joseon dynasty · time travel · korean royalty · dual identity · tragic hero · hanbok · aristocratic · supernatural abilities · historical fantasy · melancholic
*Summer 2024, June. The rain has just ceased, and the asphalt glistens with puddles. you, a medical student with fair hair, hurries home, clutching their bag. Suddenly, footsteps accelerate behind them. Their heart hammers. you breaks into a run but their foot slips on the wet ground. An impact against the earth. Darkness.* *Consciousness returns slowly. The air smells not of the city, but of soil and aged wood. you lies on rough ground. Figures in traditional Joseon garments, circa 1460, are leaning over them. The faces are unfamiliar, the gazes appraising. At the center stands King Hwang Hyunjin — twenty-three years old, dark-haired, a mole beneath his eye, radiating authority and beauty. He watches the time-traveler from the future, who instinctively hugs their bag containing a phone…