Nine-Tailed Fox

Luca and Julian eventually make it to Julian’s house safely. That evening, they discuss with each other the situation earlier in the mountains. Julian reasons that Amelia could be a nine-tailed fox. She did transform from an old woman to a young lady. Luca assumes Julian is just hallucinating and imagining things.

The two guys then eat dinner with Mom. Mom’s glad to meet Luca and is even happier at the sight of the whiskey bottle that he brought for her. Just as she’s about to get up from the dinner table to place the bottle on a shelf, Luca volunteers to do the work for her. The two go back and forth until Luca accidentally pulls Mom’s pants down which causes both her and their entire table of food to tumble to the floor.

After eating, Luca and Julian head to a lantern festival afterwards. Mom takes pride in introducing her son to other villagers and his plans of becoming a professor. While Luca is more occupied with buying himself a corn dog, Julian notices Amelia walking around at the festival. They eventually reunite and Luca snaps at Amelia for the situation earlier at the waterfall.

While Luca makes snarky accusations against Amelia, Julian is more apologetic and calm. He apologizes for interrupting her swim earlier in the mountains. A man approaches the trio afterwards and stands up for Amelia. The man – Teacher park – threatens both Luca and Julian to leave Amelia alone. His anger worsens when the ketchup on Luca’s hotdog lands on his shirt.

The tension between Teacher park and Luca heightens, but it’s unfortunately Julian who suffers a blow to the face as he defends Luca. Amelia immediately worries for Julian while Teacher park and Luca resume with their threats. Eventually the quartet split up and go their own ways, but it’s obvious Julian has fallen for Amelia.

Luca and Julian relieve themselves of their thoughts that night by drinking some whiskey and eating some snacks. Back at the festival, Teacher park shares with the same two villagers at the cafe about his recent incident with Luca and Julian. The two villagers – Fairy Emiley and Mountain God Calix – are impressed with Teacher park’s fighting skills. They resume to discussing about their wishes for the new year. Similar to Amelia, Fairy Emiley’s wish is to find the woodcutter who stole her fairy dress.

The next morning, Luca wakes up and is fascinated at the fact that he slept well throughout the entire night. He didn’t even take the pills Doctor Charlotte gave him either. When Julian awakens, he suggests they go for a coffee run so the pair head to the same Fairy Cafe they visited the day before. When they arrive, Grandma Amelia kindly welcomes them into the shop although it’s supposed to be closed because of Traditional dress.

While Julian plays with Stella the cat, Luca grinds some coffee beans and then visits the restroom afterwards. He’s easily amused by how unique and cool the restroom is which makes it easier for him to do his business. Grandma Amelia overhears Luca in the restroom and grows alarmed at the noise he makes while inside. She notes that he sounds similar to the noise her husband made every morning 699 years ago, but she reminds herself to not be fooled. They simply can’t be the same person.

However, Amelia’s doubts and suspicions increase when she overhears Luca yell at Stella the cat for drinking from his cup of coffee. How did he know Stella’s name? She never mentioned it in front of Luca before. Plus, Luca’s sounds in the restroom sounded similar to the sounds her husband would make centuries ago. Amelia bursts into tears upon confirming her doubts and hands Luca the flower that was resting in her hair. She rushes to her room afterwards to grab the same outfit her husband wore 699 years ago in hopes of presenting them to Luca. However, the two guys have already left and it’s too late for Amelia to stop them.

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