Chapter 5

I carried the unconscious spirit fox back to my courtyard.

The elders had built this courtyard especially for me. It was spacious and bright.

Emily had wanted to move in as well, but the elders refused, saying that she might disturb my cultivation.

As soon as I entered the room, I began examining the spirit fox.

He was probably just barely a hundred years old. He had only recently reached adulthood, and the family had already taken him out and given him away.

But he felt different from the spirit foxes I had seen before.

His entire body was snow-white, but there was a tuft of red fur on his head, and his tail was enormous.

I had no idea why.

There was a hot spring in my courtyard that helped people cultivate. I placed the spirit fox into it, and he immediately woke up.

He floated on the surface of the water, absorbing the hot spring’s spiritual energy.

I smiled at him. 【You’re a little fox, aren’t you? Aren’t you afraid I’ll throw you in here and drown you?】

The spirit fox stared blankly at me and shook his little head.

His silly, dazed appearance somehow pleased me.

【All right, I won’t tease you anymore. Just stay here and recover. I can afford to support one little fox.】