The Tale Of Kitsuna

Chapter 36:

(Kitsuna POV)

“Hmm. Is that so.” Mom said, amused. She looked at me like she already knew how I would react to his apology.

‘This woman is too scary.’ I thought to myself. She never saw my last years on earth, but she already knew so much about me that she can do things like this with her eyes closed. I looked away from Mom and looked back at Zagan that was standing in front of me now. When he saw I was looking at him, he bowed down and started talking.

“Shiro...Kitsuna, I want to apologize for attacking you and my reaction when I found out about your real identity on earth. I should have listened to you first before calling you a murderer, even though I was a teacher who should always listen to her student before making decisions. I wasn’t just a bad teacher to you, but I was a bad friend. I would do anything to make it up to you if you allowed me to do so.” Zagan said. In the end, I could hear how desperate he was. I put one of my hands on top of his head and said.

“You know I had a lot of time to think about this. Even if you still hated me, I would never, and I mean never.” I said in an aggressive voice. I could feel how much tension he got hearing what I said. I sighed and continued talking but in a caring manner. “Hate you. You were the closest thing I had to a real family. I mean, after you found out about me, you still didn’t let the authorities in about it. You just left me alone. And about the attacking me. Meh, it’s fine. I just hope you learned from it.”

I rubbed his head and smiled. After a while of him not looking up, I crouched down and took my hand back. Looking at him confused, I still could see his face, but I could see some droplets coming of him.

“Are you crying?” I ask, smiling again. “You don’t have to be that emotional.”

“I am not crying about that. My hands hurt really bad.” He said, standing straight and showing his hands. Looking at them, I saw that the sword wounds were bigger for some reason, and there were some finger holes as well. “Don’t get me wrong. I am super happy about you forgiving me. It’s just your start that made me puncture my hands with my fingernails. Can we be friends again?”

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“That was the plan, and you should get those fix.” I looked at the family and saw mom showing her a sadistic smile at me. I smiled back and pushed Zagan towards my mother. “Go with my mom. She will help you. Amari, you go get Rachel.”

“But..” Amari tried to talk but was shut down by Dean.

“No, let her do it. You are the only one left that knows Rachel,” Dean said sternly.

“Fine,” She said in defeat.

When they left, it was only Dean, Granny, and me. I looked at them and chuckled.

“I can’t believe he did that to himself.”

“That’s your fault, Kitsuna.” Dean rebuked.

“True, but it was still funny, Dean.”

“Sigh, It was. Just out of curiosity, would you ever not call me by my name?” Dean said with a bit of sadness.

“Do you want me to call you Father,” I said back casually, but father, without trying, was laced with so much emotion that both Granny and Dean shivered.

“Never mind,” Dean said, a bit pale.

“See, and I don’t even try.” I shrugged and added. “Why is the guru tree I slept under so cold and white now?” I ask.

“Guru trees sometimes change if they take in any mana from someone close by. But it takes a lot of mana to change the entire tree.” Granny said.

“Is it going to change back?” I ask, hoping for a no.

“It will if you don’t give it any of your mana for a while,” Dean explains.

“Ooh, is there a way to keep it like that?” I ask.

“I have read that if it takes one appearance for more than a year, it will stay like that forever,” Granny said.

“Awesome,” I said, making a gut pose.

“Why do you want to know?” Dean asks, confused.

“Because that will be my sleeping area from now on,” I said, smiling.

“Why isn’t uncomfortable outside on the ground,” Granny asks.

“No, I feel at home there, especially with the cold.,” I said, remembering how good I slept last night.

“If you say so,” Granny shrugged and walked away.

(1 hour later)

I was standing at the front of the mansion, waiting for everyone to arrive.

“They are taking so long,” I said in annoyance. Just then, the door open. Looking at the door, I saw Zagan was standing there white as a sheet. “What did my mother do to you,” I said, holding my laughter.

“Why did you tell them,” Zagan said, glaring at me.

“I wanted to make my sister like me, so I told her everything.”

“That makes sense in a way,” Zagan said, still pale.

“A word of advice whatever my mother said listen to her don’t go against her word. I don’t want to see the demon again,” I said, shivering and leaning back against the pillar again.

“I will remember that,” Zagan said, standing next to me.

“Hey, guys, we are ready to go.” Hearing Amaris’s voice from the door, we looked back and saw Amari standing there in a red dress with Rachel standing next to her with a white and pink one-piece dress.

She looked quite cute with her white wings behind her and her pink hair in a ponytail.

“Wow, Rachel, you look cute,” I said, smiling at her.

“C-cute.” Hearing what I said, she looked down away from me, blushing.

‘Well, that’s a thing.’ I thought to my self looking at her reaction.

“So, how are we getting to our destination, Amari?” I ask.

“We will be taking a car until the subway and use the trains for the rest of the day,” Amri explains.

“Huh? Cars and trains? Wow, they really advanced public transport that far.”

“Yeah, Shino and Yami focused on public transport before they started working on new and modern weapons,” Zagan said with a conflicted expression.

‘I see. He also doesn’t like the idea of modern weapons.’ I thought while looking at Zagan.

“Yeah, the capital has changed so much in the past 7 years. They also have scrolls now.” Amari jumped in excitement.

“Scrolls?” I ask.

“It is a phone but a different name,” Zagan said, taking a thin glass object out of his pocket.

“Ooh, I need one of those,” I said, crossing my arms.

“That’s what we are going to do today. We need to get you knew clothes and some tech. If we are lucky, we can even get you one with our house emblem on it,” Amari said.

VRRRR!!

Suddenly, a sound came from the side of the mansion, coming closer to us.

“Aah, the car is here,” Zagan said, walking down the stairs.

Looking at the sound, I saw a floating metal object coming our way very fast.

“Cars can float now?” I said when it came to a stop in front of us. Looking at the car outside appearance. It looked like a luxury hovercraft without the giant fan on the back. It was silver with no roof and was hovering about 30 centimeters from the ground.

The seat arrangement was the same as a normal Japanese limo without a roof, with the driver at the front with one seat next to him, and at the back, 2 couch seats were facing each other with a ton of leg space. Overall it was a nice luxury car.

“Yes, they call it the float moto,” Zagan said, with a forced smile. He opened the door so Amari and Rachel could clime in.

“Shino and Yami are bad at naming things,” I commented, walking to the vehicle.

“It’s not their fault their older brother, the King decides the names,” Zagan said, also climbing in.

“There is something wrong with the king then,” I said, joining them.

“I wouldn’t say that in public if I were you. The commoners love the current royals, especially the King. He was the one that made all of it happen. Yes, his siblings might have created it, but the king made it so that anyone can have access to it, commoner or noble. The nobles weren’t very happy because of that. In the king’s head, there is no difference between nobles and commoners.” Amari explains.

“I take it back then. There is something wrong with the King’s naming sense. He sounds like a good king, though.” I said.

“Un, Daren, can you take us to the subway.” Amari nodded and said to our drive.

“Ooh, Daren, is that you?” I said teasingly. I didn’t even look at our driver.

‘I should care more about the people working for us? Naah,’ I thought.

“Yes, young miss,” He said with no emotion.

“Aah, are you still mad at me for kicking you? Common it was like yesterday it happened, it is old news.” I said, teasing him again.

“You left a giant bruise on his stomach. What do you think,” Amari said, spoiling my mood.

“Tsk, your no fun,” I said, glaring at Amari.

“Daren just ignores her and takes us to the subway, please,” Amari said, ignoring my glare.

“I will do that, thank you, Amari.” He said, a bit happier.

“In her defense, he did attack first and for no reason.” Rachel said.

“Rachel, can you enlighten me about this incident,” Zagan said, intrigued.

“Umu.” Rachel nodded, starting to explain everything that happened yesterday.