How to Chase a Royalty. [j.jk + k.th]

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Into the New World.

His lungs let in a deep breath and out as his eyes shot open. The clear blue sky above greeted him. “Ugh.” Groaning, he sat up straight. He quickly touched the back of his head, it wasn’t bleeding anymore. "What?" He touched his body. "I'm not hurt anywhere." He hadn’t noticed it before but even the pain had disappeared.

He looked up and observed the place he was at. There were small wooden stalls selling cloths and ornaments and fruits. It was a market. The people wore clothes of the olden era; the men even had their hair tied top-knot.

"Where on earth..."

The ground shook beneath him, and a man yelled, “Get out of the way!” He was sitting on a cart drawn by horses. Startled, and in an instant, Taehyung hurriedly rolled over to the other side to avoid being trampled to death.

“What the hell! Horses? Here? What's going on?!”

It was like some scene from a historical drama had been brought to life.

"Where is this place?" He stood up, dusting the dirt off his clothes – the dirty hanbok. “Who changed my clothes?” He started freaking out at the thought of some random stranger touching his body. “I remember being taken to the hospital. Where is the hospital?" There was not a single building in sight. All he could see were some wooden and stone houses and shops. "Is this a dream? Am I dead?” Now, he was panicking.

The already confused boy yelled in frustration, “Where the fuck am I?!”

“Why, in Joseon, of course.” An old man stopped to answer.

“I'm sorry, what? Did you say Joseon?” Taehyung stared at him in surprise. "You mean the Joseon with the kings and the concubines?"

"Are you alright, boy?"

A word hovered above the man’s head. The word read EXTRA. “What is that floating above your head?”

The man looked up. “There’s nothing but the sky.”

“You don’t see it?”

The man got annoyed now. “Day drinking and being a menace to others! Go home to your mother, boy!” He scolded as he smacked Taehyung on his head and walked away.

Rubbing his head, Taehyung scanned the people around him, only to see the same symbol. He rubbed his eyes and stared again. There it was again – the word EXTRA. He was now sure that he wasn’t hallucinating. “What's with the EXTRA and why can't they see it?”

There came a shout, “MAKE WAY!” It was a soldier. The same word EXTRA appeared above his head and several other fellow soldiers who marched through the streets.
But, one of them was different – he was the only one riding a horse. What caught Taehyung’s attention were the words flying on top this particular soldier's head.

Kim Namjoon.
Captain of King’s Army.
The Destroyer.

“Kim Namjoon…” Taehyung murmured under his breath. Wait. He knew that name. After racking his memory for a while, he remembered. This name had appeared on his computer screen. In an on-going novel he had been reading.

Pfft…No way. It can’t be. With an IQ of 156, it would be embarrassing to even assume that you are trapped in a novel. It’s absolutely nonsense!

Once the soldiers had left and the crowd had dispersed, Taehyung decided to explore this strange world he had woken in. He saw and heard a lot of things – mostly about the King.