The cherry blossom-haired fox girl wore a modified shrine maiden outfit in the Japanese style, with a vermilion short outer robe with wide sleeves and a large navy blue bow tied at her waist.
A small bell adorned the center of the bow. Below, she wore the same white long apron as Yelena, paired with pure white knee-high socks and wooden clogs.
The cherry blossom fox girl before her gave off a gentle and healing impression.
Yuzuo Feihong was slightly taller than Yelena, but still a bit short of the big Iwitte’s 5’7″ height. Her bust was also not small, but unfortunately couldn’t compare to Yelena’s.
This made Yelena feel a sense of closeness, while Iwitte was ecstatic. Double the foxes, double the happiness! The Red-Haired Sword Saint felt she was the happiest person in the world.
Yelena had many questions and couldn’t hold back from asking.
“Anna, do you know about the Moon Tail Family?”
“Miss, Anna is just a pseudonym. You can continue calling me Anna outside, but here, I’d prefer if you and Lady Iwitte called me Feihong.”
“Feihong~ Can I hug you~”
A happy smile appeared on Yelena’s face. She helped Feihong up and opened her arms to welcome this close one she hadn’t seen in a long time.
Feihong’s eyes were full of affection. She slowly stood up and extended her arms. The two foxes embraced each other warmly.
“Miss, seeing you safe and sound is the thing that makes me happiest.”
“About the Moon Tail Family… the Moon Tail Fox Kingdom… Miss, what would you like to hear?…”
Feihong’s expression turned from delight to sorrow. She knew that the princess before her had long forgotten the memories of the fallen kingdom and the annihilation of her clan in childhood.
She should have already learned about that dark past. At the Sword Saint Mansion, Feihong often saw Yelena researching the Moon Tail royal family’s literature.
It had been about five or six years since she had last seen her princess. In these less than two months of reunion, Feihong was delighted by the princess’s rapid improvement in cooking.
Feihong didn’t know that Yelena had transmigrated here with the skills of a Yuan Kingdom top chef.
But she firmly believed that Yelena, who possessed the Moon Tail Family’s secret treasure, the Myriad Food Box, could create dishes Feihong had never seen before, all due to the princess’s own reasonable creation.
She would always stay by Yelena’s side, watching her progress and grow. Now, Feihong would answer Yelena’s questions truthfully.
“Feihong, I want to know… Mother—where is she now?”
The first question Yelena asked was the topic that pained Yuzuo Feihong the most.
“Your mother, Helena Moon Tail, is currently missing… but please believe me, Lady Helena must still be alive!”
Yelena’s gaze was tender. After hearing Feihong’s answer, she hesitated and thought for a while, which made Feihong’s heart clench in worry.
She pulled open all the curtains, trying to let the sunlight in and dispel the darkness from the room.
She was now Yelena Moon Tail. Even though she was reluctant to say goodbye to her male body, Ye Lian.
But after all, one had to live in the present, right?
In her past life, Ye Lian grew up in an orphanage and never even saw her parents’ faces.
Having never truly experienced a mother’s love, being reborn as Yelena made her yearn to meet this mother.
And this world wasn’t all bad. At least the two people in front of her loved her and were also precious to her.
“Feihong, don’t worry about me. I will work hard to improve myself, and then we’ll find Mother and reunite, okay?”
“Okay!… Miss Yelena, Feihong will follow you to the death!…”
Feihong looked at Yelena, who had changed so much, and couldn’t help but choke up with emotion.
She wiped away the tears threatening to spill from her eyes with her sleeve and gazed at Yelena’s confident and determined smile.
It was a mature smile she had never seen before.
The princess really was different from before.
……
Later that evening, Yelena and Feihong were in the training ground of the Sword Saint Mansion.
Since Yelena wanted to improve herself as quickly as possible and not hold the other two back, she decided to immediately learn about fox clan magic and talisman knowledge from Feihong on the day she revealed her true form.
Fei: “Miss Yelena, there are many types of talismans, generally divided into three categories: attack, support/buff, and control.”
“Over the next few days, I’ll teach you how to use and make Sleep, Confusion, and Special Explosive Talismans.”
“That night, when you were in the Charm State, since my total mana is higher than yours, I used a Sleep Talisman to forcibly end that harmful control state.”
Ye: “Uh, Feihong, I want to ask a question.”
Yelena couldn’t help but ask, “How do I increase my total mana?”
Fei: “Increasing total mana is not something that can be done overnight; it requires daily accumulation.”
“Miss is only 18 years old this year. Having this much mana capacity is already astonishing. I only surpass you because of my age. To be honest, I am already 268 years old…”
Having said that, Feihong rubbed her cheek a little embarrassedly. Revealing one’s actual age is a bit awkward for women.
Yelena understood somewhat. Considering the average lifespan of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Royal Clan is three to four thousand years,
She was just a tiny little loli?
No wonder her mana total couldn’t increase. It seemed she could only take it slow…
Yelena tilted her head to look at Feihong, squinting her fox eyes and not speaking for a long time.
This silence lasted for a few seconds, making Feihong ask somewhat dejectedly, “Miss, do you think I’m old… sob…”
“How could that be! I was just thinking about my own matters!”
Seeing Feihong’s concern, Yelena immediately switched to another topic, not dwelling on the current one.
“Nana~ Feihong, let me ask another question. Can you teach me your Disguise Spell?”
Fei: “I am currently in a completely liberated state. I won’t be able to change back to the Anna form for a month.”
“You want to learn this, Miss Yelena? That’s possible, but I’d like to ask about your intended use.”
“Um… I want to try disguising myself as a male foxman. Is that okay?”
Yelena casually tossed out this wish, but Feihong poured a bucket of cold water on her.
Feihong said seriously:
“Your male form was created by the Queen using secret arts. I’m sorry, but that is irreversible.”
“Wanting to change gender with a disguise at your current level should be impossible…”
“But why do you still cling to that ugly male disguise from years ago?”
“First of all, you are a girl. Even if you use fox clan magic to disguise, you can only become a girl.”
“Haha… I just wanted to try switching genders for fun…” Yelena answered with an awkward but polite expression.
Fei: “Sigh… It seems that male disguise has really harmed you. Gender dysphoria is a big problem.”
“Given this, as your temporary guardian, Feihong will start from tomorrow to re-teach you the proper etiquette befitting a princess of the Moon Tail royal family.”
“…”
Yelena fell silent. ‘So Feihong really does think that Ye Lian is just a useless skin suit, huh.’
But as a transmigrator, she felt that Feihong’s various arguments were like being forced to admit “I am not a man,” which gave her a strange feeling.
‘After uninstalling QQ, I can still reinstall it, right?’
‘As expected, the revival of the Legendary Captain is just a fantasy after all.’
……
Beside the training ground, Iwitte quietly watched the two fox girls inside, her gaze almost entranced.
She looked at Yelena and Feihong as if they were her main wife and concubine.
She knew she couldn’t panic. You have to eat rice one bite at a time. Don’t panic, take it slow…