Chapter 351: Fox Nature
The next morning, Liu Bai went to do his daily commission as usual, leaving Nashida and the pink fox at home.
Today, Nashida had nothing to do outside, so she started tinkering with some invention in her room.
The pink-haired fox secretly pushed open the door of the room and found Nashida standing in front of the window holding a transparent glass-like object, facing the sky outside the window, doing something unknown.
"What are you doing?"
The pink-furred fox moved closer in confusion.
"You want to know? Then curse me first and I'll tell you."
Nashida looked back at the pink-haired fox that jumped onto the table by the window and spoke jokingly.
"Why would this general curse the heaven for nothing? Just forget it if you don't tell me."
The pink-haired fox spoke speechlessly.
Although she usually has no respect for the laws of nature, she wouldn't curse for no reason.
"That's fine, but what do you want to talk to me about?"
Nashida chuckled and nodded, then mysteriously put the thing in her hand away.
"That's right, this is for you."
The pink-haired fox no longer cared about anything else, but took out a box of candy that he had asked Ganyu for last night and handed it to Nashida.
This box of milk candy is a welfare provided by Yue Haiting. Every employee has one box, and Ganyu naturally has one too.
When she gets hungry at night, she will secretly eat a few. She used to worry about whether she would get fat from consuming too much sugar. Now, she doesn’t have to worry anymore…
"Is this... an elixir?"
Nashida immediately recognized the candies in the box.
Although the square-shaped milk candy is not a "pill" no matter how you look at it, but since Liu Bai said so, Nashida just believed it.
"You know? Did that kid tell you?"
When the pink-haired fox heard Nashida mention the elixir, he immediately guessed how she knew it.
"Ah."
Nashida nodded, and now she had some idea in her mind.
Maybe what Liu Bai ate last night was really milk candy...
"That's great. Find a chance for him to feed me a candy. Remember to remind him that this is an elixir. This way I can speak openly."
The pink-haired fox immediately explained to Nashida.
"I see, that's how the elixir that makes animals smart and able to talk came about..."
After taking the box of candy, Nashida said with some disappointment that she had actually hoped that Liu Bai would become smarter after eating the elixir.
"But he has already eaten the candy pill he got yesterday. If you ask him to feed you, he might wonder why there is a second pill."
Then Nashida explained to the pink-haired fox.
"He ate it himself...?"
The pink-haired fox was speechless when he heard this and held his forehead with one paw.
Even if it is a real elixir, it can only give animals intelligence, refine their transverse bones and allow them to speak. What's the use of him eating it?
Open your mind? Or learn a foreign language?
After being speechless, the pink-haired fox rolled his eyes and soon came up with a new idea.
"Another method may work. Don't tell him that the candy is a magic pill when he eats it now. This general is leaving first~"
Having made up his mind, the pink-haired fox gave Nashida some instructions and then turned and left.
"Ok."
Nashida didn't mind cooperating since she got a box of candy for free.
She had long guessed why the pink-haired fox had to move around in fox form. It was because she didn't dare to meet Liu Bai in her true form. Now she was just trying to make her life more convenient in the fox form under reasonable circumstances.
In this way, time quickly came to noon. After completing three daily tasks, Liu Bai took a break and returned home. He planned to ask Nashida whether she should cook at home or go to Wanmin Hall for lunch today.
But before he could return to the room, Liu Bai was blocked by the pink-haired fox.
"I'm hungry."
The pink-haired fox pinched his throat, trying to make a sound that was different from his own.
Disguise and imitation are not difficult skills for a fox demon. Her voice now sounds ethereal and sweet, like the voice of a young girl, which is very different from the voice of the Yae Palace priest.
As for why he didn't use his own voice, perhaps Liu Bai couldn't hear it, but his companions were not stupid. The traveler was likely to go to Inazuma in the future, and the pink-haired fox didn't want to be recognized.
“…What the hell?!!”
Liu Bai paused and let out an unprecedented cry of surprise as he looked at the pink-haired fox blocking his way.
"What's wrong with you? Take me to eat. I'm already hungry."
The pink-haired fox urged Liu Bai.
Liu Bai opened his mouth wide and tried to rub his eyes, but soon realized his mistake and started digging his ears with his fingers instead.
"Did you just speak?"
Liu Bai squatted down and asked the pink-haired fox in surprise and doubt.
"Yes, can you understand me?"
The pink-haired fox nodded in acknowledgment.
"I understand...but wait? Why are you suddenly able to speak?!"
Liu Bai nodded subconsciously, but couldn't help but ask the pink-haired fox.
"I'm always talking. The problem should be with you. Have you ever eaten anything like magic pills?"
The pink-haired fox spread out its paws in a human-like manner and spoke as a matter of course.
"Something similar to an elixir... I did take one last night. It's said that it can make animals more intelligent and able to speak human language."
Liu Bai recalled and remembered the toffee he had eaten last night.
"That's right. If animals eat it, they can gain intelligence and understand human nature. If you eat it, you can understand fox nature, so you can understand what I say."
The pink-haired fox nodded and explained to Liu Bai seriously.
“Oh…I see!”
After listening to the pink-haired fox's explanation, Liu Bai suddenly realized.
"No wonder my head felt itchy today. It turns out I'm going to grow fox ears!"
Then Liu Bai touched his head and muttered.
"No, you just have an itchy head..."
The pink-haired fox spoke speechlessly.
"Of course, it could also be that you need to grow a brain."
Then the pink-haired fox added mercilessly.
"That's it..."
"Anyway, let's go eat first, little fox~"
Liu Bai scratched his head, then picked up the pink-haired fox on the ground, turned around, opened the door, and called Nashida to come together.
"Keep your hands clean. As a mount, you need to be aware of being a mount. Also, walk slower. This is too bumpy."
The two men and the fox left home, and on the way to Wanmin Hall, the pink-haired fox lay on Liu Bai's head to rest, and hit Liu Bai's hand with its tail in annoyance.
Liu Bai could only scratch his head. Why did it feel like this was different from the talking fox he wanted?
When can she call me king?
If there is no other option, can I hide outside the window tonight and shout "Chen Sheng will rise as the King of Chu"?
Liu Bai soon discovered that when this fox couldn't speak, even its arrogant actions looked cute, but after it could speak... it was not so cute anymore!
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