Rasputin of the East



prologue

“……Ummm”

who really is

I forced my eyes to open as I felt someone poking me.

‘Wait, why am I lying down…’

“Спя здесь, мы здесь засыпаем и умираем.”

A harsh voice was heard.

“……?”

I jumped up as if I had received an electric shock.

At first glance, a man in thick clothes, as if he were a bear, was looking down at me.

“Uh… uh…”

Wait, just Russian…?

“What, I thought I was drunk, but I’m fine.”

It was obviously Russian.

“I… I… where am I?”

“…. Well? What, are you drunk? What kind of kid is so drunk? This is St. Petersburg, where are you, drunk in front of the Winter Palace, are you not joking with your guts?”

“?!”

Wait, wait, did I get it right?

“Winter… a palace?”

“Yes, you will be the only one who has been drunk in front of the Winter Palace since dawn. It’s a shame because I got caught, but if the high nobles saw it, I wouldn’t be able to do it, go ahead.”

“No, wait! You mean St. Petersburg right now?”

“…Of course, if this isn’t St. Petersburg, where is it?”

“Wait! Wait! Did I say noble before?”

“What are you talking about? Why am I a noble?”

“No… there are nobles?”

“… what happened to your hair? Aren’t there no nobles in the Tsar’s Winter Palace?”

Tea… Tsar…?

“Ha… Let me ask you one more thing, now… Now… the year…”

The man with a pitiful expression spit out a word.

And those words almost made me faint.

“1906.”

***

The guard who woke me up gave me a pint glass to go home before sunrise and went back to his seat.

Entering any conspicuous alleyway, I sat down and muttered blankly.

“……1906,”

It looked like it was going to go crazy. why? How the hell am I here?

I pinched the ball, but I didn’t wake up from the dream. Come to think of it, my appearance was too young…. it didn’t look right for my age.

I reflected my face in the puddle of water on the side of the road. His youthful-looking face was reflected in the water.

“Is this… a dream? Is it a dream, it must be a dream. It must be a dream.”

I slapped my cheeks, but nothing changed.

Obviously I was going to come to St. Petersburg, but the problem was that I couldn’t understand why I came to St. Petersburg after I was in Seoul.

‘No, come to your senses, even if you are bitten by a tiger’s burrow, they said you will live if you keep your mind.’

I actually experienced that absurd situation, but just because it was a surreal situation that I would never understand was not a reason to give up and give up.

‘Something that will help, I need to find something that will help.’

The basis of all survival is the use of the tools around you. I immediately put down the bag I was carrying and frantically searched inside.

The books I borrowed from the library were still there. Cell phone and wallet… I didn’t bring it with me in the first place, damn it.

Well, having a wallet wouldn’t have helped. There is no way that Tsarist Russia can accept Korean money.

I let out a sigh as I laid out all my belongings.

All I have is a few books. And the bag and the clothes you’re wearing.

The contents of the books themselves are quite useful in this world…. However, in a situation where it would not be strange to freeze to death tomorrow night, they are not as useful as firewood.

Then, something caught in the inner pocket of the bag.

“uh? this…..”

A tarot card that I had to give as a birthday present for my brother who likes it so much, but I forgot to give it to him yet.

In an instant, an idea popped into my mind.

‘…….If you do well, you might be able to paste it in your mouth.’

I got up. Maybe I didn’t know that the time would be tight for today. I’m penniless with no money in hand right now, but I wanted to refrain from not being able to put anything in my mouth until tomorrow, no matter how I starve today.

After thinking about where to look, the conclusion came quickly.

‘There’s always something useful in the dumpster.’

I began to move my body through the alleyways, hoping that this rule would still apply in the 20th century.

It would be best to move when the sun isn’t up yet to avoid becoming a nuisance.

***

“Whoah, you’ve been using up a lot of energy since dawn.”

As the flagship, I saw the completed seat simply. It looked a bit like a tent, with rags wrapped around it, but it looked plausible from the outside.

“Huh, then…”

“What are you doing here?”

Hearing Russian behind his back, he flinched and turned around to see the uncle of the guard I met this morning with several other soldiers.

For a moment, I flinched, but because the other person’s expression looked just curious, I was able to manage it while feeling anxious.

“Ah, hello…”

“What kind of gypsy tent is that?”

“Ah, yes… this is the only thing I know how to do. It’s penniless.”

“Do you see the dots?”

“Yes, would you like to go see it? I was taken care of this morning, so I’ll watch it for free.”

“free?”

The uncle of the guards tilted his head as if something was appealing.

“But aren’t you at work?”

“I was on my way to have a drink after my shift, hey, let’s go first. I’ll have to go take a look.”

“No, we’re curious too?”

“Ummm… do you want others to see it too?”

I smiled.

“Since you are coming with us, please spread rumors instead of bokchae. A lot of guests will come.”

“…is that enough? Are we sorry for this?”

“Don’t worry, sit down for a moment.”

Then several soldiers crouched and sat down. It felt like the alley was full when several bear-sized men sat down.

“Um… what’s your name?”

“Dmitry. These guys are Victor and Ivan.”

“Then I’ll take a look at Uncle Dmitry first.”

I originally learned to use it when playing with my younger siblings, but I didn’t know how to use it for something like this.

I was a little upset that I didn’t get the blessing, but I decided to get acquainted with the guards I would meet often as long as I was in St. Even if you have an argument with other people due to bad luck, there is a possibility that if the guards come out and get to know each other, there is a possibility that it will be handled with some advantage.

The guards who had been seated were all paying attention to my hand movements.

‘End of imperial Russia, damn it, I’m not some kind of Rasputin.’

Well, Rasputin didn’t like his words, such as being hated by the nobles and being killed, but at least he went out of his way. What am I doing on the street?

Contrary to that thought, my hands were shuffling cards very steadily.

Episode 1

These days, I don’t even have a sense of date.

I sighed and twisted my body in my room.

“it’s morning……”

The disgusting divination tools caught my eye. If I had the same heart, I wanted to throw it away, but if I don’t have it, I will starve to death.

In the meantime, I have become quite famous. Of course, its fame is at a level that only those interested in St. Petersburg know.

A roughly teenage Tatar kid is doing divination in the back alleys of St. Petersburg, and it’s so easy to use that it was something like this.

Of course, I’m seriously prophesying something I don’t believe in, and I’ve had stomachaches dealing with people I don’t believe in, but somehow the rumors got me in a pretty good way.

“Hey, Vostok. Are you going to work?”

“Hello, Uncle Ivan.”

A word with the meaning of Vostok, east, orient.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m Asian or if it’s for no reason – I think it’s likely the latter – but that nickname was already being used instead of my name.

“Can’t I go take a look too?”

“There is no one who can’t look after you as long as you give them bokchae.”

When I cut it off just to get the bok choy, Uncle Ivan coughed in vain.

No matter how much you tried to accept me as my neighbor without paying any money.

Actually, it’s the other side that made me famous.

People always have their worries piled up in their minds. What I do is make them release their worries.

It has already been proven that saying it to someone and the other person listening to it can be of great help. Rather than the point where the bottom will be revealed someday, I also aimed for that direction.

Anyway, it is difficult for me to say anything about the future of many people who are my opponents other than the big events that are difficult to discuss anyway.

Then what should I do?

‘Only money, if you save money somehow…’

When you save enough money, you float abroad. America would be nice

In the United States, the Korean community is formed to a certain extent, so after making some investment and saving money, spend a comfortable retirement.

Anyway, because of my age, I wouldn’t be taken to active duty in World War II anyway… Let’s avoid World War I.

No, it might be a way to get citizenship properly by participating in the war.

“By the way, is it true that you can cure your own person?”

“Um… just in case.”

“Are there going to be rumors that you saved a dying person?”

“Ah… is that it?”

Well, that’s something I’m proud of.

About a month ago, a divination man told me that his child fell ill and died.

I asked about the symptoms of the disease. As soon as I heard the story of diarrhea, something came to mind.

Oral fluid therapy.

Half a teaspoon of salt and six teaspoons of sugar per liter of clean water.

It can be a little thinner than that, but not thicker. It tastes like some famous blue drink in Korea that lacks flavor.

I remembered that and thought I might be able to help, so I went to the house. At that person’s house, the oral sap was continuously made and poured into the son’s mouth.

It was only later learned that cholera was a very common disease in Russia. Anyway, my son got cholera and woke up soon after. The owner of the house liked it so much that he ran wildly and gave me a lot of money.

And thanks to that money, I was able to escape homelessness and get a house.

Leaving your name in the history of the world… Actually, I didn’t want to think about that.

The hero who led the independence of the country? Or a businessman who will go down in world history?

To be honest, I didn’t need it.

It would be a good title to get it literally. if you get it

But is that really an achievement that I must achieve by devoting my life to it?

I’m not a hero.

He didn’t have the qualities to be a hero. At least it was like that in my previous life.

It wasn’t that he had a particularly strong sense of justice. He has never had the power or power to change the world, nor has he been confident to wield it. He was just a small, non-existent citizen who lived as if he was there.

I don’t know what the being who threw me here is doing, but it doesn’t seem like it touched my soul or anything. My body is a little bit younger, but it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to get anything out of here.

For a kid who doesn’t have a status window and lives on just one tongue and knows a little bit about the future…

I do not know. can i do something

Even being a Tsar’s adviser does not prevent the Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution is almost half inevitable since Bloody Sunday has taken place.

If I had been born in the same position as the older brother of Nicholas II or Prince Alexei, I might have had some work to do in Russia.

Had I been born into a WASP family in America, I might have dreamed of changing history.

No European aristocrats, no white Americans, no royalty, I was just a stranger.

How many places are willing to accept me? How much is the Korean community abroad?

Even if I had learned something like technology, all I had was future knowledge, so I am in a good position to use and throw away.

There’s not much I want. It’s not much bigger than what we’d like in modern Korea.

Happy with my loved ones in a suitable home, and my children.

It is enough to have enough wealth to go anywhere without being ignored.

Just that much…….

– Jingling!

The bell I hung on the door rang, announcing the arrival of the guest.

After that, my thoughts were cut off.

“Are you… the astrologer Vostok?”

“exactly.”

“…you are very young.”

“There are no obstacles in the search for the truth. What are you here for?”

If it’s at this point, it’s probably at a high level. If I go back to the 21st century, I don’t know if I’ll be on the news as a scammer someday.

It was self-help.

Well, it’s not just scammers who live well with their tongues, and whether it’s politics or studying law to become a lawyer, there’s nothing wrong with speaking skills in life.

‘I can’t even do this business for a long time.’

With that in mind, I looked at my opponent.

‘Looking at it, new clothes are quite expensive, but I did not bring anything like a servant and came alone. Usually, it’s difficult for even a gentleman to wear clothes like this.’

quite wealthy aristocrats. Did such a nobleman come without a servant?

‘Something seems a little awkward.’

“So… I heard you have a knack for treating sick people.”

“I’m not very good at it.”

“No, there is someone who is sick, so I can give you enough money…”

Oh Mr. If it continues like this, should I just become a doctor?

I sighed inwardly and followed the nobleman into the carriage.

I forgot to wear a cloth mask that I roughly made myself. It is not uncommon for a doctor to die from a disease that he specializes in treating.