The woman has pushed the giant Ice door open and now has entered the city part of the Ice Fort. The road here is made out of cobblestone and isn't meant for carriages to travel on this road. On both side of the road, there are rows of buildings in different sizes and shapes. Because it is early morning currently, there aren't a lot of people moving around the place. As for the Ice door, it has been closed by one of the Guards behind her. The Guards never open the door, but close it because if you can't open the door, you don't deserve to leave or enter this place. That is the rule in this place and everybody respects it.

As for her, she is walking towards the citadel, her home. To get there, she needs to walk over a kilometer and up a small rising, until she reaches another set of doors. Same size like the last Ice doors, but one of these door weigh five tons and have the same rule as the previous one. If you can't open it, you don't deserve to enter or leave.

As for her, she pushes the door open with ease and enters the citadel. In front of her, she sees a giant castle like building, but it definitely isn't a castle.

"Welcome back, Alice."the two guards say st the same time and she greets them back"Good morning." Before moving on. She walks into the building which has it's doors open currently.

While she is walking towards one of the rooms, she runs into another woman"Aah Alice. You're back with....a baby. When did you give birth? Who did you have an affair with? Does Veronica know?"

She wants to shake Alice, but can't because of the baby in Alices hand.

"Calm down Maria. I found the Little Fox in the forest, abandoned. Also I would never have an affair."Alice replies to her and then continues"Could you hold him for a second. It kinda is getting hot."

"Aaa yeah. Sure."Maria replies to Alice and then the baby is handed to her to hold. While Alice is taking off clothing, Maria is looking at the kitsune and says"It's so you to take cute things with you. But a baby is a new one. Last time it was a wolf."

"But Rex had a such a soft fur."Alice tells her and takes of her coat and puts it on top of the spear, which was stuck into the ground by Alice before. Now she pulls of her scarf and her beautiful face is revealed. She has snow white hair and hazel eyes. Her ears are long and pointy. Her skin is smooth and pale. As for her race, it is a Snow Elf, a variation of a high-elf. Snow elves prefer to live in cold environment and are good at [Ice Magic]. Also they are resistant to cold to an extend, but still require clothes in cold places.

"Okay. Give him back here."Alice says, after she has takes of some of her clothes. Now she is wearing a pair of white pants, a pair of white boots and a light gray shirt. Around her waist is the sword, which has been with her for years. Now that she has less clothing, her figure is easier to say. Her body is well trained and her breasts are b-cup.

"Sure."Maria replies and gives the baby back to Alice, takes him into his hands and asks Maria"Could you take my clothes back to my room? I need to deliver the spear to sis and explain about him."

"Hmm. Yeah sure."Maria replies and takes her clothes off from the spear, which Alice then pulls out of the ground.

"Thanks Maria."Alice thanks her and moves on, while Maris goes the other way, to take Alice's clothes to her room. To get there, she has to walk up the stairs to the fourth floor, where she has to walks about fifty meters, before reaching to a brown wooden door. She knocks on the door and woman inside of the room asks"Who is it?"

"Maria. Alice asked me to bring her clothes here."Maria replies to her.

"Come in."the woman tells her and so Maria, who has gotten a permission to enter, enters. She opens the door and sees a big bed in the corner of the room, a big closet in another corner and a woman dressing, in front of the closet. Currently she is facing with her back to Maria, who walks over to chair in the room and puts the clothes down onto the chair.

"Thanks Maria."she says and Maria replies"No need to thank for such an easy thing Veronica."

"So you're gonna go see Alice now? It has been two months now."Maria asks her friend, who replies"A little later. I have my training and she has her report to do."

Veronica turns around after finishing dressing up and now her beautiful face could be seen. Her eyes are red and so is her short hair. Her ears are pointy, but not long. She is wearing the same type of clothes, as Alice, but hers is all black.

"I see. She also managed to bring another cute one back home."Maria tells her.

"Another wolf?"Veronica asks curiously."

"You'll have to see it yourself. But I can say he has cute fox ears."Maria replies and continues"Well I have to go too."

Maria leaves the room, leaving Veronica there alone, wondering"Cute fox ears. Ooh I hope she didn't bring what I'm thinking."

She shakes her head slightly while thinking what she could have brought back this time, while leaving the room.

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As for Alice, she is in a room, standing in front of another snow elf, who is sitting behind a wide table and staring at her.

"So Alice. Would you like to explain?"she asks her sister, who awkwardly replies"Well sis. You see...I was returning home and on the way, I found him in the Snow Forest, abandoned by his parents. He was crying and because of that, I couldn't leave him there."

Hearing her older sister, makes her sigh and then she replies"Okay. Do you want add anything?"

Hearing her question, Alice's eyes wander to the right and when she sees that, she asks with a serious tone"Alice. What more is there?"

"He.....Might be a cursed kitsune."she replies awkwardly.

"You brought a cursed kitsune here! How stupid are you?!"she yells out, waking up Snow from his sleep. He doesn't start crying, but he does look at Alice with her blue eyes.

"Please don't be so loud. You woke him up and you might scare him."Alice tells her sister, who still has an angry look on her face.

"So what. He's a cursed kitsune. He will only bring destruction to this place."she tells her younger sister with a firm voice.

"He won't. I will raise him to be a good man. He won't end like the other cursed kitsunes."she continues"He won't be like the other ones."

"How can you be so sure? What makes you sure that he won't change and go on a rampage?"she asks her, who stays silent.

"Thought so. Either you get rid of him or I will."

"No!"Alice yells at her sister.

"I won't let you harm him. He won't be like the others, because I will take care of him and raise him not be evil. Unlike the others, he will be raised lovingly. If-if he ever does change, I will deal with it."Alice tells in a firm voice and won't back down on what she just said.

"Okay. I won't fight you. But his training is up to you and no one else won't do it. He will become one of us and If the time comes, it's your job to kill him. Is that clear?"she asks her in a serious tone

"Yes. And here's your spear."she replies to her sister and slams it into the stone floor, before leaving the room.

She looks at the door closing and once it is completely closed, she lets out a sigh and asks herself"What are you doing Anna? Why did I let her have her way?"

She leans back on her chair.

"Was it because she showed seriousness for once or because I have faith in her?....Haaah I hope she is right. A kitsune could be useful member with his foxfire."

As for Alice, she was looking at the kitsune in the hallway and he was looking back at her with his blue eyes.

"You must be hungry. But what could I feed you? No one isn't or has been pregnant recently, so no breast milk. Hmm."she thinks, while looking at him and walking to her and Veronicas room.

Once she gets to her room, she puts him on the bed and sits down next to him. She looks at him and mutters"Maybe with mana. You kitsune are told to be able to feed on mana. Okay. Lets try it."

She focuses the flow of mana into her right index finger and moves it closer to the kitsunes face. Snow, who couldn't control himself, bites her finger out of his kitsune instincts and seems to suck on it.

'This is so weird and embarrassing, but my body won't stop. Also i feel that I am not hungry anymore.'Snow thinks to himself, as he keeps 'feeding'

"So cute."Alice says, while looking at the little kitsune sucking on her finger. What she hasn't realized is that her mana pool is draining fast, but she doesn't notice it, because she is busy staring at him.

When her mana pool drops below 10%, he stops and she takes her finger out of his mouth.

"He sucked me almost dry."she mutters to herself, as she stares at her finger. "Also...That came out wrong."

While Alice was busy with the kitsune, Veronica was training at the Field. The Field is a place in the Citadel, where everyone trains as a group or individually. Here they have: archery range, a small arena for combat and a giant place, where dozen or so rookies are learning the basic moves and after they have finished basic training, they can choose their preferred style. Some choose close quarters combat. Other a range way to take out their target like bows and crossbows. A couple of assassins use throwing knives. Then there are those, who don't use direct methods to kill their targets: few specialize in poison or traps. But those are the hardest way to kill sometimes and require the most planning.

But because someone chooses one style, doesn't mean he/she can't learn another one later. Like Anna, who has mastered all of the styles or her sister Alice, who can use any weapon and is good in both melee and ranged combat. As for Veronica, she has mastered poison and ranged.

But currently she was doing some basic exercises, because she doesn't want to lose her current form. So while doing sit-ups, she hears a conversation between two guys.

"Have you seen Alice today?"

"No. Why do you ask?"

"Well because I heard she had returned with a foxkin baby in her hands."

"Foxkin? Isn't she an elf and her lover a vampire. Did s-...Oh shit. Lets go. She noticed."he tells his friend, when he notices a glaring Veronica.

They get up and walk away, but are stopped, when Veronica appears in front of them.

"Go on. Finish what you wanted to say?"she tells in a calm voice.

"Well...I wanted so that maybe she is fucking someone else, but elves are pregnant for 18 months, so the child couldn't be hers."he replies in a nervous voice.

"I see. Move on."Veronica tells them and they leave the place quickly.

As for her, she puts her hand on her forehead and mutters"What did you do this time Alice?"

*Achoo*

Alice sneezes suddenly and mutters"Someone talking behind my back."

Back to Veronica, she has finished her exercise and now is going back to her room. When she gets there, she opens the door and sees Alice playing with a kitsune baby.

"Alice. Who's child did you steal?"Veronica asks her suddenly, which surprises her.

"No ones. I found this little fox in the forest, abandoned. So I decided to adopt him."she replies back to her.

"I see. So you find a baby and adopt him... Without talking to your wife first."Veronica tells her, as she changes into more comfortable clothes.

"Sorry."Alice apologizes and her elf ears drop down, along with her head

"Too late to apologize now, as you have gotten to attached to him."Veronica tells her and sits down next to her.

She looks at the baby and says"A cursed kitsune. Huh."

"You seem calm."Alice tells her, as she sees how calm she seems.

"I'm a vampire. Like him, I'm associated with the Dark Goddess. So I really don't care about his slitted eyes."she answers her in a calm down.

"I guess so. So what are we going to name him?"

"We. His yours."Veronica replies back.

"Ours."Alice corrects her.

"Hmm. I don't."

"Nevada...I found him when it was snowing, so Nevada."

"Nevada huh. I guess it works."

"Did you hear that. Your name will be Nevada. Do you like it?"Alice asks him, white rubbing his nose.