The Fox Goddess

"Wait, let's talk again. First of all, how did you fall in love with me? I refuse to believe that you fell in love with me because of that reason." Yuki said firmly at Celeste. She would rather believe that her father is in heaven right now than believe that Celeste fell in love with her because she picked her Flute.

"You don't believe me?" Celeste's eyes begin to get covered with tears, and it threatens to fall. But, Yuki didn't bend in even after seeing her like this, but in truth, she was feeling miserable inside. She felt that she just bullied a little kid while looking at Celeste's profile.

"Yes- yes." Yuki tried to firm herself, but it didn't work as her voice quivered.

"Is that so? Then, I would be honest now, and tell you how I truly feel about you. I have fallen in love with you ever since you made little Aika your daughter. Even though you were surprised that you suddenly have a daughter you didn't reject her. You have a kind heart even though you are like that, I know that the reason you are like this is because of your past when you were a child. But, that only made my feelings towards you get stronger." Celeste explained, she then took a short pause before continuing.

Just as she was about to continue, the door opened. Aria, Rory, Anna, and Lian entered the room, alongside King Dagart. So, Celeste waited for them to be seated before she continued. But, what she didn't know was that it was a bad move for her.

"Before you react, yes I do know that you're not from this world. You were previously from the mortal world. You died there and got reincarnated here." Celeste spoke, but before she could continue, she was met with a knife on her neck.

"How do you know that?" Yuki's bloodlust exploded, and the whole room became an Ice Land.

Yuki didn't expect Celeste to know her secret, and there were a lot of people inside. Now, everyone knows her. Yuki couldn't care less right now if she was a Spirit Lord or not, but if word of this goes out she would be in big danger.

Celeste then realized that she made a mistake by saying that she originally thought that all of them already knew about Yuki's condition. That's why she said it carelessly.

"I'm sorry. Was I not supposed to say it?" Tears began to fall out of her eyes, but it was not because of fear of dying. But it was the fear of being hated by Yuki.

"You are lucky because you are Aika's mother, if not. I would have already tried to kill you." Yuki warned, she then disappeared out of everyone's sight and appeared back in her chair.

"I'm sorry Yuki. If only I had known that you were trying to keep it a secret, then I would not speak about it." Celeste said to Yuki, she walked up to her and tried to hold Yuki's hand, but she was only met with Yuki's cold eyes.

Seeing this, Celeste's shoulders dropped. She then stayed still on the ground kneeling toward Yuki. If only she can revert to the past, she would have done it long ago. But, she can't.

"I- 'm sorry." That was all Celeste could say, her current look was pitiful. Even those that were watching felt pity for her, but they couldn't speak up to her.

Yuki's mind was in turmoil. A part of her wants to punish Celeste, but a part of her also doesn't want to. She has now realized that because she is connected to Aika. She is also connected to Celeste, and seeing her like this makes her feel extremely bad.

"Get up" Yuki tried to soften her voice, but it was still chilling for all of their ears.

And when Celeste heard Yuki's cold voice, her heart dropped. Countless thoughts began to run through her mind.

'Is she going to kick me out, or will she lock me in a prison?'

"You will stay with me until I determine that I can trust you," Yuki said, then after that, she helped her get up and even tidied up her messy clothes. After tidying her up, she placed Celeste on her lap and began to wipe her face with a cloth.

Celeste was dumbfounded about what all happened, and just sat in Yuki's lap like a statue and let Yuki do what she wanted. This made her teary again.

"Sniff… I- I thought that you hate me because of what I did." Celeste began to cry once more on Yuki's lap.

Then everyone saw another shocking moment, Yuki pulled Celeste's head closer to her and whispered something that they didn't hear.

"Yes I was, but I cannot bring myself to hate you. I don't know why. But, I'm sure that you are the reason behind it." Yuki said in a low voice right in her ear.

Hearing this, she was glad, But, at the same time she was embarrassed because there were a lot of people that were watching. So she only buried her head in Yuki's neck and breathed in her scent.

"We will continue our conversation later." Yuki patted her head. This feeling of Celeste resting on her body was comfortable for Yuki. She felt like she was back when her mother was hugging her. But, it was not motherly love that she is feeling, but something way different. Though she doesn't know what kind of love it was, it was not a bad feeling she thought.

Anna who was watching felt sour in her heart, but she didn't stop them because she knew that it would only make things worse. She would just patiently wait until she had the chance. She was hoping that Yuki would accept her, even if she is not the 1st wife, it was still fine with her.

"Ahem! Sorry to interrupt your time. But, I would like to hear about this reincarnation story. Is it alright, Yuki?"

"I guess. It doesn't matter anymore. But, I swear to you now. If I ever heard rumors about my life spreading out." Yuki warned, she then took a deep breath and started to explain all about her. But, there was one thing that she kept a secret, and that was her System.

Yuki found out that even Celeste didn't know the Existence of it, so she didn't bother telling anyone about it.

She only explained a small detail about her past life, she didn't bring up useless stories, and only explained probably the important ones. And because Anna wants to learn about her life, she explained her real story.

"Wow, I can't believe that you are actually from the Mortal World. I thought that you were someone that came from there. I have heard that people there have no powers whatsoever. And you became this strong." King Dagart said.

"Yeah, now I think I know why Yuki is abnormal. That's because she came from the Mortal World. Some stories said that their technology is much more advanced than ours."

"I want to go there somewhere. I want to see how Yuki lived there." Anna said aloud.

"Wait, you can go back to the Mortal World?"