Cale ended up closing his eyes again.
“Why are you closing your eyes again?”
‘Damn it! Son of a bitch!’
Cale raised his arm to cover his eyes. Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk started to chuckle at this clear indication that he didn’t want to open his eyes.
“I see that you still don’t like to listen.”
“…What the?”
Cale mumbled as he opened his eyes.
“What kind of dream is this?”
Although it was in a dream, a too familiar sight was in front of Cale right now.
The office where Kim Rok Soo had worked. The space that he had worked in for 15 years had appeared, and Cale was sitting in Kim Rok Soo’s seat. He was sitting on an office chair that he had never used in Cale’s world.
Kim Rok Soo’s seat wasn’t team leader Kim Rok Soo’s seat either.
It was Kim Rok Soo’s seat from when he was a rookie, the seat closest to team leader Lee Soo Hyuk.
He was told that rookies had to be next to the team leader or a veteran team member because they never knew when a rookie would cause some trouble and put their lives in danger.
Cale looked toward the team leader’s seat. Lee Soo Hyuk was sitting there as if everything was normal. The person who had tapped Cale’s cheeks to wake him up had returned to his seat.
“What is this?”
Lee Soo Hyuk who had a significantly feeble body for a swordsman looked younger than Cale’s final record. He looked similar to the Lee Soo Hyuk that Kim Rok Soo had met when he was a rookie.
“What could it be, you little punk.”
The team leader took a sip of the instant coffee in a paper cup before smiling as he looked at Cale.
The team leader had said that he used to only drink americanos but knew that he needed coffee even when the world flipped over and went to a mart to buy some instant coffee packets.
It had to do with something about not being able to forget the sweetness of the past or whatnot.
It was too similar. The Lee Soo Hyuk in front of Cale was not a scene in one of his records, but he was acting too similar to Lee Soo Hyuk.
‘Is this real?’
The moment he had that thought…
“Apparently, I died in your place?”
‘Damn it.’
Cale instantly started to frown. The person in front of him was indeed team leader Lee Soo Hyuk.
“Saying something like that without any emotion must mean that you really are the team leader.”
“You finally realized that?”
The team leader shook his head before looking up and down at Cale before commenting.
“But why do you look so terrible?”
“What’s wrong with how I look?”
Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk shook his head again in disbelief at Cale’s grumbling.
“You just walk around covered in blood. It also looks like you’ll become a very famous hero?”
Cale was frowning so much that he could not frown any harder even if he tried.
How did the team leader know about what he was doing? Why was he appearing in such a form?
There was only one answer. There was only one existence who could do something like this. The same existence that kept throwing stuff in front of Cale and loitering around.
“That motherf*cking God of Death.”
Cale could hear the team leader’s voice as he brushed his face with both hands.
“You’re right. He is quite the motherf*cker.”
“Ha!”
Cale let out a short laugh.
Screech.
The chair was pushed back and the team leader got up and headed toward the window. The curtains on the window were closed. Normally, he would see the destroyed and desolate remains of Seoul once those curtains opened.
Chhhhhhh.
However, the area outside the window was black.
“It must be because this space was created from my memories, but anything I can’t recall thoroughly is black.”
The team leader calmly commented as he looked toward Cale.
“The God of Death must have felt bad for us because we died when we weren’t supposed to and gave each of us one chance.”
Cale could see a paper cup that suddenly appeared in the air and landed on the table. There was instant coffee in the cup and Cale picked it up. However, Lee Soo Hyuk started to speak again before he could take a sip.
“Choi Jung Soo, that punk, met his paternal cousin once removed whom he could share his memories with and showed him everything. But I don’t have someone like that.”
A stoic voice came out of Cale’s mouth.
“Is that me?”
“Yes, it’s you.”
“That motherf*cking God of Death bastard.”
“You’re right. He was a total nutjob.”
The two of them scoffed while looking at each other. Cale brushed his hair back. His hair and hand were both covered in blood and ashes, but that wasn’t important.
“Are you dead or alive?”
‘What is your current status?’
“That is something you don’t need to know.”
“I guess you mean it’s going to be bad for me if I know.”
“You punk, you always have something to add on when you can just understand and keep it to yourself.”
“It’s my specialty.”
“You never like to lose. Always giving me a headache.”
“I don’t have such a power.”
The team leader continued to speak with disbelief after hearing Cale respond to everything he said.
“…You still are the same.”
“So, are you going to give me your memories?”
Cale looked toward the team leader and shared his thoughts on the matter.
“I don’t need them.”
He didn’t want to see the team leader’s memories.
He didn’t want to know what kind of pain Lee Soo Hyuk had felt when he died. It didn’t matter if he was being a coward or that they were the memories of the person who died in his place.
He didn’t need them. The human who could never forget always had to protect himself. Cale shared his feelings once again.
“I don’t need-”
“Who said I was going to give them to you?”
“…Excuse me?”
“My goodness.”
Lee Soo Hyuk walked over to Cale and took the paper cup in his hand before taking a sip.
“What the God of Death offered Choi Jung Soo and I were not our memories.”
An image passed by Cale’s mind after hearing that.
“… Are you passing down your ability to me?”
Even the talented Choi Han would not be able to recreate Choi Jung Soo’s White Miru to use as he pleased based on his memories alone.
“Correct. We were given the chance to give one ability to one person.”
Choi Jung Soo had chosen Choi Han. Of course, Jung Soo did not know that there would be such a cruel method of delivery. The God of Death’s chosen method of delivery was good for neither Choi Han nor Choi Jung Soo.
However, Choi Jung Soo’s abilities would be best transferred to Choi Han by showing him those memories.
Cale, no, Kim Rok Soo did not require such methods.
He had more records about Lee Soo Hyuk’s abilities than anyone else.
“Kim Rok Soo, I use the sword.”
Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk was famous for his sword art. There was also one more ability.
“But you’re going to give me your other ability.”
He was famous for having two different abilities.
Kim Rok Soo had many abilities as well, but there were many people with multiple abilities by the time his abilities had awakened.
However, there were less than ten ability users with multiple abilities when the team leader had awakened with two abilities.
Furthermore, the two abilities were incompatible with each other, making everyone in the world curious about how someone could have two unrelated abilities.
Most people had similar skills and there were almost no instances of completely different abilities being in the same person.
That was why there was a lot of discussion when team leader Lee Soo Hyuk chose to work for that company instead of joining a guild or the government.
“Don’t you want it?”
Cale calmly answered as team leader Lee Soo Hyuk mischievously asked.
“Hand it over.”
He calmly opened his palm to urge his team leader to hand over the ability.
“Hey, since when is anything in the world free?”
Cale started to frown. The team leader didn’t care and continued to say what he wanted to say.
“You need to pay up with money or find other ways to pay for your meal.”
“…Seriously.”
“What’s wrong? Did you forget who I learned this from?”
He had not forgotten. How could he forget that? Cale leaned back in the chair and observed the team leader.
“What are the conditions?”
The team leader lifted one finger.
“Once this is all over, create a farm in the Forest of Darkness. Create an orchard and a field to plant crops as well. Plant tomatoes, watermelons, cucumbers, pumpkins, etc. Plant all sorts of different crops. Oh, plant similar things if your neighborhood doesn’t have those crops. And take care of them yourself.”
Cale started to frown.
“Farming is not an easy job. You know that, right? You must look after the crops every day. So, don’t go wandering off to random places and instead just farm with that little kid named Raon. You can do it with Choi Jung Soo’s paternal cousin once removed and your other friends as well.”
Cale could not stop frowning because he knew why Lee Soo Hyuk was telling him to do this.
‘We need to take you with us. If we don’t, forget being a slacker, you’re the type that would go around causing trouble.’
He recalled something Lee Soo Hyuk said in the past.
“Team leader, I’m rich. I’m going to be a rich slacker.”
“So, you are not going to take my offer?”
Cale started to smile.
“Who said I wouldn’t? All I’m saying is that a superior who wishes to prevent his subordinate from being a slacker is petty.”
“Oh, how did you know? I’m a petty person.”
The team leader reached his hand out and Cale grabbed it. The moment the two of them shook hands…
Clang!
He heard a sharp noise. Cale looked forward with a stoic expression.
It was being destroyed. This office was slowly breaking down. Team Leader Lee Soo Hyuk was slowly turning to dust as well.
“Are you leaving?”
Cale calmly asked.
“Yes. I have to go.”
Lee Soo Hyuk calmly responded. However, his body was quickly breaking down in contrast to his relaxed demeanor.
“Kim Rok Soo.”
Squeeze.
Cale looked toward Lee Soo Hyuk who was squeezing his hand.
“There are times when gods make mistakes. Maybe it is because he’s a nutjob.”
His still calm voice continued.
“I didn’t die in your place.”
Cale’s shoulders slightly flinched. However, his eyes were focused on the slowly disappearing Lee Soo Hyuk.
“I died while I was running wild. Got it?”
Saying that he died while running wild instead of having died in his place. There was no way Cale would not know Lee Soo Hyuk’s thoughts and intentions behind that statement. He was trying to lower Cale’s guilt about the situation.
“No. That’s not it.”
However, Cale had no intention on responding the way Lee Soo Hyuk wanted.
“It wasn’t my fault nor the team leader’s fault.”
“…You’re right. That is the correct answer.”
Cale formed a fist with the hand that was in the handshake.
Psssss.
The hand that was shaking his hand disappeared as well. Cale could now see Lee Soo Hyuk’s true smile.
“Kim Rok Soo, stay alive. Being alive is the best.”
Cale looked into Lee Soo Hyuk’s eyes and nodded his head.
“Oh, by the way, the original owner of your body is living well too. He said he is happy.”
The whole area was destroyed, and the only things left were Lee Soo Hyuk’s eyes. However, he could still hear Lee Soo Hyuk’s voice clearly.
“And Jung Soo and I are happy as well.”
That was his final comment. The eyes were gone now as well.
The world around him broke apart. Only darkness remained.
Cale closed his eyes after looking at the darkness.
He had a feeling. He had a feeling that it was time to wake up.
Cale could feel someone cautiously tapping his cheek.
“It’s about time he woke up.”
He could hear Hong’s mumbling. Cale immediately opened his eyes as if to respond to that statement.
“Gasp!”
He could see the front paws of the kitten who was falling over in shock. Cale sat up while feeling the softness of the blanket. He was a bit dizzy and could not see properly.
“Cale-nim.”
“Young master Cale, are you feeling okay?”
“Human! You are a total idiot! Human!”
He could hear many people’s voices. Cale slowly opened his mouth to speak.
How much time has passed?
He suddenly stopped before asking that question.
“Ah.”
Cale’s pupils started to shake. He could feel it once the dizziness disappeared.
He could clearly feel a new power taking place in his body.
It was Lee Soo Hyuk’s power. The team leader’s power now existed inside Cale’s body.
Cale recalled Lee Soo Hyuk’s final words at that moment.
‘And Jung Soo and I are happy as well.’
It was as if a tsunami hit him. The large wave that he had kept suppressed in his mind was causing chaos in his mind.
‘I have to first start with a small field. I’ll first plant tomatoes, cucumbers, and watermelons. Ah, I have to plant some hot peppers too.’
‘Can’t I live a peaceful life later because I’ve lived such a difficult life?’
‘You’re so funny. What’s the point if my pay grade goes up here? I’m not doing this to rise in rank.’
‘Then why am I doing this? How would I know? I just want to do it!’
‘Kim Rok Soo, how the hell are you going to be a slacker? Hmm?’
The memories. The numerous records that he had kept suppressed rushed into his mind. Cale felt as if his whole body was being swept away by a tsunami. However, the comment about how the team leader and the others were happy was helping him center himself within that wave.
“Gasp!”
“Gasp!”
“M, my goodness!”
He could hear the children averaging nine-years-old gasping.
“H, human! Y, you’re crying!”
Cale then realized that he was crying. He had thought that his cheeks were wet from blood, but they were from his tears.
“…Why am I crying? I’m not sad.”
He was not sad. In fact, he was feeling refreshed and at peace.
‘I should be smiling right now.’
Cale started to smile. However, that smile made the others go silent.
I-
He acknowledged…
Please allow yourself to heal slowly
I was okay durung their conversation but when Cale cried I started to cry too. It’s okay Cale. You can slowly heal now.
Ydh am i crying?! Don’t cry T^T
Kim Rok Soo, please allow yourself to mourn.
This is your closure.
Aiyah… Incluso el Cale de verdad es felíz, esto me hace sentir mejor…
Me preguntó que pedo con todo esto, Dios de la muerte, es solo para tu diversión o algo??? ;_;
Ah~ amo está novela
Oh my poor baby… Don’t worry everything’s gonna be fine…
‘I should be smiling right now.’
Cale started to smile. However, that smile made the others go silent.
LOL wth? 😂😂😂
My heart….Rok Soo, let yourself mourn.
Gosh, my eyes…I can’t stop crying(T^T)
L..let yourself mourn My baby Cale TvT. You don’t have to closed and kept all of those feelings deep inside your heart and supressing those alone. It’s fine to cry!TvT
allow yourself to mourn, caleee. it’s been hard on you, huhu. you can’t forget the scene where your team members died no matter how much you want to, and now, you finally have the closure you didn’t know you needed.
Cale dearrrr. You dont know how much your tears bring ruckuss to your group. Saw you fainting is one thing and saw you crying is on another level.
(´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)
Finally, some closure after years of self-blame and bottling things up… cry, Cale, you can allow yourself this much
Thanks for the chapter
Cale let the tears pour, let yourself mourn over the close once, let the guilt go…
Hard to read…my eyes are sweating
The meeting of Kim Rok Soo and his team leader is beautiful but also bitter at the same time 😭😭
Thamks for the chapter 🌹
‘“Farming is not an easy job. You know that, right? You must look after the crops every day. So, don’t go wandering off to random places and instead just farm with that little kid named Raon. You can do it with Choi Jung Soo’s paternal cousin once removed and your other friends as well.”
Cale could not stop frowning because he knew why Lee Soo Hyuk was telling him to do this.
‘We need to take you with us. If we don’t, forget being a slacker, you’re the type that would go around causing trouble.’
He recalled something Lee Soo Hyuk said in the past.’
It’s funny how his troublemaking/finding ways were present even in an almost apocalyptic world and the method they intended to use to keep him out of trouble 😁.
Farming is an ideal job to distract Cale from causing troubles😏 It will be so easy peasy to be a successful farmer using all 5 nature attribute ancient powers. Hong will help too with his poison been used as pesticide😹 Ah… so peaceful~~
Let yourself mourn Cale, it’s Time to accept everything. Everything happened for a reason and you should be happy
I’m… crying
FML 😢😢😢
Cale.. No, Kim Rok Soo, let yourself mourn and be at peace now.
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“Oh, by the way, the original owner of your body is living well too. He said he is happy.”
– I’m still curious how he’s living in the Korea. Especially, he’s a young master. He grew up where there are people who served him from morning until he sleeps. I wonder how he copes up with his new life. I hope there will be a spin-off story about the “real” Cale Henituse.
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Seguramente sería una historia graciosa, imagínate al noble Cale actuando como el inexpresivo y serio Kim Roksoo~ Yo creo que ambos son parecidos, y merecen ser felices U.U
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Seguramente sería una historia graciosa, imagínate al noble Cale actuando como el inexpresivo y serio Kim Roksoo~
Yo creo que ambos merecen ser felices U.U
¡Lo siento! Mi comentario se duplicó y no sé cómo eliminarlo ;A;
T.T
alright lets guess whats the new ability is. Clue is incompatible with ‘Sword art’.
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I hope it was ‘System Shop’ where cale can buy anything as long as he have money. all hail the power of wealth!
_(:з」∠)_
Finally… he finally let it all out. I know he’s been suppressing it all until now but he finally let it out. He got closure and finally let himself mourn. Bro i’m cryinggggg seeing Cale, Kim Rok Soo, let that kind of emotion out just made me cry.
BTW the team leader said that the original Cale is happy. Then that means that the God of Death asked him permission before he transferred Kim Rok Soo in Cale’s body right? I’m really surprised that the God of Death (or maybe the other gods as well) is not omnipotent and absolute.
I’m not crying… You are crying! I can’t- (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀) ಥ‿ಥ
damn why is there dust everywhere here ಥ‿ಥ my eyes have been watering without a reason for a long time now it’s getting concerning
Cale-sama let’s cry together… hiks hiks…. 😭😭
423 i think this is the first time Cale is crying.
I’m not crying… its.. its just water wont stop coming from my eyes….QAQ
It must have been so hard, aside from record ability that won’t let him forget but alsothe guilt that he was the only one who survived. even before transmigrating in this world,he must have suppressed it all this time while taking over his team leader’s role and then this m*therf*cker god of death add fuel to the fire by revealing that it was him who was supposed to die and not his friends. that conversation with his team leader is much needed for him to heal and have closure. poor dude.
damn it damn it damn it aaadhh i started crying when i read that ORIGINAL CALE IS HAPPY… DAMN IT DAMN IT UGHHH
I M SO HAPPY FOR THAT BAB-E— NO, GUYS AGHHH I M SO HAPPY GOOD BOYS PLEEASE BE HAPPY PLEASE BE HAPPY
He never cried when those two died.
Like his tears were being held back by some sort of wall or cage.
Now that the cage is gone it all just gush out naturally~
(っ´ω`)ﾉ(╥ω╥)
I’m very glad to know that the original cale is happy T_T
EDITED because no point to copy the whole chapter. – Admin.
I cried here badly,No. I cried till the end of the chapter tears of joy and sadness were falling like a waterfalls damn it..
I RESPECTT CALES SENIORS! YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS A TRUE LEGEND ♡ !!!!
I copied the whole thing and cant edit it dafq HAHAHAHHAHAHA gomen minna-san this is wasted HAHAHhHAHHHA gago
Well f*ck…
I blame my hormones for this tears (༎ຶ⌑༎ຶ)
Cale dear please let your self mourn and let it all out ,you deserve it .
Lee soo hyuk is the best senior ever !!! He knew Kim rook soo too well to let it go without consoling him …..
So happy to know that the original Cale is happy
I just want to give them all hugs especially my dear Kim rook soo😭
I hope Cale-nim allows himself to mourn. That refreshed feeling of happiness and acceptance was a hard journey for him. All these tears and sadness he’s been suppressing are finally coming out. Please let your mind finally be at peace and no longer feel guilty. Thank you for this heart warming chapter Author-nim!
Cale can choose to forget like how he refused to remember that book in that test. I feel like the reason why he couldn’t forget it is because it’s the last time he saw them alive. It was the last memory he had with them and he didn’t want to forget. You can now forget that Cale… It’s okay to cry and delete that because you now know that they’re happy.
First of all I am emotionally really weak to the trope where people die and when MC has is conversation with them in their subconscious ness…….(like it just hits me somewhere in my heart….)
Please cale finally crying 🙏😭 and maybe he’ll let go of all the bottled up feelings he had for years…….(he has to on other wise 🤧🤧)
I-im fine when Cale talk with his team leader. But when he say he, jung soo, and original cale happy, my eyes start to blurry.
And- and when Cale cry i finally cry too. 😭😭
What’s wrong with this story? One time it made me laughing, excited, anxious, and the next second im crying.
Oh my, at the 2nd reading. I just realize that the chapter already indicating that they watch him from beginning. In the later chapter, is when i realize that. Tf.
ouch pain pighati
I want to know about the original Cale. What’s his life like after transmigration? What’s his deal overall?
Damn, I love that two worlds are interconnected like this.
HE’S BEEN KEEPING IT FOR SO LONG 😭 CALE I’LL CRY WITH YOU 😭😭 LET’S ALL CRY TOGETHER 😭
Thank you for the chapp! 😭🫶🥹
Just fyck…, I also remember that fanart scene of this. Fuck. This is too much emotions for me. Guys pls see that fanart I dont want to be the only one suffering this. ARHHHHH
Im crying the heck….I can feel KRS!Cale feelings and the way he supressed it for so longs
Kim rok soo didn’t even cry when choi jung soo and lee soo hyuk died, but now that he knows they’re happy, he finally cried for the first time 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 that’s so touching and sad
He’s starting to know how to express himself noww
Wow people are strong
I already crying the moment LSH told KRS to farm. They way they still try to get KRS far from the trouble he will caused
Please. I hope author nim will include a hundred chapter of his farming life
I love their conversation
Also love their relationship where they speak with cheekiness
And Cale, you’re finally crying 😭
Relendo e quero dizer que esse capítulo sempre vai acabar comigo demais
Don’t cry cale Don’t cry again 🥺🥺🥺
Cale’s crying… I’m crying… everybody’s crying… haaa… what is this life… why am I doing this to myself… again!?
There’s something I noticed, Cale’s different with LSH and CJS. All that banter. He never acts like that in this world, except maybe with Alberu. That’s part of the reason why I love their interactions so much.
All in all, it’s good to see you team leader Lee Soo Hyuk.