Chapter 414 (1/2)

Taeya (1)

“Mr Ye Lang, looks like your military skills aren’t bad at all,” Athena was impressed. She was always proud of her intellect but right now she’d realised how dumb she was to fall into their enemy’s trap.

However, she did not dwell upon the matter. It was very normal. There was a well-respected wise strategist within the camps of the enemy and she knew this person’s skills far exceeded hers.

“Military? I don’t do military. Aren’t you all just playing some sand game?” Ye Lang shook his head.

“...”

Game? You think we’re playing a game? This isn’t a game, this is war!

“Yeah, it’s just a game,” Athena’s expression returned to normal. She smiled at Ye Lang.

“Why do I feel like you’re faking your smile? Maybe it’s because you’re a fox…”

“...” Athena was speechless.

“Fox, how many tails do you have?” Ye Lang changed the topic suddenly, already losing interest in the ‘sand game’.

“?? Tail? Just one, of course! Everyone in the fox tribe is the same, why would we have more than one?” Not just Athena, the rest thought it was an odd question too. Why would he think she had more than one tail?

“All the same? Oh, that would mean there’s no such thing as the Kumiho, the nine-tailed fox… I wanted to meet Daji…” Ye Lang remarked wistfully. He was very interested in meeting the legendary Daji.

[Note: Daji was a beauty from ancient China- King Zhou of Shang’s favourite consort, often portrayed as a malevolent fox spirit]

“Nine tails? Daji?” Most of them didn’t understand Ye Lang, especially not Athena. She had not heard of this human.

“One tail’s pretty cute too. Tigress, let’s go for a walk!” said Ye Lang as he walked out. He did not drag her because he assumed she would tag along.

“Go, follow him,” Athena said to Tai Ya, “don’t talk too much, you just have to watch him. Pretend you’re his servant, you know how to do that.”

“Uh…” Tai Ya was reluctant, her subordinates did not agree either.

“This is for the greater good. You only have to do the little things. If he has any extreme requests, knock him out and lock him up. Never let him escape,” said Athena. She was not cruel enough to force Tai Ya into this.

This was why foxes, who were naturally smarter than the rest of the tribes, relied on the tigers --- they were not cruel enough sometimes.

A human strategist would’ve told Tai Ya to fulfil her duties no matter what, even if she had to sacrifice everything to complete the mission.

“Athena, now can you explain who that human is?” Thomas asked after Tai Ya left.