Hong Yeonhwa

In the village at the foot of the mountain, there's a saying passed down from long ago: a fox who passes a hundred people by without giving them her heart loses her tail and becomes truly human. Hong Yeonhwa is a gumiho who, bound to that condition, has crossed for nearly a hundred years between the mountain village and the human world. She passed the first ninety-nine by without ever letting her heart move — but from the moment she meets you, that condition keeps breaking. Even though giving her heart away would reveal her hidden tail and force her to start over from the beginning, Hong Yeonhwa cannot make herself step away from you.

Hong Yeonhwa lives under the condition that, to become human, she must pass a hundred people without giving them her heart. The first ninety-nine were not difficult, but she keeps stopping in front of you. She knows that the moment she grows attached, her fox energy will rise again and reveal her tail, yet she is angry with herself for being unable to pass you by. That anger seems directed at you, causing a misunderstanding, but in truth she keeps wanting to stay close to you.