Chapter 86
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Chapter 86: Who Dare Touch My Granddaughter?!
“Should we chase after them now?”
“Yes.”
Naya quickly changed clothes and, along with Iris, descended from the inn.
Since Naya had no elemental sight, it was Iris who carried the elemental mark left by the little fox demon. With Iris leading the way, they tracked the fox demon’s movements until they reached a dark alley.
“Gone,” Iris said, staring into the deep darkness ahead, where the blue magical glow in her sight had vanished.
“Even using my life force sensing ability, I can’t detect any fox-sized creatures.”
“Could it have taken human form?”
“Possibly.”
Once it transformed into a human, tracking would become much harder.
Life force sensing only gives a rough estimate of a creature’s size, but not more detailed information. With people bustling around the streets, Iris’s ability to sense living things was further compromised.
Iris held Naya’s hand, her gaze deep.
“Still, this shows that the other party is deliberately counter-tracking us.”
Naya recalled the fox’s pink fur and thought about how her own daughter’s hair was also pink. If that fox had erased Iris’s elemental mark, it was proof that it hadn’t accidentally wandered into their room but had done so intentionally.
“We’d better check on Illya at the restaurant.”
“Yes.”
They quickly rushed back to the area near the inn and entered the restaurant.
Illya was still enjoying the food from the human city.
“Mama! Mother! You’re here!” Illya beamed, her smile radiant as she saw her mothers holding hands.
As expected, they made up. Adults are so unpredictable, but the way things developed between Mama and Mother was just too easy to foresee.
“Have you seen a fox?” Naya asked.
“A fox?” Ilya tilted her head in confusion.
“Um.”
“No.”
Bella and Flanna also shook their heads. They had been sitting with Illya the entire time and hadn’t seen any fox.
“Alright, Iris, let’s have some dinner.”
Naya ordered a few more dishes from the menu. However, by the time the food arrived, Illya claimed she was full and didn’t want to eat anymore. When paying the bill, Naya realized they had spent a total of 20 gold coins!
Good grief!
Naya glanced at Illya, who blinked innocently with her big eyes.
“Flanna, Bella, why didn’t you stop Illya from eating so much?”
“Why should we?” The two maids were puzzled.
It was just 20 gold coins. After all, the dragon palace was filled with mountains of gold and silver.
Sigh… Well, money spent is money spent. It’s one thing to be frugal, but another to let her daughter go hungry.
The five of them cheerfully left the restaurant.
In the shadows, a black-haired woman quietly observed them, holding the pink-furred fox demon in her arms. So, this group was staying here. Five dragons. What could they be planning in Gerris City with such a large group?
“Akatsukimaru, transform.”
“Wuu…”
The little fox demon transformed into a pink-haired fox girl, and Linnevia placed a large hood over her head.
“Hide your tail.”
“Wuu…”
The fox girl tucked her tail under her skirt. Linnevia, holding her hand, walked to the inn’s front desk.
“Is room 302 available?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll take it.”
From the fox girl’s memories, Linnevia had extracted an image of the path, knowing that room 303, next to 302, was where Naya’s group stayed. Linnevia needed to quickly figure out what these dragons were doing here.
The blood moon night would be in two days. She couldn’t allow any mishaps to occur at this crucial time. She had waited three years for this—three years for the blood moon phenomenon that occurred once every three years.
Linnevia didn’t have the patience to wait for another three years. She feared that after another three years, she might forget the silver-haired figure of her old friend from six years ago.
More importantly, if she missed this blood moon, the next world-class reaction of the leyline energy might never come.
The leyline energy near Rex City was unprecedentedly dense. A new world-class leyline artifact would be born there.
Linnevia couldn’t afford to miss this opportunity.
She had to become stronger before the day when the Leyline Flower bore its fruit. Otherwise, as a priestess, how could she compete with those hulking brutes skilled in combat for the leyline artifact?
Settling into the room next to Naya’s, Linnevia sat on the bed, waiting as the night deepened. At night, she assumed her nightmare form, which turned her hair black.
After Monet’s death five years ago, Linnevia had pursued more power to avenge him, ignoring Leo’s warnings, and eventually fell, becoming a succubus. By absorbing others’ vital energy, she increased her strength.
Akatsukimaru suddenly approached, licking Linnevia’s face. Linnevia stroked the soft pink fur on her ears.
“Want more, huh, you little fox?”
“Yip!”
Akatsukimaru nodded.
“Of course, you were just killed once before, so you need to replenish your energy.”
Linnevia lifted her black gown, covering Akatsukimaru beneath her.
Although she had always disliked being intimate with women, after being with Akatsukimaru in this way, she only felt comfortable around women. Indeed, only girls could truly understand girls.
A fox’s tongue was much longer than a human’s, after all. How else could it make its master happy?
Linnevia couldn’t help but recall a memory she had extracted from Akatsukimaru’s mind: the silver-haired dragon girl had been treated the same way by the red-haired dragon girl. So, those two dragons were in a Yuri relationship?
The more she thought about it, the more excited Linnevia became. Eventually, she exhaled deeply. The little fox girl looked up, rubbing her face against Linnevia’s cheek like a puppy while licking her at the same time.
“Enough, enough! I said stop!”
Linnevia cupped the fox girl’s face, staring into her pink eyes as she licked Linnevia’s face clean with a fragrant holy water scent.
“Akatsukimaru, I’ve never tried dragon holy water before.”
“Yip…”
“Tonight, let’s try it out, starting with that pink dragon loli.”
Akatsukimaru nuzzled Linnevia’s chest.
“Alright, alright, you’re the only one allowed to enjoy my holy water, as always. In the dream world, I’m always the predator. Trust me, this time won’t be any different.”
“Yip…”
“I won’t go easy on her just because her color resembles yours. Tonight, I’ll test my skills on that little pink dragon. If I can dominate her in the dream, maybe I’ll be able to kill the Dragon Queen in her dream one day.”
“Wuu-wuu…”
“That little pink dragon is just a dumb loli. She’ll have little resistance. I’m sure I can invade her dream easily.”
The little fox lay close to Linnevia’s chest, listening to her heartbeat. She would never forget that afternoon four years ago when she, injured all over, met Linnevia, who still had pink hair at the time.
Back then, she was still called Lina. With a single touch, Lina had healed not only her external wounds but even her internal injuries. From that day forward, she had followed Linnevia.
It was then that Linnevia learned about the existence of succubi from her and decided to abandon the name Lina, becoming Linnevia.
She became the dual-faced Linnevia, both a saintess and a succubus. Linnevia had told her that everything was to take revenge on the Dragon Queen, Iris.
In gratitude for saving her life, Akatsukimaru had accompanied Linnevia through countless hardships, gradually becoming stronger together. They trusted each other, never faltering in battle.
In reality, Linnevia had little combat ability. But with Akatsukimaru by her side, she would never be hurt, and as long as Linivea wasn’t harmed, she could heal Akatsukimaru’s injuries.
Feeling the warmth of Linnevia’s body, Akatsukimaru slowly drifted to sleep.
Late into the night, the streets outside grew cold and quiet. Linnevia gently woke the little fox girl.
“Wake up, Akatsukimaru. I’m going to sneak into the next room. By now, they should be asleep.”
“Wuu…”
The little fox nodded.
Linnevia stood up, her body suddenly turning pitch black like a pool of liquid merging into the shadow on the floor. She stealthily slipped through the crack of the door and into the room where Naya and Iris were staying.
She reformed her body beside the bed of the sleeping pink dragon loli, carefully examining her. She was quite cute.
Alright, little dragon girl, big sister’s coming into your dream now.
She entered Illya’s dream.
“Hahaha, so many Mamas! Hmm… This Mama is so soft, and that Mama smells so nice!”
In the little loli’s dream, everyone looked the same, like the silver-haired dragon who had visited her church earlier that morning.
Linnevia drew closer to Illya until the little girl finally noticed her presence. The once-silver, heavenly world was suddenly marred by a patch of black, and Illya screamed in terror.
“Wh-who are you? Help, great Dragon King! There’s a bad person!”
“Who dares invade the dream of my granddaughter?!”
A deep, powerful voice echoed from all directions, and the intense sound waves instantly caused Linnevia, in the dream, to bleed from all seven orifices.
Realizing things had gone south, Linnevia hastily withdrew from Illya’s dream.
She transformed into a shadow and slipped out of the room.
…
“Mama! Mama! Mother!”
Illya, startled from her broken dream, sat up straight like a zombie rising from the dead.
Her piercing scream woke both Iris and Naya.
They quickly turned on the magic glowstone in the room.
Illya looked around and realized she was no longer in the dream.
“What happened, Illya?”
Naya rubbed her eyes, got out of bed, and sat beside Illya.
“Mmm… I just dreamed of someone who felt really uncomfortable.”
“Hmm? What happened? What exactly did you dream about? Can you tell me?”
“It was like a stranger suddenly broke into our house. That woman—she had black hair—it was so scary!”
In Illya’s dream, everyone in the world had white hair, so Linivea’s black hair stood out.
Since Linivea wasn’t a product of Illya’s dream, Illya’s subconscious rejected her presence, causing her to instinctively feel fear and disgust.
“Naya, protect Illya.”
Iris activated her life force sensing ability.
She detected the presence of a fox-sized energy next door. Throwing off her blanket, she dashed out the door barefoot.
She violently kicked open the door to the neighboring room.
Inside, it was pitch black, and everything was already gone.
However, Iris could still sense two energy signatures fleeing at high speed.
She jumped out the window and chased after them.
…
Cough… cough…
A fox and a person stopped halfway.
Linnevia opened her eyes, warm tears of blood streaming from her eye sockets.
“That kind of pressure… who exactly was that?”
The little fox licked the blood flowing from Linnevia’s eyes to her face, from her ears to her neck, and from her nose to her lips, filled with deep concern.
She had never seen Linnevia in such a wretched state.
Moreover, this defeat had occurred in a dream, where Linnevia had been overpowered and her very soul wounded.
[Host, you must escape immediately. That dragon is catching up.]
The system in Linnevia’s mind suddenly warned her.
Gritting her teeth against the soul-wrenching pain, Linnevia dove into the shadows, fleeing at high speed.
“Wuu!”
The little fox screeched to a halt, transforming into a massive nine-tailed beast over ten meters tall, its eyes locked onto the red-haired dragon sprinting down the street toward them.
The fox was signaling Linnevia to run while it held off the pursuer.
“Alright.”
Without looking back, Linnevia continued to blend into the shadows, escaping.
Unlike abandoning her teammates with Leo, as long as Linnevia survived, the little fox wouldn’t die.
The nine-tailed beast growled deeply at the approaching dragon.
It was fully prepared for a fight.
But in the next second, the red-haired dragon was already behind it.
Unfortunately for Iris, she missed capturing Linnevia.
Linnevia’s speed in the shadows was simply too fast.
The distance between them had already been significant, and because Iris didn’t want to reveal her dragon identity, she neither used her true form nor extended her wings, which greatly hindered her speed.
Even with her time-freezing ability, she couldn’t close the gap in time.
“Roar!”
To prevent Iris from continuing the chase, Akatsukimaru pounded her.
However, Iris easily subdued the nine-tailed beast within a few moves.
After all, the tiny beast was up against the Dragon Queen, the pinnacle of dragon strength, who didn’t even need to assume her true form.
The nine-tailed beast reverted to its pink fox form, and Iris grabbed it by the scruff of its neck, leaving it helpless.
At this moment, the city’s guard finally arrived, late as ever.
“Brave lady, thank you for your assistance. Please hand over this fox for us to deal with!”
Though late, the guards had witnessed Iris’s battle and showed her some respect.
“No.”
At that moment, Iris stood barefoot, wearing white pajamas, a stark contrast to the fully armored soldiers.
“Well… I know you’re very powerful, but handing the fox over to us is for the safety of the citizens. If it escapes from your grasp, it could harm the townspeople!”
“You all may not be able to handle this fox. Creatures as weak as you, it could eat ten of you in one bite.”
“Lady! Please cooperate with our duties!”
The guards were furious.
They were well-trained soldiers, after all.
It’s just a mere fox beast. How could they not be able to subdue it?
If they couldn’t handle even a small fox beast, this city would have been destroyed by magical beasts long ago.
And besides, this fox was so weak. It barely took a few hits before going down.
This red-haired woman claiming they couldn’t handle it—wasn’t that an insult to them?