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0:00The story begins with Danby, a high
0:02school senior in her final year. She's
0:04just a few days away from taking her
0:06university entrance exams. But the
0:08problem is she's terrible at math. She
0:10always falls asleep during math class,
0:12which annoys the teacher so much that
0:14one day he calls her to the board. But
0:16as usual, she can't solve anything.
0:19Frustrated, he scolds her in front of
0:21everyone. When she returns home, she
0:23ignores her studies and spends her time
0:25playing with her phone and listening to
0:26music. Her mom watches her annoyed and
0:29tells her that if she solved math
0:31problems the same way she memorizes
0:32lyrics, she'd already be a genius. She
0:35jokes that Dani must have inherited her
0:37math struggles from her father, who was
0:39also bad at it, and that no university
0:42would accept her like this. What bothers
0:44Dani most is when her mom changes the TV
0:47channel to one of those historical
0:49dramas she always watches. Danbe gives
0:52up and leaves the room, heading to her
0:54best friend's house. Her friend reminds
0:56her once again that this is her last
0:58shot at getting into college. If she
1:00fails now, she'll have no future,
1:02nowhere to go. The next morning, Dani
1:04wakes up late and runs out, already
1:06behind schedule for the big exam. Her
1:09mom encourages her as she leaves,
1:11telling her to give it her best so she
1:13can get into a good school. Dani is
1:15nervous, especially about the math
1:17section, but she tries to study on the
1:19bus until she reaches the exam center.
1:21She jumps off the bus and runs, but
1:24forgets her umbrella. As she approaches
1:26the exam building, fear takes over. She
1:29isn't ready. She starts panicking,
1:31thinking about running away instead of
1:33facing the possibility of failing. She
1:35sits under the pouring rain, heart
1:37sinking, silently, wishing she could
1:39just disappear. There's a shallow puddle
1:42in front of her formed by the rain. She
1:44steps closer to it, and suddenly
1:46something strange happens. She notices a
1:49group of people dressed in unusual
1:51clothes all gathered and praying for
1:53rain. They say it hasn't rained in 3
1:55years and people are dying from the
1:57drought. Suddenly, Dani finds herself
2:00falling into the puddle and begins to
2:02drown. But instead of dying, she
2:04reemerges in the same spot, but somehow
2:07in a different world. She's confused and
2:10starts asking the people around her if
2:12they're filming a historical drama or
2:14something. The king, seeing her strange
2:17behavior, becomes terrified and yells,
2:20asking if she's a demon. She nervously
2:22says, "No, I'm just a high school
2:24student." But the way she says it sounds
2:26like some kind of magical incantation to
2:28them, which only increases their fear.
2:31Suddenly, guards surround her with
2:33swords drawn. When she realizes the
2:36swords are real, she panics and
2:38improvises, saying, "I know why I'm
2:40here. Please, God, send the rain." The
2:42people repeat her words like a prayer,
2:44but the moment they all lift their heads
2:46again, she's vanished. She had already
2:49run off and kept going until she reached
2:51a place filled with ceremonial clothes.
2:53She disguises herself as one of the
2:55temple priests and sneaks into a
2:57gathering with the king. During the
2:58meeting, the king suddenly announces
3:00that they must stop relying on
3:02superstitions and instead study science
3:05and mathematics to solve the problems in
3:07their kingdom. But the chief priest
3:09objects, saying this is dangerous
3:12nonsense, that math is just another
3:14superstition and it's impossible to
3:16understand nature through equations. He
3:18claims the real reason for the drought
3:20is that the heavens are angry with the
3:22king and that the only way to bring rain
3:24is for the king to perform a sacred
3:26ritual with the queen. Danbe secretly
3:28slips out of the meeting and goes to
3:30look for her phone, but she gets caught
3:32again. While she waits for the king to
3:34arrive, she starts thinking maybe she
3:36can escape once it finally rains. But
3:39the king shocks her by saying that it
3:41hasn't rained in 3 years. And honestly,
3:43he doesn't like her. He declares that
3:45she should be executed immediately. She
3:48panics and begs, "Please wait. I'm just
3:51a student from the future and I came
3:53here by accident." She tries to convince
3:55him that she knows a lot about history.
3:57And when that doesn't work, she quickly
3:59adds that she's also brilliant at math.
4:02Intrigued, the king postpones the
4:04execution and tells her to prove it. He
4:06gives her a Pythagorean theorem problem
4:08to solve. At first, she's confused and
4:10says she can't even understand what's
4:12written. But when she realizes it's the
4:14Pythagorean theorem, she solves it
4:16quickly. The king is amazed. He says his
4:19own scholars usually take 3 days to
4:21solve such a problem. From that moment
4:23on, everyone starts treating Dani as
4:25Gosam, a male scholar. The king gives
4:28her a mission. Teach math to the people.
4:31If she succeeds, he'll let her return
4:33home. But he's the first student, and
4:36she's shocked to discover he doesn't
4:37even know how to count. She patiently
4:39begins teaching him from the very
4:41basics: numbers, addition, and
4:44subtraction, all the way up to
4:45multiplication. Eventually, they prepare
4:48for a math contest against a rival city
4:50musician. If Dani loses, she'll be
4:53punished. She boldly challenges the king
4:55and even hits him in frustration when he
4:57gets things wrong. The guards rush in,
5:00ready to kill her for touching the king,
5:02but he stops them and laughs it off.
5:04They hide all the math papers whenever
5:05the queen visits, pretending to be
5:07practicing music instead. One day, the
5:10king notices Dani is starving and
5:12invites her to eat with him, but she
5:13doesn't like the food and takes him to
5:15the kitchen. Using ingredients from her
5:17bag, she makes him some delicious
5:19instant noodles. He loves them, even
5:21though they're spicy. When she offers
5:23him water, he refuses, saying he likes
5:26the heat. The next morning, the entire
5:28palace hears him screaming. When Dani
5:30checks on him, she sees he's put a
5:32protective talisman on his ear, thinking
5:34she cursed him. She rolls her eyes and
5:36says, "Look, superstar, it was just
5:39noodles, not black magic." There was no
5:41magic or spell. It was just the chili
5:44hitting his stomach too hard. When she
5:46told him that, he asked, "What's a
5:47stomach anyway?" So, Dani sat down and
5:50explained to him what the stomach is,
5:52what intestines are, and even about the
5:55heart and how if he puts his hand on his
5:57chest, he'll feel it beating. But he
5:59said, "I don't feel anything." She
6:01smiled and said, "It's okay." One day,
6:04when you're with someone you love,
6:06you'll feel it on your own. He was
6:08amazed at how much knowledge she had, he
6:10started seeing her as a brilliant
6:11scholar. So, he asked her to teach all
6:14the royal scholars of Josion. not just
6:16math, but everything from science to
6:18agriculture. That night, he offered her
6:20a tangerine and she casually said,
6:23"Thanks." without ceremony, but he got
6:25very upset. You're a Josian wanderer.
6:28You should have saved that fruit for 3
6:29days at least. You don't appreciate
6:31blessings. She laughed and said, "It's
6:34just a tangerine. Don't be so dramatic."
6:37Later, the two of them went out to play
6:38ball in the palace courtyard, and she
6:40got him to run for the first time in
6:42years. The next day, the king sat with
6:45his future bride and told her that he
6:47would be served a magical love potion
6:49that night in his stew, and after that,
6:51they'd be married immediately. But fate
6:54had other plans. That bowl ended up in
6:57Danby's hands. She started behaving very
7:00strangely and ended up falling asleep in
7:02the palace. When she woke up, she kept
7:05apologizing to the king, but he simply
7:07told her, "Nothing happened. Go. Forget
7:10it." They went for a walk outside and he
7:13told her that if she could achieve her
7:14mission, she would earn a high rank in
7:16the council and even be gifted a royal
7:19horse. But she said, "I don't want
7:21anything. I'm going back to my world as
7:22soon as the rain falls." The king
7:24replied, "Then from now on, don't treat
7:26me like a king. We're equals, manto
7:29man." But the next day, disaster struck.
7:32Dani was arrested and accused of mocking
7:34the king. They tied her by the limbs,
7:36preparing to torture her. But the king
7:38stepped in and explained to the priests
7:40that this young scholar had valuable
7:42knowledge. One priest, however, seized
7:44the opportunity and said, "Fine, then I
7:47must test him myself. He has 2 weeks. If
7:50it doesn't rain by then, we'll execute
7:52him." Dani didn't give up. She kept
7:55studying, calculating everything. And
7:57the palace musician helped her build a
7:59rainfall gauge. Then, without warning,
8:02rain began to pour from the sky. Danbe
8:04was overwhelmed with joy. But the king
8:07suddenly remembered what she said, that
8:09she would leave once it rained. He ran
8:11to the house where she was staying and
8:13found her crying in front of the rain
8:15gauge, overwhelmed with emotion. He told
8:17her, "You need to escape right now. I've
8:20been preparing for this. A ship headed
8:22for Ming is waiting for you." But she
8:24shook her head. I've spent my whole life
8:27running away. I only ended up here
8:29because I was trying to escape my world.
8:31At that moment, the palace musician, who
8:34had secretly been working with the high
8:35priest, arrived. The priest had ordered
8:38him to kill the scholar, believing Dani
8:40might truly be from the future. The
8:43musician told the priest, "If that's
8:45true, then he's even more dangerous. We
8:48must get rid of him." The musician took
8:50Dani and put her on a horse, galloping
8:52through the woods until they reached a
8:53forest. There, he told her, "I've known
8:56for a while that you're a girl, but I'm
8:58a decent man. Your secret is safe with
9:01me. She explained that it wasn't
9:03intentional. The job she landed was
9:05offered to a boy and she had no choice
9:07but to take it. Meanwhile, back in the
9:09palace, the high priest tried to
9:11convince the king that everything Dani
9:14had taught them must be destroyed,
9:16especially the new written language she
9:18was developing. They had to stick to
9:20tradition and eliminate the boy's
9:21influence. But the king couldn't accept
9:23that. He left the palace on horseback,
9:25searching for her. Elsewhere in the
9:27forest, the guards finally caught up to
9:29Danby and the musician. He let her
9:31escape and stood in their way, fighting
9:33them off until the queen herself
9:35appeared, her feet bleeding. She had run
9:38all the way there, desperately searching
9:40for them. Danbe kept walking along the
9:42road until she reached a fork and didn't
9:44know where to go. Then she remembered
9:46something the king once said, that the
9:48sun is Josan's clock, so she followed
9:51the sunlight until she reached the sea.
9:53And there, the king was already waiting
9:55for her. That night they sat side by
9:57side watching the stars. She told him,
9:59"In the future, we don't see stars like
10:02this. Only the brightest ones," he
10:05replied. "Look now. The only stars
10:07you're seeing are the ones you choose to
10:09see. But if you stop and look closely,
10:12you'll start to see more. Those stars
10:14were always there. They just didn't
10:16appear until you decided to see them.
10:18The eyes see what the heart wants."
10:20After a quiet pause, the king confessed
10:23that he loved her. He said he wanted to
10:25create a new, easier language so common
10:27people could learn, not just the nobles.
10:30She suddenly remembered something,
10:31pulled out her money from the future,
10:33and saw his face printed on the
10:35currency. That's when she realized he
10:37really would succeed. When the king
10:39returned to the palace, he announced he
10:41would begin paying salaries to those who
10:43serve the people well. The high priest
10:46surprisingly agreed, saying that anyone
10:48who benefits the people should be
10:50rewarded. "What do you think of Goam?"
10:52he asked. But no one else in the court
10:54agreed. They believed Gossam should be
10:56banished or even executed. Still, Dani
10:59continued to secretly teach the king
11:01everything, math, writing, and reasoning
11:04without the priests knowing. One day,
11:06while walking through the palace, she
11:08found the queen hiding and eating in
11:10secret. They had forbidden her from
11:12eating too much so she wouldn't gain
11:14weight and ruin her appearance. Danbe
11:16offered her one of her instant noodle
11:18cups. The queen accepted it and as they
11:20ate they started chatting. From that
11:23moment on they became friends. A few
11:25days later the queen approached the king
11:27and told him she knew everything. She
11:29had already informed the queen mother
11:31too because the girl Dani was supposed
11:34to be one of his concubines. Suddenly
11:36Dani found herself being prepared for
11:39something she didn't understand. The
11:41palace maids were dressing her up and
11:43applying makeup. She had no clue what
11:45was going on until she realized they
11:48were preparing her for the midday rest
11:49with the king and that she was to become
11:52his first woman. The moment she
11:54understood what was happening, she
11:55panicked and ran away from the mad
11:57people around her. One of the headmates
12:00quickly informed the king that she had
12:01escaped on her way to the palace. The
12:03king went out to search for her and
12:05eventually found her, but he grabbed her
12:07by the arm and pulled her into a room.
12:09Dani screamed, protesting, "You said
12:11we'd stay just friends. I'm only 19. The
12:15king chuckled and replied, 19. That
12:17means you've got at least 3 years of
12:19adulthood. You're not a kid anymore.
12:22Besides, I've known you were a girl for
12:23a while now. I haven't touched you, have
12:25I? But tonight, you need to stay here.
12:28Everyone's watching. Don't worry, I'm
12:30not going to eat you alive. The truth
12:31is, my mother's extremely stubborn, and
12:34no one can persuade her easily. The next
12:36morning, Dani went to speak with the
12:38musician. He asked her, "Are you sure
12:40you want to go back to the future?" But
12:42she didn't answer. She was torn and her
12:44heart was full of doubt. She just walked
12:46off and sat alone. After a while, the
12:49queen came and told her someone wanted
12:51to see her. When Dani entered the
12:53palace, she found herself face to face
12:55with the queen mother, who looked
12:57exactly like her real mother. She
12:59completely broke down in tears, and no
13:01one understood what had triggered her
13:03crying. That night, she went to see the
13:05new astronomical system of Josan, one
13:08she had personally helped create. It
13:10would help the kingdom accurately track
13:12the days and months. The king then
13:14invited her to come see something else
13:16he'd been working on. He had developed a
13:18new alphabet made up of 28 letters meant
13:21to simplify reading and writing so that
13:23everyone in Joan, not just the scholars,
13:26could learn. As they walked into the
13:28middle of the great hall, he asked her
13:30to sit in the ceremonial chair. Then he
13:33placed the royal hair pin on her head, a
13:35symbol of marriage, and asked her to
13:37stay with him forever. Danbe started
13:39crying and told him, "I can't. I
13:42promised myself I'd go back once the
13:44rain comes. My mother is waiting for me
13:46and she trusts me." The king gently
13:48replied, "Then go see her and come back.
13:51Let's live here together." But she
13:53refused again. He lost his patience and
13:55said angrily, "You're right. The future
13:58is better than this, Josean. Full of
14:00sickness and disease. Do whatever you
14:02want." Then he stormed off, heartbroken.
14:05She remained in the hall standing still
14:08when suddenly she was struck on the head
14:10and knocked unconscious. Someone stabbed
14:12her with a sword and the entire building
14:14was set on fire. When the king heard
14:17what happened, he risked his life and
14:19ran through the flames to rescue her.
14:21The next day, he summoned his assistant
14:23and said, "The ancient text disappeared
14:26last night." He accused the high priest
14:28of stealing it. The king grabbed the
14:30priest's hand and said, "Did no one
14:32teach you to erase all evidence after
14:35committing a crime like this?" Then he
14:37turned to Dani and asked, "Was this the
14:39voice you heard?" She nodded. It turned
14:41out that the book in her bag had
14:43shielded her from the stab. The king,
14:45furious, confronted the priest. "You
14:48knew what he meant to me." "Why did you
14:50do this?" The priest answered coldly.
14:52"Because if that new language spreads,
14:54young people will start thinking freely.
14:57It'll create chaos. It will destroy the
15:00kingdom. I'm not afraid of dying. I'm
15:02afraid of the disorder that will ruin
15:04the future. The king replied, even if
15:07you try to stop it, I will build this
15:09system of writing for the people. I want
15:11to be someone who makes their dreams
15:13possible. Why should we fear a future we
15:16won't even live to see, a world we know
15:18nothing about? But the priest wasn't
15:20moved. He fell to his knees and said,
15:22"Please execute me and end this." Soon
15:25the sky turned gray and rain began to
15:28fall, just lightly at first. Dani went
15:30around the palace saying goodbye to her
15:32friends one last time before leaving.
15:35The king asked if he could walk with her
15:37to the farthest point. They walked side
15:39by side until they reached the seashore.
15:41There, Dani stepped into the same pond
15:44she had once fallen into and allowed
15:46herself to sink again, just like before.
15:49Moments later, she emerged again, back
15:51in her own world. She looked around and
15:53realized that only a few seconds had
15:55passed. There was still time to make it
15:57to the exam. She ran as fast as she
15:59could toward the test hall and saw her
16:01teacher waiting. The entrance exam had
16:03just started. She rushed to her seat and
16:05took the test. Later that day, she
16:07returned home and found her mother
16:09waiting for her. She ran into her arms
16:11holding her tightly. Everything about
16:13Dani had changed. Her behavior, her
16:15perspective, everything had shifted
16:17after her journey. She had learned to
16:19value the people and things around her
16:21more deeply. Months passed. One day, as
16:24she walked out of school, the sky opened
16:26up and rain began to fall again.
16:29Suddenly, someone placed an umbrella
16:31over her head. She looked up and saw a
16:34face strikingly familiar. He looked
16:36exactly like the king of Joseon, but he
16:38simply smiled and said, "We met a long
16:41time ago on the bus. You dropped your
16:43umbrella." And that's where the story
16:45ends. If you've made it to the end, let
16:47us know what you thought in the comments
16:49and tell us what you'd like us to
16:50summarize in the next video.