Lucy Caldwell suffered a disaster in her childhood - her house was burnt, which turned fatal for her parents. She grew up in a children's house with other orphans. She could never forget the fire incident and was sure her parents were murdered, so she wished to investigate the case when she grew old enough. Lucy, like all the other children, frequents a Spirit School, where children are taught to control their inner spiritual energy. When they reach 15 years of age, they befriend spirits that reside in the vast Spirit Forest in East Land and receive the Bond Item - an object from the spirits which permits to summon them whenever in need. Each person is able to form a bond with a single spirit. However, there are certain spirits that never approach humans, are known as man-eaters and have marked severe borders on their territory, eating anyone who trespasses on them. Such is the clan of the tailed foxes - the Huli. Lucy has already reached 15 years, so she goes to the Spirit Forest with her classmates to befriend a spirit and bond with them. However, while sitting around a bonfire and listening to her classmates' scary stories, she remembers the dreadful day of how her house caught fire in past, and, worked-up, runs off into the depths of the forest to cry off her anguish. But as elders often say, dense forests are definitely not a place for little children to run around, for the danger lies in every corner, as Lucy soon comes to realise...

The Guardian Spirit (The Guardians of Nine Heavens, Book 2)

 Seeing the firebird ascend in the sky, everyone gasped – it was the Celestial Phoenix of Nine Heavens, the third of the legendary Kujaku Phoenix monarchs ever known to the world! 


“I will not forgive you using divine fire for your sinful purposes, Feuer!” 


 Phoenix Hoshiro squealed and flew towards Feuer at the speed of light. This latter widened his eyes in fright. He wanted to build up a fire shield when the giant phoenix cut right through his fiery ropes, freeing the tied Sandy and Sam in an instant. His fire impact was so high that it even threw Feuer back. The fire bunny lost control of his fire blow too and Yuehong managed to grab Lucy’s body, jumping aside to protect her better. Once this was done, Lutecia’s spirit regained her senses and got back to her feet. However, as the tied Sandy and Sam were floating in the air while caught in Feuer’s fire, once it was cut, they both fell down. 


 Sandy cried in fear, but she was caught by Mei, the white nine-tailed fox. 


Chapter 44: Ascension