I've Turned Into A Fox Girl?

Shaman was a little shocked that she couldn't see the cheetah girl's status, as it could only mean that she was stronger than Shaman. The confidence she had before about holding her own had dwindled and she was now a little cautious about the girl in front of her.

"Oh, yeah I'm fine." Kiruya uttered in a quiet voice, glad that the people she bumped into were nice. Kiruya looked up and was able to now get a clear look at Shaman.

"Wait, you're the one." Kiruya muttered to herself, with Shaman barely catching what she said.

"The one?" Shaman was confused, causing her to go on high alert, quickly positioning herself to pull out Kotetsu at any moment. Elysia, Wolfy, and Clara had also readied themselves waiting on Kiruya's next move.

Kiruya noticed she had caused them to put their guard up and began to panic.

"Oh no, don't get the wrong idea, uhhh how do I explain this? Hold on, we can't talk about it here. We need to go somewhere private." Kiruya fumbled with her words, trying to explain herself as she was rather intimidated by them and did not want to fight.

"If I may ask, why?" Shaman realised they were in public and making a scene would not be in their best interests. Letting out a sigh of relief, Shaman also saw how Kiruya panicked, and clearly, she did not have any ill intent towards them.

"Umm… Oh, I know, Here I will tell you one word." Kiruya looked around for a quick moment before leaning in a little closer to Shaman whispering a word.

"Freja." Kiruya quickly pulled away, and Shaman's eyes widened.

Wait, if she knows Freja, she might be able to get us to the Freya forest.' Shaman, not wanting to miss this opportunity, decided to trust Kiruya, hoping it wouldn't backfire.

"Okay, lead the way." Shaman understood why it would be better if they spoke privately, and this would also test if Kiruya is someone they can trust.

Elysia, Clara and Wolfy were curious why Shaman was so quick to follow the cheetah, but they assumed whatever she was told was enough to earn her trust.

Kiruya was a little shocked but was also happy that she seemed to have found the right person, so she nodded and gestured to follow her.

Kiruya walked off at great speed, causing everyone else to quickly jog after her.

'I guess she isn't a cheetah for nothing.' Shaman was a little taken aback by her speed, but it was no surprise that she was this fast.

The group awkwardly jogged after the fast-walking Kiruya till they reached what looked like an inn. The building was nothing special and looked like the rest, except for a small sign hanging over the entrance of said inn.

Kiruya turned around and saw that the party had resorted to jogging after her, and even then they were barely keeping up, making her feel bad since she didn't mean to go so fast.

"Oh, I didn't mean to walk so fast, my bad." Kiruya let out an awkward laugh and looked down at the ground.

"Don't worry about it." Shaman laughed it off, and a relieved look could be seen on Kiruya's face.

"Follow me, we will talk once we are inside my room." Kiruya then entered the inn and the rest followed.

They walked in without any issue, with the reception lady not even batting an eye.

'If that is the case I wonder if we can just hole up in one of these rooms without her noticing.' Shaman found the behaviour odd and lazy, so her first thought was to see if they could get a free room, as sneaking in would not be an issue.

They went up the stairs until they reached the top floor, and Kiruya pulled out a small card. She then put the card up to the door handle, causing a few magic circles outside the room to deactivate.

'I see why she isn't worried.' Shaman could clearly tell there were self-defence magic circles on the door, making the receptionist's attitude understandable. So, unless they were strong, there was no way of getting into the room.

Shaman did consider her [spatial rift] but decided against it as it would have been a hassle to always use it if someone wanted to leave or enter the room.

Kiruya welcomed them in and the room was that of a typical hotel, nothing grand, just a basic room.

Kiruya walked over to a small desk, pulled out the chair and sat down facing the bed while gesturing for everyone to come sit down on the bed.

Shaman and Clara sat down on the edge, but Elysia had jumped on the bed behind Shaman and hugged her from behind. Wolfy took the end of the bed and laid down, looking at Kiruya to make sure she wasn't doing anything suspicious.

Shaman was a little embarrassed by Elysia's display of affection as she had only just met Kiruya and did not want to make her uncomfortable.

Kiruya wasn't affected at all and began to speak, paying no attention to what Elysia was doing.

"My name is Kiruya, and there is one thing I want to confirm. Is your name Shaman Shiroi?" Kiruya's voice was shaky, showing that she was nervous.

"Yes, I am." Shaman nodded, and Kiruya let out a sigh of relief.

"Okay good, I didn't get the wrong person." Kiruya leaned back in her chair, relieved that she hadn't screwed up.

"Okay, but can you explain what's going on?" Clara was still very confused and wanted answers.

"Oh yes, sorry, let me explain. I don't know how much Shaman has told you, but Freja, the Empress of the Dark Forest, assigned me to keep a lookout for Shaman here and bring her there." Kiruya quickly became more confident and explained the situation, but only Shaman knew who Freja was, leaving everyone else still confused.

"The dark forest? I thought it was called the Freya forest." Shaman was confused as to why it went under a different name.

"Oh well, that's because the Empress wanted to name it after herself. Its name slightly differs, but that's just the way she wanted it" Kiruya looked off to the side and spoke in a low voice, ashamed of the reason why.

Everyone stared blankly at Kiruya, as the impression of Freja now was that of an egotistical ruler.

"Anyway, you will understand when you meet her. I need you guys to come with me back to the fox realm and into the dark forest." Kiruya wanted to change the topic as she could feel the judgement from all of them.

"Well, we were heading there anyway, but I owe an explanation of what my relationship to Freja is to Elysia and Clara." Shaman could tell they were still confused as she hadn't explained why she knew Freja.

"I will go get myself a mount while you explain. Have this key to the room and I will come back once I am ready to leave." Kiruya got up quickly and passed Shaman a spare room key.

Kiruya quickly left the room with her own key, leaving Shaman to explain her connection to Freja.

'Let's hope we are not kidnapped, but judging from Kiruya's attitude up to now, I would say it's safe to say we can trust her.' Shaman was still not sure if it was a good idea, but seeing as she had memories that supported Kiruya, it was hard to think Freja would do any harm to them if they went with Kiruya.

***

In a dimly lit room, a beautiful hot blonde she-wolf was in bed surrounded by 6 gorgeous women of different races. Each of them was asleep looking exhausted as if they had gone through an intense "training" session.

The blonde woman was none other than Freja. She opened her grey eyes, scanning the room, smirking at the sight of all the women around her.

She noticed a blinking crystal at the door indicating she had gotten an important message. Not wanting to wake the girls, she slowly moved them off of her and weaved her way out.

Unfortunately, one of the girls was woken up by Freja and grabbed a hold of her waist.

"Frejaaaa~ Don't leaveeee~." The girl was still half asleep, trying her best to not make Freja leave the bed.

"Oh Marsh, don't worry darling~, I will be right back. Now be a good girl and head back to sleep." Freja had turned and held Marsh's chin while giving her a kiss on her forehead.

She had used a little bit of mana with her kiss to knock Marsh out, causing her to fall back into bed, allowing Freja to be free.

Feja got out of bed and quickly changed into a white shirt and a pair of black pants and boots. She walked out of her room into a hallway and towards a set of stairs that led into the main hall. The place itself was more of an expensive mansion than a palace and was decorated with depictions of wolves and many treasures Freja had collected.

Upon entering the hall, a noble lizardman was waiting in the lobby with a furious look on his face. A maid who was clearly trying to get him to leave was being completely ignored till eventually the lizardman had enough and was about to shut her up.

Before the lizardman could even move, he found himself being crushed to the ground, causing the floor to slightly cave in. The maid, who had shut her eyes waiting to get hit, realised that she had been saved and was happy to see who it was.

Freja was standing on top of the lizardman with her foot planted on top of his head. Her face was cold and dead, but her bloodlust could still be felt, sending chills down the lizardman's back.

"You damn she-wolf, stealing and fucking my wife." His voice shook while he spoke as he felt death slowly approaching.

"Oya~ I think you don't understand the difference between someone begging me and forcefully taking them." Freja increased the weight on her foot and began to crush his head.

Freja continued to enjoy the moment, listening to the groans of pain from the lizard till she got bored.

"I'd be willing to let you live if you get on your knees and use that tongue for its rightful purpose of licking my boot." Freja raised her foot so the lizard could speak.

"What... about my wife." The lizard's voice was raspy as he felt like he was on the verge of death.

"Her? Well, of course, she will still be in my bed." Freja smirked as she could see the look on the lizard's face turn into dread.

"Fuck y-" Before he could finish, Freja stomped down on the lizard's head, killing him instantly.

*Sigh* "Looks like that's another corrupt noble down, now to look at this message I got." Freja gestured for the maid to clean up the body and walked towards a glowing crystal that sat on a circular desk. Freja picked up the crystal and absorbed the mana inside, getting a stream of information sent directly to her mind.

"Seems like I have to reward a little cheetah once she comes back fufu~" The crystal in her hand had crumbled to dust and Freja left the hall to prepare for the visitors she will be having.