The Tale Of Kitsuna

“Ugh, did I die?” I mumbled, waking up to a headache. Putting my hands over on my head, I groan in pain.

“Aah, welcome to the living once again.” Said a very familiar feminine voice to the right of me.

Peaking at Kayda through my hands, I raised an eyebrow at the background.

“Where the hell are we?” I said, dropping my hands. I was about to stand up but felt straps around my chest.

“We are in the aircraft Lady Draig came here with.” Rachel said that was sitting to my left.

“I see,” I said, looking around. Seeing Amari sitting across from me next to Zagan, I nodded, getting one in return. Looking for mom, but she wasn’t sitting anywhere. Looking back at Amari, I ask. “Where is Mom?”

“She is in the cockpit,” Amari said, smiling nervously.

.....

“Makes sense. So, is this aircraft a smaller version of a cargo plane?” I ask, looking around again.

“Yes, it is a military cargo plane. A smaller version than Earth’s ones and faster as well. I think the top speed should be close to a jet aircraft or higher. It has 20 seats for excluding the two pilot seats. Only the black ops have aircraft like these. The other armies have bigger ones to commodate more soldiers.” Amari explains proudly.

“Wow, how many of them do we have,” I ask again.

“About 200. They also use mana to fly.” Kayda explains.

“Is that so. By the way, are you still mad at me?” I ask Kayda, curious.

“No, why?” Kayda said, confused.

“Ah, awesome, can you teach me about magic then,” I said, making her chuckle.

“Sorry, I can’t be your teacher,” She said.

“Aah, I see. Well, worth a try.” I said, sighing in defeat.

“I said I couldn’t be your teacher, but when I have free time, I can help you,” Kayda said, making me confused.

“Huh? Wouldn’t you like it more to use your free time on your research?” I said, raising an eyebrow.

“The type of research I want to do I need to travel the world, and I can’t do that,” Kayda said.

“Isn’t that why you want to retire from the black ops?”

“That was the idea, but something came up changing my mind,” Kayda said, beaming.

‘She isn’t fake smiling Huh.’ I thought, confused.

“What happened?” Amari ask.

“I was persuaded by your mother to teach you magic, Amari,” Kayda said, looking at her.

“What!? I will learn from Kayda the sage!?” Amari said excitedly.

“Wait, does that mean you are going to stay in our mansion from now on,” I ask hopefully.

“That’s a yes for both,” Kayda said, smiling.

“Awesome, I can easily ask you then about magic. Do you have the mana for me? I want to heal myself up.” I ask, extending my hand at Kayda.

“Am I only a mana battery for you? I can, but I am not touching that hand.” Kayda said, looking at my hand. Doing the same, I realized it was full of dried blood.

“You are the only one who can transfer mana here,” I said, freezing my hand over with ice before dispelling it again cleaning it. “Happy.”

“Haha, fine,” Kayda said, taking my hand and transferred mana.

“How do you feel, Kitsuna.” Rachel said, a bit concern.

“I am fine,” I said, smiling at her.

“Ooh, and is your back okay?” I ask Kayda, unstrapping myself.

“Don’t do that,” Rachel warned.

“I will be fine. Thanks to the chase with Kayda. I understand my body more, so I should be fine.” I said, stretching my arms.

“Is that so,” Rachel said.

“We will be landing in 30 seconds!?” Mom said over the intercom.

“Is that so,” I said, sitting down again. Luckily these seats have holes for tails, and they are big enough to commodate my own. Making me sit comfortably and happy in the seat.

(While later)

“Hey, Kayda, you still didn’t answer me,” I said, walking next to her toward the Mansion.

‘I wanted to ask her again on the aircraft, but I thought she didn’t want to talk about it when Rachel was close. Luckily we are alone with Rachel going to her brother. Zagan and Amari went to the garden again, and Stacy is still on the ship. Hopefully, she answers this time.’ I thought, looking at Kayda out of the corner of my eyes.

“About what?” Kayda asks, confused.

“Your back? Mom said something about your back. I couldn’t hear it through all the blood in my ears.” I said, not looking at her.

“Ooh, it is fine. It is nothing to worry about.” Kayda said.

“That is good to hear. I thought you might have hurt it because of me.” I said, chuckling in relief.

“Haha, don’t worry about it. It is nothing that serious.” Kayda said. “So, you were adopted by the Draigs 3 years ago.”

“Yes, or more, they were ordered to do so. My mother should have told you that already, right.”

“That’s true. She did mention you survived Duke Vermillions’ experiments. She didn’t say anything about the order, though, but knowing her, she would have done it if she was an order or not.” Kayda said.

“Did she also tell what I am?” I said, ignoring the last part.

“She didn’t have to. I saw you change into a fox in front of me.” Kayda said, looking at me like I was dumb.

“Haha, how careless of me,” I said, laughing.

“Yeah wasn’t it you who said ‘I am not like you going around telling people about myself,’ Hmm,” Kayda said, amused.

“Yeah, I wanted to have fun with you while you chased me but was a bit careless and forgot that your speed is 7 times mine,” I said, rubbing my head awkwardly.

“You are a weird one. You know that.” Kayda said, smiling.

“You should smile more like this. It makes you look prettier. That fake smile of yours grouses me out.” I said with a serious face.

Bang!?

“Sorry that I grouse you out!?” Kayda shouted after she kicked me into the bushes. Snorting at me, she walked away, leaving me on the ground.

“Why do I always get kicked by people,” I said with crocodile tears.

Not moving from my position, I started to think again. I was finally brought out of my thoughts again when I heard someone approaching me.

“What happened to you,” Mom asks, looking at me still on the ground.

“I angered the dragon again,” I said, still not moving.

“Again? You don’t even know her for a day, and you made her angry more than once.” Mom said, laughing.

“Haha, that’s true. She never really has bad intentions, so it’s fine. And it is fun to make her angry or tease her.” I said, smiling at mom.

“Just don’t push her too far. She might be a special kind of Dragon, but she still has her limits.” Mom said, warning me.

“I know.”

“So, what are you thinking about?”

“My future, I guess.”

“What about your future.”

“I want to control it but also make the people around me happy at the same time.”

“You don’t have to worry about it. Your still young.”

“I know that, but what will you guys do when all the noble houses team-up against our house in a political battle to take control of me. I am not that naive to think I cant get everything I want if I don’t make a deal with someone.” I said.

“Fine, that might work if you pick the right person to make a deal with.” Mom said.

“I thought about making a deal with other Marquis’s houses, seeing as we have the Anlits on our side. But seeing how the capital looks, I don’t think it will be a bad idea to make a deal with the King.” I said, waiting for an answer.

“Making a deal with the marquis houses that are left is out of the question, especially for you. The Kunis is too arrogant at the moment, with their twins being high dwarfs and the Anabalds are justice freaks. Why don’t you make a deal with the reincarnated twins in the royal family?” Mom asks, sitting next to me.

“I would have if it weren’t for them being from my peaceful world.”

“What do you mean?”

“They would most likely ask me to use my powers to bring the world to peace.”

“You mean you want to leave this world in constant war.” Mom said, confused.

.....

“In a way, yes. Think about the last 13 to 14 years of your life. No battles, no wars needing to fight. You enjoy it, right, the peaceful time?” Seeing her nodded I continued. “Now think how would it be if you never knew about it and the world was as peaceful as our original world. How would you act then? Would you still enjoy these years to their fullest?”

“I don’t know how I would have acted, but I would definitely not enjoyed it as much as I am doing right now.”

“Un, humans are greedy at nature. They always want more. Like you saw in my memories. My father reached the top of the world in medicine but never stopped experimenting with me. He always wanted more. Any human or demi-human will be the same in this world. It will differ for each person, but the main thing is they would like to have more.”

“Huh? What are you trying to say here.” Mom said, confused.

“I am saying if this world became like ours, it would end up like it. You get born to go to school for 18 years then college for 4 or more years. After that, get a job, marry, have kids, and then die. They won’t enjoy their life to the fullest. Here having a war every 10 to 15 years would make people enjoy their life more in peaceful times. Civilian or not, a war always influences people.”

“So, are you saying you would go to war every 10 years to make people understand what peace really is?” Mom said, raising an eyebrow at me.

“Gladly,” I said, smiling.

“I see. I never really thought about it but it makes sense. So, is this why you want to make a deal with the King?” Mom asks, smiling back.

“Yes, I already told him I would stay with the kingdom 3 years ago. I just think it is time to make a proper deal with him. Though I would like to learn more about him before I do that.” I explain, standing up.

“True. Now let’s forget about depressing things. Are you ready for tonight?” Mom said, smirking.

“Tonight,” I said, confused.