A bright, spotless moon hung high in the sky, and the night breeze carried waves of chill.

But foxes weren't afraid of the cold. Their thick fur gave them more than enough warmth.

A few fluffy big tails were enough to wrap around themselves. It was comfortable, and the warmth was downright addictive.

That was exactly how Mulan was right now.

From now on, she’d never have to worry about getting frozen stiff when the weather turned cold.

Fluffy big tails really were peerless treasures.

Once the tail wrapped around you, nothing else mattered.

Inside Qingqiu Zili’s boudoir.

If nothing unexpected happened, then tonight, Mulan was probably going to be used as a soft, squishy body pillow by Her Highness the Princess.

That was tragic.

Mulan absolutely did not want to be tucked between the fair, flawless thighs of a willful, green fox-eared girl.

Sure, the temptation was off the charts, but it also felt incredibly embarrassing.

Mulan wasn't about to throw away her most basic dignity for such low-level temptation. Even if they were going to sleep together, she had to change positions.

For example, inside Qingqiu Zili’s fluffy big tail. Lying on top of that had to feel amazing.

Just imagining it was enough to make Mulan bliss out on the spot.

She’d never tried sleeping soundly in that kind of environment before.

These past few days, she’d either been squeezed together with those three little green fox cubs, or occasionally napped in Azurefox Moyue’s arms. But she’d never slept in a tail.

Mulan had three great hobbies.

Eating, slacking off, and sleeping.

Her power of mooching meals had reached Halfstep Tangerine Cat Realm. Her power of slacking off could be called Greater Fulfillment of Sloth Realm. And her power of sleeping stood at the Peak of Koala Realm.

Mulan’s craving for a good sleeping environment was no less than her love for food and slacking off.

If a comfy sleeping spot was placed in front of her, she’d want to pounce on it and sleep first, ask questions later.

Of course, that issue could be set aside for now.

At this moment, Mulan was facing a severe problem.

Qingqiu Zili, suddenly in the mood, seemed to want to drag her along for a bath?

It wasn’t that Mulan had any resistance to being helped with a bath.

After all, back at the Green Fox Hall, she’d already been scrubbed several times by the highly skilled “bathhouse technician” Azurefox Moyue.

And in her current harmless little fox form, being scrubbed all over didn’t really make her feel shy. If anything, it felt kind of nice.

It was probably the same when pet owners bathed cats and dogs.

But doing it together with Qingqiu Zili was a little different.

The key word was together.

Qingqiu Zili probably wouldn’t bathe in fox form like she did. She’d most likely show the most primitive form of a human body.

Even though Mulan had already turned into a loli, she still didn’t have much resistance to a completely naked young girl.

If you asked why, it was simple.

She still wasn’t used to it.

No matter how willful Qingqiu Zili was, she was still an extremely charming beautiful girl.

Her personality wasn’t bad enough to be annoying. Her figure was still youthful, but to a hot-blooded little loli, it still had the pull of a black hole.

If she really ended up in that kind of bare-it-all situation, Mulan definitely wouldn’t be able to look straight at her.

She wasn’t shameless enough for that. If she wanted fanservice that badly, she could just look in the mirror at herself.

Thankfully, Moling Qingqiu stepped in and stopped Qingqiu Zili.

The reason was that, back then, the careless princess had once bathed together with Eryue and the others, and somehow left the poor little green foxes with full stomachs of bathwater.

Because of that, the little green foxes had been left with quite a bit of trauma. For a while, they’d been very resistant to bathing.

Even Azurefox Moyue, who was in charge of caring for the green fox cubs, had spent a long time helping the poor little things forget that shadow.

So to avoid another tragedy, Moling Qingqiu absolutely did not dare let Qingqiu Zili bathe together with a green fox cub again.

Mulan was a little speechless inside.

You really couldn’t tell Qingqiu Zili was such a menace at tormenting her little sisters.

Terrifying.

Back to reality.

After Moling Qingqiu’s persuasion, Qingqiu Zili still went to bathe alone with a disappointed look on her face.

As for Mulan’s bath, Moling Qingqiu took care of it.

After experiencing it for herself, Mulan could only say this was another master with excellent scrubbing skills.

It really made a fox want to give up and rot~

With Moling Qingqiu’s help, Mulan’s fur dried very quickly.

When in doubt, solve it with magic.

She’d left behind an age without technology, only to step into an even more magical age of magic.

Mulan didn’t know whether she should feel sad or happy about that.

“All right. Wuyue, just wait on the bed for Princess Zili. She takes rather long baths, so I hope you can wait patiently.”

Moling Qingqiu carefully placed Mulan onto the soft bed, her tone extremely respectful.

This was a Moonfall Rank powerhouse, about on the same level as the elf maid Sia.

Mulan was starting to wonder if the scale of her experiences had begun a little too high.

Normally, transmigrators arrived in a new world and slowly rose from the bottom. The people around them were usually weak and low-level too.

But what about her, Mulan?

Right at the start, she got bullied by a subordinate of a top-tier nuke-level powerhouse, then went on to meet a whole bunch of seriously strong people.

Something really was off.

Thankfully, Mulan had a pretty good mindset, so she wouldn’t get overly anxious because of it.

Mental burnout had basically nothing to do with her. Greater Fulfillment of Sloth Realm was no joke.

“Ying~”

Mulan casually answered with a sound, which already counted as giving Moling Qingqiu plenty of face.

“Thank you. Princess Zili is a pitiful child. If she does anything that displeases you, I ask that you be a little understanding. She’s very happy to be close to you. If possible, I also hope you can treat her as a dear older sister. Consider it my request.”

A soft glow flickered through Moling Qingqiu’s eyes. The way she looked at the three-tailed green fox on the bed was nothing like the casual way she looked at the three harmless cubs back at the Green Fox Hall.

If Wuyue really was a green fox that had wandered alone until now, then she absolutely had a deeper mind than Qingqiu Zili and Qingqiu Eryue and the others.

Growing to three tails in the dangerous, harsh outside world was enough to prove that. Everything she had shown so far could very well be an act.

There was no way Moling Qingqiu could treat her like an ordinary young fox.

But one thing was certain. This little one was also a hope of the Azure Fox Realm. Green foxes would forever be treasures of the Azurehill Fox Clan.

No matter what Azurefox Wuyue was hiding, or what she was wary of, the Azurehill Fox Clan was willing to accept her and slowly move her heart.

After all, she was still a young green fox.

“Wu?”

Mulan tilted her head in confusion.

Was it just her imagination?

It really felt like Moling Qingqiu wasn’t treating her as some harmless green fox cub right now. Her tone basically put them on equal footing.

You could even say she was placing herself a little lower.

It felt like she was entrusting a child to Mulan’s care.

Could it be she’d seen through something?

But if she had, then why not forcefully expose it?

Was it because the Azurehill Fox Clan doted on green foxes too much?

If even green foxes were treated like this...

Then if a Golden Nine Tails were ever born, it would be unthinkable.

“Ying~”

Mulan casually answered again.

Moling Qingqiu could interpret that meaningless little cry however she wanted.

After all, she was just a harmless little fox.

Foxes not being able to speak was perfectly normal, wasn’t it?

The corners of Moling Qingqiu’s lips lifted slightly, and a gentle light flowed in her eyes.

“Thank you very much. No matter what dangerous situations you’ve gone through, please don’t forget this. The Azure Fox Realm will always be your backing, and your absolute safe house. This place will always be your shelter.”

Mulan: “...”

Gah! Stop talking already!

If she kept going, Mulan was seriously going to break and reveal her true self on the spot!

Who could withstand this kind of sincerity?!