Chapter 56: Going Home
Foxy stood resolutely before everyone. “I buried my parents deep beneath this forest,” she declared firmly. “Even though the ground is now riddled with pits and ravines, the place where I laid them to rest must still be there.”
With that, she began to dig.
Possessing the strength of a fox spirit and unaffected by hunger, she dug swiftly, even with her bare hands. Soft earth flew from the growing hole as Yu Sheng and Irene stood quietly nearby. Not far off, Li Lin and his two companions observed, starting to piece together what was happening despite their initial confusion.
Perched on Yu Sheng’s shoulder, Irene watched Foxy delve deeper. She couldn’t help but speak up again. “Um… maybe we should come back another time? It’s been quite a while, and that Hunger entity might show up again. We’d have to fight it all over…”
“It won’t,” Foxy called up from the pit, glancing briefly at them. “I can sense when it appears. I’ve been here many years. It’s not in this hole. It should be… over there.”
She climbed out of the pit, stood in the barren landscape to get her bearings, and soon moved to another spot to resume digging with renewed vigor.
Irene opened her mouth as if to say more, but Yu Sheng gently patted her arm.
“Let her dig,” he said softly. “If she doesn’t find them, she’ll always be trapped here, even if we leave.”
Irene pressed her lips together. Her voice echoed in Yu Sheng’s mind. “I’m not worried about what she might dig up. I’m afraid she’ll find nothing in the end.”