Death And Resurrection

"Barbara!"

"Ahahaha... your body is very beautiful and being a striptease dancer is suitable."

"I can't and I don't want to!"

"The salary is big, are you sure you don't want it? If I were as beautiful and sexy as you, I would definitely take the job."

"But-"

"Okay, you can consider it later. I'll give you my acquaintance. Call him if you change your mind!"

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"Striptease dancer? Seriously. If mom finds out I became a striptease dancer to earn money, she will definitely kill me. But if I don't earn a lot of money and show her that I don't need to be like her to survive, she will definitely force me to live with her and become a shaman." She thought.

Become a shaman, psychic or magician. She didn't want to do any of that. During the 28 years she lived, she continuously experienced mental pressure because of people's insults and insults about her mother's profession.

"But as a striptease dancer, do I have to dance naked in front of men?" She thought. She didn't quite know what the striptease dancers actually did.

Knock...knock...knock...

There was a knock on the door, even though she felt lazy to open it, she would feel bad if it was Jacob or Damian who came. But when the door was opened, Henry's cold face appeared behind the door.

Henry looked at her with a cold gaze and it made her think back to what happened 10 years ago. Even then, before pushing her into the waterfall, Henry looked at her the same way.

"Henry? What the-"

"Let's see how things turn out if the witch isn't here!" Damian said as he took out a knife from the pocket of the coat he was wearing and stabbed Ruby with it.

"Uh..."

Ruby was silent, looking at Henry with wide eyes. She touched the knife stuck in her stomach, Ruby froze, her mind trying to process what actually happened to her. But the pain she was feeling right now made her head start to feel empty.

Ruby fell on the floor in front of her, gasping for air. Little by little she was still trying to breathe air to keep her alive. However, the blood flowing more rapidly made her body increasingly weak.

She looked at Henry with a blank look, as if begging him for mercy. She didn't know what made Henry hate her so much that she had the heart to kill her a second time.

"Henry-"

"How about it, Ruby? How does death feel like? It's okay, I'll see how you can come back from death like that time."

After confirming that Ruby was dead, Henry decided to take her away by lifting her body and carrying her into the car.

He knew one safe place where he could wait until Ruby came back from the dead.

He took his car through a village that was very quiet and far from the thoughts of the residents. A cabin near the woods is the perfect place to wait.

Henry carried Ruby's body into the cabin and laid her on the bed. He removed the knife that was still stuck in her stomach. Ruby's body had stiffened and the blood had stopped coming out of the stab wound in her stomach.

"The fox demon is the only source of strength so that we can further expand our territory. I want you to catch that creature immediately, Henry! You know that we don't have much time left!"

"How can we confirm that the creature is a nine-tailed fox? We can't detect its presence by using its smell. Unlike werewolves, the fox demon always disguises its smell with human smell to trick hunters who want to catch it. If it's a fox demon we're If she has used up all her life, then eating her heart again will be pointless. All we can do is wait until she is reincarnated and lives in a different body."

Henry looked at Ruby's corpse which still showed no signs of coming back to life. The only thing he could do was follow the method his grandfather had given him. Namely catching the fox demon, killing them and making sure they will come back to life and recover from their final condition, when their condition reaches 100 percent, pounce on them and immediately eat their heart while it is still beating.

After 60 minutes of waiting, Ruby's fingers began to move. Henry's eyes widened sharply when he saw how the stab wounds on Ruby's body were starting to cover with new skin. Her body, which had been stiff and pale, slowly returned to normal.

"Impossible!"

Henry still can't believe what he witnessed, even though 10 years ago he saw for himself how Ruby came back to life after falling from a high waterfall.

Ruby opened her eyes and quickly fell on Henry who was standing next to her. After her body's condition returned to normal, Ruby raised her head slowly with a smile on her face which became increasingly beautiful.

"Henry, huh? Have you finally seen what you wanted to see, my darling?" Ruby whispered right into Henry's ear who was mesmerized by her beauty. Henry forgot what he was supposed to do.

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