Dungeon from the Void - Book 5 - Chapter 9 - Insanity (Patreon)

                        The Labyrinth of Illusions

A beautiful woman with a youthful appearance that defies her age, reddish golden hair, two golden ears, and nine reddish golden tails can be seen sitting on a grand throne at the very depths of the Labyrinth as various Kitsune scurry around the throne doing her bidding. But the woman simply smiles as she looks at a fake System screen made by illusions. One with the image of the aftermath of the battle between the Fallen and the neutral nation.

She rocks back and forth with her legs held to her chest and her arms wrapped around them, enjoyment akin to a child splashed all over her face in the process.

To think the little puppy had another play before he left the game board!

Inari giggles at the thought, uncaring about the Kitsune who tense up around her due to her actions.

And now we have another player to the game! How absolutely splendid!

She rocks back and forth on her throne while smiling at the screen as it shifts towards the neutral nation and then the dungeon itself. But just seconds after she does that, her screen made of illusions suddenly finds itself covered in blood, making Inari’s smile turn into a full-blown grin.

“Nosferatu!!! My old buddy! How’re ya doin, grumpy pants?!” Inari exclaims while letting her legs fall down to the ground as she leans forward and tilts her head playfully.

Nosferatu’s voice echoes through the room before his face even appears on the screen, “What are you doing, Inari?”

“Oh, you knooow, just playin’ the game as usual grumps!” Inari says with a giggle, her slit eyes narrowing even further into nothing but an amber line.

The God of Blood frowns on the screen at the sight of the playful Tier 10 Goddess before her sighs and says, “Know that both myself and Leviathan are protecting Fenrir’s successor. If you try anything to harm him, you won’t be getting off with nothing but a slap in the face.”

Inari giggles again at that.

If only he knew what moves I made to spice up the game board back when that little puppy was still a player! But I can’t let him in on that move just yet. Nope. That’s a secreeet!

The Goddess of Illusions snaps her fingers, making a kitsune rush over with a glass of wine before the Kitsune in question freezes at Inari’s gaze that quickly locks onto her. Then the Kitsune shivers from fear as Inari reaches over and begins patting her on the head, lightly scratching her ears and then just patting her cheek once and turning back to the screen again where she finds Nosferatu looking at her blatant insanity with disgust.

Grumps-mac-Grumps-Pants just doesn’t know how to have fun.

“Don’t worry gramps,” Inari says, using the word she knows gets on the nerves of quite a few of the Tier 10 beings she speaks with, “my play doesn’t involve harming the little pup.”

“It better not,” Nosferatu says, his black and crimson eyes narrowed, “keep the harm to the nation squatting above him and nothing more.”

Inari pulls her legs back up to her chest again, salutes once and says, “As you command sir bleeds-a-lot!” Then she drops the wine glass, making it float in the air, and reaches down to grab her feet by the toes at which point she begins rocking back and forth on her throne again with a childlike smile on her face. All while the kitsune servant begins quietly escaping from next to her throne, to Inari’s indifference.

Nosferatu just sighs at her antics, used to the woman’s insanity by now as he says one last thing and gives her back control of the screen.

“If you harm the successor at all, there will be war. Please at least keep that in mind.”

The Kitsune Goddess giggles after sensing that Nosferatu has left before she rocks back and forth even harder for a few seconds, only to pause and begin playing with the claws on her toes for a bit.

Sir Bleeds-A-Lot probably won’t mind my plan for the pup’s pup, so I shouldn’t have to worry about that. Nope. Not at all.

A few seconds pass before she looks up again and purses her lips, tilting her head slightly in the process.

Although he probably won’t like Faf’s plan. Buuut that’s not my problem.

She giggles at the thought of the God of Fire’s plan. One that she isn’t supporting herself but can’t wait to see go into action anyways.

More entertainment is always the best.

Inari continues rocking back and forth for a few seconds before leaping up off the throne, performing a flip in the air, and landing cleanly on her feet, her arms spread out on either side of her. Then she glances at the Kitsune roaming around the room, making each one of them tense up when her gaze falls on them.

Such obedient little children.

She smiles at that thought before folding her left arm under her chest and tapping her chin with her right index finger.

Of course, if my move does work out then I might have to get involved and interfere a tiny bit with Faf’s plan. After all, if the pup’s pup is gonna be my property in the future, then I might as well protect it.

Her smile grows, making shivers run down the spine of every nearby Kitsune.

It’s only right for a mother to protect her children after all, and for a girl to protect her toys!

Inari giggles again before snapping her fingers, making over a dozen copies of herself appear all around her. And immediately each copy lets out a giggle and begins running off, leaving the room through various manners including teleportation, simply running, skipping, moving faster than the eye can see, and even breaking through walls that instantly repair themselves.

Meanwhile Inari herself just puts her hands on her hips and smiles.

Let the game begin!

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Wrote this earlier today but my internet went out, so I couldn't post it. Posting it and the Winter Wolf chapter now.

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