[Warning: grammatical errors, swear words]
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The room became dark. The blank screen showed a word
Prologue
"Prologue?"
"What's that mean?"
"It's kind of a quick introduction to a story."
Ren answered their question.
"Should I lower the brightness? My eyes burn."
Nela said while she half closed her eyes.
"... No."
Ren answered her, which made him receive a glare.
When I opened my eyes, I was inside a novel.
[The Birth of a Hero].
"Novel?"
TBOAH!Choi Han said as his eyes shaking.
"Hyung, are you alright?"
TBOAH!Lock said trying to comfort the man. TBOAH!Choi Han just nodded.
[The Birth of a Hero] was a novel focused on the adventures of the main character, Choi Han, a high school boy who was transported to a different dimension from Earth, along with the birth of the numerous heroes of the continent.
"Choi Han?"
TBOAH!Rosalyn looked toward TBOAH!Choi Han.
"Hmm? What's high school?"
TBOAH!Alberu asked.
"Hell."
Ren answered.
Both Choi Han sweat drops.
I became a part of that novel as the trash of the Count's family, the family that oversaw the territory where the first village that Choi Han visits is located.
"Trash?"
Nela tried to stop herself from looking behind.
The problem is that Choi Han becomes twisted after that village, and everyone in it, are destroyed by assassins.
Everyone looked at both Choi Han in pity. TBOAH!Choi Han gripped his hands until his knuckles white. TCF!Choi Han smiled softly and looked toward his family.
"Everything's alright now."
"Yes! You're right, Strong Choi Han! We're your family now!"
The bigger problem is the fact that this stupid trash who I've become doesn't know about what happened in the village and messes with Choi Han, only to get beaten to a pulp.
TBOAH!Cale frowned.
"I'm not stupid."
He mumbled (cutely).
Nela couldn't focuse now.
"...This is going to be a problem."
"Of course it is. Why do you ask?"
"Shut up, Bud!"
I feel like something serious has happened to me.
"No shit, Sherlock."
Looked like Ren couldn't stop himself anymore.
But it was worth trying to make this my new life.
"That's it for the prologue. Any question before we continue?"
TBOAH!Choi Han raised his hand. If anyone looked at him closely they could see that his hand was shaking.
"Nela-nim, what does it means by novel?"
Nela looked at him with a bittersweet smile.
"It means what it is."
Countless expression showed up on his face. Started from frown, then hurt, and then anger.
"So you mean, my life is an entertainment?"
TBOAH!Choi Han gritted his teeth.
Before Nela could answer him, Ren beat her to it.
"Don't look at her like that."
He was frowning and glaring to TBOAH!Choi Han.
"You also read some fiction books, right? It's something like that, but your story, for whatever reason actually a real world."
TBOAH!Choi Han tried to calm himself. He was right. For the reader didn't know about the truth behind the story.
"I'm sorry, please continue."
Nela nodded, the she looked toward TCF!Ron who raised his hand.
"Nela-nim, may I ask what does that means 'wake up as the trash of the Count's family'?"
"Ron, it means what it is."
This time, it was the black haired man beside Nela who answered. The black haired man then looked toward TCF!Cale.
"Don't you agree, Cale Henituse?"
"Yes. As he said."
Everyone, except those who knew about the body switching, looked toward the two of them with questioned gaze. Especially the Henituse family.
Nela shook her head.
"It will be better to see more for now. Your question will be answered."
TCF!Ron nodded his head.
"Then let's see another one."
Chapter 2 - When I Opened My Eyes (1)
Many inhaled when they saw the title.
The blank screen now showed a picture of a bedroom. From now on, they would see the writing form and the movie form.
The man could feel someone gently tapping his body. The rough hand made the man think of the hands of an exhausted parent. It was that warm.
TBOAH!Cale inhaled roughly.
"Young master, it is morning."
But the voice was very profound. The man felt chills throughout his body and his eyes subconsciously opened. Rather than the bright sunlight coming in through the window to warm the man's eyes, what he saw was an old man standing there with a satisfied expression.
"It is surprising to see you wake up after a single attempt."
"Huh?"
TBOAH!Cale snorted.
"Trash shouldn't wake up early."
He mumbled, but unfortunately, the people around him have an advance hearing.
"The master wishes to dine with the young master since it has been a while. It looks like it will be possible today."
The man could see a mirror past the old man's shoulder. Inside the mirror was a red-haired man who seemed to be confused looking back at him.
TCF!Alberu snorted unbecoming of him, even his counterpart looked at him weirdly.
"I'm sorry but, seeing Cale like that is hilarious."
"You're right, your highness. It's refreshing seeing someone like the young master Cale confused."
TCF!Rosalyn also agreed with him.
'I guess that guy is me.'
"Did he really just accept it like that?"
TCF!Bud said while chugging on the bottle of alcohol in his hand. Glenn didn't shut him up because he also thought the same.
"That adaptability is crazy."
The black haired man also commented.
"Young master Cale?"
The man turned toward the source of the worried voice to find the old man, who looked like a servant, looking toward him. But that concerned man was not the problem.
The man clearly heard it.
Young Master Cale. It was a familiar name. He slowly blurted out the name.
"Cale Henituse?"
"Sorry but, you kinda look dumb."
The black haired man said again.
TCF!Cale just glared at him.
The old servant was looking at him like he was looking at his own grandson.
"Yes. That is your name, young master. I'm guessing you are still a bit drunk."
"I guess it created good alibi."
Ren said as he gulped his instant coffee.
Listening to the concerned response of the old man, the man naturally thought about a name that was even more important than the name Cale Henituse.
"Hey!"
The black haired man glared at TCF!Cale.
"What the fuck you mean I was not important?"
TCF!Cale just shrugged.
"You've read the novel, didn't you?"
Those who were quick witted realizing who was the black haired man and his reason here.
"...Beacrox."
Both Beacrox stilled when their name got mentioned.
"Are you talking about my son?"
"...Chef."
"Yes. My son is the chef. Do you need him to make something for your hangover?"
The man felt his surroundings turn dark and he started to feel dizzy. He lowered his head and put it into his hand.
"I guess he was overloaded?"
TCF!Alberu started to pity his dongsaeng.
"Mood."
"Relatable."
Everyone, even the black haired man looked toward Ren and Nela.
"Young master, are you still drunk? Should I call the doctor? Or will you wash right now?"
The man looked at the red hair that was falling in front of his face. It was a bright red color, much too different from his original black hair.
Original black hair. It just solidified everyone's theory.
Cale Henituse. Beacrox. Beacrox's dad, Ron.
They were the characters that appeared at the beginning of [The Birth of a Hero], the novel the man was reading before he fell asleep last night.
TBOAH!Choi Han gripped his hands. TBOAH!Rosalyn and TBOAH!Lock held his hands.
He jerked his head up and looked around. He could see the bedroom that was completely different from a typical Korean design. It made the man think about Europe. Every single thing in the room was extremely extravagant and luxurious.
"Korean? Europe?"
TBOAH!Alberu really curious about the new things he saw and read.
"It's like places. You know, like Roan Kingdom, Breck Kingdom, and Whipper Kingdom."
The black haired man answered for him. TBOAH!Alberu just smiled and nodded.
"Young master?"
The man responded to Ron, the old man who was pretending to be concerned and worried.
TBOAH!Cale raised his feet on the couch and burried his face. No one would say anything about a trash not following a noble etiquette anyway.
"Cold water."
"Excuse me?"
He needed something to clear his mind. He could see the face of Cale Henituse in the mirror behind old man Ron.
'Still looks normal.'
'I guess Cale hasn't been beaten to a pulp by the main character just yet.'
His wounds that were still haven't healed fully felt like they were ached and made him numb.
He felt someone caressed his hair.
He raised his head and see Nela beside him. Her eyes still glued on the screen.
"I hope you don't mind."
She looked at him with a smile.
"Sitting in the front, I feel like I would burn my eyes. Since this couch still has a room, I decided to move here."
TBOAH!Cale didn't answer. He resumed looking toward the screen.
While everyone in the room looked toward her weirdly.
His handsome face caught his attention.
Cough!
"Woah, the confidence."
Ren commented while the black haired man beside him tried his best not to wheeze.
TCF!Alberu looked toward TCF!Cale. TCF!Cale ignored him.
Everyone on the right side snickered.
Even TBOAH!Cale almost snorted.
The man had become Cale Henituse when he opened his eyes.
Everyone glanced toward TCF!Cale. They all got ignored royally.
Cale Henituse. The trash who was beaten to a pulp by the main character in the beginning of [The Birth of a Hero]. That was who he was.
"Ugh, do you really need to repeat that?"
The black haired man burried his face on his hands.
"Young master, I presume you will not be bathing in cold water. Are you asking for drinking water?"
Cale turned his gaze toward Ron. Ron may be pretending to be a benign old man, but he was actually hiding his true identity as a cruel and vicious individual.
"Ho."
'So he knew from the start.'
TCF!Ron looked toward TCF!Cale.
TCF!Cale could feel the gaze and shudder.
He made the request to Ron.
"Please get me some drinking water."
He needed to drink some cold water and clear my mind first.
"I will prepare it right away."
"Great. Thanks."
Ron flinched for a second and had an odd expression on his face, but Cale did not notice it.
"That's polite."
Ren commented.
"I'm betting he just scared."
TBOAH!Bud added. TCF!Bud also agreed.
Ron had to leave the bedroom as there was only warm water in the room. Once he was left alone, Cale got off the bed and headed to the bathroom. If he really was inside of the novel, he knew that there should be a large mirror inside.
As expected, the full body mirror was inside the bathroom. Cale Henituse, who had a lot of interest in his appearance and physique, had this mirror set up in here. Nobody else in the household had such a mirror.
"Excuse me! I-I'm not!"
"No, I don't!"
Both TBOAH!Cale and the black haired man said at the same time.
Everyone held their snickers.
"Aww, there's nothing wrong with being interested in your appearance."
Nela cooed which didn't help the situation at all.
The man in the mirror had red hair and a pretty fit body. It wouldn't be wrong to say he had a body that would make any style look good.
TBOAH!Cale and the black haired man groaned.
"Fact tho."
Ren said while he drunk his instant coffee.
Everyone stared at him oddly.
"Child, your bi is showing."
Ren stopped his movement for a second before shrugged.
"Bi proud."
"I really am Cale."
The man in the mirror indeed was Cale Henituse from the novel. [The Birth of a Hero] was very descriptive about each of the character's appearance. That was why the man had no choice but to agree that he had indeed turned into Cale Henituse.
Do people usually become calmer when they are surprised and shocked? Cale, no, Kim Rok Soo, calmly thought about the night before.
"Actually, no, you're just a special case."
The black haired man, Kim Rok Soo, commented.
Everyone on the right side nodded.
"So, young master Cale, your old name is Kim Rok Soo?"
TCF!Rosalyn asked with curiosity in her eyes.
"It sounds similar to Choi Han's name."
"Maybe because we're from the same place."
"Yes. You're right."
It was a typical day off. It had been a while since he had read an actual book instead of on his phone, so he went to the library to check out some books. He borrowed the entire series since he planned to read all day long.
The name of that book was, of course, [The Birth of a Hero]. He managed to finish the fifth volume before he fell asleep. But when he woke up, he had turned into Cale Henituse, the individual that the main character mercilessly beat up in volume 1.
"Someone should count how many times he mentions the getting beat up part."
TCF!Bud said.
"It really showing how scared was he to get beat up."
TBOAH!Bud added.
TCF!Choi Han looked toward his counterpart, then to TBOAH!Cale.
He knew how someone looked like when they were wounded, since he also wounded a lot in the past. And seeing TBOAH!Cale wounded made him feel bad.
'Will things go the way they did in the novel?'
"It didn't."
TCF!Choi Han whispered while smiling.
He felt unnaturally calm. Once he got past the point of shock, his mind had calmed back down. He started to remember the contents of volume 1.
'He will be a great strategic.'
TBOAH!Alberu thought as he saw the screen.
[The Birth of a Hero.]
This novel was about the birth of the heroes in the Western and Eastern continents, as well as their trials and growth. The main character was, naturally, Korean. He was a student who had been transported into the world when he was a freshman in high school. Furthermore, his lifespan became as long as a dragon's lifespan, making him pretty much never age.
"Wait, really?"
TBOAH!Rosalyn looked toward TBOAH!Choi Han.
"I guess. I already lost count."
Answered TBOAH!Choi Han sheepishly.
"Then hyung, do you know how old are you?"
"That is...older than Ron maybe?"
To say they were shocked was an understatement.
"... This is bad?"
He was going to be beaten into a pulp by such a person. The important thing, however, was that he had not been beaten up just yet.
"He made me remember that 'take a shot everytime you hear the word beaten up' game."
Ren leaned back on the couch.
"Maybe I could finally drunk."
Said Kim Rok Soo sarcastically.
Cale took his eyes off the mirror and walked into the tub that was full of warm water. He leaned against the tub and looked up at the ceiling. It was that expensive marble that was described in the novel. The estate that Cale lived in was actually full of marble.
Everyone felt poor when they saw it.
Cale started to mumble as he looked toward the ceiling.
"It's not like there's much I'll miss."
His life as Kim Rok Soo. There really wasn't much to it. He was an orphan and didn't have much money. He also didn't have a person he loved to death, nor a friend he would give his life to save. He only continued to live because he could not die.
Everyone on the right side looked toward TCF!Cale. Was that the reason he fought the hardest? To found a meaning? A reason?
There was nothing they could do about his past, but at least they could help him to live not because he couldn't die, but because he's living.
The children averaging 9 years old kept close and quiet next TCF!Cale since the start. They started to try to get as physically possible to their guardian.
Yes, he could not die.
Kim Rok Soo could see that Ren was getting restless.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, just... A little uncomfortable."
He completely hated the thought of death or pain. He became an orphan after both of his parents passed away from a car accident when he was little.
He didn't like pain or death. No matter what it was, even if he was rolling in a pile of dog shit, it was still better than being dead.
"Pain's sucks, but death's a bitch."
"You're right."
Both Cage answered Ren.
"Pfft."
They looked toward Nela who tried to hold her laughter.
"Hey, I'm having a moment here."
Ren pouted.
"I'm sorry, please don't mind me."
'GoD so gonna sulk.'
'For that reason, I need to first make sure I don't get beaten up.'
Cale did not know what day it was in the novel right now, but he was sure that he had not met with the main character just yet. The reason was simple.
'I don't have the scar on my side.'
He could feel the supposed healed scar ache.
Cale Henituse, the trash of Count Henituse's family. A few days before meeting the main character, Cale was drinking and causing a ruckus. He was flinging things around and got stabbed on his side by a broken desk leg, resulting in the scar.
TBOAH!Cale and Kim Rok Soo winched.
What an interesting character. He didn't get the scar from fighting someone else. He got it because he got angry that the alcohol didn't taste good and threw a tantrum. He meets the main character after he gets the scar, and, after a short discussion, he gets beaten to a pulp.
"For a supposed to be minor villain, your backstory's quite detailed."
Ren said.
"Just shut up."
"Mm."
Cale crossed his arms and started to think.
He did not know what happened to Cale after getting beaten to a pulp in volume 1. All he knew was that the main character, Choi Han, has many fateful encounters and overcomes a lot of trials to grow into a hero along with his party members.
Thus the era for him to prove that he is a hero will begin. The Roan Kingdom that Cale currently lives in, as well as many other locations in the Eastern and Western continents, will be filled with war. It truly will turn into the time for the heroes to show their full potential.
Many from the left side frowned at this information.
Cale started to frown. Kim Rok Soo, the man who became Cale. His life motto was pretty simple.
Living long without pain. Enjoying the small joys of life.
Living a peaceful life.
"You actually have nice motto. You should try to actually follow those life motto."
"What do you mean, hyung-nim? I'm following my life motto."
TCF!Alberu looked at TCF!Cale as if asking if someone could really be this oblivious. While TCF!Cale felt somewhat offended.
"... As long as I make the story proceed like normal while taking out the fact that I get beaten up, the main character will take care of the rest."
"Cale-nim..."
TCF!Choi Han looked toward TCF!Cale with his puppy eyes.
"How could you think that why?"
TCF!Alberu put his hand on TCF!Choi Han shoulder.
"It was a good thing his plan didn't work."
For some odd reason, he could recall every single line in the book without any issue.
"You have a good memory."
TBOAH!Alberu commented while looking toward TCF!Cale.
"I guess I do have good memory."
TCF!Cale answered without even looking back to him.
It took TBOAH!Alberu back because this is the first time someone treating him with such disrespect.
Cale relaxed in the warm water while coming to a final conclusion with his now clear head.
"It's worth trying."
It was worth trying to avoid the continent's war and living peacefully. This trash's situation was much better than when he was Kim Rok Soo.
"Is it just me or does he really quite savage at times?"
Ren whispered to Kim Rok Soo. The man just snorted.
The location of this estate was also in the corner of the Western Continent, making it an ideal location to avoid the war. In the novel itself, there were many nobles who managed to avoid the influences of war. Even if he could not completely avoid it, he should be able to at least reduce the damages to a minimum.
The right side of the room grimaced after they know his wish. But they couldn't deny that they were thankful his plan got foiled.
"Young master, are you inside the bathroom?"
He could hear Ron's voice coming from outside. Cale thought about Ron's true identity. Ron was an assassin who crossed over from the Eastern Continent by sea. He pretended to be a benign old man, but the true Ron was a cruel and merciless man.
Both Ron didn't say anything, they still had their benign smile.
"Assassin from the Eastern Continent? Ron Molan?"
Both Glenn whispered to their respective Bud.
"He's still around?"
"Yes. I'll be right out."
His natural response was to talk informally to the old man. Cale realized what he was doing and made up his mind about what to do in the future.
He needed to push that old man to the main character and send him away.
"Ho.. Was that your true feeling, young master?"
TCF!Ron looked toward TCF!Cale who shuddered in his place.
"It's in the past, Ron."
TBOAH!Ron looked at his counterpart and his interaction with TCF!Cale. He then looked toward his former young master.
That old man could easily kill Cale with a single blow, but treated Cale like a puppy you left alone because you felt bad for it. He was smiling gently, but there was not an ounce of care about Cale on the inside. In the novel, Ron leaves with the main character and his son after Choi Han beats Cale to a pulp.
Seeing this TCF!Ron looked toward his counterpart. No. More like looking toward his past self. He couldn't deny that his feeling toward his puppy young master only that out of obligation. But to see the actual example, especially with the original Cale Henituse, really leave a bitter taste on him.
TBOAH!Cale barely reacting. He only looked toward the screen with a blank face.
TBOAH!Ron stole a glance at TBOAH!Cale. He knew how it looked like, he chose it, but it still bugged him.
Nela brought out some cookies.
"Want something sweet?"
TBOAH!Cale put the cookies on his mouth without a sound.
Cale put the bathrobe on as he quickly exited the bathroom. Ron was standing there with a smile on his face and a tray with a cup in his hands.
"Young master, here you go."
Cale picked up the cup and walked past the old man. He did not want to make eye contact with such a dangerous old man.
"Great, thanks."
"I'll say this, since there's quite many people said I don't have manner. I think a trash shouldn't have said 'thanks'. But you know, just my opinion."
Ren said half whispered. He intended it for others to hear him.
"Yes. He sucks, I'll tell you. He'll ruin my reputation."
Kim Rok Soo answered him.
"Excuse me, but there's nothing to ruin about your reputation."
TCF!Cale said while glaring at Kim Rok Soo.
"Doesn't mean you need to above and beyond and become a fucking hero."
"I'm not a hero! It's Choi Han!"
The right side looked at TCF!Cale with complicated expression.
Ren got close to Kim Rok Soo and whispered to him.
"Denial is the first stage."
Kim Rok Soo snorted.
Ron's expression turned odd once again, but Cale had already walked past him. Cale took a drink of the cold water as he started to think.
'There are too many strong people here.'
In fact, there were too many of them. No matter where the main character went, there were either strong individuals or individuals with hidden secrets. These individuals were both human and other races.
"He's already a trouble magnet, and it get double up by Choi Han's existence."
TCF!Alberu said to no one in particular. But those who heard him couldn't help but hold their laugh.
"Tsk, unlucky bastard."
TCF!Eruhaben pitied the red head more.
'I at least need the strength to protect myself.'
In order to live long without pain in the continent that will soon be filled with war, you needed a decent level of strength. Of course, you could not be too strong. Then other complicated things will happen.
Cale thought about the different fateful encounters that occurred in the beginning parts of the novel. The powers that strengthen the main character and his party members. He was thinking about the ones that would help him live long without pain. There were a couple that came to mind. He just needed to pick one of them.
"Is he talking about the Ancient Power?"
TCF!Rosalyn asked, more to herself.
"He said it like he will pick it up like snacks."
TCF!Bud shook his head. He knew there was something wrong with him.
"Young master, we will start to dress you now."
"Oh, right. Thanks."
The door soon opened and couple servants entered to help Ron dress Cale. Cale did not notice that Ron had a stoic expression unlike his usual self as he looked at the clothes the servants were bringing in.
"If he noticed, I'm sure he'll be scared to death."
TBOAH!Bud said which earned a smack from TBOAH!Glenn.
'Can't he feel the Molan Patriarch is looking at us?'
TBOAH!Glenn thought he would be the one scared to death.
"Ah, something simple today."
He hated really complicated attires. Simple clothes that let you relax comfortably were the best.
Kim Rok Soo snorted for the nth time.
"What is it?"
Ren, who got curious, asked him.
"Just remembering the first time I opened his wardrobe, he only got black shirt."
"Wha-Just black?"
At that even TBOAH!Cale chimed in.
"Yes. Can you believe him?"
"Doesn't he has any fashion taste?"
"Hey! Comfortable clothes are the best!"
TCF!Cale didn't accept his wardrobe slander.
"Yes, young master."
The servant in charge of the attires quickly pulled out some simple clothes and Cale changed into the simplest of them all. He lightly frowned after finishing getting dressed. Even this, 'simple,' attire was extremely extravagant and not to his liking.
However, the reflection in the mirror was quite handsome.
'He really is handsome and makes any clothes look good.'
The face really was the final piece to fashion.
"Em.. Thank you?"
TBOAH!Cale just awkwardly looked at TCF!Cale while Kim Rok Soo groaned. TCF!Cale avoided everyone glances.
He looked in the mirror and fixed his sleeves before turning around to look at Ron.
Ron was once again smiling like a gentle old man.
"Ron, let's go."
"Yes, young master."
Cale walked behind Ron. It was nice that he did not need to know the layout of the estate. He just needed to follow Ron wherever he needed to go. All of the servants that Cale saw flinched and bowed respectfully before they seemed to run away.
'Why are they so scared? Cale never hit people.'
"Oh, really?"
Ren looked toward Kim Rok Soo. He didn't answer.
Many people looked toward TBOAH!Cale who just soundlessly stuffed more cookies in to his mouth.
He just liked to drink and play. Sometimes, when he was drunk, he did break things. But that was why he was the trash of the family. He also did not treat people like people, other than the few people he liked.
"Hmm.. I do that sometimes."
Ren said nonchalantly. Kim Rok Soo looked toward him.
"What?"
"Well.. I need to let go off some steam at times. Not drunk, but I do throw some tantrums."
"No one said anything about it?"
Ren shrugged.
"It's my brother who takes care of it."
'Well, it's better if nobody talks to me.'
Cale thought about it peacefully. It would be more difficult if he was in the body of a model citizen. A trash can do as he pleases without worry. It was only possible because there was no desire to live as a model citizen.
"Understable."
Ren nodded his head.
"I know I don't have the right to say this, but what?"
Kim Rok Soo looked at Ren as if he's crazy. Then he looked toward Nela.
"Same."
Everyone looked toward Nela who also nodding her head.
"Expectation is burden. I always do things averagely."
'These two share the same brain cells.'
"I will now open the door."
"Sure."
Cale nodded his head toward Ron. The book mentioned that Cale treated Ron, someone who raised him like he was his own grandson since he was little, as nicely as he treated his own father. It mentioned that he always responded to Ron and treated him like a person. Of course, Ron did not really think that way. That was why it was easy for Cale to talk to Ron. He just needed to answer Ron's questions and treat him like a human being.
Both Ron narrowed their eyes. No one could see the trace of their usual benign smile.
TCF!Ron had some regret that the time he acknowledged his affection was when the young master he took care of since he was a baby already switched place with another person.
TBOAH!Ron thought that maybe he needed to stop running away. He looked toward TBOAH!Cale who didn't even try to at least glance at him. But was it already too late?
"I hope you enjoy your breakfast."
"Thanks. Ron, make sure you eat a good meal too."
Cale walked past Ron and into the dining room. He could see his family sitting there. His father and the current head of the Henituse household, Deruth. Next to him was Cale's step mother, the Countess, as well as her son and daughter. The four people looked toward Cale.
The Henituse family from both side held their breath. For TCF side, it was a hit for them, to not even realized that their family member got switched.
For TBOAH side, they knew how bad their relationship was with the first born of the family. They scared of what would shown.
"You are late again, today."
Cale's gaze turned toward his father who spoke. [The Birth of a Hero] described Cale's feelings for his father like this.
Both Deruth felt like he could hardly breathe.
'His father was the one person that Cale listened to. The reason the trash did not leave the area and got everything he wanted inside the Count's territory was because of his father, Count Deruth Henituse.'
TBOAH!Deruth looked toward TBOAH!Cale. While TCF!Deruth looked toward Kim Rok Soo.
No one said anything. Even the watchers.
But, unfortunately, Cale's father was unlike the other strong fathers in this novel. He did not have any special skills or influence. He just had a lot of money. However, Cale liked this a lot. It was the perfect family environment to live a simple life.
Then there were the other three individuals.
His stepmother who knew that he did not like her and avoided him.
Her smart first-born who found it difficult to deal with his much older brother Cale.
And the cute youngest of the family who avoided her older brother Cale.
"Ouch."
Kim Rok Soo looked toward Ren who didn't even hide the fact that he was restless. He gripped his arm hard, put too much force on his bandaged wounds.
Kim Rok Soo caught his hand.
"You'll reopen your wounds."
Kim Rok Soo let him gripped his hand instead. If it was a little bit to hard, he didn't say anything.
But it wasn't like Cale bothered them or they bothered Cale. They just treated each other like strangers.
"It's sad."
A monotone voice could be heard from the left side of the room.
Cale thought this was such a great environment to quietly live alone.
"Take a seat."
"Yes, father."
Cale looked at the feast on the table that did not meet his definition of breakfast and sat down on his seat. He then felt something was odd and lifted his head up.
"Is there something you need to say, father?"
"... No, I do not."
Deruth was staring at Cale. The rest of the family was doing the same. Cale made eye contact with each of these family members. They all quickly turned away whenever he made eye contact and continued to eat.
'I guess they find me really difficult to handle.'
The Henituse family hanged their head in shame. No one refute. Even TCF side, who felt as if their relationship was getting better, but then they found out about the whole switching place.
Cale turned his head toward the table as well. This luxurious feast that was different than the breakfast he used to eat just to fill his belly made him start to smile. He first started by cutting the sausage in half with the knife.
"He's happy just because of good foods."
TCF!Alberu shook his head. He already knew from the Sealed God's Test that as Kim Rok Soo, TCF!Cale lived a hard life, but it still made him realize, he didn't know the extent of that suffering.
'It is so juicy.'
He didn't know if juice flowed out as soon as he cut into it because it was handmade or because it was cooked well, but the color on the sausage made him hungry. Cale started to smile without realizing it.
"Tsk, unlucky bastard."
TCF!Eruhaben made a mental note to fatten this unlucky human.
TCF!Beacrox decided to cook more feast from now on.
Clang.
He heard something fall down and made eye contact with his younger brother Basen. He could see that Basen had dropped the fork in his hand.
TBOAH!Cale smiled softly when he saw his brother expression, just a split second, before it went back stoic.
"It must be surprising."
TBOAH!Basen could hear him, it made him hide his face in his hands.
"My apologies."
Basen calmly apologized like the personality described for him in the novel. The servant in charge of the meal quickly came over to hand Basen a new fork and picked up the fork on the floor. Watching that made Cale think that it was nice to be a noble, before he focused once again on the food in front of him.
Cale had found the first good thing about coming into the novel. This breakfast was extremely luxurious and so tasty that his stomach was completely happy.
The smile on his face could not disappear.
TCF!Cale avoided everyone glances by looking at his children. It was not his fault the food tasted that good.
"...Ho?"
That was why he did not hear his brother Basen's shocked proclamatihis
TCF!Basen followed his counterpart by burrying his face in his hands.
"I guess it's finished."
Nela stood from the couch and did some stretching.
"Should we take a rest or see more?"
"Let's take a rest for a moment."
TCF!Alberu answered her.
"Alright then. Let's rest for 30 minutes. Then start again."
Tbc
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