Chapter Text
In the realm
*During their break*
'Did no one realise how my brother said he's acting trash ?' TBOAH Basen had just remembered what his brother told TCF Cale in the first chapter they reacted. He felt ashamed that he had only realised that after 2 breaks. He was even more angry that no one else seemed to care about how his brother was acting as trash so that his younger brother could be the territory lord. (Sorry that I forgot to write a part about this 🥲)
'Why did he have to do that ? Why didn't he tell us the reason for his actions ? Was it because we were too rude ? Was it because we ignored him ?' TBOAH Basen thought deeply, he had tried to get close with TBOAH Cale before but eventually gave up from the failed attempts. Oh, he regretted so much about it right now.
Olive noticed how the younger man was trembling and blaming himself before sighing, asking TBOAH Lily to talk with her brother as an act of comfort.
'This whole family is messed up. All of them need to apologise. Haish, I guess I could help them a little. Just because I don't want to see anymore misunderstandings,' Olive thought, she knew what TBOAH Cale did was to help his younger brother but he broke the boy's heart by distancing himself from others.
'I'll try to make them react to this problem I guess....' Olive thought as she added another thing to her list of chapters. She stood right up after that and decided to let them continue the reaction first.
"Ok, break's over. Time for a new chapter~" Olive turned on the black screen while sitting on her couch. She could feel that Cale was aiming for her couch but she would have to deal with it later.
{"Huff. Huff."
Lock, who was breathing heavily, froze in the spot. He felt as if the ground underneath him was falling apart and even forgot about breathing.}
"I look....so weak ?" TBOAH Lock asked particularly no one. He was shocked at how feeble he seemed to be on the screen. Just how weak was he to be breathing that heavily after running ?
Being one of people who had enhanced hearing and eyesight, he knew that his siblings and Pendrick were alive on the other side. Still, it didn't explain how he looked so much weaker than the others in side B.
'Is the other me slacking off because of how the others are stronger ? He looks so much happier too,' Being jealous was an understatement. He too wanted to spend time with his siblings and play around. But he couldn't afford that, he had no one else and had to face a war that was about to come. He was forced to take responsibilities that a young child shouldn't ever had to.
'I'm sorry, Lock. But we need you right now. I promise I, no we will let you be the carefree teenager you should be after all the chaos,' TBOAH Rosalyn noticed the gaze the younger boy had on his counterpart and felt sorry for him. She knew that someone so young shouldn't be involved in war but here they were, dragging someone innocent into their problems because they needed his strength.
'He reminds me of myself when I first came here,' TBOAH Choi Han thought as he stared at who he considered as a younger brother, he still remembered how lost and lonely he was when he first came here. He was lost in the forest and lonely because he had no one. He learnt to survive by hiding in places that normal people would have felt disgusted to.
Although he had lost his sanity after all those years of fighting alone, he didn't want TBOAH Lock, someone who he considered as his family to be the same. He was willing to beg the god to let the boy rest and spend time like how a child would but unfortunately he couldn't.
{"Y, young master-nim-"
Rosalyn had told him on his way here that Cale was unconscious. He expected Cale to be pale and covered in blood, as he had been in previous battles.}
"It is very concerning when even your companions expected you to be in that kind of state," TBOAH Tasha commented, suddenly she pitied how her other nephew had to deal with this man. She could already imagine the headaches her nephew would get from this lovable and sacrificial redhead.
{Lock didn't even want to think about it, let alone see it, but ran here as quickly as possible at Choi Han's request.
And the reality he saw was...
"...S, something like this-"
He never even imagined it would be something like this.
Lock's hands that were holding the orb were shaking.
On the bed within the office...
Cale was lying on that furniture that didn't seem to belong in here.
He was pale.
His clothes were covered in dark red patches from blood.
Dry blood and dust were all over his face and body.
"W, why is your body, w, what is going on?"}
"That is what I would like to know too, young master Cale. This poor Ron's heart breaks at how you're not taking care of yourself," In reality, his facial expression was quite the opposite of what he said as a very scary smile could be seen on his face. But if you looked closely, you could still find a hint of worry in his eyes, worried that this puppy young master would really shatter like fragile glass.
"I am fine now though ?" TCF Cale replied. He didn't get why they were all worrying about him now. This has already happened and what mattered was that he was fine now. He didn't notice how his allies misunderstood him, thinking that he was pretending to be strong for them.
Only TCF On and TCF Rosalyn shook their heads, they knew how TCF Cale always created misunderstandings no matter the scenario. They had no hope that this would ever stop in the future.
TBOAH Cale was currently ranting how he did not make a deal just to see his body getting treated like a rag doll. Oh, he was in for a ride when he reacted to other chapters, especially the one with calebab. (I know we all secretly like calebab-)
He was so engrossed in ranting that he didn't notice how TBOAH Basen was staring at him with so much sorrow, regret was obvious on his face as he thought on how to talk to his elder brother during the next break.
{He saw the cracks all over Cale's body.
Cale had cracks all over as if he was a cracked marble. There were also large and small injuries all over his body.
Cracks and injuries...
Just seeing these things made it hard to breathe.}
"Dongsaeng, if you continue being so sacrificial. I will make sure that you become the prime minister," TCF Alberu threatened while patting TCF Cale on the lap.
'What ? Me being sacrificial ? I'm not though ? I was just doing what others would've done too,' TCF didn't understand but nodded his head anyway. He was trying to get his slacker life and being the prime minister would just be troublesome.
'What did he say ? What kind of threat is that ? Who wouldn't want to be the prime minister ?' That was what everyone from TBOAH thought. They couldn't believe what TCF Alberu, the crown prince of Roan Kingdom had just said to threaten the man.
'As if that will stop him either,' TCF Eruhaben just sighed at the poor attempt of stopping TCF Cale's sacrificial tendencies.
'My young master needs more lemonade to clear his mind again,' TCF Ron stared at the lemons that were provided on the table, chuckling silently about what he'll use those for.
'I can feel my 'vicious' senses tingling,' TCF Cale trembled, he trusted his instincts as much as he trusted money.
{"I want to know as well. What is going on?"
Cale looked toward Mila with a stoic expression.}
"I have no idea if you're serious or joking. God, why do I even care ?!" TCF Rasheel shouted. TCF Mila only glared at the dragon for shouting, she did not need her son to follow what the buzzcut dragon was doing.
'He's just in denial. He'll grow out of it,' On the contrary, TCF Dodori just pitied the older dragon. He could see how TCF Rasheel held his breath when Og Cale asked TCF Cale if he wanted to stay.
'It can't be helped. My teacher is such a great hero that even dragons start to care for him,' At this, TCF Dodori hummed happily at how his hero was so welcomed by everyone, including him of course.
{"Teacher, I am currently connecting together the pieces of your plate. Please don't move."
She pointed to the left side of Cale's body. Something was happening on half of his body.
"See, look over here. The cracks and injuries on the left side are almost completely connected with a beige thread, right?"}
"He has two dragons ?!" TBOAH Rosalyn couldn't help but to say that out loud. Everyone knew how much mages respected dragons. But to think that a mere human (btw they don't know he has how many ancient powers yet) would have 2 dragons by his side.
The elves and dark elves from both timelines were already on the ground, bowing towards the screen, earning disgusted gazes by the dragons who were close to them. It was great to be respected by elves but it's annoying and weird after seeing such a sight for hundreds of years.
'I want to meet 2 dragons too,' TBOAH Rosalyn sighed in envy, peeking at TCF Rosalyn who was planning on nagging the young master they all cared for but seeing how the man's butler was glaring at him, she pitied him a bit. But that soon disappeared because TCF Rosalyn remembered the heart attacks TCF Cale almost gave her and her friends.
[ You can ask for lessons during break time if you want to, mage. ] Olive was quite fond of the mage in both timelines, she liked how the former princess was strong and was never afraid to do what she thinks is right.
'Thank god, Goddess nim,' TBOAH Rosalyn beamed, quite excited for the questions she could ask the mighty beings later during break time. She could hardly stay still, wanting the screen to turn black again. But not a minute later, TBOAH Rosalyn calmed down, remembering that she still had to take part in a war, needing to write down any useful information that could be shown right now.
{Those spots were indeed connected by the beige thread, Mila's mana, and slowly fusing together.
"I started with the left side because the side with the heart is more important. Teacher, please wait about thirty more minutes. I should be done by then. Getting it started is the hard part, and then it goes quickly."}
"I still can't believe that a dragon is calling a human being 'teacher',' TBOAH Eruhaben shook his head while sighing. He couldn't understand how he would end up being involved with the redhead in another timeline but he supposed he could cooperate and do these 'reactions' before he died of old age.
'That's what I would like to know too,' TCF Cale sulked, all he wanted was a slacker but he ended up having a whole ass army and getting dragged into so many wars.
'Is this guy seriously sulking because he's being called a teacher by a mighty being like a dragon,' TCF Alberu was openly judging his dongsaeng now. Like he would be so honoured to be called with a title like that by a dragon, he couldn't comprehend how TCF Cale wouldn't appreciate it.
'Well, he does repeat that he wants a slacker life while doing all this crazy stuff. It makes sense I guess,' The crown prince sighed in exasperation, as much as he was annoyed by the headaches the man brought, he still cared about the self sacrificial bastard.
{She smiled and Cale nodded his head before turning toward Lock.
"I'm currently being healed."
"No, young master-nim- Y, you can't c, call this healing-"
"Are you okay?"
Lock frowned as Cale ignored his stuttering words and asked something to him.}
"HoHo, sometimes I wonder if you're doing it on purpose. I can't believe that anyone sane would ask that when they're in that situation. But since it's you, I believe that it makes sense," TCF Eruhaben shook his head disapprovingly. Somehow, TCF Cale thought that the blonde dragon looked like a grandpa who was disappointed in his grandson's actions but couldn't bring himself to scold said grandson.
' IF YOU CAN EVEN GUESS THAT MUCH FROM A FACIAL EXPRESSION THEN WHY ARE YOU SO DENSE ?!' Olive thought, slowly crushing the soda can she had in her palm, unknowingly scaring the redhead she loved and hated.
'Did I do something wrong ? Why does she look like she wants to murder me ? Am I gonna die ?' TCF Cale sweated nervously. He swore that the goddess could rival his butler's benign smile. (Idk if it's an insult or compliment)
{"Whether I am okay or not is not the problem right now!"}
'If only Cale nim would realise that,' TCF Choi Han sighed. He knew that his liege had been like this in Korea too from the memories of his nephew once removed. He knew that something had to have happened for the redhead to be like that. He could only hope for the day when TCF Cale was comfortable enough to tell him or just anyone in general.
'What the hell is this man doing to my body ?!' TBOAH Cale (surprise I didn't forget him :D) thought while chugging another bottle of wine. He knew that some smart people might've already figured out that this was all an act but he was gonna deny it as long as he was still alive. Denial was something he was willing to do if it meant that he could avoid any confrontations he might not want to face.
{He had had so many things he wanted to say and was about to say them when he looked toward Raon.
Raon's eyes were still teary, but Raon was smiling and fluttering his wings without knowing what to do.
Cale looked toward Raon as well.
"Are you okay?"}
"Oh the legend still cares for his allies even when he's hurt ! I don't- MmmmppPphhH-" Duct Tape was placed over TCF Clopeh's mouth. Unfortunately, he was still kneeling on the ground with a really disturbing expression to everyone's dismay.
Of course, the Goddess of Imagination could have done so much more if she wanted to but she was petty and wanted to let TCF Cale suffer a bit for wanting to take her precious couch.
{Raon was sniffling before he shouted toward Cale who was asking him if he was okay and observing him from head to toe.
"H, human, you're a poopy dumbo!"
"...What dumbo?"
Cale looked stupefied.}
"Yes, human ! You are a poopy dumbo for hurting yourself ! I will not forgive you if you do something like that again !" TCF Raon tried to make an angry face but just ended up being cute, earning coos from almost everyone. Even some of the villains couldn't help but get affected by the dragon's cute expression.
"Yes, yes. I'm a poppy dumbo," TCF Cale said while patting Raon on the head. He was sleepy now and just wanted all this to end so he could take a nap. On second thought, he could just sleep now since he had already been in this situation. With that thought, the redhead closed his eyes and went off to dreamland.
{Raon shouted once more toward Cale who looked stupefied but still thoroughly observed his eyes and expression.
"Human, you are a! Poopy! Dumbo!"
"...Mm."
Cale debated for a moment before looking at Mila's doleful smile and nodded his head.
"I guess I did act a bit like a poopy dumbo this time."}
"I hardly believe that you truly- oh he's asleep," TCF Alberu who was about to scold his dongsaeng again stopped midway when he realised the man was asleep. Everyone in the compartment quieted down their conversations after hearing this, wanting to let the redhead rest in peace. (My keyboard thought the man died ;-; and autocorrected it to RIP 💀)
{"Human! I'm relieved that you know! You are a poopy dumbo! So!"}
"I don't think that he knows, Raon nim," TCF Witira said with a smile that said 'I don't know how to deal with this man who has vicious people that care for him and I'm a part of those vicious people too'.
"Well, I just have to repeat it till human acknowledges it !" TCF Raon whisper shouted as his father was still asleep.
{Raon stuffed his face on the bed right next to Cale since he did not dare to get any close while Cale was being connected together and shouted again.
"So, just trust me and leave everything to me from now on! I took very good care of things right now too!"
Raon's wings fluttered.
Raon shouted once more with his voice muffled because his face was buried on the bed.}
"He's so cute that I want to squish his cheeks. But given the situation he was in, I think I'll get tortured if I said that out loud," TBOAH Tasha mumbled, bliss to the fact that people on side B could hear her. They decided not to expose the dark elf given that they would do the same as much as they worry about TCF Cale.
{"I, if you do something like this ever again!"
Raon's two front paws that were clutching onto the sheets were shaking.
If Cale used that power ever again...
"Human, I'm going to imprison you inside my castle! Of course, I will feed you! I will give you meat every meal! But I will make it so that you can't ever leave your bed!"}
'Vicious,' TBOAH Bud shivered in fear. Knowing that even a child was already that vicious, he wondered how vicious were the adults. Of course, he knew he himself would do something so that Cale would stop trying to find 101 ways to die but he won't go that extreme either.
On the contrary, TCF Cale smiled at the thought of not having to move from his bed at all. Although the word "imprison" was clearly something worth worrying about, he was sure that Raon wouldn't do anything too extreme.
'If only you knew, if only you knew,' Olive thought, shivering as she remembered that one fanfic. It still haunted her and she definitely wasn't brave enough to continue reading it.
{"Oh."
Raon flinched after hearing Cale's response. He sounded...happy.
Raon jerked his head up in shock and there was a giant puddle of tears where Raon's face had been.
"H, human! Y, you like the thought of being imprisoned in the castle so that you can't do anything other than eat three times a day?!"
'...Uhh...mm. Yes, I do?'}
"Dongsaeng, that is really concerning. You need serious help if imprisonment is something you want," TCF Alberu commented. He was really concerned about this sworn brother of his. Although he would help the man achieve the so-called slacker life he wants, he would like to at least change this mindset of his a bit.
He wouldn't dare to imagine a scenario where TCF Cale got kidnapped and was enjoying it because his kidnappers fed him three times a day. He could imagine the headaches and the heart attacks he would get if that happened.
"Yes, like what student-nim said, Cale-nim. I don't think enjoying being imprisoned is healthy at all," TCF Choi Han sighed. He knew his liege was dead set on being a slacker but he couldn't let the redhead continue finding ways to harm himself.
'But it's really not that bad though ? I know you guys won't do anything harmful to me,' TCF Cale thought. He trusted his now family to never harm him even though they were really vicious to enemies. (😇🙏If only he knew~)
TCF Rosalyn shook her head after she saw the expression on TCF Cale's face. Although she knew she wouldn't do anything like that, considering that some may, it was really worrying for TCF Cale to not object to being imprisoned. (I'm seriously struggling to find ways to write this without repeating them at all)
{Cale thought about a slacker life.
But Cale could not respond, 'yes,' because Raon's eyes seemed to be on fire as he rapidly shouted more things.}
"Aigoo, I'm losing years of my life just hearing it now," TCF Eruhaben sighed in exasperation. TBOAH Eruhaben definitely pitied his other self for being acquainted with someone so troublesome. He would do anything to avoid meeting that man even if he seemed interesting. He would like to spend the rest of his long life in peace and without being stressed about a human, thank you very much.
'Although it might be worth it if I had managed to earn a successor,' TBOAH Eruhaben thought about the little black dragon his other self mentioned. Unfortunately the dragon has died in his timeline, considering that he couldn't see the younger dragon on Side A.
{"Human! What about farming? I agreed to plant apple trees with the gentle Beacrox! I'll make you apple pies! And what about our plan to travel the world? I want to travel the world!"
Cale's pupils started to shake.
'Traveling the world.'
Those words gave him the chills for some reason, but he decided to play along with Raon.
"We need to do whatever you guys want to do."
"Human, that's right! It'll be fun to do everything together!"}
"It's a promise then, weak human ! You can't go back on your words later !" TCF Raon grinned, not caring that the hand of his guardian was trembling while patting him.
"Nya~ yes, like our youngest one said ! You can't get out of this later since you promised, nya~" Hong said happily while On was enjoying how her siblings was teasing TCF Cale.
'Nooooo, what have I done ?! Why did I agree ?! It's not like I can disagree either though,' TCF Cale thought in despair. But soon he accepted his fate since he convinced himself that he would get to slack with the excuse of having to recover from his injuries.
'Does this man not gonna question how he thought that it is a good excuse to use ? He pukes blood on a daily basis like it's teatime. I'm soooo glad I ain't part of the misunderstandings group,' Olive sighed.
"Hoho, it seems that I would have to prepare jars of lemonade so that the young master won't get thirsty during his travels with the children," TCF Ron smiled while sharpening his knife. Don't question how he got the tools to do that because the Goddess of Imagination definitely did not prepare any.
'On second thought, if we are travelling, I need to buy bags of sugar too. I'll just put them in spatial bags and don't let Ron know just in case he finds a chance to throw them out,' TCF Cale thought in determination.
{As Cale was quietly taking in Raon's bright smile...
– Cale, you're up?
– Oh, holy shit! He's finally awake!
– The Dragon is restoring his plate too! He should be okay now!
– This Dragon is really amazing! It's a total jackpot! I'd even be willing to buy an expensive meal for a Dragon like this!
Cale chuckled while listening to the wowed voices of the ancient powers.}
"H-how are his ancient powers talking ?!" TBOAH Bud shouted. He had never heard such a thing happen before to any of his ancestors (probably because they're dead lmao jkjk pls don't kill me) and this definitely didn't happen to him.
'I'm also curious,' TBOAH Alberu thought. He still had the ancient power his mother gave him and he had heard no voice that the transmigrator was apparently hearing.
"I remember you mentioning that you could hear them but I didn't think you were really serious about that," TCF Bud wasn't that surprised but he still found it hard to believe.
"Not shocking since this dongsaeng of mine is the esteemed hero of our Raon kingdom. He is the famous Young Master Silver Shield, the hero of both continents after all," TCF Alberu smirked when he saw the frown on the said person he was "complimenting" about.
'I really need to smack whoever thought of that stupid nickname. Couldn't they have chosen something better ? I'm not even mad anymore that I'm being called a hero although I'm not. Like I can just disappear into the Forest of Darkness after this,' TCF Cale frowned.
{"Umm, young master-nim."
Lock slowly walked over to Cale's side. Lock was looking at how the cracks on Cale's body were slowly being fused together by the beige mana.
"Umm, Choi Han hyung told me to deliver this to you."
Lock still did not forget what he came to do.
Lock removed the cloth from the orb.
"Choi Han hyung called this a cintamani. It came out from the monster. This is that-"
"A cintamani?"}
"What's a cintanami ?" TCF Lily asked no one in particular. But soon, she nodded after TCF Choi Han said he would explain it during the break later. The same goes for TBOAH Choi Han when TBOAH Lock asked him.
"What's the cintanami for ?" TBOAH Witira asked. She wasn't really curious what the object was but more curious of its purpose.
"You'll see," TCF Rosalyn said while pointing at the big screen in front of everyone.
{Cale's expression brightened a bit. He didn't know how long he was out for, but it seemed that they killed at least one of the unranked monsters without Choi Han, Raon, or Mila getting injured.
Shhh.
The cloth was completely removed and he could see the orb.
– Can we talk now?
"Huh?"
It was a chaotic situation right now.
Now that the cloth covering the screen was gone, the person who was silent finally started to speak.
"What the...?"
Cale started to frown.
"...Am I still out of it?"
"No! Human, this is the real world! Don't faint again!"
He seemed to be back to reality based on what Raon just said.}
"Based on the fact you think that you're in a dream or illusion, have you had similar experiences before, young master Cale ? W-well, you don't have to answer if it's too personal !" TCF Lock blushed in embarrassment and in fear that he asked something sensitive.
"It's okay, Lock. I wouldn't say I've had illusions about this but something similar I guess ?" The tone he used to end his sentence made it seem like he was questioning himself too. Of course, this definitely worried everyone minus the villains.
'Honestly, at this point I don't even know if therapy would help this hopeless man,' Olive patted herself on the back as a way to comfort herself for dealing with all the bullshit.
{Cale turned back toward the orb Lock was holding.
"By the way, human! What is that?"
– Is...that really you?
Lee Soo Hyuk was sitting on a chair looking at him through the orb. Behind him were Kim Rok Soo and Choi Jung Soo, with Park Jin Tae who was pushed to the back doing his best to peek this way.
"...Ha!"
Cale was flabbergasted.
"...The cintamani had this kind of ability?"}
"Is it a two way communication device or a one way ? Or does it just turn on randomly ?" TBOAH Rosalyn asked in curiosity. She had never heard of a cintamani before and apparently it only existed in Korea where TBOAH Choi Han came from. But after seeing how TBOAH Choi Han reacted to this, she assumed that a cintamani isn't supposed to be able to be a device that is used to communicate with others.
"I'm not sure either but I highly recommend that you annoy the hell out of the God of Death for an answer," TCF Cale suggested. Not far away from this place, a certain god could be seen sneezing as he read the papers on his desk. (Idk what kind of papers lmao)
'Is someone talking about me ? I oddly feel that it's Cale.....Meh, it's probably nothing,' God of Death thought as he tried to ignore the goosebumps he was feeling. He then continued to venture through the stacks of paper on the desk because even gods cannot escape paperwork 👹.
'I suddenly feel happy as if someone is sharing the pain of doing all that paperwork too...' Both TCF and TBOAH Alberu thought.
'I've always wondered why a cintamani though. Welp, not like I have the braincells to figure out either,' The God of Imagination silently thought as she sat comfortably.
"Human ! Who are they ? And what's with the weird names ! Are they like Choi Han ?" TCF Raon, who was a vicious and innocent child, asked as all other children would too when they were curious about something.
"Well, I guess they are my friends ?" The answer definitely felt more like a question towards himself but even if someone noticed, they didn't bother to correct the redhead.
"Oh oh ! Then can you tell me more about them later, human !" TCF Raon shouted in excitement. No one from Side B would blame him because they wanted to know more about their lovely commander while Side A was too scared or didn't care enough to do anything with a dragon.
{He recalled what the God of Death had said to him.
'Human, do not think that this is the end.'
'You never know when you might be reconnected with people you know.'
'Fate is something even the laws of the world cannot fathom.'}
"I never thought there would be a day where that son of a bitch would say something so poetic. Everything he says is either bullshit or just useless and hard to understand," TCF Cage ranted with TBOAH Cage nodding in agreement.
"I think you can blame it on the fact that we smart people won't be able to understand what idiots say," TCF Cale said in a not so quiet voice, earning a laugh from almost everyone from Side B and TBOAH Cage.
'This man seriously has no respect towards a god. How is it that he isn't scared of being punished by them ?' This was what people from Side B were thinking about. Sure, the changes that man brought definitely exceeded the normal limit but it didn't mean he was invincible. After all, nothing can kill a god and a god would definitely come back for revenge.
{Cale started to speak.
"This damn God bastard......"}
"This damn God bastard indeed, human !" Raon cheered happily.
"Yes damn bastard, nya !"
"Our youngest is right, nya !"
"Cale Henituse, please take note that there are children here. So please be careful about your...vocabulary," TCF Eruhaben said with a cold smile making the victim of that smile shiver in fear, not knowing that the ancient dragon wouldn't do anything to him at all.
"A-ah, yes. Eruhaben nim....I will definitely make sure to never say such words from now on in front of the children," TCF Cale couldn't help but stutter, I mean who wouldn't when your father figure scolded you in front of his grandchildren.
{He sounded upset but a corner of his mouth curled up.'}
"Human, are you sick ? Why were you acting like that ? Do you need Saint Jack to heal you ? (I've given up on what Raon calls Jack-)" The little dragon asked worriedly which couldn't be helped given the times his guardian was unwell and didn't bother to tell anyone about it.
'Weren't you there though ? And I'm perfectly fine. I don't know why they would think I'm sick,' TCF Cale made that weird face and everyone around him who saw it facepalmed, knowing the dense man that they all love was thinking of something stupid again.
"Do not worry, little dragon. This human of yours is physically fine," Olive commented, not mentioning about the mental health of said person. But most people had gotten the hint and were worrying over the transmigrator, well with the exception of a few dumbs ones but they aren't important anyway so it doesn't matter.
'Of course I'm fine, why wouldn't I ?' TCF Cale thought everyone was overreacting but seeing as they won't budge anytime soon, he gave up on convincing anyone that he was fine.
"I am not a little dragon ! I am the great and mighty Raon Miru !" TCF Raon tried to seem intimidating but it only looked cute through the eyes of others.
'Hmph ! I would make sure that this weak human of mine gets the help he needs ! I will threaten that goddess to provide help for bringing us here without our consent !' TCF Raon thought viciously while said goddess sweatdropped at the viciousness of her lovely Cale's child.
{The three people on the other side of the orb changed expressions after hearing him.
– ...It really is you.
They were smiling or crying... Actually, it was hard to tell what kind of emotions they were feeling.
Choi Jung Soo had been covering his mouth from the moment he saw Cale, but now he was wiping his eyes with his hand.
Lee Soo Hyuk was smiling gently, but his eyes were focused on observing Cale through the orb.}
"Do you miss them ?" TCF Deruth had asked his son. Although he did not know who they were, well at least not yet, he could see that his son cherished those two very much. Despite the fact that TCF Cale still has the same stoic expression, he could sense that the redhead was feeling emotional right now. You could even call it a father's senses for noticing it.
"Yes."
The whole place was quiet. TCF Choi Han and TCF Alberu who knew the most were staring at TCF Cale with concern. They were about to say something to comfort the redhead but got stopped then by said who raised his hand up.
"I miss them but it's ok," TCF Cale said, without knowing that he was getting pity glances from almost everyone. The good thing was that some understood what their commander meant.
'This dense man- ! Just finish your sentence and this misunderstanding wouldn't have happened !' Olive was speechless at this point. Just how did she come to love this man who caused misunderstandings every second. TCF On looked at the goddess with pity. She knew how dense and dumb her guardian (father 😉) could be and was used to it by now.
"Meow~" Well, it was ok for her guardian to cause all these misunderstandings as long as it doesn't harm him in any way. And if it does, she would make sure the man wouldn't get hurt by informing her family.
{As for Kim Rok Soo...
– ...Ha.
He was sighing in disbelief with a somewhat similar yet different expression from Cale.}
"Hm ? Is Kim Rok Soo, the former Cale Henituse ?" TBOAH Alberu asked as he knew nothing about the deaths of two particular Soos inside B's timeline.
"No, he's the younger me in another timeline. I was in his body for a while during the sealed god's test," TCF Cale said while munching on a cookie while feeding his children too. He was curious as to why the cookies tasted so similarly to White Star's but could care less about the origin of said cookies.
"What on earth is a sealed god ?" Side A questioned. They were already busy with the preparations for the upcoming war with the Indomitable Alliance but now apparently they have to fight against a god too. Although TCF Cale did mention the god was sealed, it was quite obvious that a god was still dangerously powerful when being sealed. There isn't enough time to ensure every victory but the least they can do now is to lessen the damages caused in the future.
{Choi Jung Soo mumbled in a quiet voice.
– How you were fighting here... I guess that's how your daily life is over there. Or maybe it is even worse?
He wasn't really talking to anybody and just looking up into the air as he said that.}
"Choi Han ! That human there has the same surname as you !" TCF Raon exclaimed. Now that the little dragon had mentioned that, TBOAH Choi Han also realised it too. He unconsciously looked towards his other self for answers that his other self might not have.
"Ah, he's my nephew once removed," TCF Choi Han smiled while peeking at his other self. Although he understood why his other self had beaten up TBOAH Cale, it was still a wrong thing to do. Nevertheless, he still answered his other self's questions because he knew better than to be angry at something that has already happened in another timeline.
"Wha- ?!" Shock was an understatement. TBOAH Choi Han had just found out that there's a sealed god test that they probably need to go through and now he gets notified that he had a nephew once removed.
"I'm sure the screen will explain soon enough, so let's not interrupt first," TCF Cale cut off TBOAH Choi Han's question. Although it was rude to do so, he was trash anyway so it didn't matter. All he wanted was for a break to arrive soon so he could sleep without being stared at whenever his thoughts were displayed. But little did he know that leaders from side A are aiming to talk to him during that very break.
Even though TBOAH Choi Han didn't fully trust the redhead yet, he decided to stay quiet in order not to interrupt others from getting valuable information that may or may not be true. (Trust issues going brrr)
{Lee Soo Hyuk looked at Cale, who looked completely different unlike Choi Han, but started to speak while looking into those same eyes he had seen before.
– Rok... It must be quite hard over there.
He didn't dare to call him Rok Soo.
He had not been able to see anything at first because he was busy looking at Cale, but he could see a young Dragon and two other people who looked like things he would only see in his imagination.}
"Imagination ? Do great and mighty dragons like me not exist in this other world, human ?" TCF Raon asked, he felt sad that his human's previous world wasn't able to witness the greatness of dragons like him.
"No, Raon. There are monsters though but they could never compare to great and mighty dragons like you," TCF Cale answered while patting said dragon's scaly head.
As this was said, somewhere in Korea, a certain giant rabbit and hawk were sulking because they had a feeling a certain someone that they had grown to like was judging them.
{He couldn't call Cale that name in front of them when he looked completely different.
Lee Soo Hyuk, Choi Jung Soo, and Kim Rok Soo.
The three of them didn't know what to say.}
"You could even say that they were speechless HAHAHA !" TCF Bud joked but was meant with silence and no laughter. The poor mercenary could only sit back down and sulk in silence.
'My subordinates always treat me with respect and laugh at my jokes. Why isn't it the same here,' TCF Bud was tearing up and decided to drink the pain away.
'Aigoo, why is he sulking now ?' TCF Glenn had no choice but to pat his friend's back as a way of comfort. Although he really should make TCF Bud study first before making jokes that made no sense.
{Mila, Raon, and Lock were all curious as well but just did their parts as they didn't dare say anything either.
Mila just focused on finishing her connecting together and looked toward the orb with an odd expression on her face.}
"Connecting ? What an interesting attribute," TBOAH Rasheel commented. He was not happy that his beauty sleep got interrupted once again but he got to see something interesting so it was worth the time. Although he didn't want to step into these human wars, it seems that he would have no choice but to do so, especially as there were signs of the demonic race being involved.
"Thank you," TBOAH Mila smiled at the compliment. Even though dragons usually don't treat other dragons with a smile that contains no hidden intentions, she needed to set a good example to teach her son some proper etiquette when meeting new people.
{Cale started to speak at that moment.
"These are the people who were in the world I went to during the sealed god's test."
"Human, what do you mean?"
Cale had never told the others any details about the sealed god's test.}
"Ho~ Young master~" TCF Cale shivered at the tone TCF Ron had used. He knew he couldn't escape from this confrontation forever but hell was he lying if he said he had wanted to tell them about it in the future. What he didn't know was that his vicious butler was having a silent conversation with his puppy knight.
'Why didn't you tell us what happened in the test, you punk ?' TCF Ron narrowed his eyes as he stared at TCF Choi Han. Of course in order to respect the elder, TCF Choi Han returned the glare twice as hard, unfazed by the cold atmosphere they were creating.
'Well you didn't ask about it, you sly old man. I would never disclose Cale nim's private information without his consent,' TCF Choi Han smirked at the frown the old assassin had on his face. Olive cheered internally as she enjoyed the drama the two were causing and she was loving every minute of it.
'Ho~ Is this how you treat your elders ?' TCF Ron cleaned his dagger until you could see your own reflection in it.
'As if you want respect from me,' TCF Choi Han repeatedly pulled his sword in and out of the scabbard. Fortunately, TCF Cale did not witness this scary conversation or else he would be having a heart attack again. But sadly, those who were victims to the cold atmosphere were now trembling out of fear or have fainted due to fear.
{Cale's shocked allies on this side turned to look at his other allies inside the orb.
"How many days has it been over there?"
– Not that long.
"As I expected."}
"AHHHHH AS EXPECTED OF CALE NIM ! HE CAN EVEN TELL THE TIME OF ANOTHER WORLD ! OH HOW LUCKY I AM TO WITNESS THIS-" TCF Clopeh once again got hit but this time it was a broom.
'How did the tape come off ? It's even the strongest one I have,' Olive thought as she thanked Choi Jung Soo in her heart for sponsoring brooms to smack people with. And well, if she had hit the lunatic too hard and caused him to have amnesia, it won't be her fault that the man was too weak to withstand a hit caused merely by a broom.
{Cale remembered that the time here was about three times faster than the time there and nodded his head.
"I guess the cintamani is serving as a medium for us to be able to contact each other."
Lee Soo Hyuk, who was looking at Cale speaking calmly as if he was not in any pain at all despite having cracks and injuries all over his body that seemed to be healing, slowly started to speak.
– I see. It seems-
It was at that moment.
Baaaaaaaaaaaa– baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang–
They heard a loud noise outside the terrace.
Cale turned his gaze.
"Open the curtains."}
'This oddly reminds me of Frozen,' The goddess could be seen trying not to wheeze in front of everyone but at last she couldn't help but laugh out loud. TCF Cale who had the same thought chuckled a little before his youngest child was asking him questions about it. Whereas TCF Choi Han and TBOAH Choi Han who had not watched the movie were as clueless as everyone else.
"Interesting, such a small thing could be used to communicate with other people. As expected, a god's power should not be underestimated," TBOAH Alberu commented. In spite of the fact that the God of Death (have you guys read my other work hoho~) was definitely much stronger than a sealed god, he could make preparations on the fact that no one can be underestimated and lots of precautions must be made. There might not be enough time nor information, some things might even be different in his own world compared to his other self's world but he was willing to risk it all in order to keep his kingdom and citizens safe.
"True but he sure is annoying," TCF Cage explained and if she noticed the gaze her other self had on TCF Taylor, she didn't comment on it. TBOAH Cage half-heartedly agreed with TCF Cage as most of her focus was on TCF Taylor. Words could not describe how much she missed her friend and she was getting emotional as time went by. She was thankful that at least her best friend was alive in another world, living happily with her other self.
Sometimes, she questioned why the world was unfair to the point where she had to suffer the pain of loneliness while her other self (I am repeating this word so many times lmao) was able to enjoy happiness with TCF Taylor. Why couldn't she have been the one to be happy instead ? But complaining won't help because now she had to fight a war, a war that her best friend would definitely join and she would do her best to fight in his stead.
TCF Cage may not be as observant as her cute dongsaeng but still, she had noticed the way TBOAH Cage had looked at her best friend. And after finding no other Taylor on side A, she understood why TBOAH Cage's eyes were filled with despair (JUNKO ENOSHIMA- ahem) and sadness. She would ask her other self about it during break later.
{He couldn't look out through the terrace window because the curtains were closed.
Mila had closed the curtains almost all the way with just a small gap for Raon to go in and out in order to focus on using Connect Together instead of what was going on outside.
"Hurry."
Raon flinched after hearing Cale telling him to open the curtains again.}
"Nya~ Naughty Cale for scaring our youngest," TCF On used her paw to slap TCF Cale's left cheek.
"Yes, nya~ Stop bullying our youngest, Cale," TCF Hong copied his sister but slapped TCF Cale's right cheek instead.
"Yes, what hyung and noona said ! You can't bully this great and mighty dragon, human !" Raon occupied Cale's lap once again and ordered his father to pat him as compensation.
"Yes, yes. I'm wrong for bullying you and would never do that again," Cale sighed at the heavy weight of Raon but did not mention it as he continued to pat the dragon on his head.
"SOOO CUTEEE AHHHH' People who were weak to cuteness squealed in silence in order not to disturb or ruin the moment. While the rest were just disgusted by the behaviour of their allies or friends.
{Cale continued to speak to Raon.
"I won't push myself past the limit like that ever again. I promise."
Raon channeled his mana after hearing the word, 'promise.'
Chhhhh-}
"Awwww, the moment is cute but young master Cale, you really need to stop pushing yourself," TCF Rosalyn who changed her face expression and tone in mere seconds scared the shit out of almost everyone with her close friends as the only exception. And well, TCF Cale doesn't count because you can't stop him from freaking out over anything.
"Why aren't you replying, young master Cale ?" Witira asked viciously. She wouldn't want her benefactor to be hurt or worse die after all. Litana who was sitting beside her also nodded while petting her lovely black panther, Ten who looked like he wanted to pounce on TCF Cale to hug, and well I think you can guess what kind of thoughts said man was having right now.
"Ho~ You can't take back your promise, who knows what we'll do if you get hurt ?" TCF Tasha teased the man but deep down she knew the whole world would be doomed if TCF Cale's allies went on a rampage because someone had hurt the young master. Not that she would stop them, even more she would probably join them too.
"And this nephew of mine would breakdown completely if he knew his dongsaeng was hurt," She glanced at her nephew who wasn't willing to admit that he cared about TCF Cale more than how brothers would. Now, she needed to push the future king to go pursue his future queen. (HOHO)
'Why is aunt Tasha staring at me like that ?' TCF Alberu was sweating out of fear for what his dear aunt would do. He knew that his aunt was informed about his feelings towards the redhead currently sitting next to him but he didn't want to rush things.
'And I need to get rid of my rivals first, specifically a certain puppy knight,' Alberu looked at his love rival who was named 'Choi Han'. Said man who seemed to have sensed what thoughts the crown prince was having stared back and like this another staring contest was ongoing.
'Hmmm, I feel like something's going on behind me,' TCF Cale thought as he ate cookies while being sandwiched between a certain prince and a certain knight. Meanwhile his children were secretly betting on who would win their father's heart. As their father once said, the more the money the better right ?
'Meh, what you don't know won't hurt you,' TCF Cale didn't know what his children were talking about but they seemed to be having a heated conversation. Wait, when did they get a board ? Well, Cale decided that it was time to leave if he didn't want to get involved with something troublesome again. (You can't escape it Cale 👹)
{The curtains opened and they could see what was going on outside.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
The sky was filled with a golden light.
A large Gold Dragon and a white monster with a lion's mane were fighting.}
"A-A- ANOTHER DRAGON ?!" A mage from side A had shouted, being surprised at the presence of a third dragon they didn't know existed. Elves and Dark elves who were still shocked at TCF Mila's existence had fainted with the exception of the few strong ones. TBOAH Obante who had met a dragon before and a bad tempered one at that, was kneeling with his head on the ground and if possible his head would have even gone underground.
TCF Obante looked at his other self with pity. He also used to be so afraid of dragons but now that his own grand nephew was associated with them due to a certain redhead, he had learnt that not all dragons have bad tempers. Of course, he would never say it out loud in order not to offend anyone or possibly risk his own life because the dragon he met was angry with him.
{Golden dust and the Gold Dragon relentlessly attacked the white monster's shield, causing these loud explosions.}
"So pretty," TCF Lily said in awe. TBOAH Lily nodded too as she admired the beauty of this gold dragon on the screen. Though books have shown pictures of how dragons would look, dead like pictures in books could never compete with beauty with the one on screen.
{"Human-"
"Young master-nim, you see-"
"Teacher, I shall explain things for you."
Cale continued to look out the window despite all of the voices talking to him. His eyes were taking in every inch of the Lion Dragon.}
"Is it just me or that young master Cale looks really beautiful ?" TCF Paseton whispered to particularly no one but those who heard it nodded their head as they soaked in the young commander's ethereal appearance.
{Cale started to speak.
"It looks like we need to save our chat for later."}
"That was kinda hot-" TCF Bud whistled before getting hit by another broom courtesy of TCF Glenn. The poor guy just wanted to simp for his boss that was gonna make him his slave in peace but noooo, his bestie was a jealous man who wanted the redhead for himself. (It's his own imagination btw lmao. Glenn ain't that petty)
"Shut up, Bud. You're embarrassing the whole Mercenary Guild," TCF Glenn sighed as he could imagine the ridiculous thoughts the Mercenary King was having. Although he found TCF Cale because honestly who wouldn't, he doesn't want to fight lots of people just to pursue a man that was likely going to reject him and everyone else actually. (Cale be faithful to slacker life Chan or at least he thinks so)
{He looked up toward the orb.
"See you later."
– ...I wish that we could help.
Lee Soo Hyuk nodded his head with a bitter smile on his face.
There were a lot of things he wanted to say and a lot of things he wanted to hear, but the situation on Cale's side was too terrible for a long chat.}
"This is so sad. I'm gonna cry," Some people who were weak hearted were tearing up when boxes of tissues appeared on the tables in front of them. They thanked the goddess while wiping off their tears they shedded for young master Cale.
"Why are you guys crying ? We have the cintamani to contact them. It's not like we won't see them again ?" TCF Cale said.
'Well, we would have to do that after the Hunter issue, And I have to find that bastard in Endable Kingdom first,' TCF Cale sighed at the thought of not being able to rest anytime soon. And guess what ? Some misunderstood the sigh as a sign that even TCF Cale didn't know if they could see the other world ever again.