Yilas needed to say something quick before Viosus gets any closer. "Uhm.. Viosus, what did the doctor mean by infamous?" Yilas looked away. Keep looking at this beautiful shirtless man was bound to make her nose bleed and definitely made my heart fail if it keeps pumping that fast.
"Don"t worry about that Milady!" Viosus suddenly let go of her hand and inches back a little. He was obviously hiding something.
"Just tell me the truth Viosus. A "loyal servant" won"t keep a secret from his master right?"
Ughh... Yilas hate referring to anyone as a servant, it feels pretentious and sn.o.bby. She even felt a chill running down her spin while using that word. Yilas could swear on her ancestor"s ashes she was neither sn.o.bby nor pretentious.
Viosus was thinking about something while frowning and looking down at the ground. After a while, he finally raised his head and looked Yilas dead in the eyes. She could see a small blurry reflection of herself in his green emerald eyes but it was too hard to look any clearer.
"I will let you know Milady, but you must keep in mind this all just rumors pa.s.sed down since the beginning of our time. They are just hoax to me and you must not let this affect your health."
"Okay, okay. I got it. If it is not a big deal, you shouldn"t be too uptight about it right?"
Viosus sighed and took a deep breath before he started talking again.
"Since thousands of years ago, when the first beast-man learned how to use energy, the beast G.o.d- the first one to teach beasts to use its energy- had a prophecy."
Viosus spoke in a serious tone. If this man doesn"t want Yilas to believe what he was about to say, why does he sound so earnest?
"The prophecy read: One day when the moon swallows the sun and the beast world is filled with nothing but darkness, there shall be born a nine tail fox, fur white as snow, eyes red as blood. Beast men will gather and unite under the fox"s hand and a new world shall be built."
Yilas couldn"t help to put her hand on her chin, pinching it a little while thinking to herself.
Hmm.. that"s an interesting story indeed. But it sounded pretty straight forward.
When the moon swallows the sun, that"s an eclipse right? It"s a rare natural event where the moon gets between the Earth and the sun, resulting in the sun disappearance for a moment. Yilas had never seen one in her time but it was taught to her in the science book.
This beast world might not be advanced enough to explain the occurrence.
However, that is the only easy part.
A nine-tailed fox was something out of Asian mythical stories. In other words, it was a completely made-up story by people of ancient times. There was no such thing as a nine tail fox right? Unless it actually existed in this world.
"Viosus, does the nine-tailed fox exist?"
"To my knowledge Milady, I have never seen one. But I have heard it can be obtained through energy cultivation." Viosus also copied Yilas"s thinking pose and looked into thin air.
"What is this "energy" you keep mentioning?"
"It is a form of skill that can be obtained through training, however Milady, energy itself is more like something every beast-man is born with. It depends a lot on selective mating and choosing partners with powerful natural energy."
Wow.. that is so cool. Yilas could feel her eyes sparkles from thinking about this interesting thing. Maybe she would be able to have this magic too.
"The foundation of energy training is the transformation into the Civil form."
Yilas thought to herself this means animals turning into human-like form, right?
"The highest rank of transformation is Complete Civil, it shows no sign of what animal clan one belong to. However, Milady, as you can see most animals cannot do the full transformation. Take us around you for instance. Little Crow, being in the lowest form because he has not started learning energy transformation yet, therefore he remains in his animal form at all times."
Yilas opened her mouth to let out an "Aahh..." Viosus was right, every time that Little Crow came to see her, he talked like a human but in the body of a small crow. It startled Yilas at first to touch him and figured it out but since he was so nice and kept bringing her fruits, she grew used to the unusual situation.
"The next level up we called it Third-civil or third form. It includes animals like the Goat doctor and Lyth. Where they can only transform half of their body. Second-civil or Second form is like me and Berthort. Although we look close to the complete form, we still can"t control some of the hardest parts of our body like our ears, tails, and eyes."
But Viosus didn"t have a tail behind him, Yilas sneakily looked again to confirm, while Berthort still had his stumpy little tail. Does that mean Viosus possesses more of this magic than Berth?
While Yilas was about to drift off into her own imagination, Viosus continued with his explanation.
"As I mentioned before Milady, Complete Civil is the highest level of Transformation energy. It is quite rare to find one that has reached that level."
"How rare, Viosus?" Yilas interrupted.
"Maybe one every a hundred beast-men, Milady."
"Can you still turn back to the original animal form Viosus?" she asked.
"Yes Milady, from the third form and higher you can turn back and forth in both forms as you please." Yilas could tell that Viosus was getting interested in telling her all this information because his eyes light up like little fireworks as they continued their conversation.
"Is transformation the only thing you can use energy with?"
"No, Milady." Viosus shook his head from side to side "You can also use them to manipulate elements around us, like fire, water, earth, and wind are the most common."
Wow.. in Yilas"s head she thought this ability keeps getting more magical the more she knows about it.
"However, one can tell how strong or weak a beast-man is based on their level of transformation. The lowest level cannot manipulate any elements whereas the Second form can use one to two elements based on their level of skills."
"What elements can use Viosus?" Yilas couldn"t help but be curious about this man"s ability, if his transformation was high, it must mean that he was excellent at manipulating elements.
Viosus smiled a little awkwardly and his ears kept moving around on top of his head. Maybe he was embarra.s.sed by her question.
"I can control a little bit of Fire and Earth, Milady." Viosus looked down on his feet, his reddish, orange locks covering his face.
"That is wonderful Viosus!" Yilas reached out for his hand to make him look at her in the eyes.
Or more like just an eye now, haha.
"There is nothing to be shy about, especially when it is with me. Because I have forgotten about a lot of things, I want to learn about all of it again, especially about you Viosus."
Viosus looked at her with surprise in his emerald green eyes, but then it softened up quickly and then the corners of his mouth curl up slightly.
In Viosus"s mind he didn"t really understand the meaning of the word wonderful but seeing his Master"s sincere and kind eyes he knew it meant something comforting. However, what the master said after that, about learning more about him was what makes his heart fl.u.s.tered.
Viosus didn"t often hear praises from the Master before but since the day she woke up again, she had been more kind and gentle towards him and everybody in the house.
The Master used to dislike her father bringing strangely ill animals home so she often lashes out and did whatever she wishes and acted like she didn"t care much about the rest, especially the males.
But since Viosus grew up with the Master, he knew the Master was kind at heart and only did those things so that her father paid more attention to her.
Yet, the fact that the Master"s behavior changed in quite a short time surprised Viosus. She today was so kind and mild-mannered just like how the late master used to act.
"So don"t go hide anything from me, okay? No matter how big or small it is you can always believe in me and share the burden with me." Yilas smiled from ear to ear hoping Viosus would not be so polite anymore and become somebody close to her that she could trust and rely on because Yilas knew Viosus was a good person and deeply cared about this Master, whose body she resided in now.
Viosus eyes opened even wider, this time looks like it is about to be filled with tears. Yilas thought he really appreciated her consort.
But before Yilas knew it, she was already pressed deep in the meaty chest of Viosus. He lunged up towards her so fast that she couldn"t react in time.
If they have skin to skin contact like this her heart would explode in no time!!
But Yilas couldn"t move, Viosus"s grip is tight and her body froze up. She was holding in her breath too. Yilas needed to get away from Viosus before she died out of her own body"s reaction.
Beautiful men are dangerous indeed. T^T.
"Viosus…" Yilas could barely breathe or talk but Viosus quickly moved away and imprison her shoulders in his fully extended arms.
"Milady! I will never hide anything from you ever again! Please believe my words!"
Yilas was even more shocked than Viosus a minute earlier but she had to calm down and get out of his deadly hug and also get more information out of him.
"Okay, I believe you Viosus!" Yilas steered them back to the main topic "But what do all these things you said has anything to deal with me? Is it because I am a fox and I am also the head of this clan?"
Viosus let go of Yilas"s shoulders and sit back down to his seat and bite his lower lips. He looked quite torn on the inside.
Viosus knew that the prophecy was something the Master despised. Everybody always gossips about her in front or behind her back. They also judge her actions and progress in energy training because of it. So he thought maybe let the Master forget about all that would allow her to live a better, peaceful life.
Until that stupid Doctor have to say it out loud and make the Master curious about it.
"Milady, since you were a little cub, your fur has always been pure white and your eyes are red. Moreover, the day you were born and your mother and siblings died, the daylight turned black and there was no sun shining for a moment…"
White hair and red eyes are common symptoms of albinism. It was a well known genetic mutation in the 21st century and it was rather normal as far as Yilas know.
However, it was quite the coincidence for the eclipse to happen on the same day this body was born.
But it could just be a big coincidence, right?
In Yilas"s previous life she never thought she was special. If anything Yilas belonged to the worst off group because she was sick and had always been a burden on her mom.
But wait, Yilas just remembered what the doctor said.
"Didn"t the doctor say my eyes are white now because of the scar tissue? That means the prophecy doesn"t match my description anymore right?"
Viosus sighed and looked at Yilas.
"Your left eye is completely white now but your right eye still remains red Milady."
If Yilas had colored contacts like in her previous world this would be an easy fix. After all, she just wanted to enjoy a long, happy life this time. And all this new world the prophecy mentioned sounded like a doom flag.
A doom flag? Maybe the Boar clan"s attack has something to do with it.
"Did the Boar clan attack us because of the prophecy?" if this is true, it might be serious trouble if they know Yilas was still alive.
Viosus looked like he was thinking really hard about the theory Yilas just made and then he nodded.
"Normally bigger clans attack because they want to steal females to reproduce and grow even stronger, Milady. But considering that they didn"t steal you and hurt you instead, we can"t deny that it might have something to deal with the prophecy."
Why do these barbaric people have to have superst.i.tious too? It will make Yilas"s life from here on out even harder.
Yilas couldn"t help but let out a loud sigh thinking about my future ahead.
If she wanted to live a long, happy life in this world, Yilas had 2 choices. Either she had to avoid the path of this mythical foresaying and stay safe and hide for the rest of her life. Or Yilas could fake being the legend they believed in, whether it truly applies to her or not, to gain power and wealth. Which path should Yilas choose?