A young woman wandered the empty and dark side streets of the large city. Despite the sparse light and many dark shadows that obscured much of her appearance it was without question that she had quite the good looking face and a sexy mature body that would attract many males.

There were few people aside from her in these desolate parts of the city and the few people present in this remote area of the city were predominately male thug-like figures that enjoyed spending their time drinking in the dark alleys.

Some looked human like, others had strange limbs filled with power. One had a fish head, with the rest of his body being humanoid. Another one was a member of the intelligent white fox race that was present all across the city. All of them, no matter their race or appearance threw longing gazes to the young lady as she passed their group.

The fox even went so far as to change his form, one of the many skills they inherited as members of their race. A leave seemed to have appeared from nowhere and fluttered down onto the foxes back. As soon as it touched its white fur, a cloud of white smoke exploded out from the fox’s body and hid it from view. The smoke dissipated as quick as it had come and revealed a young man with white hair and stunningly sharp eyes.

He was clearly handsome; his facial features were enough to make him a top model in the outside world. There were only two things that were slightly offsetting. One was the strong red eye shadow that surrounded his eyes, while the other was the strange from of his eyebrows. It seemed like they had been trimmed until there was only a small roundish patch of hair on both sides.

Two bright yellow eyes glittered with vivid colors as they looked onto the receding figure of the young woman.

The other hoodlums whistled approvingly, many grinning lewdly in response to the fox’s clear intentions.

The fox did not care about the others or their thoughts, his mind was preoccupied by his plans to make this young lady fall for him. He could tell by her smell that she was a human, but unlike most lowly spirits and weak demons the fox race did not enjoy the taste of human flesh. Rather they looked down onto those who practiced this sort of barbaric behavior.

What he was after was truly just the girl. He wanted to seduce her and have fun with her.

When he made his move all the other beings in the street gave up on their own intentions regarding the girl. Sha Tawa, as the fox was called, was the unrivaled boss of this area and none of those low thugs could compare to him. Since this ‘influential’ figure made his move none of them would dare to have other thoughts.

Sha put on a friendly smile and walked towards the girl.

She was truly quite the beauty, wearing her white top and a short skirt. For a moment he wondered why such a beautiful human would come into this dark desolate place. Or rather how could she have come there…

His expression changed as he noticed something. How could a mortal human woman have come to this place without being raped, killed and eaten?!

He realized this too late. The young lady was only a few steps away from him and had already noticed his arrival.

She turned around and shot a glance at him. She saw the red eyeshadow and the strangely formed eyebrows combined with the white color of his hair. A small smile blossomed on her nicely curved lips.

“A fox hm?”, her voice was gentle and smooth. Yet Sha felt cold shivers running down his spine.

He had realized his mistake. A young beautiful human female in a city of gods, spirits and demons. There was only one way she could have appeared at this place…

She had a powerful backer or some sort of magic that could protect her!

His mood rapidly turned sour. His plans had failed, there was no way he would try to seduce a woman that could probably kill him with little trouble. Of course, he did not show his thoughts on his face. In fact, his smile only became wider and he replied friendly.

“Young lady is right, I am a member of the white fox race!”, he made an elegant bow. His expression seemed to be filled with confidence, but in truth he was furiously searching for a way to escape this predicament.

She laughed.

“You don’t have to hide it, I know that you wanted to seduce me and play with my body before getting away. It’s what you foxes try to do every time you see a woman that fits your tastes.”, her eyes seemed to pierce right into Sha’s mind.

The smile on Sha’s face disappeared as his expression rapidly turned ugly.

“I-i don’t know what lady is ta-…”, he wanted to defend himself, but the woman interrupted him.

“Nothing you have to be embarrassed about. It’s in your very nature to do so.”, she stocked. “Unfortunately, I cannot allow a lowly fox like you to sully my body, but I do have a little job for you…”, she smiled mysteriously.

Sha calmed down as he heard her words. It did not seem like she would hold a grudge again him.

His expression changed once again, this time turning into a serious, solemn one. This was business and he would treat the lady as he would treat a business partner.

“How can I help this lady?”, he asked.

The woman chuckled slightly. “This is more like it!”

Her eyes turned sharp. “I need you to go to a certain pub on the main street. There you shall meet a young human female around 20 years old. Don’t try anything on her, she has the backing of a powerful god. It won’t end well for you if you try anything fishy.

Your job is to help her find a proper style fitting for this city.”

“A proper style…”, Sha repeated confused.

“You want me to help her choose an outfit?!”, his voice turned a little high. Once again, he had an ugly expression ruining his fine looks. His pride was hurt.

“Exactly!”, the woman confirmed. “If you do a good job I will help you get a Tibetan fairy for your collection.”

“How do you know about that!”, Sha exclaimed in shock. The more this lady spoke, the less he could fathom the extent of her knowledge and the less he could understand her. At this point he was very sure that this lady was no random human female!

Only few people knew of his fancy for collecting various rare creatures and keeping them as pets. Those who knew about this and knew that he was missing a Tibetan fairy in his collection were even less. Yet this unknown lady knew about it!

Furthermore, how could a random person he had just met know this much about him? She clearly had come searching for him!

“I understand.”, Sha nodded obediently. “I will do it.”

Not to mention helping some random human girl to pick her outfits, to get his hands on an Tibetan fairy he would even sell his own body and become a prostitute to an ugly old man. There was no way he would miss this opportunity.

The lady’s smile brightened. “I thought you would answer so, Sha Tawa.

Search for “A Dragon’s Dream”, she will be in there. Tell her that ‘the sleeping lady’ has send you.”

As soon as the lady said her words, Sha paled. His face became pure white resulting in an even greater contrast to his red eyeshadows.

“Y-you are the sleeping lady?”, his voice trembled in terror. His eyes were wide open and bloodshot, fear flickered inside of them.

“Oh, I forgot to mention that?”, the lady laughed. Suddenly her figure blurred. Her slender body grew and lost its form, changing into the body of an obese woman. Strangely her clothes grew with the rest of her, avoiding the unpleasant experience of them ripping apart.

Finally, the beautiful lady had transformed into the obese sleeping lady. Her smile still curled on her lips and her eyes remained amiable and calm. Yet Sha was freaking out and trembling.

Now that she had reverted herself into her original form she clearly wasn’t a mortal human anymore instead the awe-inspiring presence of a god swirled around her.

“The form I took right now was that human females appearance. With this you should easily find her.”, the sleeping lady said, ignoring the obvious fear Sha was showing.

“I should go now… I expect you to meet up with the girl within the next five hours!”, with this the sleeping lady averted her eyes from the trembling Sha and looked into the dark street behind him.

“I really don’t understand why someone like you would surround yourself with these hoodlums….”, she shook her head. “But I shouldn’t meddle in your families matters.”, she sighed and walked away, disappearing into nothing after a few steps.

Sha was left behind, still trembling in fear. His body was soaked in sweat as he cursed his bad luck.

What had he done in his previous life that some random girl he tried to pick up would end up being a powerful goddess?

He sighed and shook his head. Then he glanced towards his friends in the side alley. He thought for a moment and once again shook his head.

“That old wrench is right.”, he muttered and turned away from the alley. This type of people truly did not fit his identity. He had only stayed around them to have some fun and pass the time. Now it was time to cut his ties with them.

His had a wry look on his face. Who would have thought that he would one day end up as a lowly thug? He shook his head, a look of resignation appeared on his handsome features. Yet inside his eyes a hint of ambition glittered.

He walked towards one of the main streets. Lights became more frequent and more and more shops appeared all around him, their advertisements luring with all kinds of fancy slogans. But he did not notice them.

He wondered. Just what was that human female that a goddess would go this far just to get her some nice clothes? Why would she even get him to get the job? There were plenty of professionals in the city, millions of experienced beings she could choose from. Why choose him?

He did not understand. But of course he had a suspicion.