Vladek Svart, soldier in a small village. Wants to learn every single weapon in this world. 6 feet 5 tall, exceptional strength and endurance. Fought in a battle for coexistence. Died through a stray arrow. Resurrected by the golden fur kitsune Tamamo no Mae, last of the Six Ancestors. Now her personal servant and love toy for roughly a month. Well, for being just twenty-five years old, you could say I got a pretty interesting life. But being a servant to one of the strongest monster girls isn´t as fun as it sounds. First thing in the morning, making breakfast. Thin fried tofu. Did I ever tell you, how much I hate tofu? I WANT MEAT! Next thing, cutting some firewood. If I´m fast enough, I get a few minutes to train combat with the axe. Next thing, walking through the village with the lady, seeing how everyone´s doing. Next thing, making lunch. Seriously, why am I the god damn cook? Afterwards cleaning the entire house. EVERY fucking day. If I´m fast enough, a few minutes of training. Making dinner. Of course, tofu again. Next, fulfilling Tamamos "special needs". If I´m still able to move afterwards, a bit more training. Don´t want to get lazy or lose my strength. Go to sleep. Next day, rinse and repeat. Wonderful. Yes, that was sarcastic.
Today is different. The first time I´m leaving Kitsune Village. Right after breakfast, we´re leaving for Yamatai Village. Will be a few days trip in my opinion, but Tamamo says it will be just for one day. I want to know, how that´s happening. Right now I´m waiting outside the house. A few kitsune walk by, while I´m waiting, everyone greeting me. Why are they so damn friendly? I would expect different behaviour towards a servant. Finally the lady decides to step out of the house. I turn around, looking at her. "Ready?" I just nod at her question. "Then let me show you something." She grabs my hand and smiles. I have a bad feeling. This smile means nothing good for me. Before I get the chance to think about it, my vision goes blurry.
I stand at some bushes, eating my breakfast in reverse. The hell was that? I never felt this strange in my whole life. "Don´t worry, you will get used to teleportation in no time," Tamamo says with a smile. "I don´t want to get used to this," I say with a weak voice. She turns around. "Anyways, this is Yamatai Village, my home town. The people here worship monsters instead of Ilias. So, I just have to stay at this shrine and they give me food, for free." I slowly walk up to her. "Food, of course. What other reason could be for you to go to this place." Within a few minutes a huge crowd gathers, while I´m slowly feeling better. The people here are shouting things like "The Mighty Fox has returned" and "The Mighty Fox blesses us with her presence". Damn, this place seems pretty cool. While they try to bury Tamamo in food, they don´t really pay attention to me. Some just look at me, with a strange look. Some old guy walks towards me. "May I shake your hand?" I look at him dumbfounded, before I extend my hand. "It is an honour to meet the husband of the Mighty Fox." I just stare at him, trying to understand what he just said. "Wait a second, I´m not her husband." I quickly say. "I´m just her..." "Guardian," Tamamo shouts, before I can finish the sentence myself. I look at her confused, but she just smiles with a mouth full of tofu. Will she ever stop eating this stuff? While I´m still thinking about this question, I hear a scream. Without thinking, I turn around and run towards the sound, with Tamamo and some villagers behind me.
I arrive at the place of the incident. I immediately try to process the situation. Three big guys stand in the middle of the place, wearing weapons and leather armour. Bandits, no doubt. One of them holds a child, a girl, hostage. "Give us your money, or we´ll kill her and burn your village down." Some monster girls are circling them, but they don´t attack, fearing this guy might kill the young girl. Those guys have some nerves. First rule of a fight, leave the damn kids out of it. "I´m going to rip his ass apart." I take a step forward. "No, stay back," Tamamo immediately orders. I look at her, pretty angry by now. "Don´t worry, I won´t kill them." I take another step. "I command thee, servant, STOP!" I feel something like a shock wave going through my body. What was that? I try to take another step, but my body won´t move. I focus all my mind and with great effort, I´m able to take a single step. After the next equally heavy one, I´m able to walk again. I step out of the crowd. "Hey, you ugly cock sucking assholes. Why don´t you pick on someone your own size?" I crack my knuckles, getting ready. One of them, the idiot with the mask laughs, before charging at me, his sword high above his head. What an amateur. Right when he´s in front of me, I drop to my knees. His swing, that was supposed to hit my head flies over me. My right fist connects with his stomach. I jump up, quickly grabbing his wrist. A quick turn of his arm and I hear a satisfying crack. He shouts in pain and drops his sword. A quick punch into his throat sends him to the ground. I grab the sword, while the second attacks. A hit with the blunt side on his knee, he drops and the pommel meets his forehead. Knock, knock. Two down, one to go. "Another step and the girl dies," he yells, now clearly showing fear. But the girl is to small for him to be used as a living shield. Let´s see, about eight feet between us, the sword has about three pounds of weight... This will work. I take a step back, aiming. A quick move, the weapon flies through the air and the blunt side hits his arm. He lets go of the girl, takes a step back. I´m already running closer, jumping. He looks shocked, before my fist, carried by my speed and the drop, shots into his face. Knock out. Three of three, no casualties. Mission complete and now I know, I can still fight. Feels damn good.
We´re standing a bit away from the crowd. They will put up a fair trial for the bandits, but that´s not our problem anymore. "I told you not to attack," Tamamo says. She seems a bit angry. "I know, but it worked. So what´s the problem?" She shakes her head. "That´s exactly the problem. I gave you a command. Your bound by my blood. You shouldn´t have been able to take a single step." "Why?" She looks at me, as if she wanted to say that it was the most normal thing of the world to know this. "You´re bound by blood. This is one of the most powerful magic casts in existence. No one can withstand such a command. But you just ignored it with ease." I laugh and scratch my head. "Well, not exactly with ease. The first step was the problem." "You don´t understand," she shouts, causing me to flinch for a second. "Even the Monster Lord would have problems to withstand bloodbound magic. No human could ever to this. You´re not human." I look at her shocked. "What?" "My true body, shackled by the powers of creation, I beseech thee. Return my true body to me!" I raise my eyebrows. Why is she calling her true body now? I get a pretty fucking bad feeling. I don´t want to die again. She transforms and I have to admit, her real body is hot as hell. Not that it was bad before, but this? Damn, most man would kill to see this or touch this. Not talking about what I´m doing every night, he he. She takes a step towards me, placing her right hand on my chest. "I command thee, show me your true self." Before I understand what´s going on, a flash of white blinds me.
"Fuck, what was that?" I hold my head, scratching it with my claws. Wait, what? Claws? I look at my hands. "WHAT THE HOLY FUCK?" My entire forearms changed. They´re covered in thick black, scales, my fingers ending in dark grey, almost metallic looking claws. Near the elbow, my forearms end in spikes. I´m not sure if those are gauntlets, but since they feel like my own body, I really doubt it. I look at Tamamo shocked. "The fuck happened?" She is breathing heavily. "Later, we need to get back." She grabs my arm and my visions goes blurry again.
"Why didn´t I feel anything this time?" I didn´t feel shit from the teleport. While I´m still wondering about that, I hear a giggle beside me. Tamamo has turned back to normal. Well, her looks at least. "You´re funny. And cute." I look at her, more dumbfounded than ever before. She reaches up and taps my nose with her index finger. "Boop." Before I can say something, she turns around and hops away, giggling. "What?" I´m left with a confused look on my face.
In the evening we´re back in her house and she´s normal again. "So, after you revert back, you go all happy and childish. Did I get this right?" She nods, while nibbling on some tofu. Hell if I know, where she got it from. "And could you explain to me, what´s wrong with me now?" She nods and swallows the rest of her food. "Do you know, what the Ancient Dragons are?" I nod. "Sure, everyone in my village knew this legend. Our village elder loved it." She laughs. "Then it´s easy. You´re an Ancient Dragon." I look at her, unable to say something for few seconds. Then I start laughing loudly. "That was a joke, right?" "No, I´m serious. You will slowly gain even more powers." I just look at her, not knowing if she went insane or if I´m about to. "Wow, that´s... wow. I need to take some time to get over this." She nods. "Me too. Never had the chance to speak with an Ancient." A familiar smirk shows on her face, while she´s licking her lips. "Never had the chance to taste or sleep with one, either." A short laugh escapes my throat. I just had to expect that. "Time for some fluffy tail," I murmur to myself.
I slowly open my eyes. The sun is shining through the window. Something is... wrong. And it´s not the fact, that Tamamo isn´t waking me up, to tell me to make breakfast. First of all, after satisfying her three times in a row, I still feel perfect. Usually, I feel half dead in the morning afterwards. But why is everything so loud and smelly? I can smell Tamamo in the kitchen, I can smell the water outside. I can hear the people in the village. That´s impossible. Tamamos house is a bit outside, you wouldn´t hear shit, if the entire village was screaming. I get up, slowly making my way to the kitchen and the door outside. "Oh you´re awake? Mind making breakfast?" I just look at her, not stopping my walk. "Later. I need some fresh air." I extend my arm, trying to push the door open. Instead, I send it flying. Seriously, the door shots almost fifty feet through the air, leaving a hole in the wall. "What the fuck?" I quickly turn around, looking at a shocked Tamamo. "I didn´t push that hard, I swear."