378 A Secret Room (1/2)

(MC POV)

I looked down at the two small foxes that only reached up to my knees in height, one of them had red fur while the other one had white fur.

No prizes as to who they were.

I had intended to try the age regression pill on the two foxes that Brendan had made by accident the other day, that would have changed them into their smaller forms without any other drawbacks.

But apparently after giving them their names, they could just transform themselves into this size for some reason.

When asked why they could do it now and not before, they just shrugged and said they could suddenly manage it after I named them.

Does this have to do with the 'names have power' thing that Sophia was talking about?

In that case, I technically named Eris and Cai Hong didn't I? They seem pretty normal to me don't they? Or maybe it's naming monsters that make the difference?

Well, the main thing is that I have two small foxes to take home with me now and by the heavens they were unbelievably fluffy.

They were so fluffy that I finally let them go after a good half hour of fluffing them.

No I did not force myself on them ok?

Alright fine, I did pick them up without warning when they transformed but the first fluff session only lasted for a few minutes. They were the ones who asked me to continue which made the fluff session last for so long.

What? You try having two fluffy foxes at your feet and see what else you'd do. My actions were completely warranted I tell you.

”Mmm… As expected of the Divine One… Your techniques were indeed divine,” Shiori complimented calmly, though her tails were still wagging furiously behind her.

Moments ago she was constantly letting out squeaks that sounded like ”kyuu kyuu” everytime I rubbed her tail too.

”Ehehehe~ Master's tail fluffing is the best!” Akari mewled, rubbing her face on my hand and trying to get me to pat her.

Of course I obliged her, ignoring the stares from Stephanie and Benjamin who were standing at the side the entire time.

”Should we… Leave you, Divine One?” Benjamin suggested.

I stood back up reluctantly, the two foxes making heart wrenching mewls of disappointment when I did so.

”No, I'm good now. It's fine for me to take them both right? No big loss of authority or anything along those lines?”

He bowed his head, ”Not at all, Divine One. We wouldn't deny such a request from you anyway.”

I smiled at him, ”It still doesn't hurt to ask. Anyway, that's all I need for now. Is there anything else you want to show or tell me?”

”There is one thing actually,” Shiori admitted, her tail wrapping around my ankle. ”There is a room we excavated that we don't really know the purpose of.”

”Oh? That sounds ominous. Are there clamps, whips and candles in there?”

”Ehehe~ It's not that kind of room you are thinking about Master~” Akari giggled, pausing in her efforts to climb up my leg. ”It looks like it's used for some kind of ritual actually~”

”Interesting. Care to show me?”

”This way, Divine One,”Benjamin bowed, gesturing towards one side of the hall.

Stephanie waved us goodbye since she had other duties to attend to, duties which I didn't want to ask what kind a Lich might have.

I let Shiori and Akari climb up and lay on my shoulders, their tails wrapping around my neck like a scarf while they nuzzled against my neck and cheek. Seems like they were really enjoying their new smaller forms.

We went to one of the halls that a Behemoth had taken up as its quarters, the monster taking up half the space with its immense size.

”Divine One, your Aether shines brightly as usual,” It greeted me.

Don't look at me, I don't know what this 'aether' thing is either.

”Thomas, we're showing Divine One the room,” Benjamin explained.