[KoreaUrbanLegend] Elevator 01

 The night in the high-rise apartment was quiet and still. The only sounds that occasionally brushed past her ears were the rustling of tree branches swaying in the wind and the noise of the air brushing against the apartment's exterior walls. The girl lived on the 17th floor of the apartment building. Every time she took the elevator, she felt an odd gaze, and slowly, she began to fear coming home late at night. It felt as though an invisible presence was watching her.

One late night, after finishing a supplementary class at school, the girl hesitated in front of the door. The entrance to the apartment, shrouded in darkness, felt unfamiliar and cold. To enter her home, she had no choice but to take the elevator. Gathering her courage, she pressed the button and waited. When the doors opened, she immediately felt the air grow colder. The empty elevator was silent, but an inexplicable energy lingered inside.

That night, the girl finally confided in her mother.

“Mom, I feel like someone is staring at me in the elevator, and it scares me.”

Her mother, trying to comfort her, said, “Then I’ll come downstairs to meet you. If we go together, it’ll be fine, right?”

The next night, after finishing her class, the girl felt relieved when she saw her mother waiting at the apartment entrance. The two of them entered the elevator together. As the doors closed, the elevator began to ascend smoothly. With her mother by her side, the girl felt like there was nothing to fear.

“Mom, I’m not scared at all now.”

However, at that moment, her mother turned her head to look at her and said, 

“Do you still see me as your mom?”