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Cale thought that he was finally free to be a slacker after the defeat of the idiot White radish, he could just sit back in his villa with his kids and live out his days in peace. To just relax with his family after all the fighting they’ve had to do in these past few years.
Too bad that dream died the moment he opened his eyes to the inky, black void around him.
The redhead had been in his rocking chair in the Super Rock Villa with the children and definitely didn’t expect to wake up here after falling asleep. It had been a lovely warm afternoon, the sun already high in the sky sending warm rays down on the retired commander.
He had been watching Choi Han who had taken to training the wolf tribe children. They had asked him to watch as they wanted his opinion on how their training was going, to which he really didn’t understand why. He had started humming to himself and his children when he had felt himself growing tired, unable to stop his eyes from falling shut as he drifted to sleep.
Now waking up in a void was not the strangest thing to happen to the redhead but it was certainly near the top of the list. He was just about to question it when he heard a painfully familiar voice.
[Hello my child! I’m so glad to see you again!]
There right before his eyes was the white haired man he had come to despise anytime he so much as heard his name. He frowns as he sits up, glaring daggers at the man who was the only other source of color in the void surrounding him.
“God of Death, you have five seconds to explain why you’re interrupting my peaceful life before I find a way to kill you myself .”
His eye twitched as he expressed his anger at seeing the god again which turned into pride seeing the god actually flinch at his statement. It then turned into annoyance as he heard more voices enter the darkness around them. Interestingly though he can't see them like he can the God of death in front of him.
{Oh good he’s here! Hello Cale, it's good to see you!}
He heard a female voice to the right of the god before him.
|It took you a while to wake up! Have you been sleeping properly?|
A male’s voice this time came from the left of the god.
The God of Death just smiles awkwardly as the other two gods make their presence known to the young noble before them. Cale’s frown just gets deeper and his glare harder at the voices showing it was multiple gods fucking up his life this time.
[Cale I know you’re upset right now but we have very good reason to bring you here and interrupt your life. We know you did a lot for us already by killing the White Star but we need your help.]
{Yes we would choose someone else for this but you’re the best option.}
|We were going to send the swordsman but we don't think he would do as well as you and you have the best skills and experience for this mission.|
The gods really were trying to placate the human in front of them, to be honest all of them would rather not get on the bad side of this man but they really have no choice in the matter.
Cale sighs before looking at them with an annoyed expression on his usually stoic face. He brushes the long red locks from his calculating eyes, sitting cross legged and crossing his arms as he moves to get more comfortable.
“Ok I’m listening, what is it you need me to do this time? Is it another god wanna-be radish or something?”
The gods gulp before they each take turns explaining what they need from the red haired man.
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“Hell no! No, I'm not living through another apocalypse! Listen to yourselves! You want me to go to another world again so you can spread your stories!”
The absolute disgust on his face at the idea of spreading the story of these god bastards would have been humorous in any other situation.
“What about my life with the kids? What about the other’s in my family who will definitely come after you if I just disappear into a dangerous world?”
Cale wasn't stupid he knows how his family is and how dangerous they can be, especially when it comes to his well being.
The Female voice who he learned belongs to the Sun God speaks up at this moment. Even the gods know how vicious this person’s family is, they still can’t understand how he’s gathered so many powerful and crazy people together.
{We have already informed my saint and God of Death’s holy maiden to inform your family and have a system set up for them to watch your time there. We even agreed to send you with two of your allies so you aren’t there alone without protection!}
‘Damn these bastards are thorough’
Cale thought as he heard the Sun God explain.
|Your ancient powers as well as your allies' powers will be sealed until the start of the apocalypse. We’ll be sending you with spacial bags with anything you all may need for it as well!|
The male who he learned was the God of War’s voice explained this time.
{We had your family pack everything for you! It was a compromise so that they don’t destroy our temples in your absence. Especially that young dragon and swordsman.}
“OK you all planned this out way too well for this to be a new development. Also you keep saying ‘Allies’ but who exactly are you sending with me?”
He questions, immediately catching the God of Death’s flinch at the question.
[You see we can only do so much to influence that world for your arrival there and well….we don’t have enough power to send you all there without taking a few…liberties. You’ll be sent in a body a lot younger so we needed allies who wouldn't be very affected by the de-aging. We really don’t have much more time so you’ll see when you wake up there ok?]
Before Cale could protest the void around him started to crack and the god disappeared as well as the other two who were with him. After cursing the God of Death as much as he could his world went dark as he lost consciousness.
The first thing the red haired youth hears as he wakes up was an argument in the other room, he almost can’t believe it when he hears the two voices before sighing and sitting up in the room.
‘Of all the people they sent me it had to be these two?’
Thoughts like these run through the young man’s mind as he takes in the room around him. He could feel himself heating up meaning at least he still had access to his Record ability.
The room around him was smaller than his room at home but was still a good size. The walls were bare save for some shelves with different books and figures with one wall entirely made of bookshelves. In the center was a window with a seat to read in natural light, which was nice. He gets off the fairly large, comfortable canopy bed to find he was a lot shorter than he was used to.
Finding a mirror he saw he was still Cale Henituse so that was good, he seemed to be around 8-9 years old based on his height and still having a bit of baby fat in his cheeks. His hair was the same length too, a bit past his shoulders. He had to admit though…as a child it made him more androgynous than usual, not that he really cared about his looks in the first place.
The red haired child moved around the room, trying to ignore the growing noises from his arguing allies, and looked out the window to see the lights and buildings of a very familiar sight.
“I'm back in Korea?”
He was surprised and a bit delighted at the sight of the familiar language covering the signs of the businesses around the building they were in. The sight of people going about their day as usual, small in his eyes as he seemed to be in an apartment high in the air. Judging by the other buildings around them he seemed to be on the 10th floor of an apartment building near the center of Seoul, South Korea.
Finally, having had enough of the argument he was hearing, he leaves his room, not caring that he was in adorable cat pajamas as he goes to the source of the noise. He enters the living room to see the two the gods had decided would join him in this world.
“Would you two stop being so loud!”
He yells, finally getting tired of the noise. The two beautiful adults stop almost as if frozen before turning to look at their young commander, seeing a boy who couldn’t be older than 9. The first to understand the situation was the man who’s beauty could slap the whales and elves into the ground with his long white, gold hair and eyes.
The ancient dragon seemed to only need a second to realize that the child was indeed Cale before trying to hide his amusement. The other man followed soon after, his sharp fangs showing in the smile as he rushed over. The silver haired man stopped in front of him to scoop him up into his arms.
“Oh look at you my cute little Naru! You’re absolutely adorable, my beautiful child!”
“You unlucky bastard, you were quite the adorable brat I see.”
The two seemed to be enjoying the fact he was small, ignoring the other as they surrounded Cale.
Cale sighs at this, after the end of the war he had told the others of his past as Kim Rok Soo and while everyone had accepted him there was an element that had caused a bit of a predicament. Since he wasn’t the real Cale Henituse despite taking the name as his own the older people of the group had been in a battle of who was the best father figure for him.
Deruth, the original Cale’s father, had argued since he’s Cale’s biological father that he obviously deserved the title.
Ron had argued since he practically raised the original Cale that he was the better father figure.
Eruhaben argued that both didn’t notice the switch so they didn't deserve the title. He had been there to protect him and was already the gramps to Cale’s adopted children thanks to the little black dragon.
Duke Fredo had learned about the argument and joined himself saying that he was the better father for Cale. Cale had already been his fake son in the form of Naru Von Ejellan during the war to trick the White Star and he would care for him better than the others. He could support the young red haired man financially and was strong enough to protect him as well.
They had been elated, not at the fact that they were being sent to another world, but that they were being sent to be a protector and guardian for their trouble magnet young master. Arriving only to see each other had been a surprise and a source of annoyance for each other as they argued about who would be the better guardian and protector for him.
Seeing the man they both thought of as their child in the body of a little boy had been shocking but they weren’t complaining at seeing the adorable boy they would be caring for in this world. He was just so small and helpless and just so cute! A cough brings them back to reality quickly enough as they look at their shrunken young master, instantly checking him over for injuries or blood.
Finally calming down after seeing he was fine he manages to wiggle out of Duke Fredo’s arms to look at the both of them. Instead of their normal attire they were now dressed in modern t-shirts and pajama pants similar to himself but without the cats on them.
“Why is it the first thing I hear when I'm back in Korea the sound of you two arguing!?”
The red headed boy asks, annoyance clear on his usually expressionless face as he stares at the two men in front of him. He can see them look away from him to each other and back to him before Eruhaben speaks up.
“We were not aware of each other being present. We knew we were being sent here with you but thought we would be the only ones to join you on this mission.”
So they both thought they were getting a leg up on the ‘Becoming Cale’s father’ competition that he still doesn’t understand. Cale sighs and just ignores it like every other annoying thing in his life as he starts explaining how this world works.
Duke Fredo seemed interested to learn about elected democracy and Eruhaben was fascinated that dragons were only legends and that beast people didn’t exist. Explaining that both their races as well as the races they were familiar with only exist in fairy tales was an interesting experience.
For the next few weeks Cale taught them about Earth and the modern world. He had found the guide book to this world’s apocalypse as well as necessities like money in a drawer in his room. He had taken to buying everything they needed as the other two learned everything they could.
They learned fast and after a month they were able to speak, read, and write in fluent Korean. Cale had decided they were good enough to leave the apartment, having mainly gotten food and other items by delivery.
The red headed boy sighs as they finally finish getting ready to go out, apparently they were still having trouble adjusting to modern fashion. The red head’s hair was pulled up in a half-up, half down style tied up with a black ribbon. He was wearing a dark blue sweater vest over a white button up with khakis.
Eruhaben, who was wearing a simple white button up shirt with nice jeans, walks over to Cale and resists the urge to pick him up. They both had grown into a habit of carrying him and it continued to cause arguments until Cale put a rule they would switch every day.
Duke Fredo bounds over, His hair pulled back into a neat low ponytail. He was wearing a black button up with dark jeans and a dark blue overcoat, the dark colors showing off his pale skin and silver hair.
He immediately picks up Cale as they leave the apartment they had been in for the last month and heads to the elevator, the boy explaining how it works the entire way down. Exiting the building Cale points them in the direction of the mall they were headed to.
Reason being that while food and other necessities were easy to order online, clothing and tools for the apocalypse were less easy. That was the only reason Cale was willing to let these two out of the apartment in the first place.
People stopped to stare as the two beautiful foreign adults walked through the mall with an adorable child, many believing they were probably a famous same sex family from Europe based on the strange hair colors and beauty that would put any woman to shame. The sight was beautiful of the two walking down the street, one holding the child in their arms as if they were a precious treasure.
Cale sighs at the attention they were receiving and hurries them along to the mall. He had already recorded half the guide book left to them by the God of Death and was fairly certain he knew what they needed for now, not that there was much rush as they still had a year to prepare for it all.
Arriving at their destination they were greeted to the sight of a very large building, bigger than even the main Henituse residence. In front of the three was a revolving door flowing with people moving in and out of the building. The two adults stand there, not really understanding how the door works with Cale looking at the two with pity. He sighs as he wiggles himself free out of his father-for-the-day’s hold before walking up to the revolving door.
“You walk through on the right side and it’ll bring you to the inside. It’s as simple as that.”
Cale moves through the door slowly enough as a demonstration before the two follow after him. While their young master made it through the door with little difficulty, the other two got stuck going in a circle before Cale pulled them out. He pulls Eruhaben out first, the ancient dragon stopping to fix his hair that had gotten a bit out of place.
The vampire proved to be more difficult, his overcoat getting stuck in the door on his way out. It took a bit to get it unstuck but at least they were in the mall now. The two had to stop to take in the sight of the different stores around them, two floors above them full of different stores ranging from clothing to electronics. There was a food court near the entrance with many different options to choose from.
Cale quickly herded the two to a nice clothing store on the second floor, having to explain the escalators to the two ancient beings as the vampire had quickly pulled him back into his arms to carry him around on his hip. He moves out of his hold again as soon as they arrive at the store, taking their hands to lead them around so they wouldn’t wander off.
He takes them over to an attendant who was putting clothes back on the display, the attendant smiling and waving at the adorable child with his two parents.
“Hello, is there anything I can do to help you?” “Hello there Hyung my dads don’t really know their sizes here, can you help us?”
Cale had a big smile on his face as he spoke with a childlike voice, seemingly innocent to the attendant in front of him. The two adults had to hide their grins at their young master’s acting. It was impressive to them how he could switch his entire personality in an instant to fit any situation. They could see how Cale was not a fan of being treated like a child unless it benefited him be it underestimating him or giving him free things.
The attendant leads them over to the fitting rooms and takes out a measuring tape, measuring the two adults to figure out their sizes. The two were patient with this, not really thinking anything wrong as they were used to getting clothes tailor made to their body shapes. After telling them their sizes Cale thanked the young man before leading them over to the clothing racks.
“Cale what is this? Why are there so many identical copies of the same garments? Are we picking designs for them to tailor?”
The red haired child takes a deep breath before he starts to explain to them how clothing stores work in the modern world. It took a bit for the two to understand before Cale started grabbing clothes for them to try on. He wanted them to get used to modern fashion and not look like the medieval nobility that they were used to.
After visiting more stores they finally get to the thing Cale was dreading the most, the children's clothes. The two adults looked way too pleased as he was forced into different outfits like some kind of dress up doll for their amusement. It took half an hour for them to finally finish buying the clothing they needed.
Now other than clothes they needed some other items for the apocalypse. From what they read so far they had a lot of things that they would need already, their family had been thorough with the packing of whatever they felt was needed. The main things they had packed had been clothing like Cale’s commander uniform, weaponry, and food.
Beacrox seemed to have spent an entire week cooking with the amount of food found in one of the bags. That bag had probably been designated just for food and drinks seeing as it also contained a horrifying amount of apple pies and lemonade. Hell the amount of lemon related beverages made Cale shiver even though the butler wasn’t even near him.
No, the tools they needed weren’t weapons or anything like that but more items that people don’t really notice they need until after it’s gone. Buying a sewing kit, personal hygiene products, good shoes, a large amount of different types of rope, duck tape, and many other things that would be good in the long run to have.
Finally the last item on their list to get were cell phones for the three of them. It would be good for them to have a means of communication before the apocalypse starts and give the two access to the internet so they can study this world on their own without Cale. He goes ahead and buys them the latest model and while eating in the food court he explains how to use them.
They leave the mall afterwards finally heading home to continue learning and preparing for what lay ahead of them. Cale could only hope that they would be ready when the day finally arrives.