"That is something I can understand," William paused, "but why is it dangerous for you? I can tell you all are strong and mighty!"


    "To peeps like you, we are gods," the golden spirit kept speaking in its arrogant tone, "however to other spirits, we aren''t that invincible. We have grades, stages of power, like how you humans have."


    "Hmm, I see, but why does it feel like it''s the wild wild west out there? You are speaking as if all spirits want each other dead or something…"


    "It''s something a human like you should stay away from," yet unlike how William expected, the golden spirit didn''t continue spilling any more beans, "just focus on your shitty stuff and don''t die."


    "Is it dangerous here?" William looked around, "there is no one but me and you."


    "I meant in your shitty world, hmph! You were this close from getting your neck snapped by that ant."


    "But I still killed it!"


    "With the help of another human," the golden spirit snorted, "anyway, I''ll take a tour here… Why are you following me?"


    "To make sure you won''t do any harm to my ck spirit home," William followed the golden spirit when thetter moved.


    "You are such a suspicious and funny little human indeed," the golden spiritughed, "do you think I can do anything in such a form? For real?"


    "I don''t know anything about you guys," William shrugged, "besides I got nothing else to do, so will tag along."


    The golden spirit had nothing to do to stop William. As it stated before, it didn''t hold any ill intentions, only toured the ce.


    The home of the ck fox wasn''t small at all. As the two moved along, William saw lots of areas that he never visited before. There were valleys, underground tunnels that led to a few huge halls, with gigantic pirs of stones and tons of ck fox decorations.


    There were many hills, and one mountain. The golden spirit seemed used to such ces, as it didn''t issue any question orment during the journey. As for William, he never thought the home of the ck fox was so massive and rich in detail.


    He kept asking questions and getting only short and useless answers. The golden spirit seemed so tight lipped about the spirit world and didn''t say anything that''d teach William anything new. And yet thetter never stopped asking.


    As William kept annoying the golden spirit, thetter started to speak about thest moments that William missed. It tried to divert the talk around the spirit world and its secrets, which was something that might bring a catastrophe for the golden spirit if it dared to speak.


    "Are you saying that the core started to turn into ash the moment I touched it?!!" William was surprised to hear that. And with the golden spirit confirmation, he couldn''t help but jump to the only conclusion that could exin everything.


    "I''m absorbing it right now?!!" he couldn''t help but mutter to himself in doubt and disbelief, "but… How?"


    His mind started to drift about what caused this to get activated, and why he was dragged here this time. It wasn''t the first time for him to absorb a core, and yet it felt like something was extra special about this core.


    "It seems when I was thinking about absorbing the core, I identally triggered it," he couldn''t think of anything else but this, "yet… Why the f*ck am I here?"


    "Don''t ask me, ask yourself," the golden spiritughed, feeling relieved the past few minutes from William''s annoyance.


    "That''s something rted to spirits without doubt, and you are one, not me," William shifted the topic magically back to the spirit realm, "tell me, why am I here? What brought me here?"


    "You…" the golden spirit couldn''t help but stutter, couldn''t believe William jumped back to the same topic in such a way, "won''t tell, even if I know something, which isn''t true, won''t tell."


    "Don''t believe you!"


    "No, it''s something rted either to you or your spirit," the golden spirit hurriedly added, "I don''t know the ck fox personally, but heard lots of stories about it. Yet can''t tell why you were dragged here."


    "Hmm…" William could tell this spirit wasn''t lying, and that made him think about what brought him here.


    "If I was brought here out of my will and intentions, then it must be rted to the ck fox," William started to keep his thoughts focused on this point, something that gave the golden spirit a final breath of relief.


    The first thing that made William take this thought quite seriously was the fact that the ck fox wasn''t here. It was the home of the fox, and it was weird for it to not be present.


    "Tell me, is itmon for spirits to move around your world and leave their homes?" as he felt more suspicious about this point, he couldn''t help but ask.


    "We don''t like to travel a lot indeed," the golden spirit seemed to think the same as William, ending up spilling little information without realising it, "going out means we are vulnerable to attacks, something that''s not trivial to begin with. So, when we leave our homes, we tend to leave in groups… F*ck! Why am I telling you this?"


    The golden spirit seemed to return to his senses, realising that he was speaking of the nature of the spirit world without realising it.


    And such sudden realisation made William evilly grin, "see? It wasn''t that hard after all, hahaha," Williamughed before adding, "so if the ck fox left the ce, then he must have done it with other spirits, right?"


    Even if he wasughing, William''s mind couldn''t help but recall the fierce scene he witnessed when he came to meet the ck fox before. In his mind, it seemed like the ck fox was going out for revenge, and yet that didn''t help answering why William was dragged here in the first ce.