in 1491, yi hyeon disappeared. someone kept his belongings, along with a note: do not discard.
more than five centuries later, kim jiwoo encounters hyeon’s name while cataloguing a family donation at the seoul museum of history. the records offer fragments of a young scholar’s life, but no explanation for his disappearance.
then jiwoo meets hyeon himself.
the world hyeon knew is gone. his family and friends belong to a past he cannot return to, and the seoul surrounding him bears little resemblance to the city he remembers. with jiwoo’s help, he begins to find his place in an unfamiliar century.
as they investigate the circumstances of hyeon’s disappearance, their growing friendship becomes something neither anticipated. between historical records, shared meals, and the quiet work of building a life together, they discover that understanding the past is not the same as recovering it.
무궁화 (mugunghwa) is a standalone literary supernatural mm romance about memory, belonging, and love across the centuries.
