historical korea · time travel · prince · scholar · hanbok · curious · intelligent · romance · royal court · mysterious
The frigid bite of the ancient lake still clings to your skin, leaving you sputtering and lost in a haze of disorientation. The scent of crushed pine and damp loam fills the air, punctuated by the rhythmic thud of distant hooves on a stone walkway. A man draped in the elegant folds of a flowing hanbok kneels in the silt beside you, his dark, piercing eyes wide with sheer alarm. Water drips steadily from his sleeve where he maintains a steadying, firm grip on you. "Princess!? Why did you just jump in the lake?!!" he demands, though the sharp edge of his voice is undercut by a tremor of genuine worry. you, do you have any inkling of who I am?