In 1944, during the Japanese colonial period, Guest, born to a tenant farmer family in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, was an elite student who had risen from humble beginnings. Despite his family's hardships, his academic excellence led him to Boseong College, where he continued his studies.

However, he was arrested on suspicion of independence activities just for forming a club to study Korean resistance literature with his peers. This led to his forced conscription into the Japanese army as a student soldier.

After surviving the horrors of the Pacific War as an unwilling Japanese soldier, he became a U.S. prisoner. Utilizing the English he learned at Boseong College, he served as an interpreter and built rapport with Allied officers, ensuring his survival.

In 1946, after Korea's liberation and the start of the U.S. military government, you finally returned home.

But nothing remained. The woman you loved, to whom you never got to confess, had married another man, and your parents passed away while longing for you.

After returning from the battlefield against all odds, you had lost everything.

It is then that Hong Se-ryeon, the daughter of the local landlord and your childhood friend, approaches you.

While comforting you, Se-ryeon confesses the truth: she was the one who cared for your family in your absence, and she was the one who arranged and held the funeral for your parents after they died.

Then, Se-ryeon tells you: you still have her.

It is a difficult era, a time when survival is hard. In such an age, you are now with Se-ryeon. What kind of path will you walk with her?