episode_0126

“What is this?”

Do Yu-jin unconsciously muttered as she instinctively grabbed hold of the thing that had popped out of the crack in space.

When he lowered his head, he saw a pure white girl with a familiar pure white fox tail hanging on her butt, hanging limply in his arms like a fish caught on a fishing rod.

“No way!”

Do Yu-jin, who had been watching the scene for a while, turned her head in a hurry as if she had realized that yesterday was actually trash day.

Then, the fox’s tail, which had been floating in the air like a cloud just a moment ago, suddenly disappeared like a mirage.

The last piece that was missing.

Do Yu-jin, who found him, immediately realized the situation.

“I really… …you opened a door that leads to a sealed space instead of the water world?”

A mistake that wasn’t a mistake, but a mistake that arose because the three excellent elements – the excellent summoning technique, the summoning circle filled with materials without sparing any, and the fox tail as a medium – created an exquisite synergy effect.

When Do Yu-jin was embarrassed by that coincidence.

“Ugh… … ”

The boy twisted his body as if he was sleeping, and his long white hair, the same color as his tail, fluttered in the wind.

The guy who had been wriggling around like that for a while soon opened his eyes and looked at Do Yu-jin with golden eyes that reminded him of the morning sunlight.

Chong-geut-!

He raised his fox ears on his head with great vigor.

The girl, who had been standing still for a moment, soon tilted her head to the side and opened her mouth.

“Huh? Isn’t this guy the guy who suddenly came into this body and did strange things? No, more than that, why does this guy’s face suddenly look so big?”

After hearing the fox girl’s words, Do Yu-jin thought deeply for a short while before lowering her to the ground and speaking.

“I have a lot to say… …but let’s talk after we get something done properly.”

Does he still not know that he has escaped from the seal?

“… … Hmm?”

The fox girl, as if she wasn’t used to moving her arms and legs, just sat down on the floor, mumbling those words and flapping her ears.

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“Then, I’d like to proceed with the story a bit… … ”

Do Yu-jin, who had sat down on something nearby, opened her mouth.

A calm voice, like a small bell, announced the beginning of the conversation.

“Ohhhh… … !”

The fox girl didn’t seem to hear Do Yu-jin’s words. She just swished her tail, let out a gasp, and looked at the clothes she was wearing.

Hmm-

‘If I had known this would happen, I should have just taken off my shirt instead of giving it to you.’

Do Yu-jin, who didn’t have any clothes to give her, thought for a moment and gave her the priestess clothes he had obtained from clearing the dungeon a little while ago.

It was an action that was done without much thought, but it seems that the clothes that were given to me fell in love with this fox girl.

‘I gave it to you because I thought it would be like that after reading the explanation… … This is beyond my imagination.’

Do Yu-jin crossed her legs and rested her chin on her hand as she watched the fox girl moving briskly like a puppy circling in place trying to bite its own tail.

Well, actually, Do Yu-jin didn’t have any complaints while watching the fox girl act like that.

It’s something I gave you because I thought you might like it.

But now it’s funny how he feels bad and asks why I like him so much.

but.

“I know you’re excited and feeling good, but I want to talk, so let’s stop now and sit down… … ”

“Ohhh! What a pretty dress! And it’s so comfortable, like it was made for this body!”

“So listen to me… … ”

“Hmm! I also like that it’s easy to move around because there’s no unnecessary space!”

“Hey… … ”

“This is my first time wearing clothes, so I was a little worried, but my worries were unfounded! Not only is it beautiful, but I really like the way it feels on my skin!”

Kwak-!

“Calm down and take a seat?”

When she was repeatedly ignored no matter how much she spoke, Do Yu-jin clicked her tongue and grabbed the head of the wild fox girl to forcibly calm her down.

“Eek! What, what are you, human? How dare you put your hand on top of this body’s head!”

Only then did the fox girl, who had been moving around and looking only at the clothes, turn her eyes to Do Yu-jin.

‘Goal accomplished.’

Do Yu-jin removed her hand with satisfaction.

The fox girl quickly distanced herself from Do Yu-jin and said while licking her hair with her tongue and running her hands through it.

“How dare you put your hand on this body’s head! Normally, you should be severely scolded, but as a reward for offering these clothes as a tribute, I won’t punish you separately… … ”

“Huh? I didn’t give you those clothes?”

“What?”

How much did you like those clothes?

The fox girl looked at Do Yu-jin with wide, shocked eyes.

Looks like he’s going to be quite weak-hearted.

But Do Yu-jin was resolute.

“Calm down and sit down. If you keep disobeying me like that, I’ll have no choice but to ignore you and your seal and just leave.”

Do Yu-jin said that and pointed with her finger at the mist that still remained in the air.

It is said that he can now move around the temple in human form, unlike when he was sealed in the second dimension in the form of a tail, but that is all.

Strictly speaking, the fox girl was not completely released from the seal.

The fox girl also realized the truth for the first time, and she flinched and trembled before sitting down timidly.

Satisfied that a forum for dialogue had finally been created, Do Yu-jin opened her mouth.

“I’ll ask just to confirm… …You, are you the fox tail that was floating around a little while ago?”

“That’s right.”

The fox girl nodded in agreement.

“By the way, I don’t even know how I got this body. When I came to my senses, I found myself in the body of a young girl.”

“Hmm, was it affected by something while sealed?”

“That may be so, but as I said, this body doesn’t know anything about it, so I can’t tell you anything.”

The fox girl said, fiddling with her sleeves, as if she still couldn’t get over her obsession with clothes.

“Then is there anything in particular you remember?”

“Hmm, even if you ask me that… … You’re the first human to come to this body, aside from that annoying snake that was slowly taking away my strength.”

The guy who had been groaning for a moment with his brow furrowed said with a small sigh.

“I don’t know what you want, but since this body was sealed and I’ve been trapped here… …There’s nothing I can really point out that I remember.”

“Is that so?”

Do Yu-jin nodded vaguely at the rather disappointing information.

“Yes, I mean, I got this body relatively recently.”

“Huh? Then what was it like before?”

“It was in a tail state. Well, even after the body was formed, I couldn’t move a single finger inside the seal.”

Why else would I just sit back and watch that snake guy slowly take away my strength?

Do Yu-jin nodded as she listened to the fox girl grumbling like that.

“Then you were just wasting time in the seal?”

“There was nothing I could do in the first place. The only thing I could do was… …read the residual thoughts that had passed through the main body and remained in the body.”

“Ah, so that’s why you spoke so strangely.”

According to the book that Shigure read to me, the original nine-tailed fox girl in front of me was a monster that was active hundreds of years ago.

So, if you think about it in the context of the times, it wouldn’t have been strange to speak like that.

When Do Yu-jin nodded, the guy stammered with a surprised look on his face.

“This, is this strange? Is there something wrong with the way this body speaks?”

“… … No, it’s nothing.”

Do Yu-jin felt that things would get complicated if she spoke carelessly, so she mumbled something and told the fox girl that she could look at her clothes again to divert her attention.

While she was excitedly looking at the clothes, Do Yu-jin was quietly lost in thought.

‘I feel like the odds are just too lopsided for him.’

But there wasn’t even a single suspicious part that made me think, “This is it.”

Did you gain spirituality while in the fox tail state and become like that?

It was strange, but not so strange that I couldn’t believe it.

No, rather, I was convinced.

In reality, in this world, objects that have been used for a long time can possess a soul, and after the main body dies, a clone can often acquire a separate personality and develop into an independent entity.

‘If you look at the seal and the energy of the dragon vein that has continued for hundreds of years, these two things could actually be considered natural phenomena.’

That’s why Do Yu-jin was more concerned about the memories the guy had spoken of and the residual thoughts the main body had left behind, rather than the guy’s existence.

‘If it’s just accepting memories as information, like reading a book or watching a movie, then it’s okay, but if it’s like acting in a play and immersing yourself in the role… … Honestly, it seems a bit dangerous.’

By the way, the real identity of that guy who is running around and looking at clothes like a puppy out for a walk is the white-faced, golden-tailed nine-tailed fox who once brought Japan to the brink of destruction.

‘Hmm, considering that in the original game this guy was eaten by a snake and disappeared, I guess it’s not like it’s a lie… … ‘

Still, I was concerned about the residual thoughts in the main body.

It may not have any effect right now, but there is no way to know what effect it might have later.

‘Sigh, originally I just threw away the ones that had the potential to carry bombs like this.’

But this time, Do Yu-jin couldn’t make a decision easily.

That would be the case, since if the main body is a white-faced nine-tailed fox, the nine-tailed fox among nine-tailed foxes, then there is a possibility that the tail one can also grow to at least legendary level.

A level that far surpasses, if not surpasses, what was originally thought.

That’s why even Do Yu-jin, who was more interested in the risks than the benefits of receiving something, was a bit envious.

Sigh-

‘Should I call it a ‘Gye-reuk?’

I feel bad about throwing it away, but I feel nervous about eating it.

Do Yu-jin’s eyes, looking at the guy like that, gradually deepened.