ACIEL'S DIARY : INDIGO
CHAPTER 1.7: THE FOX'S ANGER

The sky was already completely darkened, giving rise to the moonlight that cast its light on the forest trees. The sound of a cold wind slowly flowed between the trees. Carrying an atmosphere of silence that strangely felt comfortable and calm.

Because it is far from urban, making stars appear quite a lot and fill the sky with sparkle. How many times have I seen it, it never once disappointed me with its beauty.

The quiet mountain atmosphere began to bring out some insect sounds and howls, gurgling from the bushes, accompanied by the breath sounds of a fox with nine heads and a tail above me. To hold my body to move.

Its golden fur that emitted particles of golden light every one of it swayed as the wind provided a sensation of soothing beauty, its nine heads that were staring intently at me gave a cold sensation that tickled my back, plus nine of its tails were wagging and scattering many particles of light.

The light particles looked like fireflies, with their flashing lights. It spread around and disappeared quite quickly.

But on the other hand, there was a fox with a meter high overlapping my body using its two front legs, rendering me completely unable to move. More precisely, a Spirit that takes the form of a fox.

The fox put its nose close to my face and sniffed a few times, then opened its mouth slightly filled with black fangs.

A hint of golden-colored embers sparks came out as the fox spoke.

"Boy, you kept your word. Good job, I like intelligent creatures but at the same time, I hate them too. You brought something interesting with you, couldn't you come alone into the mountain?"

I raised my eyebrows and smiled faintly, to reply.

"It's a shame but I'm a little shy, especially you only asked me to come to the mountain in three days, but you didn't ask me to come alone. Then I brought the guards no more than as collateral, to protect myself from unnecessary threats."

Listening to my words, the fox only snorted and took out a few other golden-colored embers from the corner of his mouth.

"An unnecessary threat? What do you mean it's me? Human boy, you are indeed very brash. Actually I wanted to eat your body right then and there but unfortunately my body was too weak to do so. I therefore chose three days to at least recover my strength. But with the magnitude of the Energy on your body, all of my Spiritual Energy that is being sucked out will definitely return in an instant."

The fox took out its tongue, giving the gaze of a predator towards me.

Looking at her acting that looked quite real this bit made me unintentionally laugh, my stomach feels a little sore. It made the Foxes above my body look at me with a little caution.

"Eat my body? A fox like you? I'm not sure if you really want to do it. I realized this before, if I didn't feel at all any ill will you were trying to direct me to. It's just—"

Before I could finish, the fox yelled at me, opening its wide jaws filled with gleaming black fangs.

"Shut up!! Lowly human boy, what do you know?! The sense of hatred that kept piling up because it was sealed for five hundred years!! The humiliation I have received and carried!! Just because one of our colleagues made that despicable mistake ... We all have to bear ... Damnit damnit!! It is unforgivable!! I hate Kitsu so much for doing such despicable things with humans but what I hate more is the humans who dare to attack us all!! Even after we fertilize their land!! Purify their water!! Make their lives comfortable!! Is this the payback for everything we do?! Spending a lifetime of time sealed and slowly annihilated due to our Sucked Energy?! I will make sure to free all my sealed comrades, kill all the descendants of the humans who sealed us with the worst death!!"

Various emotions collided with each other within the voice that the fox let out. As well as the glittering tears dripping from his eyes, the fox wore a face expression filled with frustration. As if he wasn't sure of something.

A thing that not even he knows, but I know.

Actually, there's an important thing I'm still hiding from Master. About me being able to see a dream of some Spirit I've met.

Surely it is not an ordinary dream, but a dream that displays the story of the Spirit's life.

About what he did.

About what he felt.

About what he thinks.

Everything, in a very clear form.

Therefore, I can clearly tell what this fox wants. After I saw her dream on a night three days ago, I knew exactly what she was expecting.

But conveying it to him in a half-and-a-half like this will only give an inverse effect. Therefore I must use all my abilities, which I have learned before.

"Nebi, relax." I said briefly, making the fox above my body widen its eyes and jump to get away.

"Bocah, you ... Where did you find out—Gurrghh!!"

I stood up, pointing my palm that was emitting a whitish blue light at the fox that was moving away.

The fox slightly bent its body, as if it was getting pressure from above and making it unable to move.

This is the technique that a Spirit taught me before, to resist the movement of the Spirits to protect me.

All I needed to do was extend a hand, then drain as much Spiritual Energy as I could on my hand. Then direct it to the Spirit who is the target.

This technique will last until the Spiritual Energy in my body is exhausted.

Because I have quite a lot of Spiritual Energy so it should be that this Technique will last quite a while but I try not to use it. This will make the spirits afraid of me.

Man is no longer very fond of me so if the Spirits feel the same way, then I have no place in either World. Just thinking about it makes me a little sad.

While pointing my right hand at the still motionless fox, I walked slowly towards him and crouched down in front of him. Gently stroked his head, ignoring his gaze which was staring ever more sharply at me.

"Nebi, I know you hate Kitsu so much, who was your best friend and also the cause of the Incident five hundred years ago. I also know that you hate the humans who have sealed you and all your associates. But at the same time, I also know that you have no intention of killing anyone. Do you want to know the answer?"

Staring straight at the nine pairs of fox eyes in front of me, I confirmed the sentence I was about to say.

"Because the God you serve, didn't ask you to do it. And because that same God has also prostrated himself many times before you and your sealed comrades, apologizing for representing the humans who have sealed you all. The god did it every year without missing anyone until the moment he was forgotten and disappeared. Am I wrong?"