Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Moon Aiko cuddled with the Demonic Foxes to sleep, letting the time pass by her like a flowing river.

”I knew something like this would happen.” Yuxi nodded her head, but she was still impressed.

While the Demonic Foxes were kind and cuddly to her, they crossed the line with sleeping around her.

They were especially vulnerable during that time due to their worn-out mind.

”It’s a bit unfair.” Yuxi nodded her head, but it couldn’t be helped.

Everyone was interested in Aiko for one reason or another, so she wouldn’t fault them for that.

”As long as they are happy and can recover.” Yuxi wanted to keep them as long as possible, but just housing them took a lot of energy out of everyone.

Well, with Aiko around, they didn’t need to worry about them going berserk, and they might recover quickly.

”The question is how long Aiko can stay put...” Yuxi quite dreaded that, since she knew that Aiko can be very... active.

”She will probably leave after sleeping.” One Demonic Fox suddenly whispered.

”Why do you think that?” Yuxi tilted her head. This Demonic Fox was of the fire element.

”She kept muttering about recruiting someone.” The Demonic Fox giggled before leaving for her house.

”Ugh.” Yuxi had a bad feeling about this ’recruitment’. ”I wonder what kind of disaster she will cause.”

Yuxi was unable to approach Aiko, since the Demonic Foxes would wake up.

She had to give up and leave this place.

...

On the way back to the Grandmaster, she met with Mei.

”Where is Aiko?” Mei looked around but could not find her.

”Aiko is sleeping with Demonic Foxes- N-no, not that way!” At first, Yuxi answered happily, but Mei’s face contorted so quickly that it scared the shit out of her.

”What?” Mei tilted her head. ”Thank you for telling me.”

Yuxi wordlessly left the place, since awake Mei was scarier than even 10 Grandmasters!

”I told you.” Mai giggled from inside.

”Shut it.” Mei glared at her Sister, since she was quite upset.

”Let her sleep with them. They must be very exhausted.” Mai would lie to her if it meant that Mei would be safer or more focused.

”Tsk.” Mei clicked her tongue and went back inside.

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Moon Aiko woke up from her slumber, eating some tails.

*Pfft*

Moon Aiko spat out that tail and tried to stretch.

’Right, I’m still under the tails of the other Demonic Foxes...’ Moon Aiko groaned when she realised this, but she was unable to wiggle free without waking them up.

’Let’s just stay like this.’ Moon Aiko nodded her head.

Soon, the Demonic Foxes woke up, smirking at her.

”What’s with your expressions?” Moon Aiko was confused.

”The others wanted to sleep with us so much, yet you are already thinking about running away.” One Demonic Fox commented with a smirk.

”Isn’t that only natural? We are not partners, and I have work to do.” Moon Aiko tilted her head.

The Demonic Foxes exchanged expressions.

”She is surprisingly innocent.”

”I worry about her future partner.”

”We might want to comfort them later.”

”Right. You just want to sleep with them.”

”Hey!”

The Demonic Foxes chuckled, giggled and acted like they were never burdened before.

”But she is cute.”

”Sure is.”

”I want her.”

”Get in line.”

Moon Aiko had quite a strong feeling of déjà vu, like this had happened before.

”Can I go do some work?” Moon Aiko was barely able to wiggle free from the stack of tails.

”No.”

”Rejected.”

The Demonic Foxes didn’t want Aiko to leave.

”What is so important that you want to leave us, beauties, behind?” One Blazing Demonic Fox questioned.

”I want to meet up with my partner.” Moon Aiko tilted her head. She believed that this would let her get away from them.

The Demonic Foxes exchanged glances.

”And you slept with us knowing that?”

”Now I really pity her partner...”

”I wonder if we have a chance...”

”Stop dreaming.”

”Yeah, stop it.”

”I thought you were exhausted, so I just went along with it?” Moon Aiko tilted her head again.

The vast majority of the Demonic Foxes facepalmed.

”And here I thought she was inviting us.”

”She is really naive, but that is a cute trait too.”

”She is indeed cute.”

”Cute indeed.”

”We should keep her.”

”We indeed should.”

Moon Aiko was more and more confused.

”What about the work?” The Demonic Foxes were very interested in this strange Fox.

”I want to learn how to fight with my abilities... sorting them would be a good idea too.” Moon Aiko nodded her head.

”We can do that here!” The Demonic Foxes felt a very intimate kinship with this Fox, much more than the one called ’Umbra Fox’ or even ’Passion Fox’.

”No.” Moon Aiko immediately rejected it, since she didn’t want to ruin Mei’s plan.

”Jade Fox will be fine. We can just ask her.” Another Demonic Fox butted in. It didn’t seem like they were willing to leave this Fox alone.

”Then discuss it with her. I’m leaving.” Moon Aiko said with determination, but it didn’t even take a few steps before she had a whole entourage.

”...” Moon Aiko’s lips twitched, but it was not like she could stop them. This was Mei’s business, and she would not have any say in it for the time being.

...

”Mei~” Moon Aiko wanted to hug Mei, but she collided with her hand.

”So you know how to miss me.” Mei glared at Aiko.

Moon Aiko was confused.

”Don’t worry, she missed you too, but she was upset that you slept with the Demonic Foxes before she had her fun.” Mai gracefully translated her sister’s inner thoughts.

”Mai!” Mei glared at her sister.

”Does this mean that Aiko is free for the taking?” Mai’s eyes shone. While Aiko was not completely her type, she was cute enough to get a pass.

Her naivety at certain times was especially adoring.

”...” Moon Aiko felt like she had come to the wrong place, since not everyone was honest, and they were talking in riddles.

”And why are you here?” Mei glared at the Demonic Foxes.

”We are here to take this cutie and train her.” The Demonic Foxes emanated a similar air to what Mei had.

”Oho? Are you challenging me after I saved you?” Mei glared at them even more. ”She is mine.” She immediately hugged the confused Aiko.

”We are naturally grateful that you have helped us from that predicament, but this is completely different from that.” The Demonic Fox in front was quite eloquent when it came to throwing daggers.

”After all, you are her incompetent partner who didn’t even explain the basic customs of Foxes. Letting her sleep around and hug other Foxes. Tsk, tsk.” The Demonic Fox smirked at the Jade Fox.

”You-” Mei glared at her even more.

”That’s enough.” Moon Aiko stopped both of them.

”It’s true that Mei is clumsy, but we all have our weaknesses, so let’s not stab each other like that, okay?” Moon Aiko gazed at the Demonic Foxes with a deadpan expression.

”Y-yes...” The Demonic Foxes were quite afraid of that kind of indifference.

”I told you it would bite you in the ass.” Mai laughed from inside.

”Are you doing fine on the Demonic Disc?” Moon Aiko immediately scolded the Demonic Saintess, startling the Demonic Foxes.

”Sorry...” Mai stuck out her tongue when her head suddenly peeked out.

’Our kind?’

’Powerful kin...’

’Scary kin...’

The Demonic Foxes from the cave dwelling were even more impressed by the tiny cuties with overly large ears. They didn’t expect that she would be able to scold and go against so many Foxes.

Moon Aiko sighed.

”So, Mei will take Aiko, while the Demonic Foxes will train her later.” Mai explained the business plan, since it was obvious that it would go nowhere.

”Mai!” Mei glared at her.

”What? Can you bear to hurt her?” Mai rolled her eyes. ”Demonic Foxes are the perfect sparing partners, since they won’t hold ba-” She coughed awkwardly when she saw their fawning expressions. ”Fine, they might hold back in her case, but it’s still better than you.”

”What?!” Mei was deeply hurt by that statement.

”To begin with, you have no teaching potential when it comes to anything outside Alchemy, you shut-in.” Mai had no intentions of holding back, since Aiko’s life depended on it.

”...” Mei gritted her teeth, but she was unable to retort. She did teach Aiko before, but it was far from perfect.

”I understand that you did a lot of work with her Divine Sense and basic combat structure, but she is not really good at close combat. She should be taught close combat as the last sort of defence, and specialise in teaching her about ranged options.” Mai soothed her sister and explained her reasoning.

”...” Mei was still not happy about it, but her sister was somewhat right.

”It’s for Aiko’s protection, and the Demonic Foxes look better after meeting Aiko and sleeping around her, don’t you think?” Mai smiled gently, letting her sister breathe out quietly.

”Fine, fine. You win, happy?” Mei snorted unhappily, but Aiko needed more ways to protect herself.

Mai sighed and shook her head. Her sister was still not honest.

Well, she understood that her sister wanted to have Aiko just for herself, but that was just not realistic.

While Mei was plenty skilled, having more teachers meant that Aiko would surpass everyone with her learning ability.

Especially this white Aiko, who was not a vixen, but a coldly calculative individual.

”You get to keep Aiko.” Mai explained the first step. ”Cuddle her, be with her, teach her, fuck her-”

”Mai!” Mei’s face dyed red, and she immediately rushed to drop-kick her sister.

Mai caught her, hugging her softly. ”Afterwards, she will train her combat abilities before we go to the war. It won’t be starting any time soon, but it would be better if you prepared too.” She stared at the Demonic Foxes, which looked much healthier than before.

”We will naturally follow our benefactor.” The Demonic Foxes smiled sinisterly. ”And we will also do our best in wiping the ’greenness’ out of her.”

”Please do.” Mai chuckled back.

”Here.” Mai picked up Aiko like a plushie, placing her onto Mei’s lap. ”Now go away, I need to spend a lot of time on the Demonic Disc.”

She shooed everyone away, but her sister and Aiko.

”You don’t have to mind me, I like watching- Guh.” Mai joked around, but this time she was not quick enough to dodge Mei’s hit.

”Alright, I kind of deserve that one, but don’t you think you are a bit mean?” Mai’s body kept shivering from the impact, since it hurt even with her defences.

”Hmpf.” Mei snorted at her sister before dragging Aiko into her special and private room...