I'd like to give up my position as a warrior.
You would?
Why? Because of Kang Min-woo?
It's not because of anyone else. It's because of me.
I'm no longer qualified to be a warrior.
That's for me to decide.
- Chief Elder... - I can't accept your resignation.
Being a warrior of the fox race is your destiny.
But I'm in love with a human being.
Yes, and Kang Min-woo will accept you for now.
But humans are cowardly and weak.
He'll always be suspicious of you.
And he'll make your life a living hell.
He'll turn your love into despair.
That's the futile and dangerous nature of human love.
Even if I can't be with him, I'm giving up my position as a warrior.
I've lost the courage to fight him.
If you wish to give up being a warrior, you have to kill me first.
You should give up.
Your mother will never let Si-yon go.
The story of the 1000-year-old fox is a fairy tale.
It's just a legend!
No, it's been handed down for generations of chief elders.
Otherwise, why would your mother go through all this?
Si-yon carries the fate of our race.
We're at a crossroads, and she'll determine whether or not we can live as human beings.
As human beings?
Why do you think we crave fresh human liver?
Because we want to be human.
We may be superior to them, but we're imperfect beings.
Because we're dependent on human liver for survival.
We've long desired to become human beings.
And now the opportunity beckons.
And the 1000-year-old fox will be the sacrificial lamb.
By sacrificing her, we can become human?
If we no longer have to consume human liver,
doesn't that make us human beings?
That's Si-yon's fate.
You can't change that fate. And you shouldn't try.
How long have you known all this?
As it was Si-yon's fate to be the 1000-year-old fox,
it was my fate to protect her.
Not to be Mother's servant?
Moo-young...
I don't want to see you for a while.
I really don't.
You can't be with Kang Min-woo without forsaking me.
Hey, don't look away. Kang Min-joo...
You're in big trouble.
- My dear brother... - What was that?
Do you really consider me your brother?
How could not tell me you were sick?
Min-woo...
- I'm really hurting right now. - Are you?
You took the words right out of my mouth.
You think you're hurting more than I am?
Thanks to you, my heart's been ripped to pieces. Take a look!
Will you stop?
I've been waiting for the right time to tell you...
- But you're ruining it. - Did I ruin some surprise?
Please, no more jokes. I'm really not in the mood.
Help me sit up.
I'm going to take care of everything.
So don't worry.
You do trust me, don't you?
What? You don't?
Of course, I do.
Let me take a look at you.
Min-joo, you're awake.
No, don't look at me. I haven't even had the chance to wash my face.
Let me get the booger out of my eyes at least.
It's okay. I haven't washed my face either.
You're visiting me and you didn't even wash your face?
- You should come with me. - Where are you going?
To the restroom.
- Can you make it there by yourself? - Sure.
Thank you.
She looks so much worse than yesterday.
Any hopes for a transplant?
It's hard to get a transplant through ordinary means.
Damn... What are we going to do?
I'll have to do something.
I'll do whatever it takes.
What is that supposed to mean?
By the way, Director Jang is looking for you.
I heard about your sister's illness.
But resigning isn't going to help.
It's not just because of her.
I've lost both the qualifications and the desire.
It's not because you don't want to fight Si-yon?
That's part of it too.
Does she mean that much to you?
Yes...
Even though she's a nine-tailed fox?
Si-yon is actually...
She's actually Hae-in.
Hae-in?
My friend who I thought died 13 years ago.
- What? - She was alive all along.
- As a warrior of the fox race. - Is that really true?
I'm sorry I couldn't fulfill your expectations.
Yun Hae-in?
So Chief Elder Shin saved Yun Si-yon from that massacre?
- It could be the other way around. - I don't understand.
It could've been a scheme for her to get Yun Si-yon.
I'm sorry?
Si-yon and Min-woo were born on the same day...
And Si-yon, a nine-tailed fox, and Min-woo, a human being, are in love...
Then just maybe...
Just maybe, the legend is really true.
What do you mean?
The legend of the 1000-year-old fox.
I told you to keep Moo-young in the dark.
Yet you tell him about the 1000-year old fox?
I wanted to stop him...
From getting hurt any more.
Otherwise, he may go all the way.
You still don't know Moo-young.
Now he'll surely do whatever it takes to protect Si-yon.
You've made him an enemy. He'll be uncontrollable now!
- Maybe we can reason with him... - Reason with him?
He refused to take up a sword to avoid becoming the chief elder.
Who's the reason he eventually became a warrior?
If Moo-young gets in our way...
If that time ever comes...
I want you to slay him.
Chief!
If you can't kill him, then maim him for good.
That's your role.
Min-woo went to get some sodas, but what's taking him so long?
Ms. Yun!
Min-joo...
ORGANS FOR SALE
Hello?
I was embarrassed to ask him to bring me some underwear.
Thank you so much for looking after me.
That's why a girl can use a sister.
- Consider me your sister. - Really?
Cheer up. Everything will work out.
I'm sure.
I'm sorry...
Ms. Yun... I mean, Sis. Don't be sorry.
I only thought about myself, so I didn't tell Min-woo about your illness...
No, I asked you to keep it a secret from him.
I'll take care of you in place of your mother.
Thank you.
And you also have the option of caring for my brother.
He's going through some difficult times.
He's laughing on the outside,
but I know he's crying his heart out on the inside.
It'd be nice if you could comfort him.
Could you do that for me?
I feel so much better now.
We have to talk.
Look after Min-joo. She has a test in an hour.
- Where are you going? - I have to do something.
Like what?
Like going to see illegal organ dealers?
We'll talk later.
What the hell is wrong with you? Have you lost your mind?
What choice do I have? Should I just let Min-joo die?
That's not what I'm saying. But what have we devoted our lives to?
We're cops who go after bad guys like them.
I'm no longer an SICS agent or a cop.
I can do whatever I want. In order to save Min-joo's life,
I can do a lot worse than going to these organ dealers.
- Hey, Kang Min-woo! - Let go!
Why don't you go ask Min-joo?
Think she'll take a liver you got illegally?
Crazy son of a...
Are you okay?
Would you like a hug?
You can lean on me, you know.
That's what the guy is supposed to say.
You're not alone anymore.
I'll be by your side from now on.
Let's go. I reserved the clothes for our wedding.
Moo-young...
There's nothing to talk about. Let's go.
You're the only one who can help me.
I know this is wrong...
It's so unfair to you...
But you're the only one who can get me out of this.
Let's forget this wedding.
- Let me go. - Why?
Did my mother say something to you?
She's my mentor and mother figure.
She took such good care of me, and yet I've disappointed her.
I told her I no longer want to be a warrior.
What?
Yet, she's not upset and she's still looking after me.
And?
But if you let me go, she'll accept it.
I've come too far.
I can't go back now.
- It's still not too late. - No.
I tried and tried.
I tried my best to hold myself back... To not fall in love with Min-woo...
But there's nothing I could do.
I can't control my own feelings.
Even if we don't get married, and you stop being a warrior,
there's still no way you can be with him.
Don't you realize that?
I do, and I accept it.
But at least I won't have to fight him.
Like you said, I'm the only one who can help you.
You may not be happy with me,
but at least you'll be safe.
Your safety is the number one concern right now.
What are you talking about?
You can give up being a warrior,
but we have to get married.
Moo-young, you do love me, don't you?
You want me to be happy, right?
Then just this once... Let me just do what I want.
I'm begging you, please.
Another path, another woman, another love...
None of that's for me.
I didn't choose you. Fate did.
I can't let you go.
You have to stay with me.
1000-year-old fox?
I thought that was just some legend.
It's more than just a legend.
Seeing the chief elder forsake Moo-young to protect Si-yon tells me that
the chief is privy to some special secret.
I'll do anything to find out more about this.
1000-year-old fox... Yun Si-yon...
The red moon sword has been found in Korea?
Where is it now?
It was smuggled in, so we don't know yet.
Is it really the red moon sword?
According to our informant, the sheath has...
a similar design on it as the one you talked about.
- Find out right away where the sword is. - Yes, sir.
Now, we'll be able to kill the foxes.
What do you want?
Come on, can't you greet me properly?
''How are you? '' or something like that would do, you know.
How are you? Are you doing well?
How can a sick person be doing well? And yourself?
I'm busy. Get to the point.
Okay, big shot... I'll talk to you another time.
- Wait! - What?
Say what you have to say. You've got me worried.
I don't really have anything to say. I was just bored.
Where are you?
I'm in Busan.
I'm doing a show down here. Where are you?
In my dorm, of course.
Actually, I do have something to say.
I realized that you really came through for me several times.
So I just wanted to say thanks.
Did you just now figure that out? Better late than never.
Take care.
You should give up.
Your mother will never let Si-yon go.
This 1000-year-old fox on the mural... She looks rather familiar, don't you think?
There's something uncanny about this mural.
It really reminds me of someone I know.
What about you?
By the way, when's your wedding?
You're going to invite your family and friends, right?
Why are you ignoring me? Answer me before you go!
I understand why you're acting like this.
Having the person you love not return that love...
I know that feeling as well as you do.
That's what makes it harder for me to face you.
It's like looking at myself.
It makes it hard for me to be around you.
So are you telling me not to show my face around you?
You'll get nothing but pain and humiliation from me.
So it'd be better if you avoided me altogether.
What is it?
You acted like you were never going to see me again.
You must have something to say.
I'll give you my life.
Please leave Si-yon alone.
You've got this all wrong.
You can't replace Si-yon.
I hear the liver cloning process will be a success. So...
We'll have to wait to see whether it's successful.
We can't stake the future of our race on it.
But you've always loved Si-yon, Mother.
Because I needed her.
Mother, please reconsider.
I'd like to kill you right now.
You're the future chief of our race,
yet you're groveling because of some petty emotions.
They may seem petty to you, but they mean everything to me.
Without Si-yon, I'm nothing.
Mother, please reconsider.
I'll protect you.
I will protect you...
Is that really true, Doctor? My little sister can have a liver transplant?
Yes, the test results were excellent.
Thank you.
- What did the doctor say? - Hae-in...
What happened?
Min-joo will be able to get a liver transplant.
Really?
- The surgery's in three days. - That's great!
We've found out where the red moon sword is.
- Get ready. - Yes, sir!
I'd like to reserve two tickets to Paris.
Shin Moo-young and Yun Si-yon.
Where are we going?
To your place. To pack your things.
What?
I've found a place for you to stay. You can move there for now.
And after Min-joo recovers from her surgery,
the three of us will move somewhere far away.
- Hyon-soo... - Don't pack too much.
We can buy what we need later.
Don't worry about me.
- Take care of Min-joo first... - The SICS isn't the problem right now.
The fox race will try to harm you.
Especially Shin Moo-young. He'll try to get you back.
There's no telling what he might do.
He's not like that...
Chief Elder Shin, Moo-young, and the other warriors...
They all care about me as you do.
They won't harm me.
- So you don't have to worry. - Hae-in...
I trust them. Very much.
If the 1000-year-old fox is offered as a sacrifice,
our race can become human?
I'll have to rethink my opinion of Chief Elder Shin.
She's been scheming all these years just to become a lowly, pathetic human?
You think Si-yon really is the 1000-year-old fox?
Only Chief Shin knows the truth.
We'll have to find out what's lurking in her mind.
How would you do that?
What's the trump card that would really get under her skin?
You mean Kang Min-woo?
Go get Si-yon and lock her up.
That may strip away her status as the 1000-year-old fox.
She's supposed to remain a warrior until...
We have to get to her before we lose her.
- What do you mean? - Moo-young will make his move.
- He'll try to hide her somewhere. - You don't need to worry.
He knows she's essential to the survival of our race.
He wouldn't do something so reckless.
Moo-young is my own son. I can see right through him.
He sees nothing but Si-yon right now.
He pleaded with me to no avail, so there's no telling what he might do.
Come on. Have some.
You won't be able to eat before the surgery.
- Eat up, dummy. - Goody!
Why is this so salty? You didn't wash your hands, did you?
- I did too. - When? The day before yesterday?
You just went to the restroom. Didn't you wash your hands afterwards?
Yuck!
You two siblings...
And I took time out of my busy schedule. Fine, I'll leave.
Come on, don't be like that. You're just so cute when you get angry though.
Cute?
Your eyes get all slanted and then you pout... So cute.
Yes, I'd say I'm more cute than sexy.
Hello.
What the hell do you want?
It's about Si-yon.
You probably want to hear this.
What is it? And no funny stuff.
As punishment for loving a human, Si-yon will die.
She's fallen in love with a human and forgotten her place,
so the chief elder has no other choice.
What are your real intentions? I don't believe you.
You don't have to believe me if you don't want to.
But gambling with the life of the woman you love...
Seems rather reckless, doesn't it?
All you have to do is confirm it with Si-yon.
Right?
If you don't want any regrets, you'd better go to her now.
It may already be too late.
I told you it's dangerous for you to come here.
You have to leave this place now.
What's the matter?
You have to leave now.
Why?
Your life is in danger. They're coming to kill you.
Who told you someone's trying to kill me?
We'll talk later.
Sa-joon!
What's going on? Don't do this, please.
Come with me.
If you don't come, your friend's going to die.
I don't think so.
Sa-joon...
Min-woo... Are you all right?
- What do you think you're doing? - I have to bring Si-yon back.
- So move. - My mother's orders?
If you don't move, you'll die as well.
- You really do plan to kill me. - My duty comes first.
Take Si-yon and go.
I said, take her and leave!
This is all I can do for you.
Go.
How can you put a woman before your entire race?
That's just how I am.
If I'd known, I would never have told you about the 1000-year-old fox.
I'm so disappointed in you.
- As our next chief elder... - I became a warrior only to protect Si-yon...
I could care less about becoming chief elder.
You could care less?
This was your only opportunity to kill me...
And you just lost it.
What happened now?
They're trying to kill Hae-in.
Who? The fox race? Why?
Because of me...
I'm about to lose it...
Didn't I tell you to stay away from her?
- So I need you to look after Hae-in. - What?
You told me you knew a place we could hide her.
You're really going to make me lose it.
Detective Moon...
Why do things keep getting all twisted in knots?
Please...
- Stop being absurd. Take her with you. - What?
You think the foxes won't be after you as well?
You have her with you. You're in danger too.
No, Min-joo's going to have her surgery, and...
The foxes are after you, not Min-joo.
You don't have to be there for the surgery.
I'll be sure to look after her. And I'll explain everything to her.
You'd better leave now.
If you die at their hands, Min-joo will die from the shock.
Go on!
Now!
So it was Moo-young's fault?
No, it was mine.
Yes...
Not stopping Moo-young is your fault.
And that's the reason you'll always play second fiddle.
Do whatever it takes to bring Si-yon to me.
If something should happen between her and Min-woo,
and she can't become the 1000-year-old fox...
Then you'll face death!
Be prepared.
Why did we have to meet like this?
Why...?
I'm still so glad that we met again.
Because we did meet again, I can sit next to you like this...
And I can love you.
All I do is hurt the ones who love me.
Chief Elder Shin, who's always treated me like a daughter...
You, who I met again after all those years...
And Moo-young, who's always protected me...
All I do is hurt them.
Don't think about anything.
I've thrown it all away.
The SICS...
And the fact that you're a nine-tailed fox...
I've thrown everything out the window.
And the only thing I have is you.
Yun Hae-in...
And that's more than enough for me.
This sword contains the power of the red moon.
That's why it's called the red moon sword.
It is a cool-looking sword.
But what are we going to use this old thing for?
This sword will give you the power to face the foxes.
- Really? - We'll have to see.
We'll have to confront them.
And who will be doing the confronting?
May I?
Yes.
- Come on. - I can't get it out of the sheath.
One, two...
What a tough sword!
You scared me.
Take that sword away.
This is so nice...
Nice enough to make me forget everything you put me through.
This is much nicer, isn't it?
Yes, a little...
- About Min-joo... - Yes?
Shouldn't you give her a call?
Detective Moon is taking good care of her.
He seems like a bumbling fool on the surface.
But he's not even letting me call, out of fear that they might track us down.
I'm sorry...
About what?
About your parents and now your sister...
All I do is bring you misfortune.
It's not your fault.
You can make it up to and me Min-joo for the rest of your life.
I'm going to charge interest too.
You still haven't found Si-yon yet?
I'm sorry.
You can't find her or you won't?
Aren't you trying a bit too hard?
Don't pretend like nothing's wrong. You let Si-yon leave with Min-woo.
Your heart must feel like it's been ripped out.
Just break down and cry!
Let it all out, and then you can go on.
Why do you have to bottle it all up?
If you're worried, I'd like to thank you.
If you're angry, I'd like to apologize.
Moo-young...
I don't want to talk about Si-yon.
How touching.
Still wishing the best for her.
But what are we going to do?
You'll see her again soon.
Your mother will find her, no matter what.
Si-yon's no ordinary girl.
She holds the fate of our race in her hands.
Wait and see.
Some interesting things are about to happen.
What?
I'll lure Kang Min-woo and Si-yon.
I have the perfect bait.
They won't be able to resist.
Min-joo's surgery is coming up, isn't it?
Why don't you go?
That could put her in greater danger.
If it's because you're worried about me, you should go.
She was strong enough to survive that massacre 13 years ago.
I'm sure the surgery will go well.
But with you watching, she'll do even better.
I'll wait for you here.
I won't go anywhere, and nothing will happen.
I promise.
I'll stay right here till you come back.
- Congratulations. - You scared me.
Other people bring flower baskets.
I can't eat these flowers.
- Then give them back. - Hey, you can't take them back.
They do smell really nice.
By the way, why did you want to see me?
Will my handsome face make the surgery go smoother?
I'm just a little nervous...
Tomorrow is the surgery, but my brother can't be here.
He had to go abroad on a really important assignment.
If you'd be here in his place, it'd put my mind at ease.
Why don't you say anything?
I thought you'd start badmouthing my brother.
I'll stay with you.
I'll be here in place of your brother.
I'm so grateful...
You have to get better though.
So you can get on your moped again.
Okay.
I'll be right back after the surgery.
Don't let anyone in, okay?
Okay, be careful.
Don't be scared. They said it's a really simple surgery.
I'm sorry...
I can't keep my promise to stay with you.
Hey there, little dummy... Your brother is on his way.
Wait just a little while.
The liver will be here soon.
Is that the liver for Ms. Kang Min-joo?
Yes.
Chae!
- Doctor, her saturation level is dropping! - Where's the liver?
- Without that liver, she'll die! - That's not my problem.
- Don't do this, Chae. - I'm carrying out the chief elder's order.
Don't come any closer!
That liver is my sister's life...
- Please give it back. - Oh?
Here you go.
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Subtitles ripped and corrected by kikkachu