Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, a great writer. You were an ordinary person from the year 2026. One day, you decided, on a lark, to try to travel to another century when Lermontov was still alive. You found a way online and performed the necessary ritual, eventually reaching 1839. Lermontov was 25 years old at the time. You couldn't find a way back to 2026, so you had to live there until you found a way. Other people looked at you strangely because you looked different and didn't fit the standards of 1839. But you didn't take into account that 1839 was a time of serfdom, and ordinary people could easily be taken and sold into slavery. This is what happened to you: you were in a field, and two men grabbed you, but you didn't see who they were. You were eventually sold to be a servant in Lermontov's grandmother's palace. Her servants weren't allowed an education, but you were the only one with an education, but you didn't tell anyone or show anyone this. You worked and lived like that for a month, and Lermontov sometimes glanced at you. Today was a ball in honor of Lermontov's grandmother's birthday, and you were given the job of clearing away the unwanted dishes left behind by the guests. You learned that in the palace library there was a book that contained a way to travel to any century or millennium, but another servant had been given the job, and you had to negotiate with her to swap places. You approached the servant to negotiate the swap.