A Barbarian Entered the Academy summary: The protagonist is Lee Soo-jin, a college student who loved playing a role-playing game called “Academy of Magic”. One day, he wakes up in the body of Rina, a secondary character in the game who was a barbarian warrior from a savage tribe. He discovers that Rina was destined to come to a bad end, being captured and tortured by the evil empress. She decides to escape this fate and enroll in the magic academy, where she meets several characters from the game, including the crown prince, the black knight, the white wizard and the empress herself.