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"Hm? Young master Cale is coming back today?"
Dokja looked at Hans with surprise, at the news he shared. He thought young master Cale would stay at the capital for a bit more longer. Since the war with white star ended and all that jazz. Celebrating it and all.
"Yeahhh, did you know he's been referred by 'hero' or 'Saint' by others."
Hans laughed at the silliness, Young master Cale doesn't like those type of titles.
"Well, you're gonna be busy now, huh Hans?"
Dokja shrugged, Cale's servants get extra work happening more often than not when he comes back, he's kinda sad that he probably won't be able to see Hans that much anymore.
"Why don't you join us?? I feel like you would fit in our young masters like a missing puzzle piece!"
That's an odd yet interesting analogy to go by, although he's sure Hans meant it in a flattering way but he weirdly felt unnerved by it.
"No thanks, I prefer being on young miss's side."
Dokja smiled politely.
Yeah fuck no.
While the pay is definitely good, he thinks it's not worth the hassle.
"Ughhh, I envy you for having so much free time now!!"
Hans whined while Dokja thought, 'Yep I'm glad I work for Lady Lily than Cale himself. That guy is definitely the protagonist of this world.'
He doesn't want to deal with protagonists any more for his own good. Kim Dokja ignored the ach in his heart of missing his friends.
"Sir Hans, Young master's carriage is here!"
A maid came inside the servant room. Hans jumped off his chair, "Ah!! I need to go now, Young master is coming any minute now!! Bye Dokja!! Make sure to take your self okay!!!"
Hans hurridly exits the room And Hans goes off to welcome him. Dokja smiles and nods as he waves him goodbye.
Dokja is kinda curious how Cale and his group actually look like, he heard alot of praises about them but alas. He looks down at under the table, a cast on one of his leg. Dokja let out a sigh, usually all servants would go greet Cale as he's the young master but Dokja fell from the stairs from lack of dehydration and sleep.
Ever since he uh scattered or well his soul broke into hundred of pieces, Hans said that he found Dokja infront off the Henituse estate unconscious.
He tried calling for fourth wall but it didn't answer, which probably means it's not able to reach him anymore. He remembers when he woke up the workers of Henituse estate started panicking over him.
Dokja smiled at the fond memory. It's been 3 months from then, yet..Dokja didn't see any development on his malnourished 15 year old body. Dokja smiles bitterly, 'Why did I got stuck with this body.'
To be honest, he preferred his adult body because atleast people won't baby him in that body. He felt like he didn't deserve this type of affection, after all he's deceiving them.
Speaking of deception.
Dokja recently found out that he's actually a mermaid. (Suddenly it makes sense why he wants to jump in every pond he sees.)
he figured that out after the staircase accident, when he woke up and went to wash his face, he saw a goddamn system pop up.
Although it didn't really say much expect his name, gender and what type of species he is. He notices that the name Kim is not there anymore.
He's quite confused to be honest.
System doesn't really seem something that would appear in this world, however.
The current main concern he has though is that the system he got called itself Survival Program. Which is a red flag considering that implies that his life might be in danger.
Imagine his surprise when he found out mermaids are considered scheming, manipulative evil beings that only bring harm to others around here. Quite fitting for him, heh..
He definitely doesn't wanna meet Cale and his group knowing his chances of getting killed is higher than him getting a good father. They might lock him up and throw him to the dungeon or... turn him into sushi.
Dokja shivered as he thought of that.
Cale is smart judging by the fact that he's literally a commander and has a bunch of ancient powers, (Hans told him.)
It's over for Dokja if he even is in the same room as Cale. What are chances of the ancient powers being sentient and warning Cale about weird stuff. Dokja is weird.
If a skill like fourth wall is sentient, he rather not fuck with Cale. He already lost all of his skills, not to mention being a mermaid is worse than being a human. What do you mean by he's gonna be on verge of death due to not drinking water every hour???
Dokja sighed as he glanced at the window infront of him. He really can't control his curiosity. He heard Cale Henituse looked extremely beautiful and elegant, he wants to know if that guy can slap Yoo Joonghyuk in the face or not.
His eyes trail to the window.
Fuck.
'Well...it's not like they're gonna notice me from the window at the third floor or anything, right?' Dokja got up and limped to the window, moving the curtains to see the outside.
"Just a little peek won't hurt."
'Oh what the hell- It looks so crowded!' Dokja is suddenly glad he didn't go to greet the Young master. He probably would've gotten trampled or stepped on because people couldn't see him. He hates how short his dumb teenage body is. Yikes, he dodged a bullet.
Dokja let out a breathe of relief as he started looking for Cale.
'Let's check where Cale is, he had blood red hair from what Hans told him.'
Dokja looked around until he noticed the red haired man looking directly at him.
His breathing stopped, Dokja quickly turned away from the window, closing the curtains as he clutched his heart and dropped to the floor. He felt the pain on his injured leg due to the impact.
He gasped for air.
Dokja laughed nervously, 'Fuck does he know..?' Did Dokja accidentally caught his eye??
No no no nope!
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!
No way that would have happened, it was probably just his imagination there's no way that fucking Cale Henituse would be interested in someone like him. He's not worth it. He's not worth the effort.
Dokja closes his eyes and shakily breathes.
It's fine, there's no way they would bother him or anything just because he and Cale met eachother's eyes once.
...
Why does Dokja feel like he might've unknowingly jinxed himself on that part...?