Hey, how about a time trade?
Hey, how about a time trade? PROLOGUE
10 years ago
할머니
Come here, granddaughter. Grandma will read you a book.
어린 시절 여주
Grandma! Is this the book you wrote again?
할머니
Well, this is something that this grandmother has personally experienced.
어린 시절 여주
Wow, grandma is the best! Read it to me!
할머니
It is said that since ancient times, a boundary with a parallel world has been formed near a mountain called Daedonsan.
할머니
The border opens only once a year in the early morning, and if you move with a person from that world at that time, you can go to that world.
어린 시절 여주
Wow, Grandma, that's amazing! What are the people like there?
할머니
They say that people there have timers written on their arms like clocks.
할머니
The time written there could be 10 years or 100 years for each person. In other words, lifespan is time.
할머니
Taking advantage of that, the rich people of that country are trying to buy lifespans from the poor by paying a lot of money and enjoy almost eternal life.
할머니
Even if poor people receive a lot of money, they struggle to pay off their debts and their life expectancy is shortened, so the gap between rich and poor in this world is very severe.
할머니
It is said that the only person who can save this rotten country is a person whose lifespan is not written on his arm.
어린 시절 여주
Wow, grandma, you're so cool! I want to be like that too!
할머니
Hahaha, who knows, maybe our granddaughter will become that kind of person.
엄마
Mom, are you saying weird things to the child again?
할머니
Hohoho, what is that weird sound he's making?
It was from this point on that I began to believe that such a world existed.
Even though everyone else said it was a lie, I believed it until the very end, right up until my grandmother passed away.
One year when I turned 18
박지민
“Honey, do you want to sell me your time?”
한여주
"yes?"
A man appeared before me, speaking strangely, just like the story my grandmother told me.