episode_0146

Phew-!

“Yeah, no problem.”

Tamamo, who heard Yumi’s words, changed the color of the smile on his lips and said.

“They said they were just a little surprised. The other kids also resisted after they came to their senses, but their resistance was limited to moving their bodies or swinging their fists.”

Tamamo reached out and touched the spear of light that Yumi had cast down.

Kikkikk-

Ki-ki …

The fingers, which held a beauty worthy of being called delicate and slender, quietly teased the tip of the cumbersome stick blocking her way.

“No child has ever thought of resisting me by using magic like you did just now. Well, when I think about it, the words “ninth” are finally coming out naturally.”

She spent some time admiring Yumi’s magic, then suddenly turned her gaze to Yumi and spoke in a thick voice that was filled with desire.

“I definitely can’t miss out on you.”

As he declared that, Tamamo quietly clenched his fists.

Kwachang-!

The spear that had barely held on while screaming was shattered into pieces.

Tamamo lifted one foot as shards of the spear flew around like pollen.

But than she takes one step forward.

Shuaak-!

Yumi was faster at firing a hundred spears.

From the moment she heard Tamamo’s footsteps, Yumi never let her guard down or relaxed for even a moment.

One tail and eight tails.

Because between the one-tailed fox and the eight-tailed fox, there was a gap bigger than Mt. Taesan and deeper than the sea.

That’s why Yumi wasn’t even thinking about fighting from the beginning.

‘I’ll pour everything out at once, and while the main body hesitates, I’ll somehow escape.’

However, Tamamo seemed to be laughing at Yumi’s thoughts, dodging, kicking away, and destroying all the spears of light flying towards her.

Hit-

“You know how to use magic, but you only know how to use it literally.”

He dug lightly into the gap she was desperately trying to open.

Close enough to see the hairs on your face.

There, Tamamo glanced down at Yumi with a playful look in her eyes.

The eyes of a cat waiting to see what a cornered rat will show.

Under that gaze, Yumi sighed without realizing it.

‘So this is how it ends in the end.’

Yumi shivered, thinking that it was truly a vain ending.

Her whole body had already frozen like a frog in front of a snake.

Are you saying that you will abandon that body and run away?

Ding ding ding-!

Yumi’s heart beat faster than ever as she watched Tamamo’s hand getting closer and closer.

If she were to capture her in this state, it was obvious that she would be absorbed immediately and transformed into one of Tamamo’s tails.

‘No, it’s going to be even more hellish than that.’

Candy made from dissolved sugar does not dissolve easily in water.

A personality that was once created like that did not easily disappear.

That is, even if she were to return to the form of a tail, it was clear that her ego would not disappear right away and would continue to exist.

‘And in that state, this body will be subjected to the slowest and most painful slaughter in the world.’

There was also this hidden meaning behind Tamamo’s use of the word ‘master’ when looking at Yumi.

ha-

‘I thought I had finally escaped the seal, but a short heaven was followed by a long hell.’

Thinking that this was truly a fucking miserable life, Yumi unconsciously closed her eyes.

In the darkness that came like that, she unconsciously recalled the figure of a person.

The image of a person who truly cared for me during a brief and enjoyable moment like a bubble.

Then her lips moved naturally and she poured out her true feelings that had blossomed inside her.

In a tearful voice, like a little child who is in trouble and calls for his father without realizing it.

“Help me, father… … ”

And at the same time she muttered that.

Tamar-!

A warm hand reached out to slap away the cold hand that was trying to strangle my neck.

Kwak-!

He just grabbed Yumi’s shoulder.

As if apologizing for coming only now, firmly.

And now, as if to say softly that it was fortunate that you came.

“Huh?”

At first, Yumi thought it was just her imagination, but she was startled by the vivid sensation and opened her eyes.

Then I could see.

The soft fluttering of black hair that I have now become accustomed to and comfortable with.

I am talking about the sight of deep eyes like a well looking down at you with worry and relief.

When she was just blankly staring at that sight.

Slurp-

The shadow that arose from Do Yu-jin’s feet embraced her warmly like the night sky soothing a frightened child.

“Ah… … ”

The moment Yumi felt an inexplicable sense of relief, she slowly released the strength in her body that had been rigid.

“Hey.”

Do Yu-jin glared at Tamamo with a ferocious look he had never seen before, like a dragon whose scales had been pricked.

“Did you make my daughter cry, you son of a bitch?”

“Huh?”

Tamamo, who had stepped back out of caution in response to Doyujin’s sudden appearance, opened her eyes wide upon hearing those words.

“Did you just say that you were my daughter?”

A tone of speech that is full of a sense of absurdity.

If it had been the usual Tamamo, she would have been furious and rushed at Doyujin for daring to swear at her.

But there was not a trace of that passion in her appearance now.

Because it was so absurd, the anger that should have been felt was washed away like salt.

“Yes, she is my second daughter.”

Do Yu-jin said that and hugged Yu-mi even tighter in her arms, stroking her head.

Of course, it wasn’t because I suddenly couldn’t control my thoughts about how cute my daughter was that I did this.

The reason Do Yu-jin did this was simply to activate the skills [Tssdam Tssdam] and [Hug].

‘At first, I thought, ‘What kind of useless skills are these?’ But now that I look at it, I feel like I’m using these two skills the most.’

While Do Yu-jin was thinking like that, Yu-mi, who had barely regained her senses, spoke in a stammering voice.

“Oh, Father. How did you come here?”

“I heard you asking for help.”

Doyujin spoke to Tamamo in a calm voice, different from the one she used to speak to him.

“That’s why I came here using reverse summoning.”

Summoning is the act of calling a summoned creature to your location.

And reverse summoning is the opposite, a technique that moves the summoner to where the summoned creature is.

A technique that all summoners want to learn, as it can be applied in various situations.

However, because the difficulty of the technique is very high and it requires a special sense, it is a technique that is difficult to find even among skilled summoners.

‘Well, it has nothing to do with me, who has [Summoning’s Ultimate (9★)].’

It wasn’t for nothing that Do Yu-jin told Yuna to call him when she needed help while she was walking with Erio.

I said that because I have the means to get to Yuna right away if she asks for help.

‘Well, if that had happened, I would have used up an incomparable amount of magic power compared to now.’

Do Yu-jin glared at Tamamo with sharp eyes as she thought about that.

Thanks to his quick actions, Yumi was able to escape unharmed, but the situation was still dire.

No, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it had become even more desperate.

Because a situation that could have been resolved if only one person died has changed into one where both people have to die.

‘What should I do?’

Do Yu-jin tried hard to hide the cold sweat and rolled her head as quickly as possible.

Are you going to pick a fight like you did a little while ago?

‘It’s impossible.’

Unlike Shuten-Doji, Tamamo wasn’t the type of person to enjoy things like demon festivals.

Moreover, Do Yu-jin’s entire body was creaking ominously because he had fought countless demons.

Not only did the side effects of the buff potion come back, but I also used up all of the magic I had recovered by using the summoning technique.

It was literally the worst case scenario.

‘But why did I have to meet that guy in this state?’

The White-faced, Golden-Mouse Nine-Tailed Fox, a legendary monster that once brought Japan to the brink of destruction.

Even judging from the fact that she had regained eight tails, unlike Shuten-Doji, who was drinking and playing around here, she seemed to be going around diligently and regaining the strength she had lost due to the seal.

‘Or was there some kind of helper who helped in various ways?’

At that moment, various thoughts came to Do Yu-jin’s mind.

But he pushed every thought that came into his head into a corner.

Because right now, it was more urgent to think about how to escape from the enemy in front of me than to deduce the truth behind the incident.

While Do Yu-jin was busy thinking like that.

“So, you were the one who broke the ninth seal?”

Tamamo nodded as if she finally understood the situation.

“Hmm, it looks like you didn’t just break the seal, you also did something to tame the ninth part of this body.”

After hearing Tamamo’s words, Doyujin hugged Yumi even tighter.

And looking at that sight, Tamamo had a sneer on her lips.

“Well, good. It seems like you don’t know my subject, but I’ll forgive you since thanks to your merits, I was able to meet the ninth sooner. And while I was away, I think I showed the ninth a pretty good dream… … ”

Percussion-

“This body will be kind to you, so I promise to kill you after I swallow the ninth one.”

Tamamo finished speaking like that and smiled brightly, her golden eyes shining.