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00:00I see the invasion coming in my crystal ball, but I can't protect the entire Foxfolk realm on my own.
00:07With Chloe fighting beside me, he stopped the invasion before it destroys us all.
00:19Chloe and I are rare twins among the Foxfolk.
00:24Chloe was born brilliant and quick-witted.
00:27Her battle wards can hold back an army of beasts.
00:33As for me, I possess the strongest gift for divination the Foxfolk have seen in 10,000 years.
00:39That is why the Foxfolk chose me as the next Highseer.
00:44A thousand years later, we pass the Foxfolk coming-of-age trial.
00:49I take my place as Highseer, and Chloe marries the heir to the Fox kingdom.
00:54Less than 10,000 years later, the Fox king sends word.
01:00Chloe gave birth to the Foxfolk's first royal princess yesterday.
01:04You are invited to the palace banquet to bless her.
01:07I attend the celebration at the palace.
01:16On a whim, I divine what lies ahead for Chloe.
01:20But what I see sends ice through my veins.
01:26Chloe is already dead.
01:28The Fox king doesn't believe me.
01:31Neither do the princess.
01:32Sister, don't joke like that.
01:34I'm standing right here.
01:36How could I already be dead?
01:38You just haven't seen me in too long.
01:40That's why your reading is wrong.
01:41My gaze turns cold.
01:44My visions are never wrong.
01:46But if Chloe is dead,
01:48then who is the woman pretending to be queen in this hall?
01:54I frown at the queen in the great hall.
01:57Her voice, her tone,
01:59even the way her brow creases,
02:01is exactly like Chloe's.
02:03I quietly put away my divination crystal.
02:07Looking panicked,
02:08the Fox king strides toward me.
02:11There has to be some mistake.
02:13Froyer, look again.
02:14I look around at the Foxfolk nobles
02:16filling the hall
02:17when wild beasts invaded our lands.
02:21I sacrificed one of my spirit tails
02:23to divine the way to save it.
02:26Ever since then,
02:27among the Foxfolk,
02:29my divinations carry more weight
02:31than even the Fox king's orders.
02:34There is no mistake.
02:35I raise my hand
02:36and point straight at the queen.
02:39She is not Chloe.
02:40The hall falls silent.
02:41The Fox king looks at the queen beside him
02:44with suspicion
02:45and instinctively takes a step away.
02:47The queen freezes for a moment
02:49and gives me a bitter smile.
02:51Sister, if you're upset
02:52because I haven't come to see you,
02:54then yell at me.
02:55Punish me if you want.
02:57But don't make jokes like this
02:58in front of the children.
02:59I let out a cold laugh,
03:01my eyes fixed on the woman
03:02pretending to be queen.
03:04I'll ask you one more time.
03:06Where did you hide Chloe's body?
03:13Sister, I really am Chloe.
03:15No one says a word.
03:16Every eye in the hall is on me
03:18until a furious voice
03:20cuts through the silence.
03:22Enough!
03:23Jessica, the Fox king's mother,
03:25appears in the doorway
03:26with a group of guards behind her.
03:29Freya, your gift of divination
03:30may have saved the Foxfolk before,
03:32but Chloe was the one
03:33who held back 100,000 invaders.
03:36She is your own sister.
03:38Are you accusing her in public
03:39just to make things difficult?
03:41Or do you have a problem
03:42with the royal family?
03:43Whispers ripple through the crowd.
03:45Jessica marches into the hall
03:46and pulls the false queen behind her.
03:50She has just given the Foxfolk
03:51their first princess.
03:53What more could anyone ask of her?
03:56Can you dare stand here
03:57spreading lies and declaring her dead?
03:59What exactly are you trying to do?
04:01I ignore Jessica.
04:03My eyes never leave the queen's face.
04:06Chloe has an arrow scar
04:07beneath her left ribs.
04:08She got it saving
04:09the Fox king's life years ago.
04:11If you really are, Chloe,
04:12then let us see it.
04:14This is outrageous.
04:18Chloe is the queen of the Foxwork.
04:20How dare you demand
04:21that she undress in public
04:22just to humiliate her?
04:26Mother,
04:27let Freya examine her.
04:32I expect the Fox king
04:33to dismiss my accusation.
04:35Instead,
04:36he stares gravely at the queen
04:38who looks wounded
04:39and wronged.
04:41Jessica trembles with rage,
04:43pointing at the Fox king,
04:44too furious to speak.
04:46If that is what you wish,
04:47your majesty,
04:48forgive me.
04:49The queen
04:50loosens her gown.
04:52Beneath her left ribs
04:53is a jagged old scar,
04:55identical in size
04:56and location.
04:58It only takes a basic reading
04:59to tell whether someone
05:00is alive or dead.
05:01I can't be wrong.
05:03Chloe is dead.
05:04The queen pulls her gown closed,
05:06her eyes glistening.
05:08Sister,
05:09I know you worry about me.
05:11You don't want me to suffer,
05:12but I'm fine.
05:14The king treats me well
05:15and the boys are wonderful.
05:16She looks so hurt,
05:18so willing to forgive me,
05:19that I almost seem
05:20like the one causing trouble.
05:22I clench my fists,
05:24ice in my eyes.
05:25Fine.
05:27If her body proves nothing,
05:28then let's ask her soul.
05:29I take out my crystal orb,
05:32slice my finger,
05:33and let a drop of seer's blood
05:35fall onto its surface
05:37as I whisper an incantation.
05:39Spirits above
05:40guide me to Chloe's soul.
05:43Immense power surges through me.
05:48My vision turns red.
05:50Following the crystal orb's pull,
05:52I search the entire royal city
05:55in an instant.
06:01Chloe's remains are somewhere
06:02in this city.
06:05Freya,
06:06have you made enough of a scene?
06:08This is not a place for you
06:09to do whatever you want.
06:11Guards,
06:12escort Freya back to the altar.
06:14The guards outside exchange
06:15uneasy looks.
06:17Not one of them dares to move.
06:19The Fox King steps forward
06:21and places himself
06:22between me and them.
06:25I believe the High Seer.
06:26The princes move in too,
06:28shielding me
06:28from every side.
06:30Grandmother,
06:31the High Seer's visions
06:31have never been wrong.
06:32If she's this certain
06:34that something happened
06:34to my mother,
06:35then something's clearly wrong.
06:36The prince draws
06:37his enchanted weapon
06:39and faces off
06:40against the guards.
06:42If anyone lays a hand
06:43on the High Seer today,
06:44I'll be the first
06:45to cut off his foxtail
06:46and feed it to the fish.
06:48Jessica shakes with rage.
06:49The queen's eyes
06:51fill with tears
06:52as she quietly
06:53wipes them away.
06:54My children,
06:55do you really not
06:56believe your mother?
06:57If you doubt me,
06:58then search the entire city
06:59and clear my name.
07:01But if you find nothing,
07:02you will leave.
07:03My expression darkens.
07:04For the first time,
07:06I hope my vision is wrong.
07:07Chloe was always
07:08the timid one
07:09when we were little.
07:10Even though she is
07:11the brilliant mind
07:12behind the Fox Folk's
07:13battle formations,
07:14she never dared set foot
07:16on the front lines.
07:17And yet,
07:17when the invaders
07:18ambushed us,
07:19she threw herself
07:20in front of me
07:21and took a fatal blow.
07:22We promised to live
07:23long enough
07:24to see the Fox Folk thrive.
07:26How could she have died
07:27in silence,
07:28right here in the Royal City?
07:29I cut my finger
07:31again.
07:33My blood stains
07:34the entire crystal red
07:36as its power floods
07:37the Great Hall
07:38and surges outward.
07:40I close my eyes,
07:41sensing every living
07:42being in the Royal City.
07:44Then my eyes snap open
07:45as I stare
07:46toward the doors.
07:48The Spirit Pool
07:49in the northwest corner.
07:50I open a portal
07:51and lead the Fox Folk
07:53to the Spirit Pool.
07:56Drain it.
07:59Have you lost your mind?
08:01This is the Spirit Pool,
08:02the source of protection
08:03for all Fox Folk!
08:06Mother,
08:06I said drain it.
08:07The Spirit Pool
08:08cannot be drained
08:09with magic.
08:10It can only be emptied
08:11by brute force.
08:12So thousands of Fox Folk
08:15spend the entire night
08:16hauling water
08:16out by hand.
08:18The Queen stands
08:20beside Jessica
08:21at the edge of the pool
08:22as the water level
08:23drops inch.
08:25There isn't a trace
08:26of panic in her eyes.
08:27I stare at the pool
08:29without blinking.
08:31A Fox Folk crystal
08:32activated by Heart's blood
08:33cannot be wrong.
08:34Your Majesty,
08:35it's empty.
08:36Without even taking
08:37off his shoes,
08:38the younger Prince
08:39jumps into the pool
08:40and frantically digs
08:42through the mud
08:42where I point.
08:45There's something
08:46out there!
08:48The younger Prince
08:50raises a mud-covered bundle
08:51and stumbles
08:52onto the shore.
08:53The Fox King
08:54rushes over
08:55and takes it from him
08:56with trembling hands.
08:57When they rinse it clean,
08:59everyone freezes.
09:00It isn't a body.
09:01It's an old garment
09:03embroidered
09:04with gold thread.
09:05The Queen's tears
09:06spill over
09:07as she drops
09:08to her knees
09:08before the Fox King.
09:09Your Majesty,
09:11do you remember
09:12this dress?
09:13Years ago,
09:14when you were poisoned,
09:15I knelt beside
09:16this spirit pool
09:17for three days
09:18and three nights.
09:19I sank this dress
09:20to the bottom
09:21and prayed to the spirits,
09:23offering ten years
09:23of my life
09:24in exchange for yours.
09:25The Fox King
09:26stands frozen in place.
09:28Then,
09:29he bends down
09:30and helps the Queen
09:31to her feet.
09:32Chloe,
09:32I've wronged you.
09:34Freya,
09:35what do you have
09:36to say for yourself now?
09:37You've abused
09:38the King's trust
09:39to cause chaos.
09:40You deserve
09:41to die for this.
09:42The princes
09:43who stood up for me
09:44step in front of me,
09:45but uncertainty
09:46now flickers
09:47in their eyes.
09:48I take the old garment
09:49and examine it closely.
09:51It really did belong
09:52to Chloe.
09:53Her scent
09:54still clings to it.
09:55Someone who knows
09:56how to block
09:56my divination,
09:57but if my divination
09:58says she is dead,
09:59then it cannot be wrong.
10:00An old dress
10:01proves nothing.
10:02Guard!
10:03Arrest this witch
10:04and take her away.
10:05The guards behind Jessica
10:07move to step forward,
10:08but the Fox King
10:10blocks them again.
10:12Mother,
10:13without the High Seer,
10:14the Fox Folk
10:14would never have known
10:1510,000 years of peace.
10:17And without Chloe,
10:18I would not be
10:19standing here today.
10:20If the High Seer
10:21wants to find her sister,
10:23then let her search
10:24every corner
10:24of the Fox Folk realm
10:26if she has to.
10:29At the Fox King's command,
10:31the princes shield me again.
10:32Jessica's guards
10:33exchange uneasy looks,
10:35too afraid to move.
10:37Through the crowd,
10:37I see the Queen
10:39looking at me
10:39with deep concern.
10:41Sister,
10:42I know no one
10:43can match your gift
10:43for divination,
10:44but everyone
10:45makes mistakes.
10:47If you insist
10:47on searching,
10:48I'll go with you.
10:49I just hope
10:50this doesn't turn
10:51everyone against each other.
10:52I ignore her fake concern.
10:54I pull a small tuft
10:55of fox fur
10:56from my chest,
10:57arrange it into
10:58a spell circle,
10:59and burn it
11:00with my magic.
11:01Agony tears
11:02through my bones.
11:03Blood rises
11:04in my throat,
11:05and I cough up
11:06a mouthful of it.
11:08I see her.
11:09I wave away
11:09the eldest prince's
11:10attempt to help me,
11:12forcing myself upright.
11:14I form a spell
11:15with my hands.
11:16Turn life and death
11:17upside down!
11:17Find her!
11:18A blast of red light
11:19shoots toward
11:21the northeast corner
11:22of the royal city.
11:23I wipe the blood
11:24from my mouth,
11:25my voice ragged.
11:26The forbidden wails,
11:28the cursed mountain.
11:29The moment I say it,
11:30everyone's face changes.
11:33The forbidden wails
11:34are the darkest,
11:35most cursed place
11:37in all the foxfolk realm.
11:40That is where the foxfolk
11:42lock away their worst criminals
11:44and seal the souls
11:46of countless beasts.
11:47They say the wards
11:48were created
11:49by an ancient high seal.
11:51Beyond that,
11:52no one knows anything.
11:54My heart twists
11:55in pain.
11:56How can my Chloe
11:57be lying in a place
11:59so filthy
12:00and dark?
12:01The fox king
12:02goes pale
12:02and rushes
12:03into the portal
12:04ahead of me.
12:05The portal can't open
12:06inside the forbidden wastes.
12:09As everyone
12:10stands helpless,
12:12I burn more
12:13of my foxfur
12:14and force the seal open.
12:17We have to find her
12:18before sunset.
12:19If we don't,
12:20we'll all be trapped here.
12:21The fox king
12:22leads the guards
12:23into the forbidden wastes.
12:26Just as the last ray
12:28of sunlight
12:29is about to disappear.
12:31I found her!
12:33The fox king
12:34emerges from
12:35the forbidden wastes
12:36with his robes
12:36in tatters,
12:37carefully cradling
12:38a set of bones
12:39in his arms.
12:40I can't read the storm
12:42of emotions
12:42in his eyes.
12:43We followed the red light
12:44and found these remains.
12:46Is she Chloe?
12:47His hands are shaking
12:49as he forces himself
12:50to sound calm.
12:52The two princes
12:53stand behind him,
12:54weeping in silence.
12:56The pull of the bloodline
12:58grows weaker
12:59and weaker.
13:00I stare gravely
13:01at the bones.
13:02There's something wrong with
13:04the aura
13:05on these remains.
13:07Bring the fox healer.
13:09Examine the body.
13:11The fox folk's
13:12most respected healer
13:13arrives quickly.
13:14He kneels on the ground
13:16and examines
13:17every inch
13:18of the skeleton.
13:19Before long,
13:20he performs the fox folk's
13:22highest rite of respect
13:23for the remains.
13:24Your majesty,
13:25the pelvic bones
13:26show no signs
13:27of having separated.
13:28This woman
13:28never gave birth.
13:30Dead silence
13:30falls over the crowd.
13:32She never gave birth,
13:33but Chloe gave birth
13:35to two princes.
13:37These aren't
13:38Chloe's remains.
13:43Freya,
13:45you found some
13:45random bones
13:46and thought you could
13:47use them
13:48to accuse the queen.
13:50Do you realize
13:50the crime you've committed?
13:53The queen walks over
13:54and takes my ice-cold hand.
13:56Sister,
13:57I know you've been
13:58alone for too long.
13:59It's made you lose yourself,
14:00but I don't blame you.
14:02I really don't.
14:03I look at
14:03her flawless face
14:05and my stomach turns.
14:06The younger prince
14:07has studied divination
14:09under me
14:09since he was little.
14:10He is especially
14:12sensitive
14:12to the signs.
14:14Frowning,
14:14he takes out
14:15the enchanted crystal
14:16I found for him
14:18deep in the forbidden wastes
14:19and folds it
14:20over the bones.
14:21It changed.
14:22The reading changed.
14:24He grabs
14:24the fox king's arm
14:26excitedly.
14:27The reading has turned
14:27from death to life.
14:29Mother isn't dead.
14:30She's alive and well.
14:31Then,
14:32he turns to me,
14:33blame in his eyes.
14:34High seer,
14:35you must be out of practice
14:36after living in peace
14:37for so many years.
14:38That's why you got it wrong.
14:39Mother is right here.
14:40Please,
14:41stop dragging this out.
14:42The tension in the crowd
14:43finally eases.
14:45One by one,
14:45they begin agreeing
14:47with the younger prince.
14:48The fox king
14:49lets out a long sigh.
14:50Freya,
14:51you're exhausted.
14:52You've lived alone
14:53all these years
14:53studying magic
14:54while carrying the burden
14:55of protecting the entire realm.
14:56You've suffered enough.
14:57Guards,
14:58take the high sea
14:59somewhere she can rest.
15:00No one is to disturb her
15:01without my order.
15:03Are you putting me
15:03under house arrest,
15:04your majesty?
15:06My accusation
15:07sends tension
15:08through the hall.
15:09Even the fox king's face
15:10darkens
15:11with a rare flash of anger.
15:12The queen walks over
15:13and slips her arm
15:14through mine,
15:15putting on a show
15:16of sisterly concern.
15:18Sister,
15:18go get some sleep.
15:20Once you wake up,
15:21everything will be fine.
15:22Watching them fall
15:23for her lies,
15:24I let out a bitter laugh.
15:26I used my purest lifeblood
15:27to divine life
15:28and death itself.
15:29How could I possibly be wrong?
15:31I can't lie to myself anymore.
15:33And I can't keep running
15:35from the truth.
15:36There are countless forms
15:37of magic in this world.
15:38Some are powerful enough
15:40to fool foxfolk divination.
15:42Even forbidden dark magic
15:44could be involved.
15:45But no matter
15:46what kind of magic
15:47is behind this,
15:49there is one person
15:50no one can surpass.
15:52Our master.
15:54Rest.
15:55No.
15:56I don't need rest.
15:58I pull the dagger
15:59from my waist.
16:00Hyster!
16:00Throw it!
16:01And without hesitation,
16:03drive it straight
16:04into my chest.
16:05Don't move.
16:06I draw out my heart's blood
16:08and fling it into the air.
16:09Then, summon my fox spirit.
16:12My heart's blood
16:13becomes a blade
16:14and severs one of my tails.
16:16Blood and fur
16:17twist together
16:18and surge
16:19toward my brow.
16:20A blinding light
16:21explodes
16:22in between my eyes.
16:25When I open my eyes,
16:27the black and white clarity
16:28of my gaze is gone.
16:29In its place,
16:30my irises shine gold.
16:32What are you doing?
16:32If you really are Chloe,
16:33then answer me this.
16:34What is our master's name?
16:35The fox folk
16:37all believe
16:38Chloe and I
16:38were born prodigies.
16:40But only we know the truth.
16:42Before we were even born,
16:43our souls were trained
16:45by a reclusive tatted cat
16:46who lived among the fox folk.
16:48Only someone connected
16:50to us by blood
16:51can sense that secret
16:52through our souls.
16:54Any fox folk
16:55who had been intimate
16:56with either of us
16:57would know it too.
16:58The queen freezes
16:59for half a second,
17:00then quietly lets out a breath.
17:03She smooths
17:03a loose strand of hair
17:05by her temple.
17:06Her expression
17:07perfectly composed.
17:09Our master?
17:10Obviously,
17:11the former high sea
17:12of the fox folk.
17:13The entire hall
17:14goes silent.
17:15I close my eyes
17:16as two bloody tears
17:17slide down my cheeks.
17:19The fox king's face
17:20changes instantly.
17:22He coughs up
17:23a mouthful of blood
17:24and collapses,
17:25unconscious.
17:26The princes understand
17:27at once.
17:28They draw their
17:28enchanted weapons
17:29and point me
17:30at the queen.
17:31Who are you?
17:32The color drains
17:33from the queen's face.
17:34Her whole body
17:35begins to shake.
17:36My children,
17:37have you lost your minds?
17:38I'm your mother.
17:40Freya has gone mad.
17:41Are you going to
17:41lose your minds with her?
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