The Dark Mage

Chapter 9: Gumiho Encounter

  While ministering to his flock, Metropolitan bishop Onesimus was finishing up the Divine Liturgy in Saint Moshi the Blacktail cathedral in Sycamore city, Tanuki Republic. And afterwards, he sought to continue in good standing with his flock and performing administrative functions over his diocese. And unfortunately, one of those functions was formally excommunicating Tom Ringtail of the prominent Ringtail family for running a crime syndicate and refusing to turn away from the criminal underworld and being sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. But before he could return to his home monastery, he found a handwritten letter sealed with red wax bearing the Kitsune clan imperial seal as if it were written by Inari herself on his desk. And when Metropolitan Onesimus recognized the emblem as the Kitsune imperial seal on the letter addressed to him, he laughed uncontrollably while rolling on the floor of his office as if he had just witnessed comedy gold thinking, "I wonder if this is some sort of amazing joke by the queen of the Kitsunes or if this is actually important. I guess I don't know until I open it up."

      Onesimus then broke the seal and found it wasn't Inari who wrote the letter addressed to him but friar Victor who was the only other Kitsune besides his little sister Zenko authorized to use the imperial seal on letters. And when he saw that it was Victor, he immediately stopped everything he was doing to read its contents knowing that this was the same friar Victor who led to the conversion of Saint Moshi the Blacktail and his own people in the 1300s. The contents of this letter read...