Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Mei slept for a while before she recovered from that shock.

”Feeling better?” Moon Aiko gently smiled.

Mei frowned slightly. ”Are there any more surprises that I should know about?”

”I’m not sure...” Moon Aiko thought about it seriously, but it was hard to say if there were things-

”I also have a sapling of this tree.” Moon Aiko nodded her head.

”?” Mei raised her eyebrow. ”That shouldn’t be possible.” She denied it, since this kind of tree never produced any saplings.

”This tree is poisoned or sick or something like that, is it still not possible?” Moon Aiko raised her eyebrow back at her.

”...” Mei paused. ”In theory, it should not be possible to poison the Comprehension Tree...”

”Why is that?” Moon Aiko lay next to Mei.

”Because the Comprehension Tree gets its nutrients from knowledge. Well, it still needs water and stuff like that, but the root system is so elaborate that it naturally filters any poisons or anything that would harm the tree.” Mei explained as it didn’t make any sense to her. How was that possible?

”But what kind of knowledge are we talking about?” Moon Aiko narrowed her eyes.

”...!” Mei suddenly realised what was wrong with it. ”Are you suggesting that the tree is sick, since there is a lot of debauchery flowing in?”

”That ’technique’ poisons the body, so why couldn’t it poison something that relies on knowledge?” Moon Aiko tilted her head. If her assumption was correct, the tree was fated to die the moment someone introduced that ’technique’ to the Elders and spread it.

”An elaborate plan...” Mei felt like there was a serious conspiracy going on.

”If this tree is so wonderful and if there is only one in this world, wouldn’t it make sense to try to get rid of it if you can’t possess it?” Moon Aiko gestured.

”The Fox Village’s Protection Array.” Mei nodded her head. While some things change over time, the Protection or Protective Array stayed safe throughout the years.

It gave Foxes the absolute protection they needed until they grew up and blended with human cities.

”And because they can’t get in, then they can just use ’suggestion’ to get rid of it.” Moon Aiko thought that this was the most likely plan that was created to combat the Comprehension Tree.

Mei didn’t want to think too much about it, so she grabbed Aiko’s tail and hugged it.

Moon Aiko was startled, but when she thought about how hard Mei worked, she just let her sleep some more.

’There are a lot of things I should do...’ Moon Aiko would work, while letting Mei hug her tails.

Moon Aiko pulled out the [How to grow bonsai 101].

’They are just small trees, how cute~’ Moon Aiko nodded her head slowly as she opened the book that also had pictures in it.

’So, trees are mostly dead, and only a small outer layer is actually alive. There are certain ”living” trees, but they are rare and very fragile.’ Moon Aiko nodded her head.

’That is where Bonsais start. When the big ”living” trees can’t sustain themselves, then just turn them small, and it fixes the majority of problems...’ Moon Aiko was impressed, but also puzzled since-

’The yield doesn’t change???’ That made no sense to her.

*Shudder*

Moon Aiko suddenly felt a shiver run up her spine.

Turning around, she saw Mei with an upset, yet mischievous smile.

”I can’t believe that books are more important than I am.” Mei shook her head at Aiko.

”You are supposed to be resting.” Moon Aiko pouted, the strange sensation at the root of her tails didn’t disappear easily.

Mei playfully smiled as she wrapped one hand around Aiko’s waist and gracefully dragged her under her.

”Kya!” Moon Aiko didn’t expect that ’yank’, so she was greatly startled.

”S-shouldn’t we think about countermeasures first?” Moon Aiko stuttered, since she didn’t expect her Mei to be like this right after such a heavy topic.

Mei kissed Aiko’s forehead, cheeks, eyelashes, and just pestered her with kisses.

”Don’t wanna.” Mei turned spoiled the moment she no longer wanted to think about such heavy topics.

”B-but it would be bad if they surprised us!” Moon Aiko was more and more flustered as time moved on.

Especially once Mei’s hand somehow got under her clothes.

”We can think about it later.” Mei shamelessly stuck to Aiko, browsing her body to her heart’s content.

*Thud*

”...?” Both Mei and Aiko looked around, since tremors were not common over here.

*Thud Thud*

”??” Moon Aiko was confused as to why the bed was shaking, while Mei’s lips twitched furiously.

”I know you want to act spoiled, but I’m not really into shaking...” Moon Aiko said sheepishly.

”I’m not doing that.” Mei said seriously, startling Aiko.

She withdrew her hands. Her eyes blazed with fury as she pulled out numerous stacks of Talismans.

”Let’s cook some Foxes.” Mei said seriously.

”???” Moon Aiko still couldn’t understand what was happening.

*BOOM*

The whole place shook, which made Aiko jump even when she was lying on the bed.

”Huh?” Moon Aiko realised something was wrong, and seeing Mei’s expression, it didn’t seem like they would return to bed any time soon.

Moon Aiko slowly changed into Witch Aiko. ”Those bastards...!” Her fists trembled with anger. ”When Mei finally got shameless enough, you interrupted it!” Witch Aiko spoke with anger and righteousness, making Mei stumble.

”I’m not shameless!” Mei cried out back. It felt like she was being labelled as shameless by Aiko.

”She finally was able to fulfil her deepest desire, and you ruined it!” Witch Aiko yelled out, ready for battle.

”That’s not true!” Mei cried out again, almost actually crying from being labelled like that.

”You don’t like Moon Sis?” Witch Aiko suddenly tilted her head.

”Huh-?” Mei was startled. ”I-I think she is cute.” It was strange how easily Aiko changed faces.

”Don’t you want to do it with Moon Sis?” Witch Aiko tilted her head to the other side, not understanding what was wrong.

”W-w-well-” Mei’s eyes spun as she felt embarrassed for being called out like this.

”So you like Moon Sis and wanted to get your hands on her, so what’s wrong with those sentences?” Witch Aiko tilted her head yet again. It almost felt like she was taunting Mei.

”But I’m not shameless!” Mei cried out, sniffling at this ’Aiko’.

”I mean... You ignored all plans, bypassed Moon Sis’s defences...” Witch Aiko narrowed her eyes. ”If I can’t call you shameless, should I call you a closet pervert?” She smacked her lips, thinking that it was actually quite a good idea.

”No!” Mei glared at ’Aiko’. ”I’m not shameless and definitely not a pervert!” All her fury went into this debacle, calming her down greatly.

”That’s too bad.” Witch Aiko snorted at her teasingly. ”Anyway~, I’m off!” She already had some flags in her hand, startling Mei.

”Huh?” Before Mei could say anything, this strange Aiko disappeared.

Realisation soon dawned on her. ”Let’s pray for their backdoors.” As she lit up the Talisman that connected her to the Rune Boy.

...

Witch Aiko dashed inside the shadows, to the Grandmaster’s Peak.

There were already Elders battling the Grandmaster, and there were even some guys from the Delegation. The place turned into flat wasteland under their vicious energies and techniques.

The Fox Village Leader was also over there, supporting the Grandmaster.

Witch Aiko turned into a small Fox and dashed towards them.

”Haha! I bet you didn’t expect that!” One Elder with a severely distorted face laughed happily. ”This is what you get for stealing my slaves!”

”Tsk.” The Grandmaster clicked her tongue. These Elders were a lot stronger than she expected.

”It’s strange!” The Fox Village Leader cried out softly.

”They probably dried up the Foxes we couldn’t rescue.” Dai Lu frowned, since she was unable to read their thoughts. Or maybe they were so deranged that her brain refused to do it.

”Ugh.” It pained the Fox Village Leader greatly. ”If I knew it would end up like this, I wouldn’t help the Delegation.”

”Deserting now, aren’t we?” Dai Lu laughed at her.

”Don’t laugh at me, we might die soon-” The Fox Village Leader sighed, but soon after paused since she realised something strange.

The Elder who was battling her had his eyes turned white and was keeling over right after.

”I will name this the [Ascend of the Ass Destroyer].” Witch Aiko appeared behind the Elder, nodding her head.

”???” The Fox Village Elder was confused, since she remembered this unique energy, but that Fox was supposed to be in the ruined Sacred Realm? But what’s with the flags?

”This is nice...” Witch Aiko looked at her tails. If she knew how good [Prehensile Mastery] was before, she would immediately max it out!

But fortunately for her, there was plenty of experience floating around!

The other Elders shivered. No, everyone shivered.

Most were confused about how this Fox was still alive, but the smarter ones clenched their butt cheeks tightly.

”Kekekekeke.” Witch Aiko laughed sinisterly. ”It won’t help you~” Her eyes turned upwards into half-moons, making her appear like a complete lunatic.

Both allied Elders and enemy Elders shivered even more, since everyone felt like it was useless to clench their butt cheeks.

”Hahaha! You think you can do that to us?!” The Elders suddenly undressed. Their smelly, hairy feet for all to see, but what attracted the most attention was the metallic chastity belt around their waist, which just so happened to block the rear too.

”We came prepared!” The Elders laughed in unison, although they hated the chastity belts that were on them, as they were only used for slaves to make them crave them more. It couldn’t be helped, since they believed there would be a Fox to inherit ’that’ legacy!

And they were right!

Although the situation was much worse than they expected, it would still protect them against that Vicious Jade Fox!

*Crackle*

A few Elders turned into charcoal right then and there, and even more Talismans flew around.

”I believe you are misunderstanding something.” Mei came with the Demonic Foxes in tow. While they might’ve been weak, they still could subdue the manipulated Foxes without hurting them.

”We are still here.” Mei was livid since it seemed like Aiko didn’t heed her words about the ’flag technique’.

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{Meanwhile, inside a certain storage room...}

”Whoa...” Mai was listening to the explosions and tremors. ”So my sister WAS a closet pervert. To think they would cause so many tremors and noise.” She was both impressed and concerned.

Impressed with her sister and concerned about Aiko. She thought that Aiko might get scared after this, so she would comfort her later.

’Maybe I can get a small piece of the pie~’ Mai would naturally and delicately join their fray.

She was completely unaware that the explosions and tremors were not from her sister, but since she was in her own little world, she ignored everything outside...