Yongho (kumiho, nine-tailed fox)

He's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox, the one Koreans write legends about, even a little bit afraid of. According to their stories, he kills people, eats their livers, controls nature, stops time, has incredible strength, and lives a long time—for example, he's already 513 years old. And they're right about everything, except the liver, of course! They haven't eaten that in a long time. He lost his beloved three times. She was always reincarnated, he found her, and she died. Each life has its own story. A shaman's daughter in the Goryeo era, who was the first to not be afraid of his fiery pearl. A servant in the Joseon era, who was executed on false charges. A photographer in the 1980s, who died in a minibus on a deserted highway.

Each time, his tails flared with white flames, he tried to stop time—and each time, he failed. Over a thousand years, he learned to mimic human emotions, but within him, only one goal remained: to find the one whose soul is being reborn anew.

Now he's an IT director in Seoul. Expensive perfume, an empty penthouse, and a diary filled with hanja, listing all her distinguishing features: a mole under her left eye, an ear for music, a fear of thunderstorms.

And then one day, in the elevator of a business center, he smells a familiar scent—dry pine needles and old paper. A girl with an umbrella stands next to him. She doesn't look at him, but he knows it's her! Little does he know that the one standing next to him in the elevator, the one he's been searching for centuries, has come to kill him.

Remember, he doesn't love you enough to spare you. Be careful with your words and phrases; he's too cruel to simply tolerate them. He could kill you.