Volume 5 Chapter 147
by Need_More_SleepVolume 5 + Chapter 147: Confrontation At Sword’s Edge
Yue Liu’s declaration rang out with decisive force.
It effectively shattered the remaining illusions held by the representatives of other nations.
Everyone now understood, the fox clan had chosen to join the alliance led by the Dragon Clan.
The defeated Crimson Empire, under the Dragon Clan’s support plan, had been preserved rather than dismantled. With sufficient financial aid, it could rebuild and eventually regain its former strength.
The alliance between the Dragon Clan and the vampire race was already enough to inspire fear, now, with the fox clan joining as well, the balance had shifted even further.
The Dragon Clan had finally revealed its ambitions in full, no longer content to remain entrenched in the frigid north, but extending its claws toward the wider world.
Perhaps, not long after the end of the First Great War, a second continental war would erupt.
“This is utterly unacceptable!!”
The hot-tempered Troll King was the first to react, storming off in anger and leaving the hall.
“Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor, you have made a grave mistake. You will regret this,” said the giant representative, departing as well.
“Take care of yourself!”
Wolf King Alex rose and walked out.
Some left with harsh words, others in silence, more and more representatives withdrew from the venue.
Their actions made their stance clear, they would never accept standing alongside the Dragon Clan.
Before long, the hall was nearly empty.
“Your Majesty the Knight King…”
The Dauntless Knight looked toward Tia.
“…”
Though Tia did not show open displeasure, she understood clearly that, given the current state of the human race, cooperation with the Dragon Clan was impossible.
The deep-seated hatred between humans and dragons could not be erased by mere words.
To achieve that would require her to surpass all previous human kings…
With that thought, the young Knight King rose and quietly instructed her subordinate, “Let us go.”
“Yes.”
The Dauntless Knight breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Tia had not declared any intention to ally with the Dragon Clan, otherwise, the human world would have erupted into chaos.
Following Tia, the human faction also withdrew.
What had once been a lively hall was now left with only three races.
“Doesn’t this feel a bit anticlimactic?” Xia Yi remarked. “Fox Radish, this is your coronation ceremony, after all.”
“It doesn’t matter. I was prepared for this outcome,” the little fox replied calmly. “It is better to make everything clear early on and let those people abandon their hopes. Besides, I do not care about the opinions of other races. What truly matters is…”
Her voice gradually softened.
“What is it?” Xia Yi asked curiously.
“Nothing!”
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Thus, the coronation ceremony of the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor came to a successful conclusion.
Yue Liu had officially become the ruler of Fox Hill, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the fox clan.
After the ceremony, the leaders of the Dragon, Vampire, and Fox nations gathered in a private room for a confidential meeting.
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At that moment, the air was thick with tension.
The pink-haired fox maiden and the silver-haired vampire girl stood in sharp opposition, glaring at each other as if ready to clash at any moment.
“What are you two doing?”
Xia Yi was utterly puzzled.
The moment the little fox and the flying squirrel met, they hadn’t even exchanged greetings, yet the situation had escalated to this.
Were foxes and bats really this incompatible?
“Can’t you at least try to get along?” Xia Yi said. “The vampire race has allied with the Dragon Clan, and so has the fox clan. That makes you allies as well.”
“Xia Yiyi, an ally’s ally is not necessarily my ally,” Miu Miu sneered. “I have no interest in getting along with a fox, especially one who sneaks ahead whenever no one is watching.”
“Bat, what are you talking about?” the little fox retorted, clearly displeased. “Do you even understand your place? My destined rival and I are bound together for life, you’re the unnecessary one here. Talking to yourself like this, is it amusing?”
“You truly lack self-awareness.”
“The one lacking self-awareness is you, bat. If my destined rival weren’t here, I wouldn’t tolerate you!”
“Oh?”
“What, you don’t believe me?”
Yue Liu and Miu Miu both stood up at the same time.
Listening to them, Xia Yi grew even more confused.
She still couldn’t understand what they were arguing about.
There seemed to be some non-negotiable reason behind their conflict, something neither was willing to yield on… but what exactly was it?
Completely oblivious, the dragon girl tilted her head in confusion.
“Fox, you really are full of yourself,” Miu Miu said. “All this talk of destiny, it’s nothing but your one-sided fantasy. As for me, I’ve already shared a very special relationship with Xia Yiyi.”
She placed a hand on her chest confidently.
“In fact, Xia Yiyi and I have already… slept together!”
“What…?!”
The little fox wavered, unable to accept it.
“Well then, now that you know, you should step aside…”
“Heh… hehehehe.”
The little fox let out an uncharacteristic cold laugh.
Miu Miu frowned. “What are you laughing at? Have you lost your mind?”
“If you’re talking about sleeping, then I’ve done the same with my destined rival.”
“You’re lying!”
“Lying? Unfortunately, it’s the truth.”
The little fox had indeed slept together with Xia Yi.
“…You shameless, sneaking fox!”
“You’re no better, you gloomy, foul bat!”
Seeking to counterattack, the little fox’s eyes darted as she recalled something.
“Bat, unlike you, I know an important secret about my destined rival!”
“Fox Radish, d-don’t say it!!”
Xia Yi suddenly grew nervous, recalling how her dragon form had been exposed before the little fox.
“…So it’s true, you really know Xia Yiyi’s secret?!”
“Now you understand? The one who should step aside is…”
“Hmph. If you mean Xia Yiyi’s secret, I know it too, her most unmentionable secret,” Miu Miu shot back.
“Miu Miu, calm down, don’t say anything!”
Xia Yi panicked and hurried to stop her.
After all, Miu Miu was one of the few who knew her identity as the human Sword Saint, and had even drunk her blood back then.
“This…?!”
The little fox bristled with anger.
She had thought herself special, yet this bat also knew Xia Yi’s secret?
Miu Miu was equally irritated, glaring at her rival.
The flying mouse and the little fox refused to yield to one another!
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