Cale started to think.

‘Looks like I’m always dreaming whenever I faint now. It has to be this damn annoying dream though. Is someone doing this on purpose?’

His cold eyes looked around.

He was currently dreaming.

It had to be a dream. How else would he be able to explain going fifteen years into the past?

‘Is it that moment?’

It was early January right after he had turned 20 years old. He could see a destroyed concrete wall.

Cale, no, Kim Rok Soo, was curled up inside a building with one destroyed wall.

He could faintly make out the sky as he raised his head through the debris.

It was raining.

“… Fuck.”

It really was a damn annoying dream.

Three days.

The Kim Rok Soo during this moment had survived curled up in a corner of this destroyed building for three days by drinking the rain water that fell from the hole above him.

“Damn it.”

The rain drops fell on his eyes, but Kim Rok Soo had not even thought about turning his head to the side.

However, the Cale in the dream cussed as he turned his head.

It was dark. He looked around the dark building that was quite a mess.

There were a lot of corpses inside. Corpses of both humans and monsters filled the building.

A sudden change had occurred in the world when he was doing his part-time job at a restaurant one day. As a result of that change, Kim Rok Soo had to fight against monsters.

‘It really is that day.’

Cale, no, Kim Rok Soo was the only survivor in this building.

Kim Rok Soo had to survive in the debris of this building for three days as the collapsed portions made it impossible to find the exit.

The first day, he had hoped that no monsters would find him.

The second day, he hoped that someone would come rescue him.

On the third day-

‘I had no thoughts at all.’

It could not be helped.

All he could see while being curled up was the dark sky and the debris of destruction, while the only things he could hear were screams and the cries of monsters.

However, this had all ended after three days.

It was before he had awakened as an ability user.

“Huh?”

The tiny hole the size of his palm had been the only thing connecting him to the outside world.

He could see someone through that hall.

“…Hey, can you hear me down there?”

Cale started to frown.

He could not clearly see the face that had blocked the hole. However, he remembered those eyes even after all this time had passed.

It was his former team leader, Lee Soo Hyuk.

“You can hear me, right? Can you move?”

Although he would become a team leader in the future, Lee Soo Hyuk was just one of the first awakened ability users at this point. Using an informal tone from the beginning was very much like his former team leader.

Cale said the same thing he had said to this former team leader when it actually happened.

“…I am hungry.”

Lee Soo Hyuk smiled and responded back.

“Looks like you are fine, little punk.”

Lee Soo Hyuk threw a chocolate bar down the hole. Cale picked it up and said the same thing he had said in the past.

“Is it free?”

“No.”

“I have no money.”

“Is that so? How disappointing.”

Lee Soo Hyuk moved his sword like a lever and started to move the debris one by one. He moved a good amount of debris before getting close enough to reach his hand out to Cale, who grabbed it.

Cale was able to come out of the building as Lee Soo Hyuk easily pulled him up.

“What is your name?”

“Kim Rok Soo.”

“I see. Can you walk?”

“Yes sir, I think so.”

Lee Soo Hyuk turned around and motioned toward Cale.

“Follow me. I'll take you somewhere safe.”

He looked at the person's back.

This was how Cale had first met his former team leader. He would end up as a rookie entering the company where Lee Soo Hyuk was a team leader a long time in the future. A lot of things would happen during that time, however, this relationship with his former team leader was quite a long one.

Cale looked at his former team leader who was walking away for a moment before raising his head.

Plop. Plop.

The winter rain continued to pour down.

It was cold.

‘It's quite realistic for being a dream.’

Cale felt something weird as he put on a bitter smile along with that thought.

Plop. Plop. Plop.

‘These water drops feel too realistic.

How can a dream be so realistic?’

In addition…

this

from somewhere else as the Cale in the dream was confused by the realistic

it

“Sniff!”

‘Sniff? Someone is sniffling?’

he realized this. His former team leader and the destroyed

only darkness

sniff! Something is weird

could hear the Black Dragon

was time to wake

‘Haaaaa.’

wake up in order to stop the Black Dragon from crying, however, he felt tired after thinking about everything he would need to take care

of the Sun God, the Alchemists’ Bell

for Raon but should I relax

his mind as he debated whether to open his eyes or not when something he heard forced him to

is completely fine! But it has been 14 days, 7 hours, 21 minutes, and 41 seconds, and he is

many days did

Cale's eyes jolted open.

man! Y, you

He then flinched.

of his face and there were tears dripping from

Along with snot…

human opened his eyes after 14 days, 7 hours,

could hear Raon's happy

away from the black Dragon's round head that was

then ended up flinching once

“…Where is this?”

gold behind

normal, but the fancy ceiling decorated in gold was not something that he

his head to

was covering most of the view, however, he could

‘What, just what-’

Cale started to frown.

bed that was not his style at all. Cale wanted to look past the bed, but the curtains surrounding the bed made it impossible

his

“Are you awake?”

“Aigoo!”

shock before

with a relaxed expression at the corner of the bed. He

“…What the fuck?”

shared his honest

I expected

Empire, however, the sight in front of him was

the issue? You

“Excuse me?

Resting?

Where is this place?”

“That bastard Adin’s room.”

Imperial Prince Adin’s

…Is this Adin’s bed?”

We didn’t prepare anything for you, but I will give you some of mine! He is bringing all sorts of different steaks! I will give you one, no, two, no! I can give

pulled the blanket that he had kicked off in excitement as

expression turned even odder. Eruhaben poured a cup of water as that happened and

some water before you speak.

“… Uhh… mm.”

took the cup of water

his throat was hurting after speaking as soon as he opened his eyes. He drank some water

situation outside

moment before getting up and pulling

has happened while you were unconscious for

Chhh.

curtains were opened and Imperial Prince Adin's

for the third

“Huh?”

in the past. On either side of the table were large couches that

that was

“…Tasha?”

Elf, Tasha, was sitting on

with her back on the

so she ended up doing a lot of work.

She was asleep.

in a relaxed manner on the couch opposite Tasha as well. This person had a document

“Hiya.”

“Ho.”

let out a

in his quarter

Cale started to think.

‘Why is he here?’

Adin’s palace, so why would Alberu, the crown prince of a foreign nation be inside here? And why was he in his quarter Dark

“…Why?”

him if he had

“Isn’t it obvious?”

fatigue, however, he observed Cale's pale complexion after being unconscious for two weeks as he jokingly responded

his

‘That stupid hyung nonsense.’

and continued to speak as

said you were going to act stealthily, but you just openly used your

“Ah.”

silver shield he had activated in the battle against

how covered he was inside the robe, the citizens of the Empire, especially the residents of the capital, were used to Cale’s

supporting the falling palace with the silver shield

in the Empire as

Alberu’s explanation

the Roan Kingdom was trying to

the Mogoru Empire might think that this was all a devious plan

it back and finished

and leaned on one of the

acted on

how we are handling

bluntly asked a question after seeing how relaxed Alberu was despite the

need for you to

curling up at that moment. He couldn't help but feel iffy about that

imprisoned in

“…Excuse me?”

supposedly took some knights and

did what? Sir

to save the Empire

he

two weeks were

Prince Adin will probably be executed. Of course, we planned on making

“…What the-”

the Alchemists’ Bell Tower’ underground was revealed as well, and funerals for the dead have

swept through the Mogoru Empire

watching over them, and I'm sure that they will all be punished based

Flip, flip.

the pages of the document

that it was someone wearing a black

Master Bernard’s

as the silver shields, white gold light, and all sorts of other things

who saw all of it

“Will they believe us?”

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