Chapter 6

Chapter 005. The Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty (1)

Hello. It's a word for a simple greeting, read as "Ni Hao" in Chinese characters.

"Please, just deny what I'm about to ask... "

Really... I wish you would.

No, how can it make sense to suddenly go on a trip for no reason? Usually, when you meet a mountain spirit, you get possessed, or you get caught in a spatiotemporal storm.

Waking up to find myself in the late Goryeo period? Even a third-rate drama would have more credibility.

I really hoped that this situation was a large-scale project to fool a mere YouTuber. Even though my sense of reality was gone, that was at least my wish.

"Please, can't you deny it? Surely you can't really be that Yi Seong-gye..."

What can I do in this situation?

"? "

Seeing the puzzled look, I started typing frantically.

Although I couldn't read Chinese characters properly, the only way I could communicate with him now was through my laptop, and Word had a function to convert Chinese characters.

Pointing to the text I had written, the self-proclaimed Yi Seong-gye was taken aback.

After a moment's thought, the self-proclaimed Yi Seong-gye nodded in response. Ah... there were no question marks in this era.

"@#[email protected]# 신인[email protected]!#!"

I couldn't understand everything, but I could hear him muttering that I was a "shin-in" (new person).

First, I needed to figure out the current situation, so I decided to ask about the location.

Nod.

Nod.

Probably, even in this era, it was forbidden to mention the names of kings or emperors casually, but I was desperate.

As expected, he glared at me with a sudden angry expression, but after seeing my desperate face, he composed himself and nodded.

Nod.

Nod.

...Damn. This is ridiculous. My head is spinning. It felt like I had received a strong blow to the frontal lobe of my brain, and my head was ringing.

"Surely... you're really Yi Seong-gye?"

My last hope crumbled.

He really was Yi Seong-gye.

And the temple I was in was the Pagoda Temple he had seen in his dreams.

To summarize the situation simply... I had suddenly found myself in the late Goryeo period, and the man in front of me was Taejo Yi Seong-gye, and this place was a small inn near Maysan.

"No! Why me?"

I've never met a mountain spirit at Namhansanseong!

***

Yi Seong-gye looked at Kim Seung-ho, who was asking questions through Chinese characters, and fell into thought.

'Using the emperor's name or writing the respected name of one's father is extremely rude, but considering that this young man, who seems to be a "shin-in," cannot speak late Goryeo language at all, it's fortunate that we can communicate. But that device is truly mysterious. It can convert non-Goryeo language into Chinese characters.'

Given that Yi Seong-gye had no way of knowing about the basic Chinese character translation function in Word, it was natural for him to think this way.

At least Yi Seong-gye had seen the device once at Pagoda Temple, but Yi Ji-ran, who was standing beside him, had been staring at the device with wide, round eyes since it was taken out.

"Brother, what is that device? How can Chinese characters appear on a glowing device?"

Yi Seong-gye had no way of knowing.

However, not wanting to appear foolish in front of his subordinate and sworn brother, Yi Ji-ran, Yi Seong-gye calmly reassured him.

"I don't know what this device is called, but since it was brought from where the 'shin-in' came from, it's best to ask him."

Yi Seong-gye then pointed to the laptop with the bitten apple logo and asked Kim Seung-ho.

"What is the name of this, 'shin-in'?"

Although they couldn't understand each other's words, body language, a universal language, was sufficient for communication between the two.

Kim Seung-ho, who had been momentarily dazed, looked at his laptop pointed to by Yi Seong-gye's finger and replied.

"Ah... laptop."