The room was a large, domed area with runes inscribed on every surface. They greatly resembled Japanese characters, though I did not understand them.
The two stood at each end of the room, and stared intently at one another. They began to mumble, and I felt the poor souls of Keru's ancestors were trusted inside me at great speed, it was painful. It hurt so much that I wanted to close my eyes and cry, but I couldn't do either, and the speed of the robed souls was such than, to my eyes, they formed a great ray of light entering me.
But the poor kitsunes' souls didn't stop inside me, they somehow were able to use my link with Keru to join her, giving her their power.
My beloved wife started to grow more tails, reflecting her rapidly increasing power. From what she said I knew that, under normal circumstances, a kitsune never grew multiples simultaneously. But that's what was happening to Keru, and it caused her so much pain, she accidentally shared it with me, via our link.
When the ritual finally ended, Keru and I were so exhausted by it that we both collapsed.
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I woke up later, realizing that…