I was Betrayed then Reincarnated as a Kitsune

[Luna POV]

While Tamamo is off doing what she needs to, I was heading to see Blake to tell him about some things.  I was almost there, and I could hear the sound of a hammer hitting metal.  When I got there, I walked past the main building and went straight to the forge.  There I saw Soleil pumping the bellows while Blake took out the thing he was making, hammering on it, and quenching it.

“Did I come at a bad time?”

“Eh, oh, hey Luna, no we just hit a stopping point.  Soleil can you go get us some water?”

“No need, I have some here.” I said as I pulled out two canteens of water and handed them over to the two.

“Thanks.”

“Thank you, big sis.”

“How’ve you been the last two days?”

“Good, especially last night.”

“What happened last night?”

“Big sis had a date with the Goddess.”

“Heh.  Good for you.  Do anything special?”

“Gave her a ring and took her first kiss.”

“Good on you, then.  What’s it like kissing a Goddess?”

“Divine.”

“I should have expected that answer.”

“Did you need something, big sis?”

“I came to tell Blake some things.”

“What’s up?”

“Expect someone to bring you a request from someone from the Belmont clan as well as a visit from an old dragonkin man sometime in the future.”

“Belmont huh, vampire hunters?”

“No actually, they’re a clan of vampires here and their preferred weapon is whip-swords.”

“That’s hilarious.  What about the dragonkin guy?”

“His name is Reve, I met him in the capital.  He made these throwing knives and dagger.”  I pulled out the things Old Man Reve made for me and showed them to Blake.

“This is some good stuff.  The knives especially, what kind of enchantment do they have?”

“They return to me after a bit when thrown.  I think it’s a mix of space and time magic.”

“I’m a bit jealous, I wish I had those magics.”

“Space is hard to work with sometimes and the initial feeling of teleporting is horrible.  As for time magic, I wouldn’t know.”

“Big sis, before you resume your journey, will you help me get used to teleporting?”

“When you’re not busy, it took me about two days of nonstop use to get used to it.”

“Speaking of space magic, does it have an inventory spell?”

“It does, but it’s inferior to the skill that the both of us have.”

“I figured as much, but it can still have a use.”

“Oh?”

“Have you tried copying Gate of Babylon yet?”

“I haven’t.  I don’t have enough weapons to try, though I will one day.”

“When that day comes, show it to me, yeah?”

“Of course.”

“What’s a Gate of Babylon?”

“Think of it like an attack spell for space magic that requires physical ammunition.”

“But space magic doesn’t have any attack spells, right?”

“For now.”

“It’ll probably take a lot of mana though.”

“I really don’t have to worry about that.  I have tons of mana and with a maxed out mana regeneration skill and the effects of titles, I regenerate faster than I spend most of the time.”

“You really are broken, aren’t you?”

“So what if I am?  You’re the same way when it comes to blacksmithing, aren’t you?”

“True.”

“Why is it that I always have trouble following a conversation when it comes to the two of you?”

“"Because that’s just how it is.”"

“And now the two of you are talking in sync.”

“Hahahaha.”

“Fufufufu.”

“On a different topic, how was your day yesterday, Soleil?”

“It was good.  That Velvet person is nicer than I gave her credit for, though she did get distracted by a lot of things.  At one point she got distracted watching people set up festival decorations that she ran into a wall.  It was quite funny.”

“Do you think the two of you will get along with each other when you eventually join us?”

“Most likely.”

I let out a sigh of relief knowing that.

“I’m glad your clinginess has improved.”

“Yeah, I’ve been thinking back on that, and it was really bad, wasn’t it?”

“"It was.”"

“There you two go, talking at the same time again.”

“By the way, Luna, what’s up with the necklace?  I can tell it’s enchanted, but what does it do?”

“I enchanted it with illusion magic, it makes me look like this.”

“So normal?”

Instead of answering, I took off the necklace and my second tail appeared.

“Ooooohhhhhh, nice.  Two down, seven to go.”

“Yep.”

I could see Soleil holding herself back, so I put my necklace back on and my second tail disappeared.

“Sorry about that, Soleil, I know you’re doing your best holding back.”

“It’s fine, big sis, it’s only natural you would want to show off.”

“Now that I think of it, Soleil, do you have the depth status?”

“Depth?  What’s that?”

“A new thing in people’s status.  Will you check to see if you can see it, or if you can’t then it’s something only I can see.”

“Give me a second.”

Soleil was checking her status when she asked something, clearly confused.

“When did my status change from numbers to letters and what does Depth: 10% mean?”

“When did statuses turn to letters?”

“Did the two of you get a headache earlier?”

“Yeah, it was excruciating.  Did it happen then?”

“Yep, there was an announcement and everything.”

“Huh, I didn’t hear anything, my head hurt too much.”

“I feel the same.”

“I guess I was the only one here who heard it then.”

“Did you not get a headache?”

“No, I did.  It just didn’t hurt as bad as growing another tail, so it didn’t bother me as much.”

“Did growing a tail hurt?”

“So much I can’t begin to describe it.  As for your other question from earlier, Soleil, depth how far you’ve been submerged into the Abyss.  Being at 10% means you should be about ankle deep.”

“You sound really edgy right now, Luna.”

“I know, but it’s the truth.  This also means Soleil is one step closer to the true meaning of fluff than most.”

“And now you sound kind of scary.  Were you always like this even back then?”

“No, it’s due to me being the Abyss Fluff.  Tamamo helped me decide to embrace this part of my personality so when it comes to that, I can get a little weird.”

“As long as you don’t drive my daughter insane, you’re fine.”

“You won’t escape either, Blake.  I’m making sure that everyone I consider family will be resistant enough to stay sane one day.  Just make sure you’re clean when it comes to your turn, soot doesn’t come out of tail hair easily.”

“She’s right, dad, I’m going to need to wash my tail like seven times to get it back to normal.”

“Ugh, I guess I have no choice but to accept.  By the way, how long are you going to stay here?”

“We’ll be leaving after the festival is over.”

“So, two weeks.  Then can you help me in making fireworks?”

“I would if I knew how to make them.  Though if you just want the effect, I can make some illusions from fireworks I remember seeing.”

“Can you do that?”

“As long as it’s not a large physical illusion that I have to constantly keep up, yeah.  If you want something really complicated and useful, I’d need Tamamo here to provide the mana.”

“Didn’t you say that you had a lot and regenerated faster than you could spend it.?”

“There’s a difference between a lot with speedy regeneration and infinite, Blake.”

“Guess your right, I’ll take what I can get then, and have you help me with what you can do.”

“Just tell me the time and place.”

“Middle of the village at the very end of the festival.”

“I’ll be there then.  I’m going to head out now, you can bring those canteens back with you the next time you come to the shrine, Soleil.”

“OK, see you again, big sis.”

“See ya, Luna.”

Author's Note:

First, sorry for the pun title.  Second, here is the promised chapter.  Thanks for reading.