The Fluffy Baby Fox Only Bites the Crazy Villain - Chapter 11
The cold winter air hit my entire body.
As I fell into the water, my body moved instinctively. Flailing my short legs, I barely managed to float on the water.
The hunting dog that had been chasing me stopped in front of the pond as expected. It glared at me while growling lowly.
The hunting dog prowled around the pond, waiting for me to come out.
“Keeing, keeing. (Why aren’t you leaving! Please just go away!)”
I paddled vigorously with my small paws.
As the cold water touched my fur, my whole body shivered. My fur, absorbing water, became heavier and heavier.
Constantly flailing and swimming, I grew more and more tired, and it became difficult to keep my balance, causing me to swallow water several times.
“Keeeeng….. (It’s hard, I can’t breathe. Help me.)”
My body became heavier, and my legs lost strength. So this is how I die so absurdly.
Splash!
At that moment, the water surged greatly, and someone jumped into the lake.
The last thing I felt was a large hand wrapping around me before I lost consciousness.
***
My body sank deeper and deeper.
It was strange. I had clearly escaped from the pond, but my ears were still muffled, and I felt like I was still underwater.
Instead of a room, my surroundings were dark blue waves and nothing but darkness.
Somehow, I was curled up at the bottom of the pond.
It was a deep and quiet pond bottom with no swimming fish or aquatic plants.
The water surface, viewed from the pond bottom, rippled endlessly.
The undulating surface looked like an old broken television screen. Familiar images appeared on the screen that looked like black waves.
A small white baby fox on a crosswalk.
And me, jumping in without hesitation to save the fox.
Ah… This is my last memory before the transmigration.
The screen rippled black and then showed me before I went to the crosswalk.
It was me lying in a tiny 2-pyeong gosiwon room.
The dark, damp, narrow space was my only sanctuary.
After my parents failed in running a restaurant, they incurred a large debt, and the family scattered.
I worked part-time jobs while studying, but there was no light of hope in sight.
Just trudging along, walking through a dark tunnel.
That day too, I set out for my part-time job.
I had no money for the next tuition payment, and the gosiwon rent was overdue. Even the phone bill was unpaid.
Even a cup of coffee with a friend had become a luxury.
It was while waiting for the green light in front of the crosswalk.
I felt like the string I had been desperately holding onto suddenly snapped.
Why did I have to live so desperately, struggling so hard?
The urge to let go of everything was so intense and simultaneously sweet.
That’s when I saw the baby fox at the crosswalk.
At first, I thought I had gone mad. I thought I was seeing things.
But its snow-white fur and ocean-blue eyes were looking right at me.
The baby fox, like me, was lost in an unfamiliar world.
I wanted to save the poor, lonely baby fox.
No.
Because no one could save me.
I just wanted to save myself.
So without a moment’s hesitation, I jumped onto the crosswalk.
The moment I held the baby fox, I was enveloped in a dazzling light.
Not knowing what that light was or where it came from.
***
When I opened my eyes again, my whole body was warm. A bonfire was burning in front of me.
I was lying on someone’s lap, wrapped in a large towel.
My fur, which had been wet when I fell into the water, now felt fluffy as it had dried considerably.
I turned my head to look up and saw Karden with his eyes closed.
Could it be that he fell asleep while taking care of me?
My whole body still felt heavy, and my head was dizzy. Was it because of swimming in the cold water?
At that moment, Karden’s eyes flew open. He immediately checked if I was alright.
Karden let out a sigh of relief and gently stroked my head.
“If I had found you a little later, it could have been disastrous.”
Karden gently caressed my nape, but his hand was trembling slightly.
This person… He was really worried about me.
He smelled of the fishy pond water. Suddenly, I couldn’t understand.
Why did he save me himself when he could have ordered his subordinates to do it?
I barely opened my eyes, but my whole body was burning hot, and I was running a high fever.
Thump thump thump.
The sound of my rapidly beating heart pounded in my ears.
What’s wrong with me? My body feels strange.
“Shushu! Are you alright?”
A cold wet towel touched my forehead. Karden wiped my body, which was suffering from the hot fever, with the wet towel.
As the cold towel touched my body, it cooled down a bit, and the hot fever subsided.
But it was only for a moment; as if swept up in a massive heat wave again, I couldn’t breathe.
As I groaned painfully, I heard Karden getting up.
“Bring the physician quickly! Ron too, right now!”
I heard Karden urging the maids. There was a commotion around.
Then, my body was lifted lightly. Karden held me in his arms.
I struggled to get away from him, but with no strength in my body, I could only flail about.
Karden’s hand gently stroked my head.
As his cool hand touched my hot head, it felt refreshing, and I became drowsy.
Beyond my blurry vision, Karden’s face came into clear focus. It was stained with worry and concern.
“Shushu, stay conscious. Just hold on a little longer.”
“Keuung…..”
I barely opened my eyes again. Karden’s wrist filled my vision.
More precisely, I felt a strong, pulsating force beyond his wrist.
When I accidentally bit his hand the day I first met Karden, a strange power had flowed in too.
Karden said I had the power to calm mana, but he was wrong.
Now I understand.
I can’t be a substitute for Olivia, the original female lead. She was a real healer who could treat Karden’s mana.
But I just want to eat mana.
Karden’s mana smelled so sweet. A delicious scent that made me want to devour it right away.
I instinctively licked my lips and flicked my tongue.
Karden, why do you smell so sweet?
My blood boiled, and my heart beat frantically. I felt an unbearable thirst. A thirst that burned my throat.
To stop this thirst… I need to eat mana.
I opened my mouth wide, revealing my fangs.
Following animal instinct, I sank my fangs into Karden’s wrist without hesitation.
“Kaaak!”
Although it must have hurt, Karden only bit his lip without making a sound. His long eyelashes trembled finely over his closed eyes.
Suddenly, I had the urge to caress those lips.
The moment my fangs pierced his skin, the mana surging beneath his veins flowed into me.
Ah, this mana is indeed delicious. I want to keep eating it.
As the sweet and powerful mana was sucked into my body, all the blood in my body reversed flow, and my nerves stood on end, stabbing at my heart.
Thump thump thump. A feeling of fullness as if my heart would burst.
All my senses were craving everything about Karden. Sparks flew in my head.
The mana I absorbed rippled unstably as if it would explode at any moment.
“Shushu! Come to your senses!”
Karden held me and shouted. But that cry sounded too far away.
My heart was beating as if it would burst, and all the blood vessels in my body swelled up.
What’s happening to my body right now?
