“…Should I try to open it?”
While thinking that there was nothing much to say, Shin opened the main shrine door and was exposed to a full view of a gloomy room receiving light from outside.
The letters written on the floor were the first things he saw. The Sanskrit characters-like letters were lined up to form a circle. A big circle was wrapping around several smaller ones, and the appearance of it was just like a magic formation.
And in its center. One figure lay at the middle of the various-sized circles.
“…A fox?”
It was a young fox, which had a silver coat of fur, that was lying down on the floor exhausted, while its body was exposed to light.
“Isn’t it carefree being seen like this?”
When he confirmed there was no trap, Shin rushed over to the young fox. There was no visible injury, but the HP gauge of the young fox was in the red zone. Moreover, it was suffering from abnormality states 【Poison • Ⅹ】 and 【Curse • Ⅹ】. It was only a matter of time until it ran out of vitality if it was left unattended in this state.
“The fox that Millie mentioned, is it this fox?”