One Day I Picked Up a Fox

One day, the emperor picked up a fox caught in a trap during a hunting competition. Too black to be an ordinary fox, Too large-eared to be an arctic fox, Too fluffy to be a desert fox— A strange and somewhat foolish fox. *** “…A dog?” This isn’t a puppy… but a fox? A black fox? “Kiiing…” The fox looked up at Adrian with sapphire-like eyes. Its slender body, trembling with fear, seemed utterly pitiful. It was such a pathetic prey that he felt no desire to hunt it and was about to leave. Yet, strangely, he couldn’t look away. Those blue eyes stirred a capricious curiosity that had long lain dormant within Adrian. Adrian picked up the limp fox and held it in his arms. There was no wa...