1054 Are you all really sure about this decision?
*Knock* *Knock*
On the extreme West of the United Continent, inside the Dawnshade Mansion, the Fox Hero could be seen knocking on the door of a room.
"Come in."
A voice was heard from the room.
Vulpiana bowed her head and walked in, then, she bowed her head again.
"Mother."
"I heard you lost."
A Divine Stage Cultivator, the Head of the Dawnshade House, Vulpiana's mother, Faclara Dawnshade,commented.
Just like her daughter, Faelara had blue hair, however, her shade was more on the darker side, Faclara had mystic blue eyes that seemed to hold secrets of the entire world. Just like Vulpiana, her ears and tails looked incredibly fluffy, and unlike Vulpiana, Faelara had a total of 9 tails, raising her overall beauty to another level.
Just one look at her and it was clear that the Fox Hero had inherited her beauty from her mother, but even then, Vulpiana failed to inherit her mother's mature charm. Faelara Dawnshade was an incredibly beautiful woman who knew how charming she was and used her mature charm to boost her beauty even further.
*Picture*
"I apologize, the Opponent was too strong."
Vulpiana replied.
Faelara then turned around, then, she looked into her daughter's eyes, and questioned,
"What if you hadn't held back? Would that have made any difference?"
"It wouldn't have." Vulpiana simply shook her head.
"That man was strong enough to defeat Vedier. Even if I am strong, I am not capable of doing that yet."
"You wouldn't even have been able to escape?" Faelara raised her eyebrow.
"I am not exactly sure," Vulpiana was uncertain.
Faclara nodded in understanding.
"He knew."
Suddenly, Vulpiana spoke up.
"What?"
"About Our Bloodline.
He knew about Time and Space."
"..."
Faelara turned silent for a while.
She started wondering how something like that was possible, her family had survived in Yrniel for hundreds of thousands of years, even now, and for all these years, this secret had not been revealed.
Thinking about it, a frown appeared on Faelara's face.
No matter how she thought about it, the fact that the secret was revealed was simply not possible, unless...
"How are you so sure that he found out?"
She questioned as she looked into Vulpiana's eyes.
"He said he was curious about Time and Space and wanted to talk more about it."
"That's it?" Faelara narrowed her eyes.
"Yes...?" Vulpiana tilted her head in confusion.
"And what did you say?"
"I asked him how he knew about it, however, before I could get an answer, Lady Vyriana interrupted."
"So you panicked."
"What?"
"He talked about. Time and Space and you panicked.
What if he was just throwing out random words? Time and Space could be anything, he could simply be mentioning some random rumors he heard about us, but you gave him the reaction he wanted and basically told him that you were hiding something."
Vulpiana's expression changed.
"..."
Faelara, on the other hand, just sighed as she shook her head.
"You are still too immature, little girl, you should be more careful and not wear your expressions on your face all the time. Strengthen your heart, trust your mother and yourself, our secret cannot be leaked unless we make some mistakes ourselves.
Even if someone does reveal everything about you in front of you, just deny it. Deny it and leave everything to me, there is nothing you need to worry about, do you understand?"
Faclara questioned with a slight smile on her face as she gently caressed Vulpiana's cheeks.
"Would it be a problem...?"
Suddenly, Vulpiana questioned with a concerned look on her face.
"That man himself won't be a problem, however, I am not sure if Vyriana would look into it or not. I do not know that woman personally, but from what I have heard,
She is actually quite difficult to deal with."
"What do we do now?"
Vulpiana was inwardly cursing herself.
She should have just faked it and shouldn't have reacted to Nux's words just like her mother said.
Now because of her mistake...
"There is no point in worrying about it right now.
If something happens, the future we will deal with it.
As I said, stop worrying about things and trust your mother, I am not that weak you know?"
Faelara spoke with a slight smile on her face as the tails on her back moved.
"Mother is the strongest person I know," Vulpiana replied. "Hahaha~"
Faelara laughed out loud.
"Look at you trying to butter me up.
"Don't think I will forgive you just because of this. You have made a mistake, so you will be punished."
"I will take whatever punishment Mother gives me."
Vulpiana bowed her head.
"Good.
Your punishment is to go and correct your mistake."
Faelara ordered.
"Huh?" Vulpiana frowned in confusion and her mother explained,
"The fact that this man talked about Time and Space is concerning. I did say it might just be random words he spoke, however, since he was able to fool you, he must have sounded confident.
One doesn't get such confidence just from some random rumors, there must be some substance to it.
Go after him, find the source of his information.
I do not know how you are going to find that out,
Whether you buy the information from him or find his secret and then blackmail him, that is entirely up to you and for you to figure out.
I only need results, is that clear?"
"Yes."
Vulpiana nodded with a determined look on her face.
This time, she won't make a mistake.
Seeing this look on her face, Faelara smiled inwardly.
"You can leave now." She ordered.
Vulpiana nodded, then she bowed her head, turned around, and left.
Once Faelara was left alone in the room, her face turned solemn.
"Nux Leander..."
She muttered.
"Just as they said,
That man is full of secrets.
I wonder what that little girl would learn from him."
Saying these words, Faelara stopped thinking about this matter. A mysterious white light surrounded her body and she disappeared from her room.
...
"You reformed your Foundation."
Vyriana commented as she appeared and glanced at her student who was sitting in the lotus position and was cultivating.
Hearing her Master's voice, Astaria slowly opened her eyes, her eyes falling on her Master.
"I am a King Stage Cultivator now. I feel weak."
She chuckled wryly.
"You wasted quite a lot of energy while working on your foundation. You could have stopped this at Emperor Stage." Vyriana replied.
"I guess I would have to 'cultivate a lot' in order to regain my previous cultivation," Astaria commented with a small smile on her face.
Of course, her mind wasn't thinking about holy things either.
Actually, the fact that her cultivation regressed to King Stage when according to Vyriana, it could have been contained to the Emperor Stage was suspicious as well.
Did the warrior do it intentionally? Did she intentionally waste more energy so that she would have to put in more 'work' in order to regain it all?
No one knew.
However, one thing was sure, from the big smile on Astaria's face, she seemed satisfied.
Vyriana, who thought she understood her student's personality well frowned in confusion.
Shouldn't her disciple be disappointed right now?
Even though she had rebuilt her foundation, she had now fallen to the King Stage, of course, she was a Complete Cultivator now, however, in no world could a Complete King Stage Cultivator defeat an incomplete Great Sage Cultivator. Astaria was far weaker than her previous self.
Heck, the current her wasn't even strong enough to implement what she had learned in these past years!
After losing so much strength... why does her disciple look... happy?
Vyriana couldn't understand.
"You rebuilt your foundation quite quickly as well, the way you used your energy, it was as if you were not scared of losing it at all."
"The faster I complete, the faster my turn." Astaria's reply was simple.
"What?" Vyriana frowned.
"I meant that the advantage I had over my sister was quite high, I can practically cultivate 2 times faster than them here, if after everything I have, I still fail to achieve my goal faster than anyone, won't I just be useless? My pride was at stake here."
"Right, the rest of your sisters are still using the Battle Dimension while you are here. Guess you got the advantage of being my Disciple, didn't you?"
Vyriana chuckled.
"It would have been even faster if Master had allowed us to return to Waranal Dimension." Astaria pouted.
Vyriana, however, shook her head,
"I cannot do that.
You all are too weak,
A huge amount of energy is released when you rebuild your foundation, it might attract many beasts, even if he is there is protect you,
Nux would be overwhelmed sooner or later.
The beasts there are strong, the only reason your husband can survive there is because of his ability to conceal his presence.
You girls, however, do not have that ability."
Vyriana explained herself.
Astaria nodded in understanding.
Vyriana then stared at her student for a while and seeing her stuck at the King Stage, she questioned with a worried look on her face,
"Are you all really sure about this decision?"
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