Nine Tail Fox

"Ah~"

"A bath after a workout is the best,"

Having a towel around my waist, I got out of the bathroom.

As I headed towards my room,

"AAAGH!"

I turned around when I heard Sylvia scream. She had her hands on her face. I could see her looking at me from between her fingers.

I also screamed and hurried into my room, holding on to my towel.

It has been a few days since Sylvia and her maid Erika began to live with us, and I still didn't get us to it.

"Fuck, it's the third time in a row," I had a red face.

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Next day,

"Grandma, I'm going for a walk."

"Fine, but don't go far away from the house."

"Okay,"

"Ethan, can I also go with you?" Sylvia approached me.

"Sure,"

"Erika, I'm also going,"

"Be safe, my lady," Erika said.

Sylvia nodded, and we left the house.

While we were walking, Sylvia asked,

"Ethan, how many spells can you use?"

"Around five,"

"Five?" She was shocked.

It was normal that she reacted that way because learning five spells is near impossible for a seven-year-old.

"How about you? How many spells can you use?"

"Only one, and that too I cannot control properly," she said, dejected.

Sylvia is considered one of the most talented kids in the world. She awakened at the age of six with a high natural affinity for water.

"You can ask grandma for help. Since she can use water magic, she can help you become more proficient at using the spell."

"Really!"

"Yup, and you can call me Eethie, since that's what everyone calls me,"

"Okay,"

As we were strolling in the forest. Yup, we were taking a stroll in the forest. We heard some noise.

"What's that?" Sylvia asked as she got near me.

"Let's see,"

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When we got close to the sound, we spotted seven swift wolves surrounding an injured white fox with nine tails.

After seeing them, Sylvia grabbed my arm tightly,

"Eethie, let go back,"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. Just hide silently."

"What do you–"

Before she couldn't ask anything, I took my daggers from the sheath and attacked the swift wolves.

Getting on top of one of the swift wolves, I stabbed it several times.

"One down, six to go," I said, standing on the body of the swift wolf.

After that, other swift wolves attacked me; I dodged all the attacks and got above the swift wolf's head by using the trees.

I use wind on the daggers to make them sharper, and I stab its forehead with daggers to destroy its mana core.

"Eethie, look behind," Sylvia cried.

As I looked back, I saw a swift wolf jumping towards me, but before he could reach me, he was crushed by nine tails.

"I will cover you," The nine tails spoke,

Our jaws dropped when we heard her speak human language.

"You… you can speak?"

"Yeah,"

"How?" I asked, confused.

"I will tell you after the fight,"

"Okay,"

I didn't ask any more questions and got in a fighting stance.

"We have to finish them quickly, or more of them come here,"

I nodded.

"Fly,"

"Wind blades,"

I used two spells and finished two of the swift wolves in one go.

"Three more,"

In a few seconds, all the swift wolves were dead.

"It's over, you can come out,"

Hearing my words, Sylvia ran towards me with watery eyes. It's a good thing; no swift wolves attacked her after hearing her voice.

"Are you hurt anywhere?" She asked.

"No, I'm fine. Thanks to her,"

I looked at the nine tails.

"I should thank you for helping me to kill these beasts."

"But how did you get injured? You are far stronger than these guys."

I pointed to the large wound on her stomach that was bleeding.

"It's because of my carelessness–"

She stopped in the middle of her words and covered us with one of her tails. As her soft white fur covered us, we heard her scream in pain.

"AAAGH"

"What happened? Sylvia asked.

"I don't know,"

After a few moments, nine tails took her tail away from us.

The first thing we saw was a giant brown bear that had a killing aura around him. It was a Mist Bear, a B-class mana beast.

"WHAT?"

"What a B-class mana beast doing here?"

"It's because of me,"

"Because of you?"

"Yeah,"

She raised her other tails, which she wasn't using during the fight; underneath her tail was a small white cub sleeping.

'I thought she couldn't lift them because of her injury, but the real reason was that she was protecting her child.'

"So cute," Sylvia exclaimed.

"He is here for this child. My body weakened when I gave birth to her, and these hungry wolves seized this opportunity to attack me."

After seeing the cub, the Mist Bear attacked us, but only to be blocked by nine tails.

"Firewalls,"

The walls of fire surround us from all the directions,

"This will hold him for a few minutes."

She looked toward me.

"What is your name, child?"

"Ethan,"

"Ethan Flammia,"

"Ethan, I would like to ask a favor,"

"Favor?"

"Yeah," she nodded and carried the cub with her tail.

"I would like you to take this child and leave,"

"Then what about you?"

Her gaze turned to the walls, where the Mist Bear was trying to break the walls.

"I will hold him,"

"But you can't fight him in your current state. You will end up dying."

Hearing my words, she smiled.

"Thank you for thinking about me, but this is the only thing we can do,"

"I will–"

Before I finished my words,

"Please,"

I looked into her eyes; she had the same look that my mother had when she handed me over to my grandma, pain, sorrow, love, and other mixed emotions.

Seeing her eyes, pain-filled my heart.

'Fuck,'

I clench my fist,

"Fine,"

I took the cub in my hand. As I took the cub in my hand, she said,

"Give me your hand,"

I extended my hand, and a bracelet appeared on my hand as I did.

"It will help you in the future,"

I put the bracelet in my pocket without asking anything about the bracelet.

After that, she created a small gate in the firewall.

"Leave,"

I only nodded my head.

"Take her," I gave the cub to Sylvia.

As she took the cub, I picked Sylvia in my arms.

"Hold on tight,"

Before I left, I asked.

"What is your name?"

"Nellwyn Bourcier"

After hearing her name, I flew away using wind magic and headed toward the house.

'Please hold on until I can get grandpa to help.'