Chapter 10

Whenever she had a spare moment at the garrison, Celia studied nine-tailed foxes. “A fox demon cub can begin shapeshifting into the form of a human child in its tenth year and will reach adulthood in its twentieth year…” Celia bent so close over the book that her nose nearly touched the page, reading every word carefully. It was an extremely rare volume brought over from the Eastern Continent. She had read the section on fox demons until the pages were practically worn thin, yet one question still bothered her.