The Fox Goddess

"Welcome back- what happened to you guys, why are you all covered in blood?" Aria asked in worry as soon as she saw the blood stains on their body.

But before the two could answer, a heavy pressure suddenly descended. Even Rory and Aria were shocked to see how thick and powerful the bloodlust is. Immediately Ice started to engulf the whole mansion.

All the maids were shocked to see what was happening and soon collapsed to the ground because they found it hard to breathe under the heavy pressure.

Yes, Yuki was truly angered this time. She didn't even care one bit if her body was injured. Soon after the four of them saw Yuki slowly walking towards them, her eyes were glowing dangerously, every step she took Ice burst out of her feet.

Meanwhile behind her was Anna looking at Yuki with a worried expression, even though her face was pale because of the thick bloodlust tha was surrounding the mansion, she didn't care, she only looked at Yuki.

A few seconds before everything happened, Yuki was having a nice talk with Anna after checking her Skills, but because of her good sense she heard Aria's words. She quickly stood up and released her bloodlust to the highest that she could, surprising Anna.

"What happened, Yuki!?" Anna tried to hold Yuki's arms, but Ice blocked her hand causing her arm to instantly freeze.

"Ahhh!!" Anna screams in pain, but she gritted her teeth and healed herself.

"Who hurt you?" Yuki asked as soon as she was in front of the two with a cold face.

Because the two didn't answer, Yuki's surroundings became even colder when she saw the cuts, blood and their tattered clothes.

"I said who the hell hurt you!?" The temperature around the mansion dropped even more.

"Calm down!" Rory and Aria said.

"Dragons Might!" Aria said, soon a golden barrier appeared covering Yuki's body. But it didn't help that much because Ice still started to spill out of the Barrier even though it was covered.

Snapping out of their daze, Yumie and Katsumi fell to the ground on their knees and started to cough up blood because of what happened.

"No!" Yuki shouted and punched the Barrier with all her might, but it didn't even leave a mark because of their power difference.

Then, Yumie and Katsumi managed to come back to their composure after a while and looked at Yuki with tears in their eyes.

"We're okay Mom! Right, Katsumi!?" Yumie quickly said.

"Yes, yes. We're absolutely fine, we just have some scratches, nothing more!" Yumie and Katsumi tried to calm down Yuki.

Thankfully it worked, and Yuki's bloodlust started to fade away, and the Ice soon melted. Looking at Yuki once more, Aria deactivated the Barrier.

As soon as the Barrier was gone, Yuki quickly hugged the two of them tightly. Yuki had really now had affections to them, even though it was just some scratches she was instantly worried and was ready to to kill no torture who ever did this.

Even though it was only a few months that she has been with Yumie, as for Katsumi it was longer than that. She already had a deep connection and love towards them, because they are the only ones that she can call family.

"I was really worried about you two." But her words were soon cut off, because she fell backwards to the ground and blood started to spill out of her eyes and mouth.

"Mother!"

"Yuki!"

The five of them screamed and immediately surrounded Yuki. Anna quickly put Yuki's head on her lap while trying to heal Yuki's body, but soon after she found out that Yuki's body didn't seem to have any injury.

"F*ck! Her condition had gotten worse!" Aria said worriedly.

"What do you mean!?" Anna looked at Aria with bloodshot eyes. She was crying really hard now.

"Will Mother die?" Yumie and Katsumi both asked, their hearts full of guilt when they asked that.

'If only we didn't come back like this, Mother will not be in this state right now.' That was the thought that the two were currently in their Minds.

"No, but- She is in a coma now. Her Soul before was damaged 20%, but now it's 30% which is really deadly." Aria said while her voice was quivering. She was really shocked to see someone damage their soul to this extent, it was even. more of a miracle that she is alive right now.

"Is there no way for Mom to wake up again?" Yumie asked, her tears started to burst out of her eyes right now.

"I don't know- I'm not an expert at this, and from the ancient text if a person's soul is heavily damaged it may cripple her. Because from what I can see her Soul Realm shatters." Rory answers.

"What is the Soul World?" Anna asked, this is also the first time she heard this.

"Ever living being in this World has its own Soul Realm: You can call it the heart of all, because once it is completely destroyed, that person will die. Not just die but, he/she will not be able to reincarnate, meaning they are dead forever." Rory explains while looking at Yuki with deep eyes, she then took a deep breath before continuing.

"Also, like what we explained a few days Earlier, this is the place where the Qi or Mana is stored. It's called Soul Core. The Soul Core is connected to all of the Veins in the body, it's the passageway of the Mana/Qi of the person. So you can only Imagine if one is damaged, but in Yuki's situation-" Rory stopped.

Yumie and Katsumi's heart dropped when they heard Rory stopped.

"What is- wrong with- Yuki?" Anna asked.

"Her Soul Core Veins are shattered, snapped, and blocked. 30% of it." Rory finally dropped the bomb.

"Is there no way to help her?" Anna asked after a while, she took her time to calm down.

"Yes, but- Yuki is the only one who can fix this. She needs to repair her Soul Core, by regulating her Mana to her Veins till it heals and possibly strengthens. BUT! If it happens and Yuki manages to strengthen her Soul Core, her strength will rise. The reason for this is because Soul Core Veins are usually weak resulting for the person to only put out little power than should have. Because strengthening one's Soul Core is very dangerous only to people who are brave enough to do this." Rory finished her explanation.

But before the three could answer. Something glowed in Yuki's neck. A necklace started to hover in the air, and soon a woman could be seen standing behind in front of them.