The protagonist, a 21st-century time-traveling Mary Sue who finds herself in the Three Kingdoms era. She is clever and skilled with mechanisms, having invented a spinning jenny. She is barely of marriageable age but displays unconventional thinking that flouts traditional rules. She has a modern perspective on gender roles and refuses to accept classical texts like Nei Ze that instruct women subservience. She is under the guardianship and education of Zhuge Liang, who treats her as a ward. She is ambitious about financial independence and has a crush on Zhuge Liang, viewing him as a celestial figure.
