With the ML, he lived in this ‘book’ where a Korean woman praised as a saintess appeared. She took him to a modern Korea where he worked for the government and met the FL. I figure that she (FL) read this book in modern Korea because this ‘saintess’ made the book. It said that she introduced Korean things into this ‘book’ world so I wouldn’t be too surprised. Then the ML went crazy, and killed himself and the FL, and he got sent back in time to his life before, while the FL became another person from his world. If this makes sense at all I don’t know.
Instead of novel, think of it as an alternative dimension. The only reason that FL read this “novel” and knew the plot is bc the saintess was the one who made up the book based on prior events that actually occurred in this dimension. The saintess embellished a bit of the book, and that’s why it isn’t rlly accurate to how the characters act
I think the author is a fucking genious much like the auther of ORV.
Its called the Temporal Paradox where the future influences the past that then becomes the current existing future. Except the author simplified it by making the characters actually die and go back in time instead of making it a continuous flow of uninterrupted time.
Author is a badass by also making it a guideverse which by itself is already fascinating.
The novel setting is way too confusing. Like somehow the side characters are real life people she've interacted with before but also a fictional character she've read about...? I don't know why the author thought that was a good idea. I get that the 'transmigrating into a novel' trope is popular but it literally makes no sense in here. I think it would have made more sense if the MC came realised that everyone she knew came from Korea and vise versa. I don't understand why she has to know who everyone is off the bat.