Chapter 31 - Conquer


    I walked with my hood over my head to hide my identity through the crowds of the busy town of


    Argentum, the lower district. The ce wheremoners can afford to buy.


    My body was still shaking in fear, my mind was racing and was hugging Homura even tighter.


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    "*Cough Cough* If you''re going to kill me\, stab me instead. This is torture and painful" Homura


    gasped\, trying to breath but couldn''t. Hearing him speak I snapped out of my thoughts and loosened a


    little. "Sorry" I whispered.


    He uttered something under his breath, due to the chattering of the people and the noise I was unable


    to hear what he said.


    My eyes darted around like crazily, ncing at every person that walked past me making me flinch


    every time they brushed past me.


    I steady my breath trying to calm the panic, but the fear became a tangible, living force that crept over


    me like some hungry beast, immobilizing me. My heart was throbbing in my ears, loud and irregr,


    but I barely heard it, for my mind was clouded with fear.


    ''Mother, Mother where are you?'' a familiar young girls voice echoed through my mind.


    ''Mother where did you go? I''m scared''


    ''Mother I''m scared'' the voice ringed in my ears forcing me to listen to her cries.


    ''Please go away'' I begged. ''Please go away''


    "Oi Human!" I snapped back to reality, the voices disappearing and to be taken over again by the


    chatters of the people.


    "What''s wrong with you?" Homura questioned.


    "Nothing" I shook my head lightly.


    I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, ''Remember what Daisuke said'' I released my breath then to


    inhale more.


    ''He will always stay by my side'' I couldn''t believe I was walking through the crowd without Daisuke to


    I gazed up to see dozens of more people walking by, happily chatting away. A cold wave embalmed me


    as the hairs rose on the back of my neck and my mouth ran dry. I quickly looked down "Don''t look just


    keep moving" I whispered to myself.


    "Stupid human" he mumbled out loud with the intention of making sure I heard. Rolling my eyes and


    ignoring him, I continued on walking.


    I may have endured the fear of walking through all alone, yet I still have to build up the courage to look


    up and see myself in the crowd. I was not ready for that big step yet. Walking in was already difficult


    enough.


    I was looking down at Homura who seemed to throw a few disgusted nces at the people that passed


    by, can''t me the poor animal. He was a fox after all, and people love hunting foxes for sport but that


    was in my world I don''t know about this one.


    I shifted my gaze away from the fox and stared down at my feet, admiring the dark, teal-coloured high


    heeled boots I wore, the show maker made it reallyfortable for me to wear.


    I couldn''t see where I was going but my ears listened and navigated me through. I could hear sellers


    yelling out their prices of their goods and buyers negotiating with the sellers for a decent price, people


    were bustling about, kids screaming and crying. It reminded somewhat of back home in Tokyo.


    Feeling someone walk towards me, waiting for him to move aside and walk past me he didn''t move but


    continued on walking. I took it upon myself to move aside for this Gentleman which did not bother to


    move, I stepped to the side both of us brushing shoulders.


    "What a rude human" the fox grumbled. "I agree"


    "Why are we here anyway?" he asked wriggling around to get a littlefortable in my arms.


    "Business" I answered coldly and quietly so no one hears some mysterious hooded person talking to a


    fox like a crazy weirdo. "What sort of human business are you requiring?" he titled his head at me,


    gazing at me with his amber eyes.


    "I need a few supplies before I set off"


    "Set off to what? Find a noble dragon to higher your rank in the human society" he mocked.


    "No? I have no intention of doing that" that wouldn''t be such a bad idea if I weren''t going to go home.


    He narrowed his eyes at me looking for any signs of lies or misleading.


    "Humans are suchplicated parasites" he grumbled averting his gaze away and curling himself into


    a ball. If some other human heard what he said they would have been very offended for being called a


    parasite, but I wasn''t because he was right. We are just parasites eating away the host slowly and


    painfully. Livingfortably while the host slowly dies.


    People were never wrong at how sly and intelligent foxes are.


    "Wake me up when something interesting happens human" he yawned, closing his eyes.


    "Can you stop calling me human, I have a name you know" I said getting irritated for getting called a


    human all the time even though I introduced my name to him.


    "Tch shut up before I lose my beauty sleep because of your annoying nagging"


    Irritation surged inside me. Satan was telling me to drop this snobby princess fox.


    Gritting my teeth, I ignored the urge to do so and continued navigating my way through by listening.


    My ears perked up when I heard the beating of metal in the far distance. Fastening my pace and


    dodging all the people that I would have bumped into if I didn''t move out of the way.


    The sounds got louder and louder each time I walked closer. Once the bashing of metal was loud


    enough to know I was in front of the store or near I slowly lifted my head and the first thing my eyesid


    on was a strong built man that looked like he was in his early 40s. His face was just forming a few


    wrinkles but was covered in soot, yet he had a sharp chin and eyes dark as coal, fixed on the red-hot


    de that he hammered down.


    His messy and oily ck hair was hovering down his face and he had few facial hairs growing on his


    chin. He was a healthy-looking guy, except for the purple bags under his tired looking eyes.


    Could be the forging of my weapons tire him out.


    "Oi human what are we doing here?" the fox said trembling a little at the sight of the man''s aggressive


    hammering. I didn''t respond to him.


    "I knew it!" he shrieked "You were only pretending to be nice to fool me." he yapped, I looked up with a


    poker face. "You just wanted to kill me for my fur. You vile litt-hmmm" Artemis held his snout shut,


    refusing him to speak. "Open that snout one more time and I will skin you myself. I bet I''ll get a lot of


    money out of you"


    "You wouldn''t dare" he spat his venom. "I wouldn''t dare an assassin Homura" I rose an eyebrow


    making him sunk his head down.


    "that''s what I thought" he narrowed his eyes at me in irritation and bearing his little sharp teeth.


    I nced back at the cksmith who already finished hammering down the de and was dipping the


    ming hot de in the bucket of water.


    "Excuse me good sir"