Seeing the boy having a hard time facing his own dead body, Snow extended her hand forward, palm towards the boy’s corpse. The body started perishing among black flames.

[Snow: “Is that better?”]

The boy started tearing up even more, a few tears rolled down his cheeks. His eyes turned hollow, even his spirit form started getting grey. Snow, taken back by the sudden change in his behavior, widened her eyes. Under her hundreds of years of leading souls to the afterlife, she has never seen anyone so utterly terrified.

Snow leaned closer to the boy and helped him stand up. However, he made no effort to maintain his standing position and fell back on his ass. Snow looked down at him with genuine concern.

A suddenly, a random thought popped into Snow's head.

[Snow: “Hey, do you want to live with me?”]

Snow knew that her duty was to lead souls to the afterlife, however, she saw something in this boy that made her want to change his fate… Maybe how he looked at her, or something else entirely that she couldn’t quite put her finger on.

[The boy: “Live with you?”]

Snow’s adorable fox ears stood up with excitement.

[Snow: “Yeah!”]

[The boy: “I don’t even know your name yet.”]

[Snow: “Oh sorry, it’s Snow. And what about your name?”]

[The boy: “Fiu.”]

[Snow: “Fiu..? That’s a strange name. I’ve never heard anything like that before.”]

[Fiu: “Guess I’m just unique.”]

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[Snow: “Sure.”]

Snow realized that she still hadn't gotten an answer to her question.

[Snow: “So, do you want to live with me?”]

Fiu looked confused.

Didn’t I die already? What does she mean by ‘living’ with her?—He thought to himself.

[Snow: “It’s a cozy place, I’m sure you’d enjoy it.”]

Snow tried to convince him.

[Fiu: “What does it look like?”]

[Snow: “I’d show you, but you’ll have to stand up first.”]

[Fiu: “Oh yeah.”]

Fiu slowly raised from the ground. Snow, being the pushover she is, forcefully grabbed Fiu’s hand and started dragging him down the path that’s leading to her cabin. Fiu had finally noticed that she had fox ears and a huge, fluffy, continuously wagging tail.

[Fiu: “What are you even?”]

Snow seemed taken back by the sudden question and she turned back to face Fiu with an unreadable expression.

[Snow: “By what means?”]

[Fiu: “You have ears and a tail stuck to your ass.”]

[Snow: “Ohh! That… I’m a fox spirit.”]

[Fiu: “A what?”]

[Snow: “Basically a girl but half fox or something, I’m not sure either.”]

Fiu didn’t get a full answer, but he was satisfied anyway.

[Fiu: “Okay then.”]

Snow started dragging him down the path faster.

[Snow: “By the way, if you don’t mind me asking: how did you end up dying?”]

Fiu tried his hardest to remember, but could hardly make out anything.

[Fiu: “I was-”]

Fiu fell to his knees and started gagging, making the two of them come to a stop once again.

I guess I shouldn’t ask about his death then—She thought to herself.

[Snow: “Woah! You okay there?”]

Snow kneeled next to him and gently tried comforting him.

Do I look like I'm okay?—Fiu was thinking.

Fiu stopped gagging at the thought of how obvious the answer was to her question and eventually stood up.

[Fiu: “Yeah, I’m ‘aight.”]

Better to impress than to depress—He thought to himself.

[Snow: “O-kay?”]

Snow started dragging Fiu along with renewed passion.

[Snow: “What were you doing here in these mountains anyway?”]

[Fiu: “I was hiking.. and going back to our camp alone. I wonder if those people are okay.”]

Snow was listening attentively, however, Fiu didn’t say anything else.

[Snow: “And… Um…”]

Snow didn’t know how to keep the conversation going.

[Fiu: “What were you doing here?”]

[Snow: “Hm? I was going to the forest to get some herbs to make soup with.”]

Snow remembered the herbs.

[Snow: “Oh right! Herbs! I completely forgot about them!”]

Snow changed course in another direction.

[Fiu: “...”]

After a few minutes of walking in awkward silence, they reached a place filled with smaller green plants and not-so-good-looking mushrooms sticking to the sides of trees. Snow let go of Fiu’s hand and leaned over to crack down a flat, brown mushroom from a tree’s bark, unknowingly giving Fiu a good look of her backside, but Fiu didn’t seem to care a bit.

Once she had finished picking up some herbs, she threw everything into a leather pouch.

[Snow: “We’re done here.”]

Snow once again started walking towards her cabin, expecting Fiu to follow suit and he did.

After what seems to be an eternity, they finally reach Snow’s cabin.

[Snow: “It’s cozy, isn’t it?”]

[Fiu: “I don’t know.”]

They both walked inside, the first thing Fiu noticed were random stuff and clothes thrown all across the room.

How can this girl live like this?—Fiu thought.

[Snow: “Well then, sit down and let me make the best soup you’ll ever taste!”]

Fiu stood in the door with an annoyed smile.

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To be continued…