I was Betrayed then Reincarnated as a Kitsune - Chapter 313: Encountering the Space Barrier

[Luna POV]

Once the situation with Atmos was over, we returned to not much happening.  There were a few times where large groups of sky creatures attacked us which gave me many levels.  At this point, I was extremely happy about this since that means getting to Tamamo was one step closer.  Today was turning out to be the same as it has been until around noon.

“Luna, what’s wrong?” (Skadi)

“We’re closing in on that space barrier Tamamo talked about.  I can feel it.” (Luna)

“How long do we have?” (Ophidia)

“A few minutes.  But that’s not what we need to talk about.  The barrier is the kind that lets the one that made it know if someone enters it.  Do we want to pretty much announce ourselves, or do we want to go in undetected?” (Luna)

“Well, how likely is the chance of us being intercepted by a dragon before we get to the island?” (Soleil)

{Not very likely.  If anything, you’ll have some of them waiting for you to get to the island due to curiosity.  They don’t like leaving the island, after all.}

“Didn’t you tell me that some hero at some point in the past killed a dragon that went mad?” (Luna)

{Just because most of them don’t like leaving doesn’t mean they are all like that, and also, it was mad, madness and rational thought aren’t very compatible.}

“That’s true.” (Luna)

With that information from Tamamo, it was decided that I’d just mess with the barrier enough to let us safely pass through it.  I walked over to the bow of the ship and, when we got to the edge of the barrier, I moved my hand in front of me.  I placed my palm on the barrier and injected some of my mana into it.  It pulsed for a few seconds before rippling.  When a hole big enough for the ship to pass through was made, we progressed.  Once the ship was fully inside, the barrier closed behind us.  Once it was fully closed, I started to feel several gazes focus on us.  I smiled slightly as I could feel the intrigue coming from a few of the gazes while others were indifferent.

“So many with high level space magic.  No wonder the barrier is so big.  They either have a ton of mana diamonds to power it like this, or they have such high reserves of mana and fast enough regeneration that keeping something like this up constantly isn’t a problem.” (Luna)

{Dragons are the closest things to demigods in the mortal world, so it makes sense.}

Just as I was about to ignore all the gazes and go back to doing whatever, one of the indifferent gazes turned a little hostile.  While it was only a split-second feeling, it was there all the same.

“Heh.” (Luna)

“Soleil, she’s got that look on her face again.  Like the time with the wyverns.” (Velvet)

“Tell us, big sis, what did your gaze did your Abyssal Fluff feel?” (Soleil)

“Many gazes, one of which was far from curious and friendly.  We might have to put meat back on the menu.” (Luna)

“But we eat meat pretty much every day nya.” (Mio)

“*Sigh*  Guess I know what we’re doing tonight.  All of you should gather on deck tonight and I’ll show you all something good.” (Luna)

{Oh, are you showing them one of those movie things?  Sounds fun.}

“I’d invite you too, Tamamo, but you’ve already seen it with me.” (Luna)

{If I remember right, we never finished it.  You said there were three, right?}

“Yeah, but you finished the first one and we got distracted during the second one.  Well, I guess I can invite you to watch them regardless.” (Luna)

“Do that, big sis.  Though all of us know Goddess Tamamo, we, with the exception of Skadi, haven’t actually spent really any time getting to see her and get to know her.” (Soleil)

“That’s true.  I’d like to actually be able to speak to Goddess Tamamo while seeing her instead of just hearing her voice.” (Ophidia)

“Same nya.  The only times I ever really see her is when I go through her place to meet Fen nya.” (Mio)

{There you have it, Luna.}

“It does indeed seem like everyone likes this idea.” (Luna)

With this settled, all that remained for us to do is sail until nightfall.  Once the time came, I set up a domain around the ship and pulled out several comfortable couches.  They were all big enough that we would be able to lay down and still have room for one other person.  Shortly after that, Tamamo appeared followed by Fenrir.

“Sorry for coming in uninvited.  I just couldn’t miss this chance to see Mio in person.” (Fenrir)

“I don’t mind.  The more the merrier after all.” (Luna)

“FEN NYA!” (Mio)

It seemed like Mio heard Fenrir was here because she sprang up from the shadows in front of her, wrapped her arms around her neck, and kissed her.  Mio’s twin tails wrapped around Fenrir’s waist, and they nearly fell over before Fenrir managed to balance hers and Mio’s weight.

“Well.” (Luna)

{Don’t act like you didn’t think of doing the same thing.  I know I did.}

“When did I ever say I wasn’t going to?” (Luna)

I blinked in front of Tamamo and wrapped my arms around her neck, intertwined some of my tails with some of hers, and stole her lips with mine.  We could have stayed like that the rest of the night if Velvet and Soleil didn’t make exaggeratedly loud throat clearing noises to get our attention.

“Luna, there is a time and place for stuff like that, and this is neither the time nor the place.” (Velvet)

“While I know I participated in the interrupting, I kind of feel bad about it.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen big sis look that happy before.” (Soleil)

Soleil glanced over to Velvet who did the same before they both quickly moved their gazes back to us.  Soleil did, however, use her tail to pull Velvet closer to her.

{Ufufufu.  Don’t worry, Soleil, there is a lot of time for you to see just how happy Luna can be once she ascends and we see each other more often.  Also, thanks for interrupting, if you didn’t, we’d never stop and probably end up going further.}

“Tamamo, while I don’t deny that, they didn’t need to know that.” (Luna)

{Luna, it was clear as night to me and probably to them, so there’s no real point in hiding it.}

“She’s right, Luna.” (Velvet)

“Fine, so when are we going to stop them?” (Luna)

“Skadi, Ophidia, you’re up.” (Soleil)

Skadi and Ophidia appeared on deck after Velvet called out to them.  Skadi then grabbed Fenrir by the shoulders while Ophidia grabbed Mio and they pulled.

“NYAAAAAAA!” (Mio)

“Rude, Skadi, rude.” (Fenrir)

“Yeah, yeah, there will be time for that later.  For now, just focus on the plans we all have for tonight.  You two have eternity after all.” (Skadi)

“Mio, please stop poking me, I know that you aren’t happy I did that, but think about how the rest of us are holding back.  Why should we have to watch you and Fenrir do that while we don’t?” (Ophidia)

“You said the quiet part out loud, Ophidia.” (Luna)

“I don’t want to hear that coming from you, Luna.” (Ophidia)

“…” (Luna)

{Ophidia using your name shows just how serious she is, so I guess we should listen to her.}

“Yeah.” (Luna)

I chose a couch to sit on and sat down with Tamamo sitting beside me.  The others also chose their seats and once we all got comfortable, I projected the movie on the back of the sail.

Chaos Realm:

Astraea: Evelyn, let’s go play.

Evelyn: Yay.

Crisis: Do everything I wouldn’t do.

Order: Take her advice.

Atmos: Hey Order, where’s Payto?

Order: Off at work.  Another world started its first Fiend Season and he’s making sure it doesn’t destroy itself.

Crisis: Seems fun, I kind of want to go and see it.

Order: I’m not sure you’d be allowed to.

Crisis: Yeah, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pull it up here, like how you or Payto does when we watch Luna’s life.

Atmos: I’m with Crisis on this one, I want to watch other worlds as well.  I won’t be considered an evil god if I just watched from here, after all.

Order: Fine, let me set it up.

*crashing noise in another room*

Crisis: Evelyn, I said DON’T do what I would do!

Evelyn: Ahahahahahahahahahaha!

Astraea: Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Order: *Sigh* I worry about Astraea.  She’s far more chaotic than the Goddess of Balance should be.

Atmos: Enjoy it while it lasts.

Order: And what would you know?

Atmos: I’ve watched a lot or mortals too, you know.  I might not want kids myself, but seeing some people become parents that ignored enjoying their children’s most innocent phase regretted it immensely.

Order:…

Crisis:…