I've Turned Into A Fox Girl?

Silver had returned to his room and quickly jumped on the bed, hoping his mother wouldn't notice he went out on his own.

'I Hope Elanor is okay, it was nice to help someone, but those nobles may end up causing more problems.' Silver was worried that he created more trouble for Elanor and possibly some for his mother.

'I didn't show myself so it's fine, but maybe I should have killed the nobles then and there.' Silver didn't want to anger any of the higher powers of the capital, so he opted for injuring them instead.

'Only time will tell if I did cause any trouble.' Silver rolled over in bed, feeling anxious about the consequences of his actions.

*

"Silver~ we are back." Shaman and Elysia had gotten back to the inn and came to check on their son. Peeking into his room, Shaman saw Silver laying on the bed, supposedly resting.

"Hello mother, how was your date?" Silver turned over to look at Shaman and was hoping she wouldn't notice anything.

"Hehe~ it was great. Anyways, I thought since there was still some time left, we should go explore and head to the dungeon to see what it's like." Shaman walked into Silver's room and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Hmm? What about big sis Clara and Kiruya?" Silver sat up as he would have thought they would all go together.

"Oh Elysia said she would go get Clara and I also think Kiruya is all good to go. However, she said not to wait for her, seeing as she can't really help unless we are in serious trouble." Shaman found Silver's reaction a little odd as earlier he was so excited to go out, yet now he seemed much more calm.

"Are we going now?" Silver wasn't sure if there was still some time or if Shaman planned on leaving at a moment's notice.

"Hmmmmm." Shaman stared at Silver directly in the eyes as if she was trying to find something.

Silver was extremely nervous and wanted to avert his gaze, but that would be an admission of guilt.

Shaman opened Silver's status window and saw that Silver used a bit of mana. Although it could be just using magic for everyday use, Silver only uses shadows which heavily suggests he went out.

"Silver."

"M-mother."

"Where did you go?" Shaman wasn't angry with Silver yet and first wanted to know where he went.

"I-I umm, went to the entertainment district because I was bored and big sis Clara was asleep." Silver didn't want to lie, so he opted for only telling part of the story.

"But why did you use your mana?" Shaman wasn't buying it as there wouldn't have been a reason to use it if he was just walking around.

"Because it's faster." Silver averted his eyes, hoping Shaman wouldn't dig any deeper.

"Say it while looking me in the eye." Shaman grabbed Silver's face and forced him to look directly at her.

"I-I'm sorry Mother I went out and accidentally beat up some nobles." Silver couldn't bring himself to lie right in her face.

"Is that all?" Shaman thought it would be something worse, but what Silver did seemed relatively tame to her.

"Y-you're not angry?" Silver was going to cry, but Shaman's reaction was a surprise to him.

"Why would I? I know you wouldn't beat someone up unless they were doing something horrible, so tell me, what happened?" Shaman felt proud of Silver, but she wanted to hear the full story before she praised him.

"Well…" Silver then went on to explain how he went to the wrong area and an elf named Elanor helped him to get where he wanted to go. However, he followed her and found there were nobles trying to get money out of her and even threatened to assault her.

Shaman stopped to think for a moment after hearing the explanation and nodded her head.

"Silver… I am so damn proud of you." Shaman, hearing what happened, couldn't help but feel super proud of her son for helping someone. She also hugged Silver while patting his head to show she was really proud.

"T-thank you mother!" Silver's face lit up with happiness and hugged Shaman back with his tail wagging happily.

"However, you still shouldn't have gone out on your own without telling Clara or Kiruya." Shaman was glad that Silver was okay in the end, but it did not excuse how he left without saying anything.

"I won't do it again." Silver lowered his head as it was indeed stupid of him to go out without anyone knowing and the least he could have done was ask before going out.

"I know you are capable of defending yourself, but I would still like someone to know where you are." Shaman didn't want to baby Silver as he was mentally at least 13 years old from what the system said about him.

"Mhm." Silver nodded, happy to hear he had some freedom.

"Now let's get going, we have a scoping out to do." Shaman pulled away and gave Silver one last pat.

Silver nodded and Shaman took his hand, heading towards the front of the inn where everyone should be waiting.

*

Walking outside the Inn, they found Elysia, Clara and Kiruya already there, waiting for them.

"Are we all good to go?" Shaman asked one last time before they headed towards the tower which was at the other end of the city.

"Yep." Clara yawned, regretting letting go of the great sleep she was getting, but she wanted to have a look at the dungeon as well.

Elysia went to the side of Shaman and wrapped her arms around Shaman signifying Elysia was ready to go.

Kiruya nodded her head and changed her outfit from the usual casual clothes she wore. Now changed into more revealing clothes, Kiruya wore short jeans and a crop top, giving her a midriff. In addition, the end of her tail was now fitted with a blade and her weapon was visible on her back. A black and orange blade that went in a circle was on her back, which looked like it split in two with handles on one end.

"Ohh? What kind of weapons are those Kiruya?" Shaman was intrigued by the weapons as it was something she has never seen before.

"It's better if I show you. Also, I will be joining the fights this time around, as we are only investigating and I sort of want to join since it's been a while." Kiruya awkwardly chuckled as it's been a few months since she last fought and she wanted to scratch the itch she has had for a while.

"That's fine, we are only scouting out the entrance anyways, so seeing you fight would be a treat." Shaman felt excited as she was yet to see how Kiruya fought and was really curious.

"Just focus on your scouting and leave the fighting to me. You'll be clearing it on your own later anyways" Kiruya was embarrassed seeing Shaman so excited, as no one had really taken an interest in her fighting style before.

"We understand, now let's hurry!" Shaman didn't want to waste anymore time as it was getting late in the afternoon and she didn't want to stay out for too long.

*

Walking through the city, they had made it to the rather large tower and saw it served as an adventurers guild as well. Inside were a bunch of different tiered adventurers going in and out of the dungeons as well as the auction section.

"So this is the place?" Shaman looked around the place, noticing it was rather grand, with most of the place being accented with green.

"Yep, and we are going into the tier 6 and 7 dungeon." Kiruya pointed to a gate which clearly labeled which tier each dungeon was.

"Are there 2 levels to the dungeon, seeing as it is split between 2 tiers?" Shaman remembered Ebonscale dungeon which had 2 levels to it with the first being tier 4 and the underground being tier 5.

"It sort of is, so the dungeon will be rather odd. As you may have heard, harder dungeons start developing their own societies rather than just containing wild beasts." Kiruya paused for a moment as she tried to find the best way to explain it.

"So what we will be dealing with is a separate race?" Shaman was a bit concerned as the theory of the dungeons being portals to other worlds, or at least snippets of other worlds was becoming more plausible.

"Yes, so the dungeon is that of dark elves and through that dungeon is the second exit to where the palace is, but there is more to it than that. I will get to that when the time comes. For now, prepare yourselves, as it may be a rather daunting task." Kiruya knew it was hard for many people to kill what seemed like normal people, but the dungeons allowed them to essentially respawn an infinite amount of times.

"I understand, this will be a tough one indeed." Shaman wasn't afraid of killing, but it seemed like the clear conditions may be rather harsh in order to pass.

"Good, now sit back, watch, and try to learn." Kiruya took the lead and walked towards the dungeon. Everyone else followed, preparing themselves for what they were about to see.