who was leaning against the wall and crying without lowering her hands, and asked her about herself in a friendly way.

The name of this nine-tailed (I counted the number of tails revealed after taking off her cloak later) sly fox is Ahri.

She resembles the famous Korean monster, the Gumiho, and she says that she knows she is a Vastaya, but even she doesn’t know her exact species.

Because of that, Ahri is wandering aimlessly in this Ionia to find out her identity and origin.

If she had told me this from the beginning, I wouldn’t have had to do this to her, but this is a case of making things bigger.

I wanted to solve it peacefully, but she was uncooperative, so I couldn’t help it.

She also tried to charm me first.

I understood her situation to some extent, so I told her that if she raised her hands and reflected for only one more hour, I would let her eat breakfast.

At those words, I could hear the sound of her gulping, even though she was making a desperate expression.

It seems that she is hungry because she has been moving for a long time.

I couldn’t find any traces of her eating food at home either.

“Iteo! Nwegwa Jwimgkaji Meogeo Gteuljueeo Ei Maisseo!

(“Mmf! Who did I eat with? Mgh—this is so good!”)

“Swallow everything in your mouth and speak. No one is going to steal it. You’re going to choke.”

After an hour of hard waiting, Ahri was able to eat the meal I prepared for her.

I’m grateful that everyone is telling me that the food I made, who is a cooking novice (who is new to cooking or inexperienced in cooking), is delicious even if it’s a compliment, but if you react so enthusiastically, I’m more embarrassed.

How many people in this world are better at cooking than me.

I smiled at Ahri, who finished a bowl of rice in a jiffy and shouted for another bowl, and gave her a little more rice in the rice bowl she was handing over.

Well, anyway, it’s a great joy for the maker to eat the rice deliciously, so she looked cute like Riven when she ate so beautifully.

It’s a secret that I almost burst out laughing when she was hitting her chest with her fist because she choked as I feared, eating in a hurry.

After eating 2 more bowls of rice like that, Ahri stretched out on the floor with a satisfied expression, as if she was full.

Looking at the amount that Ahri ate, I even wondered how all this amount could fit into such a small stomach.

Zoe was also fine even after eating a cake bigger than her face before, so it seems that the saying that there is no match for eating is true.

By the way, I felt sorry for her, a Vastaya who doesn’t even know her origin, as a Vastaya of the same race.

While thinking about how I could help, I suddenly remembered that I had to go to Weh’le soon to keep my promise with Kindred.

Ahri said that she was lost in this Navori, so I thought that if I went to Weh’le, she might be able to find the way she was going, so I asked her if she would stay in our house until I went to Weh’le and go with me.

Of course, there was a condition that she had to help me with work while staying in our house.

Unexpectedly, Ahri readily accepted my offer.

Rather, she cried and begged me not to cancel those words, saying that she wanted to ask me.

I’m going to do that even if you don’t say it, but it’s a bit uncomfortable because you keep reacting so exaggeratedly.

Ahri is a beautiful woman when she stays still, but she was a Vastaya with a surprisingly goofy side.

Perhaps it is because no one has given her affection so far.

I thought that it was possible because she said that she didn’t know her parents or her race.

Then where and how has she lived so far?

When I asked Ahri, she told me about her past.

“I told you that I came from Shon-Xan, right? Actually, until recently, I was living with a pack of ice foxes there. I was still a child because I couldn’t transform into a human form yet. Then, I felt deeply connected to the Shon-Xan’s snow-covered forest surrounding me there. It didn’t take long for me to realize that this is the Vastaya’s magic flowing through my body and soul. One day, I happened to meet a wounded hunter. I felt the hunter’s life leaking out and instinctively tasted the essence of the soul leaving his body. I was able to read the hunter’s memories and manipulate his emotions. From then on, it became easier for me to understand human words, and I realized that the time had come for me to leave the pack of ice foxes that I had been staying with for a long time.”

“In summary, you’re saying that you still don’t know who you are properly. Still, I’m glad that you’re not a complete villain. If that were the case, I don’t know what I would have done to you.”

“So! I said I was wrong for trying to charm you at will! Stop being angry now!!!”

Oh dear.

Was I this resentful type?

Thinking about the fact that Ahri might charm Set later, I’m going to kill that sly fox here… my thoughts keep drifting elsewhere.

No matter what, that Ahri is a pitiful child, so I’m going to try to treat her in a too extreme way.

Then I thought that it would be helpful for both her and me to finish this matter clearly.

I said the solution to end this situation in a serious voice to Ahri.

“Okay. Then let’s decide the winner with a duel.”

“Why is a duel suddenly happening here?! Haven’t you beaten me enough already?! I already can’t do much since charm doesn’t work, and if it turns into a physical fight, I’m definitely going to lose!”

“Excuse me? What are you talking about. My friend told me in the past that a duel is a versatile way of communicating that can resolve all conflicts and arguments. There’s no reason for that friend to lie, is there?”

“Who the f*** is that person!!!!!”