Solisel - Book 1: Kitsuneyō's Prince and the Eternal King

Chapter 17

The sun shone bright on a Royal Crown Replica, just in front of Pyrex. It looked identical to the original. "What if... I steal this one and swap it out for the original... I might survive the crowning."

To his dismay, the shop was closed. The Kitsune stared at it for a few more seconds before walking further down the street.

As he looked at the stock of a jewelry store, a small hand dragged him between two buildings.
A young looking girl sat him down on a wooden box as she looked at him from above, floating.

-What the...

She waved. Her long hair was blonde, with a large black hat, a feather boa and missmatching stockings. She also had a single fake angel wing on her back.

-Hey hey hey! You're Pyrex, uh?

-How did you drag me here, you're like, not even half my size...

-I'm a goddess, that's why!

He squinted.

-That sounds like a lie...

-Do you think a girl my height would be able to drag down a 16 year old kitsune with one hand otherwise?

-Well, no... But why are you here and not in the Skylirium?

She smiled and landed down on the floor.

-Because I'm always curious when Kitsuneyō crowns someone new. I'm Amarosa, direct descendant of Veneamor herself. Nice to meet you!

-Veneamor? Isn't she the one who made a contract with Oriole?

Amarosa scratched her head for a second.

-Oooh, Oriole... You mean Hisako? The Kirin with glowing hair?

-Yes, her.

The small goddess jumped with a big smile.

-Of course I know her! How is she doing?

-She's in prison.

The blonde haired girl looked down.

-Oh. Anyways, Do you know what being a King in Kitsuneyō implies?

Pyrex nodded.

-I'll die.

-GOOD ANSWER! Sort of... Anyway! I'm here to prevent that. So let me help you!

-That's free help from a god, that sounds too good to be true. You'll most likely sign me a contract or something at the end and make me your slave or make me possess people in exchange for your help.

Amarosa shook her head.

-No! I'm only 80. For a god, it's too young to be allowed to make contracts at all. So if something is interesting to me and that I have a good time helping you I can't ask for anything in exchange. I'm literally only helping you cause I'm bored and I'm sick of Hisao's plan always working. Auntie Ludisa is 367 years old and she claims she has never seen Hisao have any single little trouble with his possession game. So you're helping me as much as I'm helping you... Can you believe it! He's been doing this for like, 900+ years! That's so cheated... I wonder what Ludisa's grandma was thinking with that contract.

-Hisao? That's his name?

Amarosa clapped.

-Yep! Kitsuneyō Hisao.

-It almost sounds like Hisako.

Amarosa laughed.

-It's because a lot of older kitsunes like Hisako were named after Hisao, Akira and Chouchou. They are the first Kings and the first Queen who implemented the new justice system which was scrapped, built the Kitsuneyō border, and most importantly, the Kitsuneyō laboratory of Genetics, according to Ludisa and Rainiji. Of course, they were secretly all Hisao, and most things he implemented that got scrapped were scrapped by him. He probably got bored of it or something, I guess?