The Rebirth of Evelyn Knox

Little Ruru was a smart little fox, even before she had merged with her destiny.

As a weak little newborn spirit beast, she had always known that as long as she showed up in front of anyone else, it was probably the end of her free life.

A free life that was full of leisure, doing nothing but sleep all day, every day.

After all, spirit beasts did not need to eat or drink. What else was there to do? Just enjoy slumbering, passively absorbing the energy from her surroundings and growing stronger slowly and safely.

This disposition was shared by many of her fellow spirit beasts, although there were a few exceptions. This was one of the reasons why it was so rare to find a spirit beast, let alone catch one.

When they were hibernating, there was simply no way for a human to detect their presence using spirit power. They could only search for them by sight, which would be like looking for a needle in a haystack in the vast spirit lands and forests where they usually reside.

Unfortunately, when it came to her destiny, she could never bring herself to resist. Even though she knew that it could mean the end of her peaceful life, she still dived right into the gem, losing her camouflage during the merge process and ending up in the hands of human traffickers.

She had been lucky that they kept her in a stasis box. For her, it was like taking a nap after merging with her destiny, and then after a short nap, she met the one she thought she would be searching for eternally.

Fate really was quite kind to her, leading her straight to her destined partner. The child chosen by the Lotus Throne, and now her eternal master.

Little Ruru was still a child. She did not know much about her destiny herself, but what she did know was that she must help her master reach the 'Throne'. As for where it was or even what it was, she had no idea.

Truthfully, she did not feel any motivation to do so any longer. She was already quite content.

There were many reasons why Ruru was so satisfied. Her master's embrace was much softer than her previous beddings, and she took good care of her. Little Ruru appreciated the affection that her master showed her, and rewarded her once a day with a lick on her cheek.

Of course, only an idiot would stay awake when they could sleep. So little Ruru slept for the whole day every day.

But one day, she realized that the soft and fragrant embrace was robbed from her.

There was an imposter occupying her place!

Where did that yellow thing come from?!

Little Ruru was incensed, and immediately declared war against the little puppy.

Unfortunately, her master seemed to favor it very much, so she could not harm the dastardly thing at all. She could only growl and try to chase it away, but the stupid thing thought she was playing with it!

And so, Ruru's days of peaceful slumber were gone. Now she had to slave away trying to distract the little puppy to make sure it didn't occupy her place any more than it already had.

Ruru finally realized what 'good things come to those who're awake' meant. How could this thing have come into the picture if she hadn't been sleeping all the time? The little fox could only regret her laziness.

Evelyn smiled fondly as she watched her little fox playing around with Bree.

"How adorable. Looks like Ruru really needed a friend to play with, and Bree's just perfect. Mhm, too bad she can't stay like this forever."

She sighed as she watched her little fox jump around, pretending to be angry at the puppy. But the fact that Bree was safe and sound after so long despite her abysmal stats in the current state meant that Ruru was actually taking very good care to control her strength.

After all, her little fox had already crossed level twenty.

Speaking of which, the new skill that her little fox had gained from her second milestone was much more useful than she expected.

The name 'Sacred Lake's Eternal Ripple' did not help her much in deciphering the meaning, and at first she was dreading that it would like the 'Lotus Throne's Golden Wheel' all over again.

Wouldn't it be a punch to the gut if she had a whole bunch of abilities but no idea how to use them or what they were even for?

Thankfully, the description of the ability was far more useful than the 'Golden Wheel'.

Seeing how she had some time, she decided to look through the little fox's stats once again, just in case she could figure out the meaning of the 'Lotus Throne's Golden Wheel'.

-Lotus Moon Spirit Fox (Ruru): Level 20 [Exp: 0 / 500]

Special Physique: Spirit Beast

—Physique: 74

—Spirit Power: 326

—Soul Value: 602

—Vitality: 77

-[ Abilities / Enhancements ]

—[Lotus Throne's Nirvana] - Combines the soul value of the host and the beast, carrying out a direct attack through a spirit power channel. <View Full Description>

—[Lotus Throne's Shackles] - While in physical contact, the energy absorbed by the master resonates with the beast, allowing it to grow along with the master. The master does not lose any energy in the process. <View Full Description>

—[Lotus Throne's Golden Wheel] - The two souls are bound together in a golden circle of life and death. One cannot fully perish while the other still lives, but the other cannot thrive while one is in peril.

—[Sacred Lake's Eternal Ripple] - As the chosen one dips into the sacred lake, the ripples on the surface act as her messengers. The user can send ripples of spirit power through the companion's feet, and is then able to sense any object containing spirit power within a certain radius.

She had already tried the ability out, and although it wasn't quite the 'radar' like thing she was expecting, it was still quite useful.

The limitation of this ability was that it could only sense objects with spirit power. When she focused her mind on sensing the surroundings using 'Sacred Lake's Eternal Ripple', the whole world would go dark in her sight, except for the objects within the sensory range of the ability, which would glow brightly.

Perhaps the best part was that she did not have to be the center of this sensory circle.

For example, she could send her little fox out to the first lord's mansion right now, and without even entering, she could expend ten points of spirit power to sense a spherical zone of hundred meters around her fox. And the more spirit power she used, the larger the radius of the sphere!

Every single human being as well as graded item contained spirit power. This meant that with just ten points of her own spirit power, she could figure out how many treasures the first lord's mansion had, where exactly they were placed, and where each of the inhabitants were.

Not only that, although the ability description did not mention it, the 'glow' of the object or person varied depending on how much spirit power they contained.

Does that not mean she can have a rough idea of the strength of the people within the circle, as well as the grade of the items?

"In terms of combat ability, this is already miles ahead of the probe skill. Of course, the probe skill has a utility far greater than anything else. I would probably struggle a lot with figuring things out if not for that."

Evelyn smiled as she saw her little fox pretending to get tired. She knew it was trying to make her feel pity so she would pick it up, but who made little Ruru so cute?

The pink fox gave a smug glance at the little puppy as it entered her master's embrace.

Of course, the puppy had a lethal weapon of its own.

Looking at Bree's big green eyes and downed ears, Evelyn's heart melted.

"Aww… c'mere, you… let's go."

Little Ruru could only curse internally. This imposter was really too cunning! More cunning than a fox!