faes was about to make her move when a wall of blue flames appeared in front of her shielding her from the fire fox. the fire fox was not lucky as it directly headed head first in the wall which suddenly appeared. the fire fox was resistant against fire attacks as it was affinated to fire but the temperature of this blue flame was too high for it to handle. when the fire fox collided with the wall the blue fire burned its skin and began to devour its body. no matter how it tried to take out the fire the blue flame was too strong for it to handle.
faes watched as the fire fox was being burned and felt pity for it. 'poor fox being burnt to death is too much suffering' she shook her head and pointed at the fox shooting her qi bullet to its head. the bullet hit it right between its forehead and ended its life.
[fire fox defeated, as other person helped the exp will be divided between both equally]
the system notified in a monotone confusing faes.
'did aiden helped me?' faes asked turning to where aiden was
[no host it was princess sky] the system replied making faes turn to sky in aiden's arms. faes was worried that sky would have used lots of her energy in that and would be tired but if anything sky looked bored to her now.
"thank you baby" faes said to sky who just nodded her attention again on the ginseng making faes sigh.
"lets collect the ginseng and the fire fox before leaving this place, you two must be tired" aiden sighed watching sky and faes.
'why are they indifferent about the fact that the fire sky used was not any inferior to the one faes uses, it might even be of better quality and more difficult to control!' aiden was way to shocked in his heart when he watched the fire wall appearing. he thought faes was the one who made it but then he noticed some difference. the energy signature in the fire was not of faes but of sky which made him too shocked that he didn't knew how to react. the blue fire sky used casually was of top tier fire only inferior to the legendary black fire kailial used and only slightly different to the purple fire faes controls.
being able to control such high quality fire this easily means that sky also understood the dao of fire! the was something never heard of! a new born though dragon cultivating and understanding law of fire was something he didn't wanted to understand even if he could he wont be able to make heads and tails out of it.
aiden decided to ignore it and continue like nothing happened.
faes was also surprised by the temperature and energy the blue fire had. she also understood that sky understood the law of fire maybe even laws of other elements is she was thinking correctly. faes went to collect the fire fox body which was now roasted and a smile formed on her face.
'i am proud of you baby!' faes thought as she collected the fire fox body and the remaining treasures. aiden collected the ginseng and then they all went back home.
once sky saw the ginseng being collected she let out a yawn and fell asleep on the way back in aiden's arms much to faes confusion.
faes had seen the look sky had when she saw the ginseng, it was like a piece of bread being watched by a hungry street dweller. when the ginseng was in aiden's possession the look in sky's eyes vanished and was replaced by that innocent and cute baby's look.
'was it my imagination or sky wanted the ginseng so badly that the look in her eyes changed?' faes was confused but didn't minded anything. the ginseng would be good to use for a long time in the spacial ring so until the time sky can eat the ginseng or refine it into a pill or potion. faes wont take something sky wants away from her until it will harm her in any way.
"you must be tired too go and rest i will take care of the fire fox" aiden said once they were back in the cave.
faes shook her head not feeling tired at all. the new techniques she used didn't used much energy. little amount of concentrated qi for the bullet and some for the shield wasn't enough to tire her out at this point.
"i am not tired why don't you show me how to butcher the fox and deer we hunted on the trip back?" faes was more interested in learning how to butcher than resting. they had hunted a normal manaless deer on the way back for dinner as they probably cant eat the fox now as it was burned black. once it died the fire burning it also vanished as to not destroy it anymore.
aiden nodded and handed sky to faes so that he can show her how to butcher. sky was alseep and they cant leave her alone yet in case she gets up. at the end of the day sky was still an infant even if she can use law of fire according to her will.
faes learned how to separate the fur skin and bones along with how to drain blood out. the process was not clean but necessary if you want to hunt and eat in a forest.
when aiden was done with the deer he stored the meat into the fridge and began with the fox, the fur was already burnt along with its skin. the tail surprisingly was intact which aiden stored in the spacial ring. when faes saw the tail being intact she grinned
'sky didnt forget that i wanted its tail' she was even amused as she thought 'if the fox knew that it would be burnt alive except its tail which she wanted what would it feel' faes can even imagine the expression of the fox.
'it probably would die from anger if it didn't fainted only'
"you both girls!" aiden was speechless when he noticed the intact tail too and shook his head with a smile. sky and faes roasted the fire fox and killed it mercilessly but kept its tail intact for what? a fur coat? he was both amused and speechless not sure if it was a joke or they were serious.
'never mind if they want a fur coat they will get it made once they go to the capital' aiden sighed, if only he can go with them to the capital but it was not a possibility with his detriorating health. he cant even walk long distances for much long so travelling to the royal capital was out of question.
'i will just do what i can before i die' aiden thought determined as he began to prepare the lunch. he knew he had a lot of work to do before dying and that includes telling sky and faes the past and the secret of the last room in the cave.
'this next month will not be free'