Chapter 542 - The Conclusion Of Their Story
"Wow, I"m impressed with that old woman"s stupid and selfish excuses. Let me go out and teach her a lesson or two, hum, hum." Sylvia harrumphed. However, before she could leave the invisible dome, someone suddenly grabbed her shoulder and dragged her back.
"You stay here. This is a matter within the Snow Fox Clan. You will only make things worse if you interfere in it. I will go and Elysia will also come with me as I said before." Luna put her delicate finger to the tip of Sylvia"s nose.
"Huh, fine. But, please make that old woman at least feel a mental jolt." Sylvia punched her palm as if she wanted to beat up someone. Yet, she remembered something crucial. "Err... But, Elysia is a human, right? Not fox kin?"
"Hehe, that was just now, now she is a fox beastkin." Luna smirked and snapped her fingers.
A small whirlwind suddenly emerged from under Elysia, and it rose upwards in just the blink of an eye. She was now becoming like a soul fox due to illusion magic.
"Hm, I"m very confident in my illusion magic. Let"s make you snow white and have nine tails. Let"s see how they all react when they see you, hum, hum~" Luna snapped her fingers once again.
*Poof*
"Hmm?" Elysia reflexively checked her lower back, and nine fluffy tails were there. Unfortunately, she couldn"t move them at will because they weren"t her illusion magic.
"Marvelous. I presume you"re very good at role-playing and changing expressions at will, so let"s go to settle the mood." Luna put her hands together with a satisfied smile. She then stroked Elysia"s head for a moment before she left the invisible dome.
The locals gathered outside the village chief"s house out of curiosity about the noise going on inside. Neither of them understood what was happening, but super cold air suddenly blew out of nowhere.
At that moment, two figures walked over from a distance with glory and grace. The two fox kin figures of peerless beauty were like two Fox G.o.ddesses who came down from heaven to bless their village.
Whispers and murmurs instantly turned into silence as all eyes were fixed on the approaching G.o.ddesses.
Meanwhile, Yuuki tried her best to keep her emotions under control, but it was beyond her power. She then bit her lower lips to feel the pain.
Alex rolled to the side due to the sudden violent gust just now. He couldn"t help but stare at this unusual occurrence.
"You-" Yin seemed to be reminded of something from past memories. This extreme ice blizzard seemed unforgettable in her mind.
"I finally found out the truth, and that"s enough for me. Please forgive me for making your life miserable. And, thank you for eleven years of caring for me. I-" Yuuki expressed his heart sadly, but that was the limit before her voice m.u.f.fled as it stuck in her throat. A tear fell even though she didn"t want to cry now.
"You, yeah, it"s you... You are still alive? Why are you here!? What do you want from me! Do you want revenge?" Yin exclaimed in anger, but there was some hint of regret in her eyes. Her body slowly froze as ice crystals appeared here and there, but she didn"t have time to care about that.
*Creak*
The door suddenly opened and released the storm of super cold air out. Two female figures in pure white dresses walked in leisurely as if the cold air didn"t affect them at all.
"Oh my... Those are really mean words for you to say to your innocent daughter." Luna covered her mouth with her folding fan as she gave the old fox a disdainful look.
"That"s you? Why did you come here, Luna!?" Yin exclaimed while pointing his finger roughly.
"Hum, that"s me. It"s been so long since my last visit to Snow Fox"s hidden village. But, is that the welcome I get from you, esteemed village chief?" Luna shook her head and sighed.
"Yuuki, come here." Elysia beckoned Yuuki to approach. She realized that Yuuki was on the verge of an emotional outburst.
Yuuki trembled slightly for so many reasons. She made a quick decision and rushed toward the nine-tailed fox. She didn"t know why, but she was sure that it was Elysia.
"Oh dear, oh dear. Georgious." Elysia gave Yuuki a warm hug and ran her hand through the sobbed snow fox"s hair. She then immediately took the extreme ice under control with her imagination magic.
"W-who are you?" Yin stammered as if she couldn"t believe what she saw before her eyes. This nine-tailed Fox G.o.ddess came for that cursed child, and she could easily control that extreme ice curse in no time? The divine graced the mortals with her presence for that child of calamity?
"You don"t need to know who I am. Yuuki is already happy under my care. Everything that"s happening right now is because she wants to know a fact that"s been buried deep beneath the snow of the past. If you hate your own flesh and blood, then that"s the end of the story. Fortunately, she doesn"t expect anything other than to uncover the back story that prompted your actions four hundred years ago." Elysia echoed a bit of a sermon in a glorious tone.
She then took out a pouch and made it float to the village chief. "Take this. You can think of that as Yuuki"s final filial piety."
After saying that, Elysia was silent with an aloof expression.
"A-ah, you did that. Anyway, I"m no longer the Luna you might have known in the past. I"ve ascended the throne as Empress in my Yhester Kingdom, this continent"s central region. I don"t really care what happened to your clan in the past, but fox kin is highly respected out there because of my Soul Fox Clan. You can go out to my region if you expect to see the wonders of the world, but that"s no problem if you keep yourself isolated up in this place." Luna smiled faintly.
"What do you mean by that, Luna?" Yin was feeling a bit confused by this old acquaintance.
"I"ve forgiven your impertinence since you"re an old acquaintance, but it"s not the second time. Age has made you deaf and senile so you don"t realize the difference in power and status between us." Luna heaved a subtle sigh as if she felt a little disappointed.
"Hmm, my interest is dropping. The show is over and Yuuki is too gentle because after all you are her mother. Our business here is done, farewell." Luna folded her fan and left. However, she waited by the door for Elysia and Yuuki.
"Are you good? Let"s go." Elysia glanced at Yuuki"s face.
"Mm, let"s go. I no longer have any reason to stay here." Yukki rubbed his face and nodded slightly.
Elysia looked once more at Yin. The old fox seemed to jolt backwards and fell onto the half-frozen sofa even though Elysia didn"t do anything.
"She will freeze you without you knowing it, even though you are a nine-tailed fox. The curse that child is carrying is not as simple as extreme ice." Yin muttered while gasping for air. She felt such great mental pressure just from looking into that nine-tailed fox"s purplish-blue eyes.
"That"s the opinion of a mortal who doesn"t know much about the secrets of the world." Elysia paused for a moment, then continued on her way to head out. Yuuki followed her right beside her.
*Bam!*
Luna closed the door with a sweep of her tail. She then followed Elysia to leave.
They had only walked a few steps from the village chief"s house, and they suddenly turned into snow particles and disappeared from everyone"s sight.
Dozens of snow foxes were amazed and astonished to witness that. Today was an unexpected day because an Empress and the nine-tailed divine fox visited their village.
Arex could only stare at the closed door with a stupified expression. He didn"t know what to do to witness the astonishing event that had just happened.
Part of the room was covered in ice and snow, indicating that what had happened just now really wasn"t an illusion. So, that Cold Beauty was actually his long lost sister?
No wonder she was such a cold beauty. Her guardian turned out to be divine fox kin! Yet, it was so sad because her arrival here was only to explore the bitter truth.
Arex looked down with a complicated feeling. His first love left with tears because of his mother, but she was also his sister...
"Mother, what have you done?" Arex muttered under his breath.
However, no one answered as Yin seemed to go in a daze while staring at the window. She then looked at the pouch that was given to her. It was a little cold and reminded her of that child, but her hands didn"t seem to want to let it go.
Her hands seemed to move on their own to find out what was hidden in the blue pouch.
Yet, Yin seemed to freeze to see an octagonal ice-blue crystal and an old pendant with a dull small photo inside. The former item had perhaps priceless value, and the latter reminded her of past memories.
It was an old photo of her when she was young. She was holding a happy little baby.
"A-ah, no-no. Don"t remind me of that! If you want to leave, then go away and never come back in my life." Yin threw the two items onto the table.. She covered her ears as if he was bothered by something.