Tale of the Nine Tailed (Gumihodyeon / 구미호뎐)

Once you fall into the Samdo River,

you'll never be able to come back.

No.

I love you.

No!

No!

Yeon!

Don't leave me.

Yeon!

I can hear her crying.

Yeon!

I must tell her...

that she shouldn't be so sad...

and that the love story of a human and fox...

always ends this way.

From the beginning,

we belonged in two different worlds.

Using our love as a bridge,

I wished to cross over to her world.

I wished to be with her longer.

I wished to be a mortal.

My dreams...

never came true,

but my death...

is the most...

passionate love letter...

sent to my first and last love.

I hope...

that she doesn't wait for me.

I hope she doesn't cry too much.

And I'd give anything to see her one last time.

I...

no longer can see her face.

Jae Hwan.

Ms. Kim?

Ms. Kim!

Hold on. - Are you all right?

Well...

Could a miracle actually exist in this world?

The unknown contagious disease that drove people to fear...

vanished as of last night.

Patients of this puzzling disease and their family members...

who had no choice but to succumb to it...

embraced with each other with tears of joy.

Finally, everything has come back to normal.

I couldn't...

save Yeon.

Once again, I lost a young man I adored.

That's not true. You did everything you could...

to help Yeon.

That's why I came back to you.

I hope Yeon didn't suffer.

He probably didn't.

He saved the girl which is all that he wished.

Mr. Hyeonuiong.

Mr. Hyeonuiong!

It's Ji A, please open the door.

What do I do?

Don't open the door for her.

But...

She should forget about Yeon...

and live an ordinary life among others.

Please tell me...

what I need to do to save Yeon.

Tell me what I can do.

Can you please...

just tell me what I should do?

Mr. Hyeonuiong.

Please open the door.

Please.

Why can't we just open the door?

Rang!

Mr. Lee, should I buy you naengmyeon?

Get out.

You haven't eaten anything but alcohol for three days.

I said get out.

It wasn't your fault.

You just did what Yeon asked you to do.

Say one more word and I'll kill you.

Do you want stickers?

I have a really cool car too.

Will both of you just get lost? Get out of my house!

Thank you for letting me in.

I have no time to console your broken heart,

so I'll just get to the point.

Yeon is dead.

You can't do anything to bring him back.

I may not be able to do anything, but you can.

You have control over life and death so there must be something...

We also have rules in this world.

There are things that just can't be done.

Then at least let him get reincarnated.

I don't care if he doesn't recognize me.

I'm fine even if he forgets everything about me, so please...

Yeon willingly chose to jump into the Samdo River.

He knew he wouldn't be able to be reincarnated,

but he still chose to do so.

So stop protesting in front of my office.

You can't undo what's been done by throwing a tantrum.

No, I'm sure there's a way.

There must be a way to bring Yeon back.

That will...

never happen.

I let you in to tell you that.

Ma'am.

Ma'am, wait. Ma'am.

It's so dark.

The street lamps are out.

It would be so cool if you could use your powers...

to fix them.

Submit a request to the local authority.

Are you okay?

The street lamps are on again.

I called the local authority.

You didn't have to do that.

If you get hurt, I'll get an earful from Mr. Lee.

Dr. Koo.

Are you okay?

I need to be okay even if I'm not.

I have a lot to do.

I just met the gatekeeper of the Samdo River.

She told me there's no way to save Mr. Lee.

Yeon knew this would happen from the very start.

But he still chose to sacrifice himself for the woman he loved.

What am I supposed to do?

Just live your life like nothing ever happened.

Forget having met Mr. Lee...

and everything you saw regarding our world,

and live a normal life.

That's what he wants for you.

Shin Ju.

Is he still inside? - He won't even budge.

I'm worried he might collapse.

Let me talk to him.

Why are you being like this? - Isn't it obvious?

This won't bring Mr. Lee back.

I can't believe you just said that.

But you look completely fine.

You always acted like you could sacrifice your life for him.

You're an ungrateful piece of trash.

You can call me whatever you want.

But I need to say this to you.

Save the darn lecture and give me back my alcohol.

Get it together.

You crazy punk.

Stop acting like a baby and start living your life.

Do you have a death wish? - Mr. Lee told me to tell you that.

You can go ahead and listen to the rest.

Is this working? Okay, there we go.

Hey, it's me.

We just had naengmyeon together.

And you ate my egg.

If you're watching this,

I'm probably no longer alive.

My gosh.

This is so corny.

This kind of stuff looked cool in movies.

I'm sure it'll be neat enough to keep as a keepsake.

Say you agree.

Neat, my foot.

Rang.

Are you drinking?

You're probably drinking wine, right?

How did he know that?

Soju suits you a lot better than wine, you know.

And you're better off as a social worker than a villain.

You could never pass by an injured dog...

ever since you were young.

And I wondered why you had changed so much.

But you haven't changed at all.

You haven't changed one bit.

So...

you'll be fine even after I'm gone.

You jerk. How do you expect me to be fine?

You need to be fine.

You have a family to protect now.

I don't need any of them.

Stop talking back when I'm talking to you.

I can already hear you grumbling.

Remember what I told you in the Forest of the Starved?

I...

I told you...

that I never once abandoned you.

So don't you...

discard yourself so recklessly.

Cherish yourself for my sake.

This is my final request.

Take care.

Also, this message will explode after 10 seconds.

Just kidding.

I've always wanted to say that.

Yeon.

You told me to forget,

but I'll wait for you.

If I wish for it desperately again and again,

maybe we'll be able to meet again.

In my next life...

No.

The life after that is fine too.

That's why I've decided to remember you...