There was something heavy all over her. She needed to climb out of its embrace before she could guess where she was. Of course, it wasn’t Cassias who was hugging her, but her new sibling, the innocent baby tiger. The baby tiger stirred when she crawled out of its embrace. Shocked, she turned to the source of the sound with a surprised yelp. Upon seeing the sight before her, her eyes widened. She spun, actively burrowing herself in the baby tiger’s embrace. Because Cassias had just come out of the shower! She almost forgot how perverted that man was! He had stained her innocent fox eyes. Thinking about this, she was angry just as she was embarrassed. "You can look now," Cassias told her a few minutes later. She didn’t budge. Behind her was the adult tiger, who had also just woken up. It was unaware of what had happened, but upon sensing Zerra’s indignation, the tiger growled at Cassias. It immediately identified the culprit. Cassias coughed. He went over and picked her up, evading the tiger’s disapproving claw that almost hit him. The most update n0vels are published on novel•fire.net "Do you want to go to the base?" He changed the topic cleverly. "The planting field is ready if you want to check it. The Research Institute had sent some people to take care of it." She blinked. Of course, she was interested, but compared to the base’s planting field, she was more concerned about her own plantation farm. They had been busy looking for her, so it must have been left unattended. As if he could read her mind, he added, "Isryn also took care of your field." Isryn... it had been a while since she had met the Ashborn siblings. She slowly nodded, deciding she would go to the base. Hopefully, she could change into her human form soon. "Cassias, Mom prepared us breakfast already... huh? Foxy, long time no see." Laziel peeked his head inside when he saw the wide open room, finding a familiar snow white fox lounging on the tiger’s back. He had been asking about the fox a lot of times to Cassias, wondering whether the man had secretly sold the cute fox. Fortunately, it was still there. It was a rare chance to meet the fox ever since Cassias refused to take it out of his space. "Foxy..." he trailed off, standing at the door’s threshold. He motioned for her to come over. Zerra twitched her cheeks, glancing at him in disinterest and continued to snack on her little jar of crystal core. Laziel hesitated. He was still a little afraid of the tiger. However, seeing Cassias sitting lazily on his chair while occasionally brushing the fox’s fur, he approached them. The tiger didn’t act aggressively toward him like it had done to their parents. Instead, it regarded him with a friendly and soft growl as if acknowledging his presence. It allowed him to approach. Laziel heaved a sigh of relief. His eyes trained on the fluffy tails, which were swaying back and forth. A look of surprise crossed his face. "Eh, three tails? Foxy, you have three tails now?" He reached out to touch them, and almost couldn’t resist their fluffy appearance. Zerra swatted his hand away, biting his nail. "Oh, come on. Let me just touch your tails a little." He protested. "Even Cassias can touch them." Well, it was because Cassias had bribed her with a lot of crystal cores. They would surely be useful in stabilizing her foundation. Speaking of her new level of power, she hadn’t checked whether there was any new improvement to her inner space, wood power, and zombie control. For the last one, she might not get the opportunity so soon. Zerra ignored Laziel, swaying her tails back and forth just to tease him. "How about we call Zee? She can speak with animals. Let’s see what’s inside this fox’s head." Laziel’s eyes glinted. She nearly fell to the floor when she heard that. Laziel turned to Cassias for his opinion. "What do you think?" There was no way she could split herself in two! She climbed down from the tiger’s back, tempted to pour the mutated mushroom’s powder on Laziel’s face, but ultimately she held back her impulse. The tiger let out a roar. It stood up, and before he could get Cassias’ answer, the tiger dragged him out of the room. It bit Laziel’s jacket. The baby tiger seemed excited to follow its mother’s example, biting on Laziel’s feet. Fortunately, its teeth weren’t that sharp yet. Laziel’s attention soon was attracted by the baby tiger. He couldn’t bear to do something against its wishes, so he followed its request. The tiger brought him to the kitchen. Soon, he noticed it was most likely hungry. He took out the frozen meat from the freezer, which was running on a generator. The meat was still rather fresh. Cassias had taken a few chickens from his space and let them cook chicken meat. The tiger ate it ferociously. It was too quick, taking a complete chicken in a few bites. After it was done, the tiger returned to the room. He followed, bringing the baby tiger in his arms. "Zee, are you inside?" He knocked. There was no answer. He went to Cassias’ place. "Cassias, do you know where Zee–" he swallowed the rest of his words when he saw Zerra in Cassias’ room. A little confused, he asked her, "Where have you been?" Their parents went out a bit to do an exchange at the base. They would use the excess supplies to get some crystal cores or things they do not have yet. They had been using supplies to exchange for earth crystal cores to improve their dad’s power. He was sure that only the two of them had gone out. Nerith had left them with breakfast. His little sister hadn’t joined them. Facing his questioning eyes, Zerra cleared her throat. "Sleeping, of course. Where else?" "But..." he stopped himself. Her reasoning seemed to make sense. He hadn’t checked on her before she was seen in Cassias’ place. Abruptly, he changed the topic. "Since you were in Cassias’ room. Did you meet the fox?"