Chapter 1: The story of the nine-tailed fox

Devlin Robert sat in his luxury car and sped forward like a moth in the dark, his expensive brown tailor-made suit showing a few wrinkles, he must have been He campaigned a lot, rather he fought. He was eye-catching and exuded an aura of a god, his face a perfect beauty but his eyes narrowed in intense concentration. He is running away, behind are police cars honking their horns. They only have the appearance of criminal chasers, but they are the people of his grandfather, Damian Robert.

Damian is the sheriff of the police department in Z City, and the head of the country's security system, but Damian is getting older and slowly making plans for his upcoming retirement years. . But the one who is disrupting his plans is Devlin, the only grandson who will inherit his career.

Devlin is looking for a way to escape his grandfather's control, he doesn't want to be a cop, he has his career, which is Gunner electronics corporation.

“Master! You must stop the vehicle before we report it to the sheriff. Running away is not a good way, you will be punished for it.” - an officer said loudly into the speaker of the police car so that Devlin could hear, but that didn't stop him, Devlin seemed to have ignored everything.

The cars accelerated, in turn, to be able to catch up with Devlin, before the chase of flies behind, Devlin only knew how to drive straight ahead, he didn't care where he was going, just get out of sight eye of the policeman, the road is getting darker and less crowded, his speed is also faster. The noisy sirens behind also fade, it seems that Devlin has left the police and the city center quite a distance, something has stopped the policemen behind. The road in front of Devlin was no longer illuminated by lamp posts, but only the light from the headlights of his car.

Meanwhile, Damian has become angry, he can't believe that Devlin is against him because Devlin always listens to him.

“Devlin, you must return, now.” - Damian is controlling the anger in his heart and trying to convince Devlin.

"Grandpa, let me make my own decisions, just once." - Devlin is on the phone, I know that Damian is worried about me but I can't do what he wants.

“You will pay for this.”

"I agree."

Two people with the same defiant personality, neither one willing to give in to anyone, Damian was so angry that he grabbed the phone and threw it away.

Turning off the phone, Devlin said nothing more and continued driving on his way. There was no one left on the road, with vast fields on both sides, it seemed that he had come to a remote village. It started thundering and pouring heavy rain, Devlin wanted to find somewhere to stop, tomorrow morning after everything is sorted out he will return.

Devlin stopped the car in front of the only old church here, not a single house around. The atmosphere was terrifying, it was raining heavily outside and there was no sign of stopping. Devlin stepped inside, someone had lit a big bonfire in the middle, a smell of baked potatoes hit his nose, fatigue, hunger, and cold made him unhesitatingly sit down next to the pile. fire. While waiting for the other potatoes to cook, he took out his iPhone and looked at the company's transactions. Devlin is a workaholic but it's worth it, his career, Gunner Corporation is thriving and is at the top of the big electronics corporations. At the age of 29, Devlin already has a foothold in the business world and his company went public three years ago.

Suddenly there was a strange noise that made him jump, an old man wearing a pastor's suit came out from inside, his right hand was leaning on a wooden stick, on the top of the stick was also carved a fox. Devlin was motionless for a few seconds, he didn't know that someone was inside, and quickly stood up.

"I'm sorry, it's raining heavily outside, I didn't have permission to enter here on my own."

"No problem. I am just the custodian of this church, which welcomes everyone, anyone.” The old man looked Devlin straight in the eye with a puzzled smile.

"Thank! So I'll stay here for one night, I'll leave early tomorrow morning." Devlin carefully helped the old man sit down by the fire.

“Ohh! So someone talked to me tonight, do you agree?"

“Of course, I would gladly be.” - Devlin loves his grandfather very much and is a person who respects old people very much so he is very happy to talk to the old man.

The hot potatoes are ripe, although Devlin has a prestigious background, he has been trained by Damian since he was a child in the manners of a soldier in the army, so when faced with the current situation, he adapted very well. Devlin picked up the potato and peeled it off and gave it to the old man first, the two looked at each other and laughed happily. Until it was almost dawn, Devlin did not sleep all night because the old man kept bringing up stories to tell him, but he did not get angry but listened sincerely, partly because the story The old man's story is also very interesting, it is the story of nine-tailed foxes.

“Do you believe in legends?”

“I rarely learn about them.” - Devlin answered frankly because his work is always very busy and the realities in life are enough to give him a headache.

“Ohh… so maybe you'll be interested in them after hearing my story.”

The pastor recounts that 500 years ago there was a nine-tailed fox, which had a strong desire to become human. Day after day, they worked hard to cultivate and do good deeds, the angels were touched by this, and they gave the challenge to give the fox a chance to become a human.

On ordinary days of the month, the fox will live in the form of a beautiful girl, and live like a human, but on the night of the full moon, she will reappear as a nine-tailed fox. Only when the fox fills the spirit of the jewel in her heart by helping people fulfill their last wish before dying and the fox has to meet the man who truly loves her will she truly becomes fully human. The angels named the fox Renata and released it down the mountain, but when they reached the villages at the foot of the mountain, at first the people loved Renata because she was very kind, she helped the dying to finish. their last wish, making the people there see her as a beautiful goddess, and also making all men fall in love with her beauty. That's why over time the women in the village grew jealous and jealous of Renata, they conspired and spread lies that Renata was a monster in the form of a human, on the night of the full moon when Renata now forms a nine-tailed fox. The whole village came to capture Renata, they tied her up and set her house on fire. The angels mourn, but they can't touch humans, so they can only pick up the last fragment of the jewel in Renata's heart and keep it, hoping one day she will come back to life.