Complexities of Time Travel

Chapter 3: NSFW

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---A few years into the future – Goryeo ---

"You must be kidding, right? Time travel? That only happens in movies. Jong Hyunssi, stop joking around! Tell me honestly, what is happening here?" Go Ha Jin asked as she started hyperventilating. 'There was no way that what he was saying was true.'

Wang Yo, or rather King Jeongjeong, spent the past half hour explaining to his wife, the Queen, everything he could about her current predicament. Well, not exactly everything. He had strict orders from none other than her future-self to not to tell her past-self too much lest she be tempted to try to change her future. 'Everything must go the way it's supposed to. We can't rush or change anything. Just like how you couldn't rush bringing Fourth Prince Wang So back from Shinju.' He cringed as he remembered her scolding tone. He had to find a way to calm her down without giving away too much.

This time travel situation was a very complicated matter. And it was still very confusing even for him who has been dealing with it for years. Take, for example, the first time he ever met his wife. He was 19 years old and she looked to be about in her mid 20s – 24 by his estimate. But she didn't have any 'time-travel episodes' when she was around that age. He would have known since he watched her like a hawk.

Back then, when she died – really died – not like all her other deaths where she would magically get healed, sleep for a few days and then wake up with a different set of memories - her body disappeared right in front of him. But during all the other times, her body stayed where it was. He wondered if he could discuss his various hypotheses with this version of her, but it seemed to him that this version in front of him might be too young, despite being in her 33-year-old body.

Add to the fact that she seemed to think that he is someone else. Hong Jong Hyun – Wang Yo never thought he would hear that name again. 'When was the last time I heard that name? Hmm... It was many years ago. I think it must have been in Damiwon when she first met me. Or maybe it was when first brother Mu was King. If this was her from the first time she met me, then her knowledge of her past life must still be very fresh. She might be able to give me clearer answers than all the other hers that I have encountered.' Yo made up his mind but now, he had to figure out exactly how to get it out of her without making her more troubled and without changing her future. He also didn't want to bring up that name. Whenever she said that name, his jealousy would always spike up. They've been married for so many years now, but that name still made him react irrationally.

"Soo ya, I'm telling you the truth. For the hundredth time, you are the Queen of Goryeo. And you are a time traveler. We've been dealing with this for years. I don't know what else to tell you to make you believe me."

"It's Ha Jin. My name is Go Ha Jin. Jong Hyunssi, where are the cameras? This must be a prank show. Haha! You got me! Everyone, you can come out now. The prank is over!" she said as she looked around the empty room. When she saw no one coming in to reveal the bluff, she turned to face Yo.

'Ouch! That name!' Wang Yo cringed. "Soo ya, what is a camera? I've never heard that word before. Is that something from your original time?" Her forced smile fell, and she looked at Yo as if she was just realizing what he was saying.

"Okay. Okay. When it's just you and me, I will call you Ha Jin. But when there are other people, you must allow yourself to be called as Hae Soo because that is your identity here. People will think that you're crazy if you start demanding to be called another name, especially since you are the Queen." He took a deep breath and said, "And again, I am not Hong Jong Hyun. My name is Wang Yo. King Jeongjeong. In public, you must call me Pyeha, but when it's just the two of us, you can call me Yo. Understood?"