Volume 5 Chapter 140
by Need_More_SleepVolume 5 + Chapter 140: A Dance Meant For One Person
Xia Yi read the letter.
There was no doubt, it was Yue Liu’s handwriting.
It invited her to a secluded place late at night, secretly, saying there was something important.
“What does Fox Radish mean by this?”
Xia Yi was confused.
Yue Liu was about to ascend the throne, she should be extremely busy.
And why at night? Why secretly?
Strange.
“Could it be that she’s upset that I surpassed her again and wants trouble?” Xia Yi muttered. “I won’t fall for it.”
……
Late at night, in the fox palace.
“Hmm…”
Xia Yi stood on a pebble path, her shadow stretched long under the moonlight.
“I still came out…”
She sighed.
She hadn’t intended to go.
But she couldn’t sleep, thinking about the letter.
In the end, curiosity won.
“I want to see what she’s up to… if she’s looking for trouble…”
Xia Yi narrowed her eyes.
Then she’d have a legitimate excuse to bully the little fox.
After all, once Yue Liu became emperor, such chances would be rare.
The path was quiet.
She passed through bushes and arrived at a hidden mountain area.
“There’s a place like this in the palace?”
Moonlight filtered through trees.
Ahead stood a small torii gate.
Beyond it,
A small shrine.
“Hm? That is…?”
In front of it stood a fox girl.
Long pink hair tied in a ponytail, dressed in elegant shrine maiden robes.
Waiting.
“You’re late, my rival!” Yue Liu pointed at her. “Were you swallowed by the vortex of time?”
“Fox Radish, I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“You’re late! I told you to come early, I almost fell asleep waiting!”
“The letter was suspicious…”
Xia Yi glanced around.
The area had been arranged deliberately.
Bonfires formed patterns. A magic array lay beneath.
A battlefield?
Interesting.
She grew excited.
“Come on, Fox Radish!”
“My rival, what are you talking about?”
“You called me here to challenge me, didn’t you?”
Xia Yi looked confident.
“Since we’re allies, we can’t fight openly, so you chose a hidden place for our destined battle.”
“…Huh? N-No! I didn’t call you here to fight!!”
“Then what?”
Xia Yi frowned.
She couldn’t think of another reason.
Yue Liu fell silent.
The shrine grew quiet.
Only the crackling fire remained.
“…My rival… I remember what you said.”
After a while, Yue Liu spoke.
“You said… you wanted to see me dance.”
“…You remembered that?”
Xia Yi was surprised.
Yue Liu, as a shrine maiden, performed ritual dances.
Xia Yi had once said she wanted to see it, but was refused.
Later, the festival was canceled.
“After I become emperor, I’ll appoint a new shrine maiden… I won’t have the chance to perform anymore…”
Yue Liu’s ears drooped.
“So before the coronation… I thought… I’d hold a small private ritual. The Fox God knows you, so… it should be fine. I didn’t want you to have regrets.”
“I see.”
Xia Yi smiled softly.
She hadn’t expected Yue Liu to remember.
“Do you need help?”
“No. Everything’s ready.”
Her face glowed red in the firelight.
“Xia Yi… watch carefully. Remember it…”
Then,
She began to dance.
Graceful. Light. Beautiful.
A dance meant for one person.
In the fox clan, it held a special meaning.
She hoped that one day, Xia Yi would understand.
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