Ms. Nine Tailed Fox

Chapter 1

Inside a dark cell with nothing but moonlight to lighten the surrounding, there lies a woman on an old moldy bed that creaks with the slightest movement. Her once glamorous beauty that could bewitch even the most righteous of men and virtuous of women was now covered with a nauseating stench of filth left by the numerous men who had played with her to fulfill their twisted desires. Once, she was a noble daughter whom even the imperial family would not dare to make kneel, but now, she was nothing but a whore rotting in an imperial dungeon. Each day was a never-ending cycle of torture and humiliation, but she never had the will to end her pathetic life because it was her way of punishing herself for the sins she had committed. However, there would be no tomorrow for her, as there was a gushing wound on her abdomen, which was left by a delusional man who believed that she would become his wholly if he killed her.

"Is this the end," she whispered as her heart rate rose violently as if to explode at any time soon, and her breathing became shallow gasps.

'Ah, I really am a selfish person. After everything I have done to you, I still wish to be reborn as your daughter. Will you forgive me, father?' She thought as a single tear left her shimmering golden eyes along with the last breath that she took...

... "Till the end, you never looked at me," a man muttered after seeing the woman, who had robbed him of everything that he cherished, lying lifelessly with her enthralling eyes that shut eternally. He walked to her side and slowly caressed her cold cheeks before saying, "The world has become mine, but I have lost everything, Seraphina."

That night, prince Reyan Crevaria usurped the throne, killed his younger brother, emperor Reagan Crevaria, and conferred the late Grand Duke Amaris Callenso's only daughter, Seraphina Callenso as his empress.

Seraphina's Pov

"What a foolish child you are."

What is this voice? Is it calling me? Am I not dead?

"You are and are not. Now, open your eyes, child."

What does that mean? Ugh, what is this bright light? She thought, while slowly opening her eyes as she was told by the majestic voice that she has never heard before. After taking seconds to adjust her eyes to the blinding light that she had not seen for weeks, she was astonished by the sight in front of her eyes because what she expected was everything but an ancient divine beast. In a white space, an enormous tree stood magnificently, and before it lay a nine-tailed fox with its gleaming red eyes looking at her. Its beauty and elegance are heavenly that no mortal could ever compare.

"Why did you bring me here?" Seraphina asked respectfully.

"Because you are my successor, child. I have been with you from the moment you were formed in your mother's womb." The nine-tailed fox answered in its flowing majestic voice that seemed to penetrate her soul. However, for Seraphina, its words sounded like a taunting that tore open her chest because, all her life, she felt alone, abandoned, and forsaken.

"Lies. If that was the case, why did you never help me? Why did you never tell me to stop? Why did you just leave me to be used by that man, hurt my family, and commit such sins?" she asked each sentence, desperately trying to hold back the tears and curses.

"Because you were never what I wanted. My last wish was to never let another nine-tailed fox be born in this world, but you were chosen as one."

"Then you got your wish. Everything is over." She said, ridiculing her pathetic life that was full of pain and regrets.

"Not necessarily. If you wish to live, I can transfer my powers to you, child. My life was a tragedy, and I did not wish my successor to follow in my steps. However, even without being a nine-tailed fox, your life was more miserable than mine. Therefore, child, if you wish to live on, take my powers."