The System Sent Me to Breed an All-Female Amazon Tribe-Chapter 49: The Mother of the Fox Queen… Who is Five Times My Size

"Oh? What a pleasant surprise, Benjamin." Sakura’s eyes widened with wonder. "You are so well-informed."

Ah...! Is it safe to mention Sys here?

Though, I decided to stay vague for now.

"You are correct," she continued. "Under normal conditions, beastkins face their natural death in about four to five thousand years. But with special cases like me, Lily, Silverøse, and my sisters, we were born from divinity, so we don’t have a lifespan.

"If one can influence their body to accommodate immense power—human or beastkin—they can also attain immortality. But as for my stepmothers, they didn’t want to be outdone by my demigod mother, so they used Forbidden Magic to extend their lifespan. It is only wearing off these days. When Kurosawa Ren first appeared forty years ago, they all looked no different from young ladies."

I see... So they’ll be gone soon... I wonder how that must feel for Princess Lily and their children.

Sakura noticed my sad expression, then she kissed my cheek suddenly; her lips were squashy and warm against my skin for a brief heartbeat.

"Let us meet my mother, Benjamin." She took my hand again and led me forward.

We passed through an extremely large doorway, like a doorway made for a giant, its stone frame carved with curling vines and blooming sakura that seemed to glow faintly in the dim light.

We subsequently stepped inside.

The chamber beyond was decorated finely and looked more like a shrine or temple: Tall pillars rose to a ceiling lost in shadow, each one etched with illustrations of ancient battles and peaceful gardens.

Some incense burned in bronze braziers, with thin streams of smoke curling upward like lazy ghosts. A few lanterns hung from iron chains, with their paper shades painted with foxes and lions in gold and crimson, casting warm pools of light across the stone floor.

Everything here felt so sacred, and heavy with time and reverence.

We moved through multiple points of the place—wide corridors opening into smaller alcoves where elderly beastkin sat in silent meditation, we also past low altars holding offerings of fresh flowers and polished stones—until we reached a tall, large door.

Wait, what’s with all the tall, large stuff?

The door in front of us was illustrated with foxes and lions, their forms intertwined in everlasting depiction, and at the center stood one single fox with nine tails on an exalted platform, it’s head raised in soundless supremacy.

As Sakura pushed opened the door, I realized why everything was so big.

[Notice: the individual Sakura has coated master’s body with magical resistance and protection. Should I resist it?]

If she’s suddenly "protecting" me with it, then I beseech you, Sys, let it be.

[Understood: analyzing the procedure to mimic for self-use in the future.]

How diligent. Sys might just be a workaholic.

Okay, as the door went open from Sakura’s push, it revealed a single straight path leading to a massive cushion.

The entire area was choked with magic, bluish mist filling the place, swirling slowly around the pillars and drifting across the floor like sentient smoke.

The atmosphere felt thick here, even electric, pressing against my skin even through Sakura’s protection.

And every breath I drew tasted of raw and ancient power, so overwhelming.

I bet, without Sakura’s protection, one could die from the pressure.

[Answer: Indeed, master. This level of concentration of magic is abnormal and would undeniably affect the soul of the weak destructively. But the individual Sakura is performing well without any protection. Should I resist the one placed on Master?]

Hey, can you cut that out already? What if I die?!

Moving through the large palace-like chamber, we finally began to see the individual we were looking for...

She was sleeping on a massive cushion, wearing a decorative kimono of deepest crimson silk embroidered with gold foxes and silver moons.

Hey pink claws rested gently on the fabric over her stomach. And her pink fur covered her fox ears and the nine ballooned large tails that fanned out behind her like a corporeal aura.

And she was insanely beautiful with those pink long eyelashes, like fairytale-level picturesque!

Though she still carried the resemblance to Sakura: the same elegant bone structure, the same sharp yet soft features, and the same calm superiority even in her sleep.

In addition, she was five times my size! Or maybe even more!

Wait, why is she so big? Giantess?

"Benjamin, this is Kuzunoha," Sakura gestured toward the large person, as they began to stir awake, "my mother, the one and only nine-tailed fox spirit of Shishi-no-su."