Reincarnated as a FOX!?

Chapter 18

I woke up still in Sophia's arms, I felt... tired, too tired to move, to think, to even stay awake, if I even was awake. The most I could do was softly snuggle into her

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'Hm...? Wha-...?'

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"Shh, it's alright, go back to sleep now" Sophia said softly in a soothing tone

'(I'll... check them... later...)'

[Warning! It is highly adviced that you do not take the path ahead, and instead take a detour! Current path threat level: Deadly]

That warning woke me up fully in an instant, which startled Sophia

'(Huh!? What!? Uhh, right!!)'

"Luna it's okay! Everythin-"

'No it's not! We need to go a different way!! This way's bad!'

"Huh!?" Sylas and Sophia exclaimed in unison

"If you say so? Lets take the long way! Maybe the short path really is getting treacherous with all those maneater plant things?" said Sophia

"If even Luna says that way is bad, then that must be the case" replied Sylas

After that, we walked in silence for a while, before Sophia thought of something

"Hey Luna..." she said softly, in a nervous tone

'Hm? What?'

"Um, I know this is a lot to ask but... um, could you... uh, when we get close and enter the town, could you... act as if you're... my familiar?"

'Heh?' I looked up at her in half suspicion, half confusion

"It'll make things a bit easier... and also, it'll keep unwanted attention off of you..."

'Heh? But everything was fine last time wasn't it?'

"Well yes but this time, we're heading towards the guild hall, and there'll be adventurers there, lots of them. And you're-"

'(Oh...) I see... I'll do it. (If those people notice how different I am from other... creatures? Sure let's go with that, ahem, if they notice that and how special I am, then they'll definitely want to snatch me! It's in degenerate gamer nature! Well that goes for degenerates in general but still! Even though it feels weird and I hate the idea of acting like... a pet... it's still infinitely better than being found by them!)'

"Thank you"

'(Hmm, I wonder what the guild's like? Actually, know what? I wanna sleep, make sure I have enough energy for this!) Well, I'm going to go back to sleep, wake me up when we're there'

"Alright, sleep well Luna!" Sophia said happily, just before petting me, and surprisingly, that, combined with the fact I was intending on sleeping, made me fall asleep very quickly

After some time, Sophia woke me up as we were about to enter the town

"Did you enjoy your nap?" Sophia asked, while looking at me with a smile

'Hm? Yeah... we're finally back?'

"Yup! These are the town gates!" Sophia replied, sounding quite happy

"Oh yeah, this place! I remember this"

We walked through the gates, then stopped in the middle of an open area