Unlike the quest which could be accepted in a guild, when the conditions for the generated hidden quest were met, the player was notified of what kind of quest it was via an announcement as the hidden quest began.
In this case, since there was no sort of announcement at all, Shin didn’t notice Yuzuha’s level up. Also, judging from Schnee’s story, the system feature of announcements was likely gone.
“Still, for the number of tails to increase, is this because the level rose?”
Shin spoke while facing Yuzuha.
Because there were no Element Tail kit’s in the game era, he was uncertain about how they grew up.
It might unexpectedly just be a mere growth spurt rather than a quest and the like.
“Kua~…Good morning, Master.”
Without knowing that Shin was worried, Yuzuha yawned loudly… and greeted him like it was only natural.
“Wait a minute, Yuzuha! Did you reach the point where you are able to talk?”
“Kuu? When the black things disappeared, my head felt refreshed.”
“Black things?”
When he heard about the black things, he was thought of the Lord’s core that was sliced in half just a while ago. If he recalled back, it was only Skull Faces that had surrounded the Shinto shrine where Yuzuha was rescued from. And it was not strange to regard the Lord that appeared this time as the boss.
“It was black, roundish, and inside the bones. And Master cut it.”
“It’s the Lord’s core, no mistake about it.”
It seemed like it matched Shin’s expectations. There was some kind of relation that connected Yuzuha and the Lord, Shin’s intuition as a gamer told him so.
Was some portion of its power absorbed? Or was it sealed? It was regrettable that he had no way of confirming it after defeating it.
“For now, you are prohibited from talking in public. Since ordinary Demon Foxes can’t talk.”
“Okay.”
“If it’s just the two of us, it should be fine, but don’t expose yourself to other people.”
“Hmmm, then do I only talk directly into your mind?”
“Telepathy? If so, it should be fine.”
Since there was telepathy, it was still possible to communicate. It seemed that Yuzuha also understood it intuitively, as it nodded obediently.
“But Shin, since the number of tails have increased, will it still be known as a Little Fox?”
“That’s right…”
Actually, there were various types of Demon Fox races, and so naturally there were ones with multiple tails. Indeed, it was possible to say that that most of them had multiple tails.. But generally it became a slightly dangerous existence for a commoner if the number of tails exceeded 2.
As for Demon Fox races with 3 tails, there was Flame Tail, Tail Leader and so on. Even if it was young, their levels were still at least 250. They were not the kind of monster that one would just take as a pet in this world.
“Its still a child, so entering a country might be possible, but…”
“Well, it will become an adult sooner or later, too. That’s right…say, Yuzuha. Can’t you do things like transform?”
“Kuu? There are things that I’m able to do, and things I am not able to do.”
“Can you change the three tails into one?”
“Easy~”
Yuzuha said, while its three tails splendidly turned into a single tail with a pop sound.
“Oh!”
“That’s nice.”
Shin and Schnee both opened their eyes wide in surprise.
Rather than an illusion, they seemed to have really become one tail. Even touching it seemed natural.
“Is this good??”
“It’s okay. Won’t it make you tired?”
“It’s alright!”