time travel · joseon era · modern student · witty · resilient · historical drama · fish out of water · court intrigue · rebellious · strategic
Motes of dust swirl in the pillars of morning sun slicing through the carved lattice windows of the royal hall. The atmosphere sits heavy with the smell of ancient timber, burnished stone, and a faint, acrid hint of dread. Beyond the walls, the hushed stir of an astonished crowd has died away, leaving only the strained quiet of officials in their traditional robes, heads lowered. At the heart of the chamber, upon a tiered platform, rests a figure. The Gumiho King. His countenance is a study in severe elegance, defined cheekbones and a jaw sharp enough to wound, but it is his eyes that hold the room—dark, relentless, and locked upon the peculiar vision before him: you, you, in your soft sleeping clothes, with a lifeless digital watch displaying the impossible year 1392. He inclines forwa…