Love-Struck Fox Spirit - Chapter 3

His smile vanished in an instant, his tail stopped wagging, and for a moment, his expression was at a loss.

He lowered his eyes and bowed his head:

“I-I don’t have anyone I like yet…”

Fox Spirits are different from ordinary foxes. Foxes are loyal and monogamous, but Fox Spirits, who take human form, survive on the affection of humans.

So a Fox Spirit only needs to stand there to attract people; a slight smile can make someone utterly captivated.

If no one likes them, their golden fur gradually loses its luster, their bodies grow thinner and thinner, and eventually, they die.

I only learned about this much later, on the day Jin Jiaxue came of age.

After a Fox Spirit matures, they can no longer rely on their original spiritual energy for sustenance-they must obtain human affection as food.

So after Jin Jiaxue came of age, he visibly grew thinner day by day.

It wasn’t until another golden fox came to our door on a snowy night that I realized Fox Spirits truly existed.

In other words, I have to find partners for my Fox Spirit! And not just one-he needs many!

I carefully opened the door a crack and spoke to the fox outside:

“So, does the partner have to be a Fox Spirit?”

The fox outside replied:

“Humans are fine too. In fact, the affection of humans is even more filling, because a Fox Spirit’s heart is divided into many pieces.”

I nodded, then remembered the matter of ‘someone you like,’ and asked:

“Then… can’t a Fox Spirit spend their whole life with just one person they love?”

The fox outside tilted its head in confusion:

“Would a Fox Spirit… really have only one person they love?”

The fickleness of Fox Spirits is in their nature-partly to ease the guilt of seeking affection everywhere, and partly so they can live healthily.

Thinking of this, I felt relieved.

If that’s the case, I don’t have to worry about Jin Jiaxue starving to death…?