A Dumb Girl Accidentally Time Travels And Becomes The Smartest In Ancient Korea 🇰🇷

0:00 The story begins with Danby, a high school senior in her final year.

0:04 She's just a few days away from taking her university entrance exams.

0:07 But the problem is she's terrible at math.

0:10 She always falls asleep during math class,

0:12 which annoys the teacher so much that one day he calls her to the board.

0:16 But as usual, she can't solve anything.

0:19 Frustrated, he scolds her in front of everyone.

0:21 When she returns home, she ignores her studies and spends her time

0:25 playing with her phone and listening to music.

0:27 Her mom watches her annoyed and tells her that if

0:30 she solved math problems the same way she memorizes lyrics,

0:33 she'd already be a genius.

0:35 She jokes that Dani must have inherited her math struggles from her father,

0:39 who was also bad at it, and that no university would accept her like this.

0:44 What bothers Dani most is when her mom changes the TV

0:47 channel to one of those historical dramas she always watches.

0:51 Danbe gives up and leaves the room, heading to her best friend's house.

0:55 Her friend reminds her once again that this is

0:57 her last shot at getting into college.

0:59 If she fails now, she'll have no future, nowhere to go.

1:03 The next morning, Dani wakes up late and runs out,

1:06 already behind schedule for the big exam.

1:09 Her mom encourages her as she leaves,

1:11 telling her to give it her best so she can get into a good school.

1:14 Dani is nervous, especially about the math section,

1:17 but she tries to study on the bus until she reaches the exam center.

1:21 She jumps off the bus and runs, but forgets her umbrella.

1:25 As she approaches the exam building, fear takes over.

1:28 She isn't ready.

1:30 She starts panicking,

1:31 thinking about running away instead of facing the possibility of failing.

1:35 She sits under the pouring rain,

1:37 heart sinking, silently, wishing she could just disappear.

1:41 There's a shallow puddle in front of her formed by the rain.

1:44 She steps closer to it, and suddenly something strange happens.

1:48 She notices a group of people dressed

1:50 in unusual clothes all gathered and praying for rain.

1:53 They say it hasn't rained in 3 years and people are dying from the drought.

1:58 Suddenly, Dani finds herself falling into the puddle and begins to drown.

2:02 But instead of dying, she reemerges in the same spot,

2:06 but somehow in a different world.

2:09 She's confused and starts asking the people around

2:12 her if they're filming a historical drama or something.

2:15 The king, seeing her strange behavior,

2:17 becomes terrified and yells, asking if she's a demon.

2:21 She nervously says, "No, I'm just a high school student." But the way she

2:25 says it sounds like some kind of magical incantation to them,

2:29 which only increases their fear.

2:31 Suddenly, guards surround her with swords drawn.

2:34 When she realizes the swords are real,

2:36 she panics and improvises, saying, "I know why I'm here.

2:40 Please, God, send the rain." The people repeat her words like a prayer,

2:44 but the moment they all lift their heads again, she's vanished.

2:48 She had already run off and kept going

2:50 until she reached a place filled with ceremonial clothes.

2:53 She disguises herself as one of the temple

2:55 priests and sneaks into a gathering with the king.

2:58 During the meeting, the king suddenly announces

3:00 that they must stop relying on superstitions

3:03 and instead study science and mathematics

3:06 to solve the problems in their kingdom.

3:08 But the chief priest objects, saying this is dangerous nonsense,

3:12 that math is just another superstition

3:14 and it's impossible to understand nature through equations.

3:18 He claims the real reason for the drought

3:20 is that the heavens are angry with the king

3:22 and that the only way to bring rain is

3:24 for the king to perform a sacred ritual with the queen.

3:27 Danbe secretly slips out of the meeting and goes to look for her phone,

3:31 but she gets caught again.

3:32 While she waits for the king to arrive,

3:34 she starts thinking maybe she can escape once it finally rains.

3:39 But the king shocks her by saying that it hasn't rained in 3 years.

3:43 And honestly, he doesn't like her.

3:45 He declares that she should be executed immediately.

3:47 She panics and begs, "Please wait.

3:50 I'm just a student from the future and I came here by accident."

3:54 She tries to convince him that she knows a lot about history.

3:57 And when that doesn't work, she quickly adds that she's also brilliant at math.

4:02 Intrigued, the king postpones the execution and tells her to prove it.

4:05 He gives her a Pythagorean theorem problem to solve.

4:09 At first, she's confused and says she can't even understand what's written.

4:12 But when she realizes it's the Pythagorean theorem, she solves it quickly.

4:17 The king is amazed.

4:18 He says his own scholars usually take 3 days to solve such a problem.

4:22 From that moment on, everyone starts treating Dani as Gosam, a male scholar.

4:27 The king gives her a mission.

4:29 Teach math to the people.

4:31 If she succeeds, he'll let her return home.

4:34 But he's the first student,

4:35 and she's shocked to discover he doesn't even know how to count.

4:39 She patiently begins teaching him from the very basics:

4:42 numbers, addition, and subtraction, all the way up to multiplication.

4:47 Eventually, they prepare for a math contest against a rival city musician.

4:51 If Dani loses, she'll be punished.

4:53 She boldly challenges the king and even hits

4:56 him in frustration when he gets things wrong.

4:58 The guards rush in, ready to kill her for touching the king,

5:02 but he stops them and laughs it off.

5:04 They hide all the math papers whenever the queen visits,

5:06 pretending to be practicing music instead.

5:09 One day, the king notices Dani is starving and invites her to eat with him,

5:13 but she doesn't like the food and takes him to the kitchen.

5:16 Using ingredients from her bag, she makes him some delicious instant noodles.

5:20 He loves them, even though they're spicy.

5:22 When she offers him water, he refuses, saying he likes the heat.

5:26 The next morning, the entire palace hears him screaming.

5:30 When Dani checks on him,

5:31 she sees he's put a protective talisman on his ear, thinking she cursed him.

5:35 She rolls her eyes and says, "Look, superstar, it was just noodles,

5:39 not black magic." There was no magic or spell.

5:42 It was just the chili hitting his stomach too hard.

5:45 When she told him that, he asked, "What's a stomach anyway?" So,

5:49 Dani sat down and explained to him what the stomach is, what intestines are,

5:54 and even about the heart and how if he puts his hand on his chest,

5:57 he'll feel it beating.

5:59 But he said, "I don't feel anything." She smiled and said, "It's okay." One day,

6:04 when you're with someone you love, you'll feel it on your own.

6:07 He was amazed at how much knowledge she had,

6:10 he started seeing her as a brilliant scholar.

6:12 So, he asked her to teach all the royal scholars of Josion.

6:16 not just math, but everything from science to agriculture.

6:19 That night, he offered her a tangerine and she casually said,

6:23 "Thanks." without ceremony, but he got very upset.

6:26 You're a Josian wanderer.

6:28 You should have saved that fruit for 3 days at least.

6:30 You don't appreciate blessings.

6:32 She laughed and said, "It's just a tangerine.

6:35 Don't be so dramatic." Later,

6:37 the two of them went out to play ball in the palace courtyard,

6:40 and she got him to run for the first time in years.

6:43 The next day, the king sat with his future bride and told

6:46 her that he would be served a magical love potion that night in his stew,

6:50 and after that, they'd be married immediately.

6:53 But fate had other plans.

6:55 That bowl ended up in Danby's hands.

6:58 She started behaving very strangely and ended up falling asleep in the palace.

7:03 When she woke up, she kept apologizing to the king,

7:06 but he simply told her, "Nothing happened.

7:09 Go.

7:10 Forget it." They went for a walk outside and he

7:13 told her that if she could achieve her mission,

7:15 she would earn a high rank in the council and even be gifted a royal horse.

7:19 But she said, "I don't want anything.

7:21 I'm going back to my world as soon as the rain falls." The king replied,

7:25 "Then from now on, don't treat me like a king.

7:27 We're equals, manto man." But the next day, disaster struck.

7:32 Dani was arrested and accused of mocking the king.

7:35 They tied her by the limbs, preparing to torture her.

7:37 But the king stepped in and explained

7:39 to the priests that this young scholar had valuable knowledge.

7:43 One priest, however, seized the opportunity and said,

7:46 "Fine, then I must test him myself.

7:48 He has 2 weeks.

7:50 If it doesn't rain by then, we'll execute him." Dani didn't give up.

7:54 She kept studying, calculating everything.

7:57 And the palace musician helped her build a rainfall gauge.

8:00 Then, without warning, rain began to pour from the sky.

8:04 Danbe was overwhelmed with joy.

8:06 But the king suddenly remembered what she said,

8:09 that she would leave once it rained.

8:11 He ran to the house where she was staying

8:13 and found her crying in front of the rain gauge, overwhelmed with emotion.

8:17 He told her, "You need to escape right now.

8:20 I've been preparing for this.

8:22 A ship headed for Ming is waiting for you." But she shook her head.

8:25 I've spent my whole life running away.

8:27 I only ended up here because I was trying to escape my world.

8:31 At that moment, the palace musician,

8:33 who had secretly been working with the high priest, arrived.

8:37 The priest had ordered him to kill the scholar,

8:39 believing Dani might truly be from the future.

8:43 The musician told the priest, "If that's true, then he's even more dangerous.

8:47 We must get rid of him." The musician took Dani and put her on a horse,

8:51 galloping through the woods until they reached a forest.

8:54 There, he told her, "I've known for a while that you're a girl,

8:58 but I'm a decent man.

8:59 Your secret is safe with me.

9:01 She explained that it wasn't intentional.

9:04 The job she landed was offered to a boy and she had no choice but to take it.

9:08 Meanwhile, back in the palace, the high priest tried to convince the king

9:12 that everything Dani had taught them must be destroyed,

9:16 especially the new written language she was developing.

9:19 They had to stick to tradition and eliminate the boy's influence.

9:22 But the king couldn't accept that.

9:24 He left the palace on horseback, searching for her.

9:26 Elsewhere in the forest, the guards finally caught up to Danby and the musician.

9:31 He let her escape and stood in their way,

9:33 fighting them off until the queen herself appeared, her feet bleeding.

9:37 She had run all the way there, desperately searching for them.

9:40 Danbe kept walking along the road until she

9:43 reached a fork and didn't know where to go.

9:45 Then she remembered something the king once said, that the sun is Josan's clock,

9:50 so she followed the sunlight until she reached the sea.

9:53 And there, the king was already waiting for her.

9:56 That night they sat side by side watching the stars.

9:59 She told him, "In the future, we don't see stars like this.

10:03 Only the brightest ones," he replied.

10:05 "Look now.

10:06 The only stars you're seeing are the ones you choose to see.

10:10 But if you stop and look closely, you'll start to see more.

10:13 Those stars were always there.

10:15 They just didn't appear until you decided to see them.

10:18 The eyes see what the heart wants." After a quiet pause,

10:22 the king confessed that he loved her.

10:24 He said he wanted to create a new,

10:26 easier language so common people could learn, not just the nobles.

10:30 She suddenly remembered something, pulled out her money from the future,

10:33 and saw his face printed on the currency.

10:35 That's when she realized he really would succeed.

10:39 When the king returned to the palace,

10:40 he announced he would begin paying salaries to those who serve the people well.

10:45 The high priest surprisingly agreed,

10:47 saying that anyone who benefits the people should be rewarded.

10:51 "What do you think of Goam?" he asked.

10:53 But no one else in the court agreed.

10:55 They believed Gossam should be banished or even executed.

10:58 Still, Dani continued to secretly teach the king everything,

11:02 math, writing, and reasoning without the priests knowing.

11:06 One day, while walking through the palace,

11:08 she found the queen hiding and eating in secret.

11:11 They had forbidden her from eating too much

11:13 so she wouldn't gain weight and ruin her appearance.

11:16 Danbe offered her one of her instant noodle cups.

11:19 The queen accepted it and as they ate they started chatting.

11:22 From that moment on they became friends.

11:25 A few days later the queen approached the king and told him she knew everything.

11:29 She had already informed the queen mother too because

11:32 the girl Dani was supposed to be one of his concubines.

11:36 Suddenly Dani found herself being prepared for something she didn't understand.

11:40 The palace maids were dressing her up and applying makeup.

11:44 She had no clue what was going on until she realized they were preparing

11:48 her for the midday rest with the king

11:50 and that she was to become his first woman.

11:53 The moment she understood what was happening,

11:55 she panicked and ran away from the mad people around her.

11:58 One of the headmates quickly informed the king

12:01 that she had escaped on her way to the palace.

12:03 The king went out to search for her and eventually found

12:05 her, but he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into a room.

12:09 Dani screamed, protesting, "You said we'd stay just friends.

12:13 I'm only 19.

12:14 The king chuckled and replied, 19.

12:17 That means you've got at least 3 years of adulthood.

12:20 You're not a kid anymore.

12:22 Besides, I've known you were a girl for a while now.

12:24 I haven't touched you, have I?

12:26 But tonight, you need to stay here.

12:28 Everyone's watching.

12:29 Don't worry, I'm not going to eat you alive.

12:31 The truth is, my mother's extremely stubborn,

12:33 and no one can persuade her easily.

12:35 The next morning, Dani went to speak with the musician.

12:38 He asked her, "Are you sure you want

12:40 to go back to the future?" But she didn't answer.

12:43 She was torn and her heart was full of doubt.

12:45 She just walked off and sat alone.

12:48 After a while, the queen came and told her someone wanted to see her.

12:51 When Dani entered the palace,

12:53 she found herself face to face with the queen mother,

12:56 who looked exactly like her real mother.

12:58 She completely broke down in tears,

13:01 and no one understood what had triggered her crying.

13:04 That night, she went to see the new astronomical system of Josan,

13:08 one she had personally helped create.

13:10 It would help the kingdom accurately track the days and months.

13:14 The king then invited her to come see something else he'd been working on.

13:17 He had developed a new alphabet made up of 28 letters

13:21 meant to simplify reading and writing so that everyone in Joan,

13:25 not just the scholars, could learn.

13:27 As they walked into the middle of the great hall,

13:29 he asked her to sit in the ceremonial chair.

13:32 Then he placed the royal hair pin on her head,

13:35 a symbol of marriage, and asked her to stay with him forever.

13:38 Danbe started crying and told him, "I can't.

13:42 I promised myself I'd go back once the rain comes.

13:44 My mother is waiting for me and she trusts me." The king gently replied,

13:48 "Then go see her and come back.

13:51 Let's live here together." But she refused again.

13:54 He lost his patience and said angrily, "You're right.

13:57 The future is better than this, Josean.

14:00 Full of sickness and disease.

14:02 Do whatever you want." Then he stormed off, heartbroken.

14:05 She remained in the hall standing still when suddenly

14:09 she was struck on the head and knocked unconscious.

14:11 Someone stabbed her with a sword and the entire building was set on fire.

14:16 When the king heard what happened,

14:18 he risked his life and ran through the flames to rescue her.

14:21 The next day, he summoned his assistant and said,

14:24 "The ancient text disappeared last night." He

14:27 accused the high priest of stealing it.

14:29 The king grabbed the priest's hand and said,

14:32 "Did no one teach you to erase all evidence after committing

14:35 a crime like this?" Then he turned to Dani and asked,

14:38 "Was this the voice you heard?" She nodded.

14:41 It turned out that the book in her bag had shielded her from the stab.

14:44 The king, furious, confronted the priest.

14:47 "You knew what he meant to me." "Why

14:49 did you do this?" The priest answered coldly.

14:52 "Because if that new language spreads, young people will start thinking freely.

14:57 It'll create chaos.

14:58 It will destroy the kingdom.

15:00 I'm not afraid of dying.

15:02 I'm afraid of the disorder that will ruin the future.

15:05 The king replied, even if you try to stop it,

15:08 I will build this system of writing for the people.

15:11 I want to be someone who makes their dreams possible.

15:14 Why should we fear a future we won't even live to see,

15:17 a world we know nothing about?

15:19 But the priest wasn't moved.

15:20 He fell to his knees and said, "Please execute me and end this." Soon

15:25 the sky turned gray and rain began to fall, just lightly at first.

15:30 Dani went around the palace saying goodbye

15:32 to her friends one last time before leaving.

15:35 The king asked if he could walk with her to the farthest point.

15:38 They walked side by side until they reached the seashore.

15:41 There, Dani stepped into the same pond she had once

15:44 fallen into and allowed herself to sink again, just like before.

15:49 Moments later, she emerged again, back in her own world.

15:52 She looked around and realized that only a few seconds had passed.

15:56 There was still time to make it to the exam.

15:58 She ran as fast as she could toward the test hall and saw her teacher waiting.

16:02 The entrance exam had just started.

16:04 She rushed to her seat and took the test.

16:06 Later that day, she returned home and found her mother waiting for her.

16:10 She ran into her arms holding her tightly.

16:12 Everything about Dani had changed.

16:14 Her behavior, her perspective, everything had shifted after her journey.

16:18 She had learned to value the people and things around her more deeply.

16:22 Months passed.

16:24 One day, as she walked out of school,

16:26 the sky opened up and rain began to fall again.

16:29 Suddenly, someone placed an umbrella over her head.

16:32 She looked up and saw a face strikingly familiar.

16:35 He looked exactly like the king of Joseon, but he simply smiled and said,

16:40 "We met a long time ago on the bus.

16:42 You dropped your umbrella." And that's where the story ends.

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