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Interlude

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After the birthday celebration for his cousin, the tired Fon was taking a stroll in the back garden of their family when he spotted a small glowing object near their sacred oak tree.

Fon had never understood why his father warned him about not going too close to the oak tree. Sure it was creepy with all the cleansing charms tied to it on a rope, but Fon had seen even more creepy things like his cousin petting a young geese. Moreover, even if a world portal was near the area, Fon would never make the mistake to accidentally fall into one.

Piqued by curiosity, Fon approached the glowing object. What would he discover? Would it be of any harm to him? Fon didn't really care. As long as he could cure his curiosity of what exactly was glowing in his vision. No was was he going to bypass this opportunity to learn more about the mysterious garden his uncle have.

When Fon reached the glowing object, he found fur. Yes fur. Glowing fur. Fon could not believe his eyes.

When did fur have the ability to glow? Fon was a herbalist and he knew thousands of herbs, wild animals, even the whole Eco-system around his house. He wasn't called a genius for nothing. But he had never seen a glowing fur.

Noticing a trail of the same kind of fur collecting itself towards the tree, Fon squatted down and checked the fur by rubbing it between his fingers before deciding to follow the trail. For all he knew, it felt like normal fur, just very clean for wild fur which might had been shed by wild animals.

Afterwards, what he found when the trail of fur ended made him blink in surprise.

Poking the bundle of fur with his index finger to test its reaction, he found the small puffball twitching and Fon continued to stare, amazed that a small bundle of fur was able to show reaction when touched.

Slowly, the little bundle shifted and when the first layer was off the main body, Fon received a silent answer which made him dumbfounded. Of course, anyone would be, if they saw a tiny fox taking a nap inside a sacred tree, which was actually located within the family property.

Staring at the little fox for a bit longer, Fon decided to let it sleep. Though, he can't help but feel curious to why a fox was taking a nap inside the hollow tree. He was sure that there were no sorts of lifeforms other than humans surrounding the area when he first check.

He then thought about it. The portal between the demon world and the human world is close to the sacred tree.

So when the puffball finally crawled out of the hole, he mumbled to himself.

"Wow, I didn't expect a youkai to be roaming around the garden..."

Startled, the little fox turned around to face him.

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End of interlude with Fon.

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