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“Young Master”

“Young Master”

*Gasp*

Cale open his eyes, he feels like his been struck by a lightning, his body is shaking like crazy. Cale hug himself and try to calm himself.

“Young Master, are you alright?” The voice seems familiar to Cale, too familiar. He glanced at the side and his mind became blank. Is he hallucinating right now? Cale question his thoughts.

“Hans?” Cale mumbled.

“Yes, Young Master”

“...”

Cale slapped himself left and right,Hans panicked and he grabs Cale’s hand. ‘Ah I'm not dreaming or hallucinating.’ Cale thoughts when he feels the pain.

“Young Master, don't hurt yourself! Your bruises are not healed yet.” Hans cried,

‘Oh I really came back at the past with a wrong timing’ Cale thought and nod his head,

“Young Master?” Hans questioned when he saw Cale nodding his head.

“Hans, prepare my bath,” After Cale said those words, Hans run like a ninja to prepare the bath.

Cale strokes his hair as he starts to walk in front of the mirror. He start to find a pen and paper on the table to plan things for the future, when he noticed a thick and ancient looking book, shining under his bed. Cale finds it very suspicious yet he grabs it out of curiosity.

“The Birth of a Hero,” Cale mumbled and opened the book.

*Knock* *Knock*

“Young Master, your bath is prepared,” Cale sighs and closes the book.

***

Cale sitting at the table in front of his family, he turned his head at the food in front and picked a utensil then shove the sliced food directly on his mouth, his father made an eye contact, while wiping his mouth with a tissue.

“Cale, are you alright now?” Deruth asks, looking at his son.

“Thank you for asking father but as you can see I'm totally fine now,”

“...”

“Do you need anything?” Deruth asked.

“Give me money,”

“...”

“I'll give the check to Hans later,”

***

Cale is now starring at the wall after he red the book named ‘The Birth of a Hero’ basically the book is about his past life but in Choi Han POV,

“Ugh, that old man beat me! an eighteen years old and he's already ancient.” Cale screams in disbelief.

“Not only once, but twice,” this time he pulled his hair while screaming. Rolling on his bed.

After a minute he stopped his emote and grabbed his pouch of money and marched out of his room.

“Young Master, Where are you going?” Hans nervously asks, Hans is concerned about his Young Master, ‘What if another man will beat the Young Master’ Hans thought, walking behind Cale.

“Young Master, this butler of yours will follow and protect you,” Hans said in a determined voice, Cale nods in response he's too lazy to say a word, Cale also determined to protect his people and family unlike his past…

“Hans tell father that I will be the one that will attend in the capital, I will wait for you.”

One of the Cale planned was obtain the shield.. he forget the full name but has a shield on the name, he will obtain it from the haunted tree.

***

“Give me all the bread, from there to here.” Cale declared while pointing at the bread. Both the vendor and Hans are shocked.

“Huh!”

“What! You don't want to? Hurry up and put them in a sack.” Cale exclaimed, while he stayed at his role. Then he throw a gold coin in front of the man,

“Hurry up! Tomorrow I will come back here,”

“Young Master, I don't have a change in this large amount of coin.” The vendor nervously said.

“I know, that's why I'm coming back tomorrow.” Cale rolled his eyes. The vendor nervously laugh “right,”

Cale buys all the bread in the territory. While Hans dragging the bags of bread.

“Young Master, is this enough? Are we close to our destination?” Hans asks out of breath.

Cale nods as an answer, Cale looks at his butler when he sees him red all over his face. “Hans are you okay?” Cale asks his butler while trying not to worry. “I'm okay,” Hans forcefully answered.

“...”

Cale grabbed a bag on Hans hand then he dragged it. The Master and Butler Duo are now in front of the haunted tree gate, when they're stopped by two children.

“Sirs, you can't go there, you will die.” The girl warned them, Cale stared at them and pulled four pieces of bread out of the bag.

“Take this and shut up,” Cale hissed at them

“But that tree will absorb you two.”

“No we will not die, I'm not stupid.” Cale said while Hans nodded at his back agreeing with the red hair saying.

“Now shut up you two did not see anything.” The two children just nod no other choice.

Cale throws the bag of bread on the hole of the tree.”Eat as much as you want.” Cale said as he poured the second bag at the hole while his butler was just staring at him. After he poured all the bread he marched to Hans' place.

“Let's go Hans, we will come back tomorrow”

“Are we going back now, Young Master?”

“No, I will drink at the bar.” Cale responded

***

Whispers can be Heard at the tavern when Cale walks in.

“The trash are now heald and his back at drinking again”

“Will he break the chair this time?”

“I think the new cups and wines he will gonna break.”

“Does that trash not learned his lesson? He was beaten up by a mere commoner and now he's showing his face here.”

“Hey! I can hear all your sayings!” Cale shout

“You give me a tasty wine.” Cale demanded the poor bartender. The bartender carefully poured the wine in the glass cup when Cale threw it on the window. Then he grabbed the bottle from the bartender and drank it. No one flinched in the action of the noble,

“I was right, the cups will break!”

***

It's dinner time and Cale is eating in front of his family again. He is happy inside because he can eat again with his family but he wears his poker face while eating.

“I heard from Hans that your interested to attend on capital,”

“Yeah, Basen always attends gatherings so as a big brother I will attend this time.” Cale replied while cutting the vegetable.

After Basen heard his hyung his eyes spark and it moves his heart after hearing it. ‘Hyung cares and acknowledges me!’ Basel screamed in his mind while trying to maintain his usual face.

“Very well then, tomorrow you will go there.”

“Mhm,”

After the dinner Cale is now strolling in the hallway to go to his room,his footsteps echoed down the hallway.

As he sat on his bed he heard screams in his mirror.

‘Is my room haunted because I came back in the past?’ Cale question on his mind. He shivers. He tried to ignore the scream but curiosity came at him.

He slowly walking at the mirror when he saw a person a fucking Person….wait is that a ghost?!

“Hi” The mirror man greeted Cale, a loud bang echoed in Cale's room as he faint in front of the mirror.

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Cale is staring at the man in the mirror named Kim Rok Soo ,the man has a black hair, a scar on his face and dull black eyes with a masculine body.

They figured out that the man was not from this world. He's from the world called Earth, a country named Korea like Choi Han, they have a similar world based on the book aside the Haris village Choi Han originated from Korea.

They were not sure if the man was truly a ghost or a person who was cursed to be locked in a Cale mirror.

“Is it my fault ?” Cale questioned last night but Rok Soo just answered ”No, probably it's the god fault!” Rok Soo answered with a firm tone.

In Cale observe Rok Soo was a good planner because they saved the baby dragon with help of the two cat-tribes and with a little skill he knew from the past. He already obtained the shield last night then he adopted the two cats because of how pitiful they are in Cale's eyes. If you're wondering if the mirror Rok Soo also came in the rescue plan, he's just inside the bag.

The two cats are now in Hans' hand and care, while Cale is marching in the hallway with a mirror in his hand. He figured out that he's the only person that can see and hear the man, while the other people can see their reflection.

“Young Master feels different this morning right?” One of the servants whispers which Cale can hear but chose to ignore it.

“Yeah, he seems weird. He's holding a mirror… isn't that heavy?” The second servant whispers back.

“Shh, maybe the screw in his head loosen after that commoner beat him.”

Cale barges at his father's office. He saw there was Basen and his father with some servants. Hans is in his back tailing him.

“Father! I have an announcement for you,”

“Cale!”

“Father, I don't want to be trash anymore!” Cale declared, Cale cringed at his action but who cares. That announcement shocked his father while the servant let out a silent gasp, while his brother was very happy about him and supporting him in his mind.

“Thanks to the bastard who beat me I realized that my face was worth more than the expensive wine and drinks. I too realize that I have a handsome face and I will treasure it.” Cale explained and hugged himself dramatically. The people in the room gasped in disbelief, while Rok Soo shiver out of cringed.The servant started to silently whisper.

“Cale?” His father says his name like questioning if he's okay.

“Father, that's the reason I will be the one who will attend the gathering- I let the other noble to see my perfect beauty.” Cale said as he stroked his hair, meanwhile his mind was dying in embarrassment. Rok Soo on the other side was covering his face with his hands out of embarrassment.

Cale raises the mirror while showing it to everyone,and left-leaving the everyone dumbfounded.

***

“Ahhh!” Cale screams in his room.

“Cale, your acting was good but your idea was so…uhm cringe.” Rok Soo said with his usual face.

“Rok Soo, that was the only idea I have to carry you everywhere,”

“Does the idea of carrying the mirror everywhere without saying anything cross your mind?”

There's a pregnant pause before Cale answers the question.

“I would look crazy…”

“...”

“I guess your plan will work,” Rok Soo cheers the poor Cale.

***

“Have you heard that the trash decided to change?”

*Gasp*

“Really?”

“Yeah, I heard that from one of the servants, but they think the young master became strange.”

“How?!”

“The trash is now full of himself and now he thinks that his beauty is more important than expensive wines.”

“... I guess that's better than being drunk.”

“Fare enough..”

“but he carries a big mirror in his hand to look at his reflection every time and talk to himself..”

“...Damn that messed up.”

***

Cale is now sitting inside the moving carriage while petting the two cats using his both hands. He's facing the mirror in the other seat of the carriage. He can't see Roksoo-only his reflection, he's thinking that maybe the guy was busy sleeping again.

The carriage stop suddenly stopped, which made Cale and cats bounce inside the carriage even Roksoo who's sleeping woke up by the sudden stop. Cale peaked his head at the window trying to see if what was happening, he saw Hans panicking expression.

“Young Master there is a dead deer in front of the carriage.” Hans said with a panic tone. As he taps his feet, Cale can clearly see.

Cale picked up Roksoo and opened the door as fast as he could. What they saw is a dead deer. He expected that the dead animal was killed in a gruesome way but the deer was killed like it was choked until it was out of breath.

Cale and mirror Roksoo intensely stares at the dead deer. They saw a weird paw.

“Cale I think the baby dragon made it, look carefully it looks like a drawing of a child.” Roksoo commented on his theory, pointing at the weird paw.

“Are you sure?” Cale questioned while looking at the mirror.

“50/50” answered by the mirror.

The guards and his butler saw their young master smile slyly as he laughed as if there is no tomorrow.

“Heha,” Cale chuckle “we should stop here for now, it seems like I have a follower that gift me this amazing meat. I assume that this individual is amazed by my beauty and gift me.” Then he wink at his people,some of them stunned after their master made that action.

“Hans, you guys should skin the deer and make it barbeque.” Cale said and looked at the mirror then wink at it well that was the view of other people while Cale really wink at Roksoo.

“Yes, young master.” Hans said with a salute action. He drags the deer's feet then looks at the guards that are standing at the side then point the deer using his lips that the guards understand and help him to carry the dead animal.

Cale goes inside the carriage with the mirror he's carrying in his hand, Cale sees the two cats waiting at him.

“Nya~ Cale do you think that it was our new little brother?” Hong asks, staring at him. Which Cale nod in answered he understood that they're talking about the black young dragon.

Hong smiled, then he made a happy sound that Ohn joined it. Cale and mirror Roksoo looked at the happy children. Cale shhs them when he feels someone's coming. He heard a knocking sound.

“Young Master, do you want to go out? The guards already set up the tent for tonight.” Hans called his master then open the door of the carriage. Cale did not respond instead he carry the mirror and point at the kitten in Hans which Hans carry them as he's tailing his master.

Cale's walking elegantly while carrying the mirror at his side. He can already smell the tender barbecue. He commands his butler to walk first at the tent, he walks where the smell came from and sees a young guard grilling it carefully.

“Hi, there!” Cale greeted the young guard that made the guard flinch.

“H-hello young master!” stuttered as he looked at the young master then at the grilled barbecue back and forth. That made Cale let out a small chuckle, that the guard was confused at his master's behavior.

“Just continue grilling, I'll be watching,” Cale commanded.

In Cale, observing the man, the man looked young, young to be a knight; he guessed the man was the same age as he is or younger.

“You look young to be a knight,” Cale tried to start a conversation.

“Ahh I heard that from many people, young master.” The guard shyly answered Cale hum in response.

“What is your name?”

“I'm Ezra young master,”

“You should call me Hyung from now on. . . You're the same age as Basen, No?”

“But-” Cale put his finger in Ezra's mouth to shush him.

“Shh, that's an order and go back your attention to the grilling meat,” Ezra obeyed his master's command.

Ezra has silver-grayish hair, cat-like eyes, a pointed nose, a beauty mark under his left eye, tan skin color and a scar on his ear. Cale suspects if the guy was a noble but the young guy just chuckles as if it was a good joke. Cale also tastes his barbecue and Cale can't believe it his food can compete in Vicross cooking. Roksoo also wants to taste the barbeque but he can't because he can't go out in the mirror.

“Hmm, Ezra, how long have you served the Henituse?”

“Ahh a year ago. . . hyung,”

“Why became a soldier? I mean you can also become a cook?”

“Well I can learn to fight,” Ezra smiles.

***

Everyone is praising Ezra for his hard work to cook the majestic barbecue. Everyone was drooling as they tasted the barbeque. They feel cloud 9. Cale watching them, all the soldiers were chit chatting and laughing while eating the barbeque and some fruits.

“Cale, I also want to eat the barbeque,” Roksoo said as he looked at the people who were eating the barbeque.

“Soon if you can go out,” Cale smug, trying to annoy him.

“Cale nya~ who are you talking about?” Question by the curious kitten. Cale just smiles at them and answers “nothing”. Then the cats go outside.

While Roksoo and Cale were quietly talking, a baby dragon was spying on them . Well, he can see the person inside the mirror. The dragon went inside the tent while he was in invisible mode. To spy near them. Roksoo stops talking as he feels an intense mana inside the tent. Finally the dragon reveals himself at the two audience.

“Pretty human, why was that guy inside the mirror?” He then flies between Roksoo and Cale. Cale finds it cute.

“Hmm, we don't know,” Cale shrug

“Weird, cause I can't feel any mana around it.” The dragon scan the mirror that made Roksoo shiver.

“But pretty human, there is a weird pressure that doesn't seem mana to me.” The dragon mumbled as he blinked his eyes.

“What do you think about it mighty dragon,” Cale smiled.

“Ehem, I don't know for now,”

“Mighty dragon, are you the one who gave those dead animal to this majestic human,” Cale shamelessly asks while he's trying to pose. Roksoo covered his face using his hand.

“Cale enough,”

“Roksoo, I'm trying to practice just let me be,”

“Pretty human, how did you know? I clearly made a different animal paw,”

Cale points at Roksoo ”He's the one who guess,”

The dragon hummed and nodded as an answer.

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Roksoo thought that his life would end after the unranked monster attacked them. But he woke up in a flat, endless white space more like an asylum to him, somehow after he walked a few steps things appeared in front of him, it had a big fluffy bed that looked comfortable, a bookshelf that had no book.

Roksoo started to love the afterlife room that’s what he called his new place but it did not last long because a light that almost blind his eyes appeared in front of him.

He saw a young man with crimson hair sitting he scream to be heard.

The young man slowly walking on his direction as if he's hunting a prey.

“Hi” Roksoo greeted the crimson hair, he heard a loud bang at the same time as a young man faint.

Roksoo is now thinking if he's scary enough to make someone faint.

Now the young man named Cale and him are staring at each other,

“Are you a ghost?” Cale asks out of curiosity but too bad even the guy he asks doesn't know the answer.

“...”

“Do I need to answer that?”

“Why are you asking back? You should answer my question first,” Cale pouted with a frown face.

“I don't know the answer either,” Roksoo answered and blinked like a clueless man.

“So you're not a ghost?”

“Maybe,”

“Are you a witch? Wait a man witch?!” Cale theorized looking at him.

“... No,” Roksoo answered.

“Ahh maybe you got cursed!” Cale clap in his theory.

“...” Roksoo now thinking if he got cursed or died.

“I don't know, maybe?”

Cale sighs in defeat so Roksoo does the same. They're both clueless in there situations,

“Right, my name is Cale, and you?” Cale introduces and asks at the same time.

“Roksoo, you can call me that,”

“Alright, Rock saw,”

“...”

“Roksoo,”

“Isn't that the same thing?”

“...”

“Rowk Soo then,”

“It's Roksoo,”

“I clearly said it, Rack soo,” Cale confidently said.

“Roksoo,” He's trying to correct the red hair

“Roksoo?” Cale tried to pronounce and he succeed that made Roksoo happy inside,

“Yeah that one,” Roksoo nod, saying those words that made Cale clap his hand once in the air.

“But if you have hard time to pronounce it, you can just call me Rock or something you comfortable with,”

“No, I can clearly pronounce your name correctly now,” Cale reassured the man.

Hours passed and the two already discussed the world they live and stepped on. Some random plan that both of them agreed to.

***

Roksoo cringing watching the red guy acting cute and full of himself. For some reason the video of idols doing aegyo to entertain their fans played in his mind. Now that Roksoo is thinking that Cale can become an Idol in Korea.

‘Maybe if Cale is doing aegyo but not so cringy it will fit him, yeah maybe.’ Roksoo thought while nodding his head looking at the red guy.

He's watching Cale doing his act carefully, the reaction of the audience that Cale’s talking is priceless. If he makes Cale an Idol here in this world will he earn a lot of money? Too bad he can't.

***

Back to present,

Roksoo was sweating nervously when he saw the baby lizard dragon looking at him. Seems like his slacker life is 5 meters away from him now.

“You're the weird mirror of that pretty human friend, right? Of course you are, the mighty dragon like me doesn't make mistakes.” the dragon huff,

For some reason Roksoo shivers when he hears the dragon ask and answer his own question.

“Yeah I guess we're friends” he answered in a whisper tone. Which Cale nods gracefully.

“Mirror man, are you a human?” The dragon asked, staring at him intensely which made the two audience confused.

“Of course I am!” Roksoo hurriedly exclaimed to not make a misunderstanding between the two. But it seems like Cale is on another level of misunderstanding and made other theories in his mind on how defensive he is. Like:

‘What if Roksoo was really not human and he's a fairy, no, maybe he is a god or a dragon, maybe a spirit to protect me or. . . Blah blah blah blah. . .’

Many what if came in Cale mind while his face is still stoic but the eyebrows are twitching, gripping his hand on the hem of his shirt. Seems like the two didn't even see the reaction of the pretty boy.

“Young master, this is Hans, may I come in? I have a plate of barbeque for you,” The three heard the butler call that made Roksoo panic for whatever reason. The little dragon made himself invisible but he let the two see him, in short he made himself invisible to others but not to the two.

“You may come in,” Cale said, brushing his hair using his hand-switching persona, to make his face stand out he brushed his hair up trying to slick it while looking at the mirror.

Hans entered the tent he saw the young master brushing his hair looking at the mirror while posing he even unbutton the three buttons that make his chest stand out. Hans gasps at the view.

“Young master?!” Hans gasps in disbelief. “Button your shirt! You're too young to show those elegant chests!” Hans panicked as he put the plate of barbeque in the bed and threw a cloth to aim at the body of the noble. Seems like seeing the young master chest is not on the bingo card of Hans,