This novel is set in an alternate reality. Using an old alley convenience store as an anchor point in time and space, it employs a System to connect across time with various difficult periods in modern history. From the flames of the War of Resistance to the years of nation-building, whenever our forebears suffer hunger and cold in icy, snowbound lands or lack medicine and supplies amid a hail of bullets, this little shop appears as a phantom to bring them warmth and provisions.
This is not an attempt to rewrite history. It is a reply from later generations across time, using today’s abundance to make up, in some small way, for the privations of the past. Behind the peace and security of our land lies a path laid by countless people with their bodies and blood. The story’s ultimate meaning is to make every delivery of supplies a reminder: the peace we enjoy did not come from nowhere. Remembering their sacrifice is the deepest expression of love for this land.
