The Fragile Dawn

Part One: Kiyo's Everyday Life In the small village of Siul, nestled in the northern outskirts of the city, nature cradles lush green hills, cascading waterfalls, and ancient trees. Here lives 19-year-old Kiyo Myeong, a boy with distant eyes and an oddly captivating smile. The girls of Siul adore him—or rather, pretend to. Competing for his affection has become their daily ritual. Messages flood his f*******: notifications: *"What did you eat today?" "Will we meet tomorrow?"* Kiyo’s reply remains unchanged: *"I want to be alone."* But no one listens. To escape their relentless attention, Kiyo retreats to the nearby woods. There, he strums his guitar, counts stars, and wonders—*how can I flee this life?* His parents died young, and his grandfather, who raised him, passed away two years prior. Now, his home holds only dusty books, photo albums, and a locked box of mysterious letters his grandfather forbade him to open. *"You’ll know when the time comes,"* he’d said. --- Part Two: The Strange Flower Beneath the Tree One night, as Kiyo gazes at the stars, a flicker of light catches his eye—a glow from the ancient Akanda tree in his yard. Among its branches blooms a flower unlike any he’s seen: sapphire petals with a crimson core, as if fire and water fused. A golden thread coils around its stem, and a blinding light pulses at its center. Intrigued, Kiyo plucks it. Its sweet scent dizzying, he tucks it under his pillow and drifts to sleep. --- Part Three: Awakening in 1845 Morning light reveals a shock—his room is gone. He lies in a rice field, surrounded by wooden huts and people clad in *hanbok*. A woman approaches, speaking in Korean, yet Kiyo understands. *"Boy! What are you doing here?"* *"I’m Kiyo. What year is this?"* *"1845. Are you fleeing Japan?"* His heart pounds. *180 years in the past.* Behind him, the Akanda tree is now a sapling. The flower dragged him through time. --- Part Four: Confronting the Past 1845 Siul simmers with rebellion against Japanese rule, impoverished farmers, and secret shamanic rituals. Min-jun, a local, shelters Kiyo, mistaking his T-shirt and smartphone for omens of prophecy. To return, Kiyo needs the Akanda flower—but here, the tree is young. He must wait. *But how?* --- Part Five: The Unraveling Mystery Min-jun’s sister, So-yeon, believes Kiyo is destined to save their village. Yet altering history could doom the future. Meanwhile, in 2025, villagers find only a blue petal in Kiyo’s empty home. Trapped between eras, Kiyo faces an impossible choice: stay with So-yeon or return home. And what secrets lie in his grandfather’s letters? --- Episode 2 Hint: Kiyo discovers the Akanda is a "time bridge," blooming every 180 years. But each journey erases his existence in the past. Can he hide his identity in 1845? Or will history unravel?