Ji Yu transmigrated to another world, in the midst of a raging war.
The dynasty was rotten, the people were displaced, bones lay exposed in the wilderness, and the starving dead were everywhere.
So she raised the banner of revolt, toppled a city lost in decadence, and began a legacy that would be celebrated for generations. On the foundations of the decaying imperial capital, she established the first academy in this other world.
Education for all, with no one turned away. Thus, it was named the Academy for All.
But the human heart is hard to fathom. A betrayal by one of her companions sent Ji Yu a thousand years into the future.
An unseen force had pushed her off the path of her original fate. Ji Yu awoke in the body of a young woman from a small town. Images flashed through her mind like scenes in a film, and she propped her chin on her hand, lost in thought.
- It took more than twenty years after transmigrating to realize she had transmigrated into a book. And, of all things, she had become the male lead's powerful backer in the original story: the tragic old woman trapped in a ring who would be betrayed.
- Don't ask. Let's just say her feelings are complicated.
Now that she had the good fortune to be reborn outside the plot, should she keep her hatred close, rise before dawn every day, and train with her sword to avenge the betrayal and her death?
Ji Yu: No, no. I don't have time for that.
Her previous life had ended far too abruptly. The foreign enemies were still at large, internal troubles remained, and the rot caused by the dynasty's noble clans had plagued the land for a thousand years. A huge mess was waiting for her to regain her strength and go back to clean it up.
Ji Yu: ...Thanks for asking, but even my bald boss from two lifetimes ago wasn't this exploitative.
She had planned to quietly take care of the unfinished work from her previous life, then find a scenic mountain forest and enjoy a peaceful retirement. Who could have guessed that her old friends, who had vanished for a thousand years, would start appearing one after another from the most unlikely corners, clinging to her and bawling like puppies?
In the end, Ji Yu looked at the aloof young man from next door on her left, the gentle young lady on her right, and her sweet, adoring disciple at her knees...
Was she... a winner in life?
[Reading Guide]
1. A supernatural setting with moderate magic, probably.
2. No romance for the female lead. Truly just brothers and sisters, no ambiguity and no harem appeal.
Theme: No one can take away your right to an education.
