Chapter 146 --146
After Kaya finished talking with the fox beastmen, it didn’t take them long to spring into action. Just as Rean had promised, they worked quickly—clever, efficient, and oddly intuitive.
Kaya had only needed to gesture here and there, pointing out how she wanted the kitchen—where the hearth should be, how the ventilation should run—and they were already drafting layouts in the dirt, sketching blueprints with practiced ease. And for anything they didn’t immediately grasp, Kaya explained it once, and they adjusted without missing a beat.
But something still nagged at her.
Since early morning, her left eye had been twitching. A small thing—but she knew better than to ignore it. It never meant anything good. Some omen—silent, stubborn, and frustratingly familiar—lingered just outside her reach.
She didn’t know what was coming, only that it was coming.
Half of the fox tribe’s flying team had already been sent to gather the supplies she’d stashed earlier—bundles of dried leaves, fruits, and herbs stored in a nearby grove.
Then it happened.
A sharp flutter of wings cut through the air, loud and erratic. The kind of sound that didn’t belong to careful fox flyers. It sent a ripple of tension through the workers.
Kaya looked up instinctively, her hand already pausing mid-motion.
The fox tribe stiffened. Some even trembled.
Her brows drew together. That sound... it didn’t feel right.
She glanced skyward, half-expecting her gathering team returning with supplies.