The Missing Master

Don’t push me away, Master. Ryu Jangjin lives a fairly typical life. His greatest thrill? Getting lost in web novels on the long subway rides home from the office. It’s his own little escape from the daily routine—until one evening, everything changes. Suddenly, a man crashes through the window of his third-floor apartment, as though from a fairy tale. The strange man, Sa Wihyeon, doesn’t just break in; he speaks to Jangjin Master and tells him that they are not from Earth but from a planet called Honwon. He tells Jangjin that he doesn’t belong and that he needs to go back to his homeland. Being an isekai and martial arts novel fan, Jangjin is caught between skepticism and curiosity. It is the type of tale he would read in an instant, but this is real life, and he does have to go to work in the morning. Wihyeon, though, is certain Jangjin can only be in doubt about him because he’s lost his memory. And before Jangjin can protest otherwise, he’s carried away—literally—into another world.