Notes:
This chapter is mostly filler.. the next chapter will be more exciting (。ò ∀ ó。)..
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'Oh my ...'
The black-haired person was having a very bad nightmare in his sleep.
but..
'This....certainly isn't a silly nightmare!'
He stands like a ghost watching this incident in front of him, he cannot speak or control anything, and no one pays attention to him..
Kim Rok Soo was seeing himself when cale Henituse was-
or not...
Apparently this is the current cale Henituse.
He apologizes...and tells the truth about everything, the deal and the exchange...
Kim Rok Soo wants to hit this dongsaeng because he feels guilty for hiding something that might have killed him..
And... Deruth Henituse, his father was there...
In response to cale's confession, he yells at the person who saved his family, his former world.
'but..'
Although Kim Rok Soo might feel a bit relieved seeing his father get so angry for him.. that he would shout such expressions..
'but why?!'
Why is his father angry with cale?!
Why his father gets angry at the person involved in this deal!.
Why he gets angry at the person who was the reason for their survival!
He saved you! Save your family and your kingdom!
Save a scientist who does not know why he went to him!
No warning was given..
Just suddenly wake up in this ridiculous place to start saving the whole world!
Why is his father yelling at cale?!!
Not only that, please Deruth, give this person a chance to talk!
You're getting it all wrong, why are you so naive, at least don't attack him?!
Kim Rok Soo continued to observe the situation with chaotic emotions
He wants to intervene and defend the red head! He didn't understand why he raised his hands in a defensive stance, and he didn't really think it was a good thing, but...
This yelling went beyond ridiculous!
This discussion—attacking from one stupid side—ended with a sentence that made Kim Rok Soo wonder how cale still accepted to talk to the idiot he had kicked out.
He told him that his son was fine, and asked him to at least believe this.
Then he quietly walked out.. with a look so dark and deep that even Kim Rok Soo, a person who had faced many situations like cale.. felt that he did not realize how deep and dark his eyes were..
He felt like crying, he would have blamed himself if he had not heard from this dongsaeng that he loved living in his own world with his acquired family..
Well.. he still blames himself a bit, Deruth is still his father, and Kim Rok Soo was careless.. he sacrificed himself for his family, but he made the person who saved them bear the consequences of that sacrifice...
wants to do something...
no..
"I must do something ... "
This dream ended with Cale heading out of the room, and changing where Kim Rok Soo was..
Now.. in a room that looks like an office.
He was sitting on a sofa, and in front of him was a person..
"I knew you had a hand in this... the bastard of death."
The white-haired person smiled.
“So… I guess we both have the same idea?…”
Black head frowned.
“Regardless of the idea, why you force Cale to admit his identity.”
"Wouldn't it be convenient for him to tell them the truth?"
“Well.. you forced him to, let go of his friends, why does he have to tell the Henituse family as well?!”
"Don't you think it's unfair for him to live under such pressure that he's receiving their kindness knowing that it's not for him but for their real son?"
“....”
"Unfortunately, he feels every time that he is deceiving them and stealing their son's place, while we both know that you are the one who gave this to him, without any opinion of him."
“.....So, all of this is now destroyed because now they know the truth, and this time he feels twice as guilty as before.”
"That's why I'm going to make you go there~!"
".... What?"
"What? Don't we have the same idea?"
"No.. I knew I had to step in but I didn't think I had to literally go there?"
"Now you know, and in the meantime you can wander around there and rest, two birds with one stone."
"...Well.. I have three questions, will time stop in my world while I'm away? When will I go? And when will I return?"
"As for your first question, yes, the second is in a little while, and the third, I don't know exactly when you'll be back. It depends on how this problem will end."
“.....I am a quick man in solving problems.”
"I'm looking forward to this..."
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"Done !"
The blond-haired man quickly stood up and the papers on his desk were strewn about, his normally tidy golden hair was messy, as he was constantly working on silly important papers..
Look at the clock
"sh*t!"
It was too late and he had thought he would go so quickly.
He really wanted to go immediately, but these papers had to be quickly handed over to the king himself, so Alberu wanted to finish them off so he could go and stay with Cale as long as he wanted..
Of course he can ignore the rest of the documents, not as important as Dongsaeng..
“Auntie! I’m done!”
Luckily Tasha came quickly, she was awake and knew the current situation
“Go, I will take care of these papers and hand them over for you, go to Young Master!”
"Thank you, I'm going!"
"Tell us about his condition if you arrive, we are concerned here."
The Dark Elves noticed that Alberu was tense and anxious while working on the papers, when they asked him he told them everything that had happened and of course everyone accepted the fact of the exchange, but they were angry at the Duke's reaction to this, and they became anxious, so they helped Alberu as much as they could so that he would go quickly
The papers were so delicate that it should have taken Alberu two days to finish them,usually..But not this time .
Alberu nodded to his aunt and moved to Cale's place..
The crown prince moved right in front of the Super Rock Villa, he didn't notice anyone outside, of course... It's midnight now, so he hurried towards Cale's room on the fifth floor, maybe he's awake, or Alberu will wait for him to wake up..
He ran fast and didn't feel tired because of his intense thinking.
'It was painful to see him like this..'
Alberu saw at that time how Cale walked out of the duke's room, Alberu felt goosebumps when he saw Cale's eyes.
Remember when Cage gave cale a paper from the Death Bastard .
At that time, his eyes were dark.
But this is different. His eyes were not so deep and dark before. There were many feelings in them, which were dominated by the feeling of despair.. and another feeling..
Tired... so tired that Alberu pushed a silly stupid idea out of his mind while working hard on his cards..
He was thinking that cale might...
Maybe he no longer wants to live..
“No!.. no no.. forget this nonsense idea!!”
It is impossible for Dongsaeng to think of this idea at all, not in all his past and future years of living..
Alberu will personally take care of his restful and lazy future years..
Alberu reached a corridor and sensed someone there.
He quickly stopped and slowly approached the dark corridor.
Hm?
Alberu looked at the seated person and his eyes widened..
... cale ..
His dongsaeng was here..
Outside his room... in such a dark place...
He quickly lunged and fell to his knees beside Cale..
“C-Cale! Wake up! What happened to him!?”
The crown prince felt like crying.
Alberu gently shook Cale's shoulder. ..
“cale..w-”
Cale suddenly opened his eyes, Alberu's face brightened before he frowned again.
Notice that the body of the red head seemed stiff and holding his breath.
His eyes stared cautiously around the place, until they met Alberu's eyes..
Caution and coldness vanished in an instant, as if it had never happened.
“...Your highness..what-”
Alberu quickly controlled his expression before calmly interrupting.
"hyung"
“.....hyung.. what are you doing here at this hour?”
"Well, I'm the one who should ask you this, why are you sleeping here?"
“....nothing important, I got sleepy on my way and didn't want the kids to wake up as Enter the room ..”
“Why did you go outside at this hour? Couldn't you sleep?”
It looked like an interrogation, but Cale still answered as he saw Alberu's worried expression and his messy hair..
'He must not have slept at all..'
"I couldn't sleep so I went outside for a bit..."
"but-"
Alberu was about to ask again before Cale continued.
"-You who never slept hyung, why did you come here at this hour?"
"Haaa..of course, to check on you, and don't worry . I finished most of the papers, so I can sleep more."
'check on.. me?'
"but why-"
He wanted to ask him why before narrowing his eyes..
'Don't tell me .. '
"Did you hear what happened?"
'....I've seen it all but....'
Alberu sighed.
"Yes, I did"
Cale covered his eyes with his hand and sighed for a long time.
'Why everyone knows.. even Choi Han earlier, I'm sure he wasn't there.... Eruhaben either..... Thinking about it, I don't care anymore..'
"...what a headache..."
Alberu flinched and became anxious.
'Raon said earlier that cale passed out '
cale lowered his hand.
He wanted to stand quietly before his vision suddenly blurred and he stumbled.
"Dongsaeng!"
Alberu caught him before he hit the ground.
“...I'm fine, I just felt dizzy all of a sudden.”
Alberu didn't care and reached out to check Cale's forehead.
frown..
Dongsaeng had a fever.
Alberu supported him and made him stand up before walking a little towards Cale's room
"Yes, of course. The dizziness was due to the fever... I will help you to your room."
cale stopped walking
"No, not my room."
Alberu looked at him confused.
"Why, it's close, you won't walk much, I'll put you on my back if he's tired?"
Cale was starting to feel tired, he couldn't speak much, so he said one word
"...children"
Alberu realized what he meant, for some reason he felt his heart hurt when knowing the priorities of this person, even during his fatigue and breakdown he still thinks about his children, doesn't he really care about himself, how did he become like this??.
"Fine, as you wish"
He couldn't take it any longer, Cale fell asleep after hearing Alberu's reply..
His feet slipped and he almost fell before another hand grabbed him.
Alberu looked ..
"Ron?"
Ron was next to him, his expression was different than usual, he was anxious as he looked at the limping body..
"Let's go somewhere warm."
.
.
.
Earlier, Alberu was confused by Cale's strange reaction to his waking up..
but he didn't realize what this person was seeing in his sleep..
Although Cale wished he wouldn't see any nightmare, he saw a nightmare that wasn't much different from his previous ones..
The only difference is that he was not hit during the dream.
He woke up in a dream after being hit.
He was outside the apartment where he was living dying..
He was lying outside in front of the apartment door, in the middle of the night.. and it was snowing..
He was punished for drinking some water..
Kim Rok Soo had a slight cold, and he went out of his room because his throat was dry..
He found a bottle of water on the table, it had a little water in it, but it will moisten his throat a little..
So... it's okay to drink it, right?
Rok Soo drank it, then turned around and saw his uncle coming out of his room, looking for the same water.
Of course, he threw him out after a round of screaming and a bit of beating, he didn't care if it was late, or if it was cold and snowing...
And now, Rok Soo is lying on the cold floor looking at the locked apartment door..
'....but... I didn't know he wanted to drink it..'
These were his thoughts while hearing some of the neighbors partying until late.
cold..
it's cold ..
Cale woke up confused because he wanted to confirm his location, he was in the dream in a narrow and cold corridor, so he was shocked when he woke up in a similar place, he turned to make sure he came back to reality until he met Alberu's eyes...
'... ah...that's comfy..'
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Ron placed a wet towel on Cale's forehead..
Now go to Alberu's private room in Super Rock Villa..
Cale was sleeping on the bed while the crown prince would sleep on the sofa… It was nothing new…
"Did you know he was sleeping there?"
Alberu asked with some coldness in his voice, did Ron know that Cale was sleeping in such a cold place and left him like this?
It is impossible for that to happen but Alberu still asked..
Ron turned to respond to the crown prince.
He wasn't smiling.
“I didn’t know, I woke up after hearing your loud footsteps… Your Highness.”
Ron could barely utter the last word of respect.
Ron was angry with himself for not noticing his young master's steps on his way back.
While Alberu flinched because he knew that even though he ran, his steps were almost soundless..this killer still woke up from this.
"Why did he leave at such a time?"
Alberu asked in a calm voice..
But Ron almost thought he knew the answer.
"He was talking to Fredo von Ejellan"
The two people in the room turned to look at...
"Eruhaben-nim..."
"What do you mean, Eruhaben-nim?"
Ron asked.
The golden dragon walked over and pulled out a chair to sit beside the bed where the red head slept.
“I expected that the unlucky bastard would wait for the children to fall asleep and then go outside….”
No one spoke until the ancient dragon continued.
"And as I expected, it seems that he did not sleep... or he could not... anyway, I saw him go out into the garden and go to sit by a tree far from the villa..."
"but why?"
Alberu asked worried.
“I don’t know exactly….but I guess he didn’t want anyone to see him..because I saw him the night before and I went to talk to him….so he went further this time….”
Eruhaben was frowning, but the two of them saw that the frown was mixed with some sadness.
"...I don't think he was bothered by my previous conversation, he must not have wanted to worry anyone.....and maybe he wanted to be alone for a bit."
*wince!*
It seemed as if they had realized something for the first time.
Eruhaben leaned back and covered his face with his arm.
“We…we almost made him choke on his grief…”
Since the accident and cale telling them that he wanted to be alone for a while, he did not.
He passed out as soon as he got to his room, and when he woke up everyone was there.. He simply told them that he was fine and would look for a solution to this problem..
Even after the adults left, the children stayed with him, and they were the strongest reason for Cale to force himself to smile and speak..
They didn't let him breathe.
They didn't give him a chance to collapse.
He did not take the time to grieve quietly and release a little from the feelings that he had repressed inside him.
It is true that they want to help him, but not everyone needs the same help.
They want to help him with all their might, and they are all willing to sacrifice anything for this person.
But it's different this time.... It's clear that all their methods of helping him were almost unsuccessful..
So much so that in the end he decided to rely on himself again..
This time, he had no intention of letting them know.
Cale was beside everyone in their grief, but he went to grieve alone..
Nobody knows what he's thinking.
It just hurts them to know about it.
So...
How painful would it be for the person himself?
.. This is terrible...
The room was silent for a few minutes.
Before Alberu broke the silence.
“But… why was Fredo talking to Dongsaeng?”
Ron looked at the dragon as if asking the same question.
Eruhaben lowered his arm and responded calmly.
“…Cale told him about everything that happened….”
“....huh?”
The two of them were shocked by what this dragon had started.
“Young master told someone what happened to him?”
“Yeah… that vampire.. as much as I hate to say it.. but he’s the best at talking to cale….”
"What?!"
Alberu almost screamed.
“How?! Wait, Eruhaben-nim, please tell us from the beginning…..how did he do this?..”
Dragon sigh..
“Well… the unlucky bastard got out and walked to a tree far away with… expressions that were dark….”
“...”
“...”
“He was obviously tired with everything that was going on.. and pretending he was fine...”
Alberu clenched his fist while Ron started playing with his dagger softly..
“Anyway, he went to sit by the tree and kept staring into space…” The dragon started to grit his teeth when he remembered something.. “This kid…. He smiled and said something strange…”
Eruhaben's eyes begin to shine, and he can barely keep his mana and dragon's fear from getting out of control.
The two were confused by the dragon's reaction and panicked.
"W-what did he say..?"
The golden dragon looked at them with eyes that concealed anger before speaking.
“He said……-uncle was honest, I really am trash -”
The dagger almost fell from Ron, while Alberu froze and stared at the dragon.
Their expressions darkened.
“Just.. what did he say?”
uncle?...Does he have an uncle??
It is impossible for his uncles to be from this world, no one would be able to say that because they would lose their heads before saying it..
Never mind, this uncle was cursing at Cale?, the idiot was telling Dongsaeng that he was trash?!
When was that? Alberu saw Kim Rok Soo's life when he was in his twenties, and of course at that time he wasn't someone who cared about that..
The state of the world at the time did not allow him to care at all.
So this was certainly before that..but when exactly..
Whatever it was… Alberu could only sense that there was something terrible about this.
“...Eruhaben-nim, did King Fredo hear him?”
Ron asked, looking at the sleeping person.
“Yes..and he told this child that he wanted to kill this uncle $&%« because he said such words.”
Alberu flinched and looked confused..
“Did he… really swear like that?”
“What? I’m telling you what I heard so of course he said that.”
“....what was Dongsaeng's response?”
“Tell him that he is not from this world, but rather in his previous world, and so it came to Cale telling him the truth that he told us.”
"How did he react?"
"He was laughing like an idiot...with some jokes"
"Oh good"
Alberu was worried about nothing..
"But he wouldn't tell him the problem so easily, right?"
“Your highness is right, Eruhaben nim, young master is not someone who talks about his problems so easily…”
The dragon narrowed his eyes.
"That's why I said he's best to talk to this kid..."
“..”
“He figured out the problem himself… He understand the problem without any help, Cale literally just nodded once…”
Eruhaben sighed..
“This vampire deduced that Cale told us and that we accepted this…-”
The two listened in astonishment.
“-But because he saw cale in that state..he guessed that there was another problem..and then discovered that the problem was the family of the previous body owner..and all this without any single word from cale.”
“..this…this is amazing…”
“King Fredo must be someone close to the young master.”
"We visit him a lot... Fredo spends a lot of time with Dongsaeng..."
'.....I want to hit him'
That was everyone's thinking.
Someone in a faraway kingdom sneezed during this.
The dragon persisted.
“Anyway, the vampire bastard gave a reasonable solution that made Cale calm down a bit, telling him to let the Henituses deal with it on their own, and that Cale should calm down and rest… This kid seemed to be a little bit convinced of that… or he didn’t. He's still tired yet ."
The room went silent again before Ron spoke
"Eruhaben-nim..."
Ron slowly looked at Eruhaben.
His expression was cold.
“…..since telling us the truth… I have noticed that Young Master always has nightmares… In fact, he has never slept without a nightmare as far as I know…”
"... What?"
“...even when he woke up before we carried him here….”
Eruhaben looked at Alberu, who nodded in confusion.
Alberu thought it was once..was it always..
The servant kept holding his dagger firmly.
Ever since Ron saw Cale's nightmare in the Duchy of Henituse, he had asked the people closest to him about it..
The kids, Raon, On, and Hong..
At that time, they told him about the first nightmare that made cale wake up in the middle of the night.. and the second nightmare, where the children did not notice until later..
And when his young master slept in the corridor this time, he apparently woke up from another nightmare.
He didn't sleep well at all ...
Ron frowned more..
"We have to find a solution quickly."
well..
No one realized that someone was coming to help..
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Notes:
Was i fast this time? ? |・ω・`)