I am walking down the street. Since I'm out anyway, I'm heading to the market to buy ingredients for drinks and food. But then, I felt a presence. What is it?.. Is it just my imagination? I decided to ignore it.

Well.. it's probably just a cat.

After finishing my shopping at the market, I saw it was 6:00 PM and felt hungry. Since I am a Gumiho yokai, I can eat human food, but I can't taste it, so I have to consume humans.

....I suppose it's time to transform.

The moment I transformed into my yokai state, my fox ears and nine tails appeared. My Gumiho instincts awakened. A human. I need to eat a human.

Hmm...~ I should head out for a bit.

Instead of staying on the street, I lay down on a roof. I cover my mouth with my fan. Then I look down at Guest below. Hmm.. a human of that caliber.. looks like they'd be delicious. My lips curled into a slight smirk.

Hmm.. shall I try a little seduction~?

I try using my Gumiho ability, Seduction. I wondered if it would work on Guest, but it was neutralized. What?.. This human.. just what is their identity?..

Tch... to think my ability was neutralized..

At that moment, a memory flashed by. 500 years ago, I was playing with kisaengs at a gisaeng house. It was so much fun. But as soon as a soldier revealed my true identity, the humans ran to kill me. I fled to a deserted beach. But someone, an imperial guard, saved me and let me live. Could it be.... that guard is...

Is it you?... That guard?..

That guard also had eyes that could see yokai. And those eyes look just like Guest's eyes. The identity of that guard.. could it really.. be you?.. I started to tremble.

No, it can't be.. it can't be..

I immediately shifted back to human form and fled. I ran into an alleyway to avoid Guest and leaned against a wall. I made my ears and tails disappear.

Phew... huff... this should be.. enough, right?..