The Fox Goddess

When Yuki came back, the sun was already out. She then entered her room to only see no one in bed.

"Good, she's already awake. F*ck, I need a shower, then I need to talk with Aika first before I can start my experiment." Yuki mumbles as she undresses inside her bathroom. She already has changed her mind she would test with the Soul Realm first before she can train.

After taking her time in the bath, Yuki dried herself up before dressing herself and went out to get some food. Even though she can live up to months without any food and water because of her powers, she still wants to do it as she will lose some time with her three daughters if she doesn't do it anymore.

Just as she entered the Dining Room, she found Aika sobbing and the others were trying to cheer her up. Yuki then rushed in as soon as possible as she already knew what caused this to happen. When Aika saw Yuki, she hung her head lower as she cried out silently, her fear just suddenly came as soon as she saw her Mommy. She knows that Yuki could be strict sometimes in times like this, just from the stories of her Big Sisters of how scary can Yuki be when they mess up in their training already makes her scared.

"Mother! Don't punish Aika, let us take the punishment as we also know what she is doing right in the morning. We are sorry for letting her go out on her own!" Yumie stopped Yuki's way toward Aika, and soon Katsumi also followed and talked to Yuki.

"Big Sister is right, Mother. You can punish us instead of Aika." Katsumi also tried to stop Yuki from punishing Aika, they have the same thought in their heads. There is no way for Aika to take Yuki's punishment as it was too heavy on her little body, even if she is an Essence Lord, it would still be hard. Plus she is only trained for a few months and her training was pretty good, not like theirs when they were in the forest. Especially for Yumie.

"Don't meddle in this situation," Yuki said to the two as it only took one look at them and they moved aside, but after thinking about it more clearly. They think that Aika deserves punishment and upon this conclusion, Yumie thought of a way to save Aika.

"Mother, do you remember the wish that I could make because I won the competition against Katsumi? I would like to change my wish. Please don't punish Aika anymore." Yumie said in a calm manner believing that Yuki has now no choice but to agree with her.

"I can't do that. Your sister made a mistake so she will have to face the consequences. But you don't have to worry, I'm not going to make her do something over the top. So, move aside." Yuki assured them, the two looked at each other first before moving aside to let their Mother pass.

"Aika… don't be scared. Are you scared of me?" Yuki asked calmly as she kneeled in front of Aika and held both of her hands tightly, Aika then looked up to only see Yuki looking at her with a smile, but she was very familiar with that smile, it was the kind of smile that she is used to seeing.

"I'm sorry Mommy! I promise you that I will never leave the house again, I will stay inside. So please don't hate me…" Aika cried out as she jumped into Yuki's arms and held Yuki's neck tightly. Seeing this, it seems like the scene of her "Mother" dying changed her, it seems that she had a trauma because of it.

"How can I hate you? Even if all the Gods hate you, or all of you. I will gladly kill all of them." Yuki said in a loving voice, but those outsiders who heard her words got a chill down their back. She was not joking about killing the Gods.

"Mother, are you going to punish Aika for what she did? Can't you just let it slide for now?" Yumie asked nervously.

"Yes, even if I dote on her. She will also need to face this or else she will never grow. Plus like I said, this is not going to be hard like what you have done before…" Yuki said, she then pulled out a Sword from her Spatial Ring and held it in her hands.

"I only want one thing. You need to master this Sword until you become an expert with it. You cannot ask for help from your Sisters, or any other people. I want you to learn by yourself, but you can ask one question from each one of them to help you a little bit." Yuki dropped the punishment and upon hearing it all of them calmed down. Even though it was hard, it was not impossible as Aika is a genius.

"What?" Aika didn't understand her Mommy's words and asked again.

"This Sword will unleash all of your Elements all at once except for your Time Ability as it does not count as an Element. What I want you to do is make an attack that can combine all your 9 remaining Elements, and after you do that. You need to beat one of my Ice Soldiers in a battle only using Swords. Do you think you can do that?' Yuki explained to her and asked if she thought she could do what she wanted.

"YES! I will not let you down, Mommy." Aika promised Yuki, she then let go of Yuki's neck and looked straight into Yuki's eyes.

"I'm looking forward to it." Yuki kissed Aika's forehead and sat her back down in the seat. She then took her seat right in front of the long table, right to her side was Anna who was quiet because she didn't want to speak up.

"Serve the food, Asuka," Yuki said and soon the maids came out with several foods in their hands that they served for them to eat.

"You can go now and eat your breakfast." Yuki dismissed all of them, the maids then gave Yuki their thanks and left the room with a smile. They were happy to serve Yuki, even though she is cold and scary she is not a bad master to serve.

"Did you have any headache when you woke up?" Yuki asked Anna as they began eating but in reality. She is not eating, she is just drinking her tea.

"No, I had a great sleep and I didn't have any headache at all thanks to the Soup that you gave me." Anna smiled as she answered her question.

"That's good, so don't drink too much again next time," Yuki advised as she drank her tea.

"Yes… I will not drink too much again." Anna said in embarrassment, but no one said a thing and just let the two talk with each other.

"Miss Yuki, someone is looking for you. She said that her name was Asakura Sasaki and she said that she has an appointment with you." Asuka walked to Yuki and whispered in her ear, but her voice was very clear. Lian and King Dagart heard her voice.

"Little Kura? How did you meet her, Yuki?" Lian asked Yuki, she doesn't remember Asakura ever meeting Yuki as they never had the opportunity to do so.

"You will see, why don't you also join me? Maybe you will know the reason behind her coming here." Yuki said mysteriously as she followed Asuka into the meeting hall.