episode_0083
by fnovelpiaUnggwi has been defeated. Lin has gained the power of the nine-tailed fox and has become a six-tailed fox. Her work in Baekwoon Valley is completely over. All that remains is to return.
After deciding on the treatment of the fox elder.
“What should I do, Master? Should I kill it, it seems useless now?”
Lin spouts out chilling words as if they were flowing water. She pulls out her claws as if she is ready to kill at the slightest command.
The elder also seemed resigned to his fate and calm about his imminent death, but my thoughts were a little different.
“Let’s keep it alive.”
“Why?”
The elder looks up in surprise.
Don’t worry. I’m not doing this for you.
“When Lin is reborn as a gumiho, shouldn’t she experience firsthand how foolish her choice was?”
The best way to drive a person crazy is to make them regret their past selves to death.
Your own choice, no one else’s.
The worst ending that resulted from it.
The purpose is to let her slowly wither away while looking back on the past that cannot be undone. Above all, it would be too futile to just kill her after tormenting her for so long.
“Okay, I understand. I’ll do as you say.”
Lin nods and answers.
The elder lowered his head weakly.
“Haaam… .”
Lin stretched out her arms and yawned loudly. Her eyes blinked slowly, showing that she looked quite tired. It was understandable. She had been held captive and had been put through trials.
You must be quite exhausted, both physically and mentally.
“Want to take a break?”
“Yeah. Just a little bit… .”
Lin jumped up to me, did a somersault, and transformed into a little fox. She landed lightly on my hand and crawled into my clothes.
I heard that being small is more comfortable? I guess it’s because the smaller you are, the less calories you burn. Well, it’s definitely more comfortable to be a dwarf than a giant.
Lin, who was positioned deep inside the ship, was stroked from outside the clothes.
“We will go now. You are free to live in the fox den or leave Baekwoon Valley, but you must live until Rin becomes a nine-tailed fox.”
As he left, he did not forget to wish the elders blessings for their future.
***
-Wow. Are you talking nonsense?
Back to Bestia.
The nine-tailed fox looked around the city with curious eyes.
“What did you originally say?”
– Back then, I couldn’t say anything.
A time when people were beasts.
Those who possessed intelligence and were classified as beastmen rather than beasts were a very small minority.
There were the Hoyo tribe as a representative example, and it would be safe to say that there were none except for the turtle people who were known to be wise.
But now even dogs and cows passing by are talking. Really, everyone is talking.
“Don’t hesitate and come in, your mind is wild.”
-It’s a bit fussy.
Since she could see everything through Rin’s eyes without having to come out, the gumiho obediently brought her spirit body inside.
As the nine-tailed fox watched the changing world with excited eyes, something suddenly occurred to her mind.
-Why are you hiding your tail?
It was because Rin, the six-tailed fox, was walking around with only one tail out. Karami answered in Rin’s place.
“Because if you know that a nine-tailed fox has appeared, you’ll have a lot of headaches.”
– Really? In my time, when I appeared, everyone, whether human or monster, would bow down and bow their heads.
“That’s why Lin is living like this now.”
The nine-tailed fox tilted her head, as if she didn’t quite understand. What she felt this time was the anxious gazes of people.
“Hongho again.”
“I thought you left because I haven’t seen you lately, but I guess not.”
“But it’s grown a lot since I first saw it? Does it grow this fast normally?”
People were wary of Rin. A miracle occurred, and the sea parted to spread to the left and right. Rin was used to this kind of reaction, but it was unfamiliar to the gumiho.
-Why are they like that?
“Hongho is known to bring misfortune. So, avoid Lin.”
-You’re just going to leave it like that? A mere beast is looking at the fox god like it’s a plague. If it were me, I’d tear it apart alive right away.
“That’s why Rin lives like this. She was sealed before she became a fox god.”
-It was just a one-step difference. If only I hadn’t been betrayed, I would have won.
“You must be stupid.”
Karami was moderately rounded.
“Seira, we’re here~”
The two people who returned to the city stopped by the house first. Seira appeared, wiping her wet hands on her apron, as if she was doing the dishes.
“This took a while. What the… … Ugh.”
As soon as Seira discovered Rin, who had become the Six-Tailed Fox, she sighed deeply. She was tired of picking on things that had been repeated so many times.
That’s what I thought.
“You’ve grown so much. Now, it’s no exaggeration to call you a full-fledged lady.”
“Right? Lin has become so pretty, right?”
“Yes, we can get married soon.”
She was tall and had lost some cheek fat, making her jawline thinner. Lin, who had lost her youthful girlishness, gave off a fresh, feminine vibe.
Males are a foolish species that would risk their lives to cling to a pretty female, so it was possible that they would forget about the red tiger and woo her.
“Rin is going to marry the master. Right, master?”
“A slave cannot marry her master.”
“Huh? Is that so?”
“Marriage is a relationship of equals. That’s why I told you. Slavery is not good. What’s good about it?”
“Liberation!”
“That’s right. Let’s do our best to be liberated. There’s not much left.”
Rin smiled broadly as Karami stroked her head.
“What are you going to do now? Are you going to rest?”
“No. I have to go to Cheonsangru. I have something to show you.”
***
Since the gumiho escaped the temple and took possession of Rin’s body, her playful expression changed for the first time.
-here….
It was Cheonsangru.
As she approached Cheon Sang-ru, the gumiho’s lips hardened and her expression disappeared completely. The energy she felt inside Cheon Sang-ru resonated with her soul.
The group entered Cheonsangru. Since their coming and going had become a normal part of everyday life in Cheonsangru, the clerks greeted them with smiles.
Karami and Lin greeted each other and naturally walked towards the upper chamber where entry was prohibited.
It used to be a room hidden like a maze, but now, as soon as you climb the stairs, there is a door right in front of you, telling you to hurry up and come in. It was Yuhwa’s intention.
When you open the door and go in, all you see is the sky.
A fox working above the clouds.
The nine-tailed fox’s eyes widened.
-Cheonho…?
“You finally brought the nine-tailed fox.”
Yuhwa sighed in confusion. With her clairvoyance, she could clearly see the nine-tailed fox in a psychic state.
-Why is Cheonho here?
“He’s Rin’s magic master. There’s no one else who can teach Rin magic than Cheonho.”
-Cheonho teaches Gumiho magic? Don’t talk nonsense. There’s no way a dog from heaven would do that.
Once upon a time.
A pure white fox with blue eyes was born into the fox clan, so the foxes called her Baekho (White Fox).
Baekho had extraordinary talent for sorcery, and no one could match her. She was also more intelligent than other foxes, and her foresight soon became prophecy.
The sky, which had been keeping an eye on her, extended its hand to her, and Baekho took it and ascended into the sky.
Baekho became Cheonho, and was given the gift of clairvoyance to act as a messenger of heaven, making the world flow like clouds.
From Cheonho’s perspective, it was a great success, but from the Hoyo tribe’s perspective, she was a traitor to the clan. If only she hadn’t existed, the world would have been under the control of the foxes by now.
“I understand how you feel. Surely the heavens didn’t know that the day would come when I would help the nine-tailed fox.”
-Don’t lie! You can fool these stupid things, but you can’t fool my eyes!
“That’s right. Your eyes can’t be fooled. So don’t try to fool your own eyes.”
The nine-tailed fox knew best what that meant.
Because Yuhwa’s power as Cheonho had been significantly weakened, even this space she was in was unstable.
Because he helped the nine-tailed fox with the title of Cheonho, his power is fading away. Just like how a believer’s divine power weakens when he stops believing in God.
-why…?
Why is Cheonho a gumiho?
Wasn’t that the case in the past?
Wasn’t there anyone by my side back then?
“You could say it’s because I met a good owner.”
Yu-hwa burst into laughter at Karami’s surprise compliment, and Lin clung to her master. Even at that moment, she didn’t forget to smell him.
Only the nine-tailed fox did not sympathize, like a stranger from a separate world.
-… … What is this?
The nine-tailed fox frowned, feeling an unpleasant sensation. She ran away and disappeared into Lin.
Yuhwa narrowed her eyes and stared intently at the nine-tailed fox curled up inside her.
‘It’ll be complicated.’
Because a lot has changed since the past.
It would be quite disturbing.
There were times when Yuhwa still couldn’t believe it. The only difference from the past was the addition of one more human, but the situation had changed so much.
Perhaps, as he said, it might be possible to free the nine-tailed fox from her fate… .
“… … .”
Yuhwa looked up at the sky. An ominous energy was gathering in Bestia, where the nine-tailed fox was.
Now that the nine-tailed fox has six tails, the heavens will no longer stand by and watch.
A storm is coming.
***
Deep in the forest, on a steep cliff.
A shrine is located in a gloomy space where even moonlight faintly seeps in.
This is the Eumwolsa Shrine, where fox statues are placed symmetrically and black and white fox spirits wander around. There was a figure of a person leisurely walking around the shrine.
Oriental clothing in black and white. Black tail, with blindfolds covering where the eyes should be.
She is hoyo.
She is Yoho.
One of the three foxes in the world, the Dark Fox Heukbi. A fox who can turn fate around. A small light sparkles in her black fox bead.
“Has this moment finally come again?”
A mandate obtained through a deal with heaven.
It’s time to hunt the nine-tailed fox.
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