#don't worry alberu is there

[sadlynotthevoid]

Og AlbeCale is Stress Baker Prince x Sweet-Toothed Picky Eater Count Son.

Only that the picky eater part is probably only a part taste, a bigger part an act, and other part the fabulous effect of his brain saying that anything tastes like ashes when he feels bad.

(Because my brain also does that and eating sometimes sucks and sweets are the only thing that tastes normal.)

Alberu at some point catches up on this and asks him to join him to eat with him while he does work, or have small private picnics together so he doesn't have to act and because Cale seems happier when he has good company.

[forgetme-eternally-blissfully]

Star AU (inspired by fanart)

Roksu blankly stares into the sky.

He has nothing left. His parents were dead, his uncle sold him, and even the slavers and slaves have passed away beneath the cliff, leaving Roksu at the top, alone. There was nothing to do but stare at the rising sun. It looked beautiful, he knew.

The leftover stars still linger in the sky brightly. He could begin to walk back to civilization at any moment. The stolen cloak sits heavy on his small shoulders, the weight of living pressing down on every inch of him, making every breath struggle to reach the air beyond his lungs. The cold air dried out his throat and made him want to hold his breath but he kept inhaling, in order to exhale again. All to keep living.

He did not ask, 'why me?'

It was a stupid question.

Things happened. Even the slaves in the carriage that went over the cliff knew that. It was simply bad luck. He didn't get dealt a good hand, but that didn't mean he would give up. Frustration burns his heart yet it fuels it all the same, like how the constant combustion of a stars core keeps it from collapsing in on itself. He lived through that frustration, and for that he was grateful.

He's seen many on his same position fall and succumb, sooner or later than himself. Like watching alternate versions of his life, some more and less prosperous. Hes one of many that have tried and failed, but since he is still alive, he must keep trying. Until he fails and dies, or until the day he succeeds.

The stars retreat from the warm glow on the horizon, subdued in that light. He wonders, how do they do it? They get hidden every day, but every night they come to rise again, bright as ever. They'll never reach the brightness of the sun, but in their combined effort, they shine in such a beautiful and unique way.

He reaches up towards those retreating stars and looks at them from in between his fingers. If he could hold on, would they keep shining? Let it shine in his palm, safe in a cage of small pale fingers, allowed to shine whenever and wherever.

Closing his fingers into a fist, he lets himself imagine that he caught one of those stars. Pulled it from the sky and held it gently. Would it be warm? Or hot, too hot for him to hold and burning his flesh in his arrogance? He lingers on that thought and looks at his closed fist, skeletal bones poking through his skin to reveal knuckles and his skinny wrist.

His hand is about to retreat when a light flashes behind his fist. He quickly pulls it back to see a bright and colorful light streaking across the sky. It screams in its decent and he can hear violent pops with flashes of purple and red overtop a luminous white.

A shooting star.

A star?... no way, he didn't make it fall— could he?

He pulls his cloak to himself and runs in the direction as it's falling. His bare feet pad quietly and quickly against the unforgiving dirt road until it gives way to grass and rocks. He holds the cloak to himself with one hand and his breathing grows heavier with each step, a pain twinging in his side and making him wince, but he pushes his feet forward still.

The star shines brightly above him, like a guiding light, and the star is loud in the way that everything around him grows quiet in comparison.

He nearly trips when he steps into a hole in the ground and his ankle twists, but he just touches the grass with his palms and pushes himself forward, running faster when adrenaline pumps into his veins at the striking pain.

He has questions but his eyes trail the star and its long tail. He has no mind outside of the shooting star which he follows. It screeches and he wonders if it will be a monster, ready to close its jaws around his neck. The bright star and its tail dips closer yet to the ground and he holds his breath as it soars downward suddenly.

He hides behind the lone oak tree on the hill as the star crashes into the valley.

He holds his breath. Inching closer to the tree, he presses himself against the bark and grips the cloak with an impassioned hand. In the crater is a white lump.

There's no room for regret. Not now.

The white lump is as bright as the star, making it difficult to see properly, but he doesn't need to worry long as it stars to dim rapidly.

The white turns to grey turns to black, and the colorful lights disappear in the wind. The morning glow reflects off the dull black lump and makes it colorful in a different way, with oranges and a rising pink.

Roksu's eyes widen at the sight. His heart beats heavily in his chest, burning from running so quickly. It pounds at the questions running through his mind.

Did he make it fall?

Will it ever glow again?

Is this his fault?

How did this happen?

What should he do?

That last one makes itself particularly known at the front of his mind, but he comes up with no answer.

The lump shifts in its spot in the crater. Roksu clamps his hands around his mouth to smother his sharp inhale.

Is it... alive?

Every fiber in his body understands that he should be running away, hiding, anything to get him away and out of sight from this strange thing that emerged in their world. Except that isn't what he does.

He watches the rising back of the lump.

It's breathing.

The back falls.

He leans further into the oak of the tree and looks closer at the weird thing.

It inhales. The back falls.

... is it hurt?

He bites his lip and digs the fingers he has pressed against the tree into that stiff bark, waking up to the sting of his flesh being bitten and scratched.

When the black lump- about the size of a crouching man- doesn't move outside of the small movement of inhaling and exhaling, Roksu gathers his courage and leaves the safety behind the tree.

He makes sure not to trip as he steps carefully down the steep hill. His ankle throbs painfully.

The sun is over the horizon now, baring its light down against the star in the crater.

Managing not to trip on a dislodged rock, he skips the rest of the way using gravity and winces when his foot gives out at the last second.

He exhales, breathing heavy. Pulling the cloak against his collar, he stands up and continues moving toward the star in the crater.

The star's back rises and falls steadily. It seems to be sleeping. That may be for the best, Roksu thinks to himself.

He reaches the edge of the crater, more wide than it is deep, and steps lightly into the exposed dirt. It digs into his feet painfully, still holding a residual warmth. Even if it's a little hot, it isn't enough to be burn him, so he keeps going.

The star, the creature, rouses slightly as he approaches. His mind wants to stop but his heart encourages his continued approach.

He steps up to the star, creature, about a few feet away. It's bigger than he thought it was and smaller than he assumed it'd be.

... Should he kick it?

Thankfully he doesn't need to do that, as the star inhales deeply and shifts upward, small bits of dirt falling off its back as it rises.

Black eyes bear down on Roksu.

The star looks like a man. No, a teenager approaching manhood, with short black hair and eyes that reflect the night star, devoid of stars.

The lump was actually the teenager's own cloak, curled around his black attire and black boots.

Roksu looks up at that young face and blinks. This... is a star?

It didn't fit his expectations, but the appearance also oddly fit the name, 'star.' He knew that he wouldn't be able to think of a star without thinking of this teenager again after this.

Roksu's reddish brown eyes meet the onyx eyes. They burrow into each other, trying to dig up answers, yet both finding none.

The onyx eyes blink first and look away from the intense gaze of the kid. It, he, begins to observe his surroundings instead.

Roksu quietly stares at this strange being who emerged from a blistering star.

The star looks back at him.

"안녕하세요?"

Roksu listens to the strange words of the star and finds it extremely funny.

"I don't speak Star, sorry." Still, he puts effort into his response. Even if it was extremely likely that the star wouldn't understand him.

"... 무엇? 나는 당신을 이해할 수 없습니다."

Roksu nods. Yes, there is a language barrier. That means the star won't know he is the one who pulled him, it, from the sky.

He points at himself to get introductions started.

"Roksu." The star blinks at him, then slowly points at himself, unsure.

"... 최한."

"Choi Han," Roksu repeats. The star nods. Roksu points at the star and says it again. "Choi Han," then points at himself. "Roksu."

The star licks his lips and repeats it. "Roksu."

He nods, accepting the attempt. Now they have been introduced. That's a good start. Who knows, maybe 'Choi Han' means 'star.'

Roksu's head falls and he notices his bare feet, one swollen and still throbbing immensely. Hopefully it wasn't a serious injury and he could still walk on it.

Wiggling his toes and finding them painfully functional, he decides not to worry about it.

Choi Han is too busy looking at Roksu's long red hair to notice. He looks awestruck at its color, which made a little sense. It wasn't a terribly common color, and his shade of red was actual red, not closer to orange or pink. The dirty and scrappy nature of it wasn't flattering but neither were his equally scrappy clothes. The only thing saving his appearance was the slaver's cloak that he stole.

Though, maybe the star would be awestruck by any shade of hair. Who knows what a star is used to seeing, anyway.

Roksu takes advantage of Choi Han's dazed state to grab his hand and pull. He doesn't budge from his spot- weighing more than the thin Roksu- but it gets the message through.

"Follow."

The star is pulled.

Roksu climbs out of the crater and struggles to not think about how much his foot hurts. He had already ran on the injury and now he was going to walk all the way back to civilization on it, too. He might as well be asking to get his entire foot amputated.

Still, he hides the pain, hiding the way he favors one side as he walks, thinking instead about how to teach someone how to talk and read their language. Could Roksu learn how to speak star? It seemed that there would be a lot of work to do in order to communicate.

As he's pondering that, he tugs on Choi Han's hand, intending to face the hill he had come from.

An arm slips under his legs and the hand in his grasp falls away without any effort to hold onto his shoulders.

Roksu stiffens like a log.

Choi Han smiles at him.

"내가 널 안아도 괜찮았으면 좋겠어."

He frowns but swings his feet in the hold. Now he doesn't have to risk making his injury worse, but he has to be carried by a star. It felt shameful to make such a being do manual labor.

Even if it's shameful, Roksu slowly relaxes into the sturdy chest, wrapping an arm around the star's neck. His other arm points up the hill.

Choi Han gleams, resembling a twinkling star, and Roksu turns away from that happy expression. What a weird guy-star.

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"The prophecy! Your majesty, the prophecy for the next decade has been delivered!" A priest runs into the throne room and all but collapses to his knees, bowing his head to the red carpet.

King Zed grips his armrest. It was good and bad news to receive a prophecy. A prophecy meant that a significant event would be occurring. Since the priest said it was estimated to predict the next decade, that meant that the event would spell out the fate of the next ten years.

It did not predict anything past that.

However, most 'significant events' regarded wars and famines. The length of time would be how long the war would last, or how long the famine would stretch before it broke. So, whatever the prophecy said, it would definitely be a big deal.

"Speak."

The priest shivers at the cold tone of the king. He lifts his head and bangs it against the floor to gather his wits and remember the words of the prophecy. It wasn't hard- it was incredibly profound, both alike to other prophecies and nothing like any prophecy they've received before.

"I will now repeat the prophecy, your majesty. It reads,

"The boy which falls a star

holds many burdens,

Speaks many lies,

And possesses a great truth.

A war, six stars that wish to take the sky,

The red crown which fights to subdue.

Ten years of darkness, nigh.

Bleed, oh boy of red, to lay the earth with

Crimson Tides, save the pitiful ones and give rise to the star of Night."

The priests low voice slowly rolls over the prophecy's words. The king listens and taps his finger on his armrest.

"... Call the Crown Prince."

The attendant waiting by the door hears this and promptly leaves the room. A brief silence is broken by the low timber of the old man sitting on his regal throne.

"Priest," The king says. "What are your thoughts?"

"My thoughts... Your majesty, I believe we must find the boy who felled a star. He will play a key role in the future, I'm sure of it."

"Then how should we go about it?"

The priest hesitates.

"Do we summon all boys to the palace and ask them if they've felled a star? What age range should we expect a boy to fit in?" The king mildly pokes holes in the priests answer. "A seven year old is as much of a boy as a fifteen year old."

The priest bites his tongue, and the king continues.

"When does a boy become a man? Should we exclude mature children and include lousy adults?"

The king tsks. This is why he called for his son to come here. Speaking with the priest is no good.

"Royal Father," a teenager roughly the age of seventeen enters the throne room and bows politely according to his status. "You called for me?"

"Yes. Alberu, listen to the prophecy for the next ten years and tell me what you believe our next action should be."

A prophecy is a huge deal, but the king comments on it as if it is no more than a small squabble that occurred in the town square. The crown prince also doesn't blink at the news.

He approaches his father and stands off to his side, looking down at the priest, who still has his head in the red carpet.

"You may speak," Alberu prompts the priest.

The priest repeats the prophecy again word for word, willing himself not to stutter in the presence of the two most influential figures in the kingdom.

"Mm." Alberu hums. "That is a unique prophecy."

"Why do you say that?" The king inquires. Alberu speaks minimally, as if answering on paper rather than to his father.

"The prophecy mentions a specific individual. It even goes as far as to list traits and achievements of the boy, as if asking us to find and accompany him in his path. Within seven centuries and hundreds of prophecies, none have spoken about a single person."

"What do you suppose we should do?"

"Find him. We should look from twelve to seventeen year old boys, particularly twelve year olds whose birthdays are near to pass. We don't know if the boy has felled a star yet, so we should leave a few months to give him that opportunity."

"We should look through the entire kingdom? That would take years."

Alberu smiles at the king, as if calmly correcting his father's words. "We have a few years at best to find the boy before the worst of the war is upon us, so we should do our best, Royal Father."

"That's right." The king nods. He stares down at the priest, who sweats cold. "Then, son. What if we don't ever find the boy?"

Alberu's smile remains on his lips, undisturbed. "Then we should do our best to support him, even if we don't know who he is."

"Correct."

Alberu lets his eyes fall on the sweating priest. Even if the priest is trembling, Alberu doesn't feel pity. It wouldn't make a difference.

The king waves a hand and the priest, as if sensing it, stands up and exits quickly with a rushed bow to pay his respects to both the current and future rulers.

With him gone, Alberu elaborates. "You'll be focusing on boys with red hair, won't you Royal Father?"

"That is obvious."

At that, the crown prince closes his eyes. He can't help but think, 'would it be so easy to find such a boy?' The description was both sorely lacking and extremely specific. He didn't know what to think about the prophecy's intention.

"Do you think we'll find him?"

Alberu smiles at that, opening his eyes and staring at the large door which shut behind the priest.

"We will. Definitely."

Somewhere, a fifteen year old boy with a red crown of hair and a newly fallen star begin to make their acquaintance.

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I posted this to ao3! It's got 7 chapters now <3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64101292

Fanart this fic idea was inspired by vvvvv also while I couldn't find the artist I did find that this isn't Cale! It's Diluc fanart from Genshin Impact-- which makes the shooting star in the sky make more sense..............

COUGH I'm still sending this out even though I did a fanart inspired fic from a different fandom than mine-

@fictionalcreator ~

[pulanadugo]

OO2 : ALBERU || THE PARANOID ONE

summary: he is your emotionally dependent fiance.

alberu didn't want to have a fiancee at all. but when his father arranged this marriage with you, the unsuspecting princess from the neighboring kingdom, he had no choice but to accept it.

we all know how manipulative alberu can be if it benefit his people. that's why he tried to manipulate you at first. but then, when he heard about the true reason behind this arrangement, he let go of that plan.

you were just like him, a princess without any power. without a mother and your family practically abandoned you— atleast alberu has the dark elves but you? you were alone.

but surprisingly, for someone who has a traumatizing past. you were chaotic— you practically cause ruckus (but in a good way) on every place you go. and honestly, alberu lived for it.

well, surprisingly for a level headed person. alberu can be really jealous of others. but don't worry, he wasn't a violent type of person when he got jealous.

just like one time where you accidentally called cale, his sworn younger brother, pretty when you first met him. you suddenly felt alberu's hand on your waist while he leaned closer, making sure that you won't be able to see cale clearly and pouts while saying— 'you said i'm the most gorgeous person in your eyes, cheater.'

for someone who is drop dead gorgeous, alberu can be really paranoid, especially when you discovered his secret.

what if you hate him now? what if you were like those people who sees dark elves as threat? what if you betray him— what if you fell out love?

oh, gosh. expected that he will stick with you 24/7. you guys were sleeping on the separate room? heh, not anymore! because alberu already made the arrangement so now you'll be sleeping next to him on his bed! you guys have separate office? well, not anymore! because when you woke up the next day, your table was now inside alberu's office.

for some reasons, your guards became quite distant to you after you discovered alberu's secret.

okay, it's not like he doesn't trust you with his secret— but what if you find your guards handsome/pretty and run away with them?! nu-uh! there's no way he would allow that! so, with simple work behind the scene, he was able to isolate you from everyone. well, except from his auntie, cale and his friends.

sure, alberu can be overwhelming sometimes. but you see, he just needs assurance.

he loves you so much and he rather die than seeing you look at him with disdain in your eyes. don't worry! he'll give you everything you wanted so bear with him, okay?

￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣

"did you enjoy your day, my darling? who did you speak with? what did they say? don't worry, i'm not angry. i just... care. deeply. and i need to know every little detail to keep you safe... with me."

[mitsuko334]

This post is messy but I think my idea is fun so I decided to share c:

Warning!!!! there are a lot of spoilers ahead if you haven't finished part 1 of the novel

My wonderfull brain made up and au where Cale is in his og body and a butler to Alberu

I've name it Butler of the Royal family and have already written the first two chapters but it takes me ages to write so I will just share my ideas for now . Haven't poster the chapters to ao3 yet

This is inspired by that one part of the God of Despair tests . Where Cale is in the body of some random guy and acts as a butler for small Alberu who is in a bad position as a teen. You know - the one where he turns the palace on its head so he can give Alberu a decent meal and wreaks havoc as usual. Calls him "Your Royal highness" , changes the furniture to better ones in the palace and then almost gets killed by the king . I love it a lot it's super cute and makes me soooft

This but it's the reality

So basically Kim Rock Soo is punted into the Forest of death Choi family style and is a transmigrator not a reincarnator (idk if that's what they're called) so he's not in Cales body and the deal with GoD hasn't happened

The thing is - he's away too early than the setting of The birth of a Hero . Alberu and Cale are only teens and Harris village is still standing

Here's where I take many liberations with the accurate ages and such - mainly I ignore them and just change them so they can fit my silly scenarios

When Rock Soo realises he's earlier than the events in The Birth of a Hero he decides to go make a deal with that glib crown prince . He's trying to scam him to get money for slacker life or smth . But then he sees the sorry state that is Alberus palace and how they mistreat him. And basically hires himself as the head butler to fix things because of course he would. The rationalisation in his mind is that he needs the crown prince in power to ensure that Roan will be ready for the future wars and he can live his slacker life without worrying about that

In the end he takes the reins as commander in the war and is a hero like in canon as is expected of our clown mc

That's about it

I'm mostly thinking about how different Alberu will grow up with Rock Soo as his butler . He has someone he can actually depend on now!!

Kim Rock Soo relationship with everyone will be different which is the fun part for me

He's a dad of one crown prince (even if he won't admit it) and baby Raon .

Raon!! He's still an egg in this but don't worry Rock Soo won't ever forget his dragon son so he goes to steal- I mean rescue Raon and a few other valuable things he finds in that cave. So Raon hatches from his egg into Rock Soos warm hands and is coddled and loved as he should be. Only the best thing for the dragon baby

And!! Rock Soo is about the same age as Ron in this cuz I said so - around 36 I think. And so! They're best friends. Of course Rock Soo is terrified but still

Ron finds him funny and decides to keep him around just cuz

Haven't thought everything out but yeah

I will share the many memes I've made for this and hopefully they flesh out my concept more and how the interactions change between the characters and sometimes doesn't really

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How Kim Rock Soo became Butler!Rock Soo:

Rock Soo going to meet the Crown Prince: Gonna strike a deal to help him with the future wars and secure slacker life. Planning only of course I don't wanna fight

(He's delusional your Honour.)

teen!Alberu in an unkept office, clearly malnourished: And may I ask for what reason you seek my help? ಠ⁠‿⁠ಠ

Butler!Rock Soo: ... for the butler position.

teen!Alberu: Pardon?

(Butler!Rock Soo was won over by teen!Alberu spectacular sad boy energy. If no one was going to take care of Roan future king then goddamn Rock Soo will do so himself. No child should starve especially the kingdoms future ruler. Besides he's securing his comfy slacker life. The crowns prince head butlers salary is sure to get him enough funds for a long cushy retirement. And if he gotta give the lil prince power to give him that salary himself well you gotta do what you gotta do for slacker life / this is how Rock Soo convinced himself to come out of his retirement and become a butler)

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Butler!Roksu doing the parent™ thing and casually dropping the most fucked up backstory in the middle of a conversation: I don't really have food preferences since I was so used to starving as a kid and teen. As long as it's made by the royal kitchen it's tasty.

teen!Alberu who asked what his favourite food was: (⁠@⁠_⁠@⁠)

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teen!Alberu: *complaining about some annoying noble:

Butler!Roksu: I suggest scamming

teen!Alberu: You always suggest scamming

Butler!Roksu: Hasn't failed us so far

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teen!Alberu: *in the middle of a hormonal angst*

Butler!Roksu: I don't remember being like this when I was younger (he was worse)

/Not the isolated lonely teen roksu angst what will we dooooo

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teen!Alberu: I know your secret identity don't even try to deny it

Butler!Roksu - a transmigrator: "shit how to explain this"

teen!Alberu: You're a noble in hiding!! Probably from a foreign country

Butler!Roksu: Your royal highness your brilliance is unmeasurable and intellect beyond our understanding. The future of our Roan is in capable hands

Butler!Roksu: "I mean I needed an alibi so might as well accept this"

(Slacker life waves at Roksu goodbye as they fade into nothingness)

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teen!Alberu and teen!Cale - proud members of the neglected by their father after the traumatic death of their mother and raised by their sketchy (vicious) butler club

(It do be like that sometimes)

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teen!Alberu: Roksu is saying to get to know Cale... Probably so he can be my future ally . He seems rude and a drinks a lot idk how he will be of any help but if Roksu thinks he's useful there must be something

Butler!Roksu setting up play dates with Ron: My kid needs more friends. All he does is brood and study.

(Roksu is a concerned parent for his shut in kid)

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Ron about og!Cale: I do have a fatherly role in his life but I must still maintain my distance as his survent

Roksu about Alberu: That's my prince son. I love him very much but will never admit it.

(Ron tries to maintain his distance and keep their relationship somewhat servant/master. He's failing but that's another question.

Roksu tho? He saw a lost teen with trust issues, asked "Is anyone gonna adopt that?" and didn't wait for an answer.)

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Choi Han who hasn't seen other Koreans or even heard the language in literal decades vs Kim Rock Soo casualty strolling into the village asking how he's doing in korean (the only language he knows)

FIGHT

Choi Han loses. He doesn't know what's going on. He's very happy tho.

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Kim Rock Soo: Choi Han probably thinks it's very annoying having to translate back and forth between me and the villagers. Better learn this roan language soon so as not to bother him

Meanwhile Choi Han who follows him like the lost puppy he is just so so happy to hear his mother language and to help his huyng

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Rock Soo spawning from the Forest of Darkness: (◉_◉)

Harris village folks: oh my god there's another one

Rock Soo: tries to communicate with them and is respectable

Harris village folks: AND this one is not feral!!!

(Thus began the rumor that strong people with black eyes and hair come out from the Forest of Darkness like some kind of mythical creatures)

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Harris village hearing banging on the door separating them from the Forest of Darkness: No monster has tried to come here in thousand of year we ARE DEATH AAAA

Choi Han taking out his sword: Don't worry I will kill it before it makes a single sound (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)

Rock Soo outside the doors: My legs are tired :⁠-⁠\ . I hope they come soon

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Buff scarred 36 years old Kim Rock Soo in a maid dress

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Raon to his fellow dragons and honestly every human and non-human he gets to talk to: This is my human (dad) and he's very weak !! You have to be careful with him ಠ⁠ᴥ⁠ಠ

Teen!Alberu introducing his new butler to his fellow nobles: This is my frail butler. He's very old and ready for retirement so please be mindful with him (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)

Enter Butler!Rock Soo - a shredded middle aged man with scar tissue more than clear skin: I will be in your care

(Teen!Alberu knows exactly what he's doing with this. Rock Soo and Raon are 100% genuine xd. // Rock Soo is delusional in every form)

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Butler!Rock Soo realising Ron is the same age as him: Fuck you what do you mean "an old man assassin"?!? Do I look old man age to you. If you think 30s is old age then this was written by a toddler smh

Choi Jung Gun feeling offended: This is all your fault

GoD: you're so mean to me (⁠｡⁠•́⁠︿⁠•̀⁠｡⁠)

(Rock Soo seeing Ron for the first time and thinking he's being called old/ teen!Alberu will later confirm that claim)

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Rock Soo and Ron should be besties change my mind

Butler!Rock Soo: scared shitless of Ron most times. Shares relatable™ moments with him cuz they're both raising- I mean working for kids

Ron: Rock Soo amuses him and he likes actually having friends that have seen some shit and he can talk semi-normally to

Lots of taunting in their interactions courtesy of Ron who is entertained to no end at the taller and buffer man flinching at him sharpening knifes and alluding to murder

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Ohmygod. Ron finds a new hobbie - he picks up woodworking - he makes lil wooden figures specifically cuz it dullens the knife he's using. He holds onto the knives and wait until Rock Soo is around to sharpen them so he can watch him freak out in minimal twitches and constipated faces

He enjoys it more than he should but c'mon

Ron pulling out a knife to sharpen for the first time in front of Rock Soo:

Rock Soo's bear fighting looking ass: *does a lil twitch

Ron: ಠಿ◡ಠ

Rock Soo: *actually shivers

C'mon who wouldn't wanna do that again. Rock Soo on his clown behaviour smh

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Butler!Rock Soo and og!Cale still understand eachother the best !

Butler!Rock Soo: I'm gonna retire and live a slacker life in peace

Og!Cale: Okay that sounds nice hope you get it soon...wanna hear about how I lost my mom

Butler!Rock Soo: sure kid lay it on me

Like Rock Soo still takes the time to sit and listen to Cale tell him about what he's going through even though he finds this annoying. And Cale truly believes and hopes Rock Soo achieves his dream

[teriri-sayes]

Reactions to The Light's Chapter 416

Brief summary: The tree roots suck the gray water. Raon's group descend to help Cale's group. Cale grows a gray forest.

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The glutton priestess really went all out today. The roots of the four giant trees in the canyon descended, and began sucking the gray water. Even though some roots burst, new roots continued to devour the gray water.

Raon's group helped Cale. Raon took care of Cale's group while CH attacked the strong GoC believers.

Choi Han only swung his sword with an indifferent face. In front of him, a cult leader of the God of Chaos shouted. “Do you dare think that a mere mortal can stop the God of Chaos from doing what they want to do!” At those words, Choi Han moved his sword and replied. “Yes.” He added. “We have a god, too.”

I laughed at this part. 😂 I know that CH was referring to the Sun God because the Sun God church NPCs were with him, but Caleism made me think he was referring to Cale. 🤣🤣🤣

Meanwhile, the twin wanderers were in awe and shock at Cale fighting back against a god's power. Ryeon even called Cale a "transcendent." 😂😂😂

Sun God Paladin Boltien recognized Cale despite the different hair color. And the Sun God saintess NPC noticed the unconscious Alberu and realized that he was the hero, and prayed to her god to help him. She summoned a ball of light that dispelled the chaos, which also inadvertently made the Sword of the Sun enter Fast Charging mode. 😂

The part about the two users was also funny:

The head that had been bowed stopped and turned in the direction where the sound was heard. Two people were seen coming down late, riding on the remaining giant roots. "Human, don't worry about them! They're good people!" Cale let his guard down at Raon's words. "Fucking awesome!" "Hey, are you filming this properly? This is supposed to get 10 billion views!" "Crazy, I'm crying! Look at our cute baby dragon!" "You crazy attention whore! Is this the time to see that? Who is that redhead? Is he a god?" Cale did not have time to worry about them. Of course, he regretted this decision very much later on. Very, very much.

Cale getting mistaken as a god by the users. 🤣🤣🤣 And that last line of Cale regretting his decision later. 🤣🤣🤣

The last part of the chapter was amazing. Cale raised the Knife of Chaos he was still holding with both hands, and said, "Grow up. Swallow them all." At his words, trees grew from the roots, creating a forest. But because the roots swallowed the gray water, the trees were all colored gray. And all the branches of the trees were pointing to one direction, towards the center where Cale was.

A GoC believer who witnessed the scene was so overwhelmed, and thought that the trees were protecting Cale and them believers too at Cale's command. He unconsciously muttered, "Oh my god-"... Wait, did he just get converted to Caleism? 🤣🤣🤣

Ending Remarks Cale was on the verge of fainting and Alberu was on the verge of waking up... So those two were going to switch roles, and thus fulfil that flag of Cale fainting and Alberu taking over? 😂😂😂 Next chapter would then be Alberu stepping up and becoming a hero.

[blueteller]

Alberu Being Cale's Twitter

Had a wonderful conversation with my friends over discord

We've reached the brilliant conclusion that Alberu is basically Cale's Twitter moderator 😂

Cale speaking to the crowd that one time after his speech got interrupted in Part 2 Chapter 211?? That was basically Cale making a Twitter post without his mod's premission

It went something like this:

Cale's Twitter Post:

[Everything's fine. Just fighting people from other dimensions. Don't worry about it.]

[Post went viral with over 10,000 comments and 5.6M likes in less than 24 hours]

Alberu: CALE WHY DID YOU POST THAT Cale: Well you told me to reassure them! Alberu: NO, I MEANT I WOULD HANDLE IT Cale: Should I delete the post...? Alberu: NO YOU IDIOT IT'S TOO LATE, IT'S GONNA GET MORE TRACTION THAT WAY

[yuriisclumsy]

Greetings. I'm happy to see Cale x reader's request.. 💯

Can I request Cale x reader.. Where the reader is kidnapped, so Cale and the others try to help search her but Alberu, the reader's best friend already knows.. He be like : Yup, they didn't kidnap her but she kidnapped them.. Fluff and chaos .🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for reading.🫂🫂❤️❤️❤️

The Kidnapped Wife

[Authors Note]: Look! I updated again! Not my main muse, but I finally got a good idea for this one. Hope you all like this one! This request in back from June. PS. As you can see I don't have my iconic title. that's because of the limit in characters you can have per post. I hate it :D.

𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝: 1084

»»►Getting kidnapped is something that would definitely happen to us, because, you know…we’re the wife of the most powerful man in existence.

»»►How did we get kidnapped? Oh, I don’t know…maybe it was because of the temptation of FOOD?

»»►Seriously, out of all the things they could have bribed you with, it had to be food? So uncouth.

…

“What do you mean [Name]’s been kidnapped?”

That was the first question Cale asked when he was informed his wife had been kidnapped.

Yes, you read correctly. You have been kidnapped.

And no, you did not take a nap. You’re no kid. I mean that bad people abducted you to an unknown place, far away from any village–hell, far away from any living soul.

“I received a letter from the letter’s boy under your name, Master Cale. When I grabbed it, I smelled the faint traces of poison coming from within it,” Ron explained.

There’s poison in this…?! Cale yelled in his mind, and let go of the paper instantly.

The butler smiled sinisterly, amused at Cale's actions of dropping the letter at the mention of poison. “So, to secure your wellbeing, I decided to open it and see if it was life threatening. But you needn’t worry, Master Cale. The letter only had a small amount of poison in it. It would only take effect if you were to hold it for a longer period of time.”

Bullsh-t. You knew it had poison, and didn’t bother warning me about it, you creepy old man.

“Right… Well, thank you for taking my health and well-being into consideration, Ron.”

“You are very welcomed, young master.” Bastard.

Cale turned his body to look outside the window. “Anything else regarding her?”

“Unfortunately, these foxes were more cunning than this old fool could have anticipated. They left no trace of their presence behind for us to possibly find.”

“...” Cale looked out where the children were playing, unaware of their ‘mother’s’ disappearance. “Call for Rosalyn and Raon. We need their magic for this, also…” he looked back at Ron, “get the crystal.” Ron’s smile widened. “We’re calling the imperial family. This could very well be an attack on the kingdom.”

…

Grunts and pants are the only sounds heard in a room turned upside-down from battling.

“You B-tch!” a man yelled.

“You’re calling me unpleasant?” The man went flying to the wall behind him at full speed. “Me?”

“Ah!” Another goon charged at you from the opposite side. You blocked it by grabbing his hand, going underneath, you punched him in the stomach. “Agh..!”

“Screaming your attack is very ineffective. Weren't you lot professionals?” You saw a small glimpse of the shining of a gun's metal. With quick reflexes, you throw one of the limited pieces of furniture from the palace you had been held hostage and threw it at him, rendering him immobile. “Cute try, but not good enough.”

You stood in the middle of the room full of bodies of men laying there in the ground either whining or crying out of pain. All this would have been avoided if they just decided to negotiate with you.

“Poor souls…”

…

“HAHAHAHAHA!” static cackling came from a ball on a table. It belongs to none other than the crown prince.

Cale looked at the prince like he had lost his mind. “...Why are you laughing?” Alberu looked up and stared at him through the crystal ball. Cale did not like that.

“Isn't it obvious?” He smirked, “clearly I think all of this is hilarious.”

Well no sh-t. Cale’s expression began to sour.

“Now, now, master Cale. Don’t look so distraught, [Name] is completely fine. In fact, I think she’s doing better than even I could have imagined,” he picture you beating the crap out of the kidnappers, much to his pleasure.

“Is that so…” Cale wanted to punch Alberu in the face. He just wanted to wipe that smirk off his mouth, even if it is a crime to do so. 

“Master Cale, if you would allow me?” Ron approached his master from the other side of the table.

“What is it, Ron?” Cale was as irked as he could be.

“I agree with the crowned prince,” Cale looked betrayed at Ron’s agreement on the situation. “Master Cale, [Name] is a talented individual. Surely, you should put some trust in her abilities.

“I’m also in support of this, [Name]’s prowess is no joke. She’ll make it home safe on her own,” Rosalyn commented.

“What the humans are saying is true,” Raon landed on Cale’s lap. “You can trust the Great Raon Miru’s judgment!”

“...” Cale closed his eyes. With all of this faith in you, he can’t ignore it.

“Fine.” He glared at Alberu. “But if she isn’t here by sunset, I'm sending Choi Han and Raon to get her.”

“That’s fine by me!”

With that, the call ended, and Alberu couldn’t stop from giggling at Cale’s worriedness for you.

“Ah… [Name], you’ve gotten yourself a worrywart as a husband.”

…

The sun had gone down a while ago, the birds went to rest, and the children had all gone to sleep on your shared bed. Yet, there was still no sign of you anywhere in sight.

Cale paced back and forth in the balcony, he did not enjoy worrying about someone's safety, much less yours.

“Master Cale.”

“Huh? Oh...Choi Han. Has there been any news?” He looked down and shook his head slowly. “I see… It’s getting late, you should head to sleep.”

“But, master Cale, who will–”

“I will.”

“...” Choi Han wanted to protest, yet he remained silent. He knew better than to argue with a stubborn man. “Yes, sir…” He left Cale with himself. 

Hearing a click from the door, Cale let out a frustrated sigh and scratched his head, annoyed at the situation at hand.

“...Where are you [Name]?” he whispered.

“I was gone for a day, and you missed me that much?”

“!” Cale twisted his body and faced the person that had spoken to him.

And it was none other than his lovely wife.

“Hi, Bo,” You smiled sweetly. “How are you?”

Cale sighted for what seemed like the 100th time this day. Only this time, it was out of relief. “I’m fine…” he said with a small smile.

“I’m glad…” You leaned and gave him a kiss on the check.

“Only there..?”

“Well, yes. I’m extremely hungry right now, and I want to eat,” with perfect timing, your stomach growled loudly.

“...” Cale’s eyebrow twitched at your response. He motioned his hand to look like a knife, and karate-chopped you in the head.

“OW–”

“I’ll go get Beacrox to prepare something for you. Wait here,” opening the door, he pointed at you. “And don’t. Move.” You giggled.

“Eye, eye, captain.”

With an approving nod he left in search of your meal.

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cale with an s/o that's mothers so hard (coos at the averaging 9 year olds, bakes/cooks for the knights, plays and trains with the wolf children) – absolutely soft for kids, loves cuddling the children and cooking for them^^

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tags: fluff, no gender specified for reader, novel spoilers (war)

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another anon said: omg!! regarding the small preview you posted,, like there's the part in the novel where on and hong are in the eastern part with Ron and Beacorx while Cale has 3 days to live and smth smth + Raon going through his first growth phase (I don't really remember) so his s/o is in despair bc of the situation and they're like– ONE OF MY BABIES IS SICK AND ONE IS DYING AND THE OTHER 2 I DONT EVEN KNIW WHAT THEYRE DOING WAHHH 😔😔 that's all bye ✊️

Things are hectic. War is ongoing. Everyone is on their toes. Commander Cale Henituse is nowhere to be seen. Roan Kingdom’s Crown Prince Alberu Crossman is in a state of shock.

In short, things are chaotic.

However, it doesn’t look like that on the outside as most don’t have an idea what’s going on. Only very trusted people know just how everything is on the verge of being in shambles.

“I’m sure you were shocked your highness. Please forgive him. He has this terrible habit of throwing fast ones at random times.”

That was the first thing you said to Alberu as you entered his tent. The golden-haired man was already busy as it was. Now he has to cover and fill up Cale’s missing presence.

“I think I’m getting used to it now.”

You let out a short laugh at his response. Alberu said it with a nonchalant tone however his face conveys just how much of a headache Cale brings him. But it wouldn’t be Cale if he didn’t bring a headache.

“At least eat while you work your highness.”

Pushing the cart closer to where the crown prince is, you presented the foods cooked for today. On the plate, there’s a medium rare steak paired with some vegetables like asparagus, mashed potatoes, and others. It’s a simple meal, but it has all the nutrients and protein one would need. 

“Did you help cook this? You were fighting earlier you should’ve just rested.”

“It's not a bother at all Your Highness. Seeing everyone energetic is enough to make me energized as well.”

You smiled at Alberu as he started eating. Humming in approval at your cooking.

“When are you going to visit Cale?”

Alberu stopped eating for a second to ask you a second. You stayed silent at his question, deeply pondering about it.

On one hand, you wanted to visit him and check how the children and he is doing. On the other hand, you are still needed in the Gorge of Death. Especially since the others are gone. Your complicated thoughts did not go unnoticed by the quarter elf. He can easily tell just how worried you are for your significant other but also thinking of your responsibilities.

“Just go.”

“But Your Highness as Cale’s Deputy Commander–”

“Are you going against the word of the crown?”

That made you shut up. However, you were still hesitant. Cale’s absence already puts so much on Alberu’s plate. His responsibilities will overflow if you go away too.

“It’ll be fine. Just make sure to come back quickly. While you’re at it tell that punk to get well fast too.”

Alberu waved his hands. Telling you to go now, leaving no room for argument.

“I… Thank you, your highness.”

Soon enough you are inside Hope and Adventure Loving Inn. Specifically, you were inside Beacrox’s kitchen making sweet treats for everyone.

Just outside the kitchen the staff, the previous mountain bandits, are whispering among themselves. They’ve never seen anyone freely enter the chef’s territory so this is a shock for everyone.

“Thanks for letting me bake Beacrox! Take this portion and share it among yourself and the other staff.”

You smiled at the tall man with him only responding with a bow of gratitude. As you go out of the kitchen you see everyone acting a bit weird. It was so obvious they were trying to look busy while eavesdropping. One of them was even feather-dusting another employee’s face.

“You’re here nya!”

“We missed you nya!”

On and Hong greeted you respectively as Ron guided you upstairs. Indeed, you haven’t seen them since the opening of the inn. You said you were going to visit but things got delayed because of everything that happened.

“I missed you too. Now go share this among yourselves. Make sure to leave some for your youngest brother.”

You hugged the two for a bit before asking Ron to show you where Cale was. As he showed you the way you reluctantly let the two children go. Promising to play with them more later.

“I must warn you. The sight inside is unsightly.”

The servant warned you before opening the door. Sure enough, it was. The first thing that caught your attention was the foul stench of blood.

Speaking of blood, Cale was super bloody. He keeps vomiting blood like a water pipe with a leak.

“Oh my…”

You unconsciously said. The two heads lying on the bed turn to you. With Raon’s expression brightening up.

“You visited!”

“Well, I did promise to visit your siblings.”

Smiling, you welcomed the toddler into a warm embrace. Behind you, Ron excused himself to give the three of you privacy.

Cough!

A certain redhead deliberately coughed out blood louder than before. Clearly unsatisfied at you saying that you came to visit the children.

“Of course, I came to visit you too.”

You laughed, walking towards the bed to give your significant other a kiss on the forehead. The bed dips as you sit down on it, with Raon still in your arms.

“I take it that you successfully got the water ancient power? All this blood must be from your plate fixing itself then.”

One of your hands was stroking Cale’s hand while the other one fed Raon the singular cookie you had brought with you inside the room.

Cale’s eyes looked at you. Probably examining if you were hurt somewhere while being away from him. He then frowned as he saw you feeding the chubby dragon. Your gaze travels to where he seems to be looking and the jealousy makes you laugh.

“Yes, I made it. Yes, there’s still some left. Yes, I already prepared some greasy food to cook so you eat later after you’re well. No, I will not stop feeding Raon. Don’t be greedy, you already have most of my attention.”

The commander’s frown etched deeper in his face as you said the last part. His gaze seems to be asking you if you’re really concerned about his well-being.

“Of course I am.”

You chuckled.

“I wouldn’t left the Gorge of Death if I wasn’t silly.”

Pushing his hair back a little, you gave his forehead another kiss. Reassuring him that you didn’t just go for the children.

Later on, when Cale was feeling much better he asked you if you only got together with him so that the kids would favour you.

“Silly man, I don’t need to be with you for the kids to love me.”

“That’s right nya!”

“Certainly nya.”

“I’ll like my human’s human even if you aren’t together!”

The defeated Cale could only click his tongue in annoyance.

[calethescammer]

Hello tumblr. And moots. After disappearing for an year–yes I'm alive i think. My exams exhausted the life out of me, but don't worry i still brainrot about the soos and think of more tcf hcs :3

Also I think i should have posted this a little sooner but oh well i only remembered to do it by the end of the year 😭

I'll try to keep yall updated with the angst and fluff (or just life updates because exams are angsty enough) <3333

Oh also I've had this idea for a while that Cale has a habit of randomly complimenting others. And others just taking it as sarcasm or simply being baffled. Like imagine-

Alberu: Haha, dongsaeng, don't i look really handsome? (Expecting Cale's indignant frown)

Cale, indifferent: You do.

Alberu: What?

Cale: What?

[murasaki-cha]

Tcf part 2 chapter 330 (incoming rage)

......well I guess we don't have to worry about Cale's bowl breaking anymore SINCE HE DOESN'T FUCKING HAVE ONE ANYMORE!!

ALSO WHAT KIND OF EXPLENATION WAS THAT!!?!?!?!?

"Oh my plate was shattered so badly it turned into dust. But don't worry because my heart and the Glutton inside me ate it." I BEG YOUR FINEST PARDON!!???

MILA IS ABOUT TO HAVE AN ANEURYSM CALE!!!!

Has the thought of explaining your ancient powers to your colleagues ever crossed your mind became please enlighten me how the hell are they supposed to interpret that!?!?!

Am I happy with this outcome? Absolutely

Could've Cale phrased that better? In every single conceivable way

I have never related to Alberu more in my life because I could feel the stress headache slowly increasing the longer that explanation went....

[we-stan-cale]

Another key moment that I was too caught up in to blog about was when Cale and Choi Han met after Choi Han received the records from Choi Jung Soo.

We did kind of suspect it was coming, given Cale heard that Choi Han had collapsed after saying something about Choi Jung Soo - and at the time he seemed fairly calm about the prospect? His attitude seemed to be 'Choi Han might figure things out and be upset with me, but at least he's alive. We can deal with it so long as he's alive.'

And then there he is, burning up a lake of dead mana during a major fight, when Raon reports that Choi Han woke up...

Woke up crying, shouting about 'Kim Rok Soo', and immediately headed for Cale.

I guess first of all - what an amazing way to get one of Cale's closest compatriots to understand some of Cale's secrets. And history.

We all know Cale wasn't going to say shit, and his friends have seen enough to trust him even though they can tell Cale keeps a lot to himself, but we now have a solid reason (Choi Jung Soo passing along his ability, which required the records/memories) for at least one of them to know more. (With Alberu learning more later, and I suspect others eventually learning too).

This signifies yet another major shift in their relationship. One where Choi Han is much more of a friend than the subordinate he acted as initially. Not that he stops acting as Cale's knight, but there's a closeness that wasn't really there before. (All of which becomes even more obvious with Cale, Choi Han, and Alberu during the sealed god's test - and they are an amazing trio there! It was so fun starting my reread and remembering where they began, because they grow so close over the course of the story).

We also see some of what Choi Han saw, and I think this is the first time we really got an outside perspective of who Kim Rok Soo was before the transmigration.

Not just that, but hints of what Kim Rok Soo, Choi Jung Soo, and Lee Soo Hyuk were like before their tragic fight against the unranked monster.

We see how Kim Rok Soo supported the team with information, how he grabbed a metal board to block an attack on Choi Jung Soo, and even broke an arm in the process. Something Cale skipped over in his own flashback to the same event.

For the first time, we can truly see how Cale only tells part of the story...

We can tell Kim Rok Soo was devastated, not that it wasn't obvious before, but Choi Jung Soo was worried about him.

We also learn that, as Choi Jung Soo put it:

He would also take this Kim Rok Soo who claimed he was going to be a slacker and put him to work. If he left this punk to be a slacker, he was bound to go cause trouble somewhere. He and the team leader discussed making him farm with them, so that they won’t have to go save his ass.

Choi Han himself indicates that he figured out that Cale was Kim Rok Soo partly because they acted exactly the same.

And really, what sorts of things did Kim Rok Soo get up to, that they think he's a loose canon like that?

So team leader Kim Rok Soo probably was also constantly making trouble... Ah, the stories Team 1 could probably tell.

We have all that history, have Choi Han rushing to meet Cale on the battlefield...

And then we have one of the most ridiculous encounters imaginable.

Cale seems awkward and unsure on a way I don't think we've ever seen before. He's stuttering and worrying about things that seem kind of more a distraction than real concerns, and is avoiding his gaze (though he did make an opening for Choi Han in the wall of fire he set up while burning the dead mana, so he wasn't exactly avoiding Choi Han).

We also see how Cale is closely observing Choi Han for signs of anger, how he focuses on Choi Han's unthinking and instinctual touching of his sword which - is probably because of his traumatic childhood? We can see some of what Choi Han was thinking and knew he wasn't even considering hurting Cale, but Cale was obviously concerned about that).

And in the midst of all this. In the midst of this big dramatic moment, we have Raon commenting on how weird their being and - perhaps the most amusing part - the cheapskate ancient power still purifying the dead mana.

Yes, cheapskate. Good job. Keep on purifying that dead mana while Cale and Choi Han have their big moment.

Oh, whoops. I guess a major battle isn't really the time or place for that. Enter Dorph the Lion King, who won't even let them finish their conversation.

This whole encounter is equally moving and hilarious, really. And it's so nice that Cale finally has someone who really knows him.

[jenjenmina]

Can I just say I once thought Alberu and Rosalyn would get married. No, I do not ship them. In fact, this made me almost quit reading the novel 😭😭. I was wrong and I am so happy.

I forget specifics because it was so long ago but it was when the gang is at this library (something something bud illis and mercenaries.) Cale is finally revealing Record. I believe they were looking for more information on Ancient powers but basically Cale is hot, he's sweaty and then they call the Crown Prince.

And during the call, Alberu's thoughts go to '…and I'm never getting married'. I wrote this in my bookmarks: "You saw Cale hot and sweaty and your thoughts went to marriage??". That's not important to the point, just thought I should mention it. But the interesting thing is, during the call, even I don't remember what it was but Alberu and Rosalyn talk about something and something just clicked in my brain.

At this point, tcf to me was not that special YET and it was just another fantasy 1000+ chapter brainrot like the cultivation novels I read, so romance wasnt something I would be surprised at. Plus, I always tried to guess which characters were getting set up to be together.

Something about Alberu and Rosalyn's conversation made me IMMEDIATELY assume that they were an endgame couple. I hated that. 'THEY DO NOT LOOK GOOD TOGETHER'. It actually made me dislike them both a little as characters (I changed my mind don't worry). Especially since it didn't make sense. Rosalyn ran away from royalty to be a mage, why the hell would she be queen of Roan?

But the way they actually did look like a generic couple is what made me dislike it. They did look like a generic fantasy endgame couple but Rosalyn x Alberu doesn't make sense (sorry to any shippers out there if there are). Plus something about the way marriage was mentioned and he had that conversation with Rosalyn, it felt like it was foreshadowing something and I guess I overthought it.

I was right, it didn't make sense, why the hell was I thinking that? When I tell you I SCREAMED and rolled my eyes everytime they interacted afterwards. I still loved them but they do not belong together.

What 'confirmed' it for me was when Cale, Raon and Rosalyn and some other people go to Alberu, eat some cookies after that library thing. Alberu mentions something about his childhood and Rosalyn thinks about how lonely he must've been and how hard it probably was. I didn't get to appreciate this sweet moment cause I was like "NOOOOOOOOOOO"

I got over it as some time passed but I still believed it would happen lol. I started to get comfortable with interacting with the fandom around chapters 600+. That's when I realized Rosalberu (cute ship name tho) isn't a thing in the fandom and there's no fanfics of it. Nothing's happened in hundreds of chapters and no one is talking about them as a couple.

For 600+ chapters, I thought Rosalyn and Alberu would get married. Once again, I'm sorry if this offends the 12 people who ship this, just thought it was funny how I genuinely believed it would be canon

[blueteller]

in the battle at the empire, they said that the white star was 20 years old but with old eyes (or sumn) doesnt that mean that krs was supposed to be cale henituse’s age if his body wasnt stolen ???

Ah, I see what the issue is... it's the timeline, right? How could Kim Rok Soo's original body be only 20, when he himself is already 36 years old?

(Unless you just mean, "wow they were peers!" To that I say: well... yeah. That's why my main theory is that OG KRS's body and OG Cale were meant to be 1st cousins on Jour Thames' side of the family.)

Here's how I understand it. There are two separate timelines we need to consider: Nameless 1, and Earth 1.

First, we have the date when KRS!Cale transmigrated: 29th of March ("third month of the year", to be exact, but unless we're told otherwise, that just means March) in year 781 of Felix Calendar. Since OG Cale's body is eighteen at this point, and him and OG KRS's body are the same age (20 years old 2 years in the future), let's assume that means they were both born in 763. Since we don't know the timeline on Earth 1, let's make the date of KRS's birth year X.

So, it looks like KRS was meant to be born in 763 on Nameless 1, same as Cale. Then he transmigrated 36 years later, on date X+36 according to Earth 1, yet only 18 years passed on Nameless 1. How is that possible? There are 2 reasons why the timelines don't match.

Reason number 1: time canonically passes differently between some worlds. When Cale was forced into the Sealed God's Test on Earth 2, time passed faster on Nameless 1 (and Alberu made that even more confusing by spending more time on Earth 2 than should be possible via dream logic). So we can't assume time passes at the same in different worlds rate at all

Yes, I know that in the side-stories, OG Cale implied that 2 years passed on both Nameless 1 and Earth 1. But that doesn't meat it was always that way: time is weird where multiverse is concerned. Think of Narnia rules; you never know just how much time passed on the other side. There is no reason to assume it would always need to follow the same rate.

And reason number 2: OG Cale messed up the timeline even more by time-traveling. If we do the math, it would mean that it was year 803 when OG Cale almost died on a battlefield at 40 years old, making KRS's age of 36 even more confusing, because that would make him still 4 years younger than OG Cale, instead of the same age.

It could also be that KRS did not get immediately re-born after being kicked out from his previous body by the White Star. So maybe he "died" on Nameless 1 on year X-4, according to Earth 1's calendar, spent 4 years in limbo, and then was finally born in Korea. And then OG Cale rewound time from on Nameless 1 from year 803 to 781 again.

Conclusion: TIME IN MULTIVERSE IS WEIRD (ESPECIALLY WITH TIME TRAVEL MIXED INTO IT), DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT 😂

[lloydfrontera]

i think there was a comparison of tcf and tged here but atleast in tged og lloyd's parents still notice their son is not their actual son, unlike cale's family who were glad he just simply become non trash (this was the most upsetting when i read here that arcos and marbella noticed but cale's did not or even the butlers), a non family member didn't wish or say that it was great that og lloyd was replaced by someone else even if that someone is more helpful to the county, unlike alberu who was glad that cale got replaced, and another atleast suho plans to tell the truth to lloyd's parents unlike with rok soo to cale's parents who accepted he is cale (but then again og cale did request to accept the body they are in as who they are actually are)

i feel like i got a bunch of spoilers shoved down my throat but i have no context to them so no harm done ajshdksfd

i have no idea how fair it is to compare tged to tcf, they're two different pieces of media with their own themes, plots and characters going on and different people like different things. that's fine. i just personally disliked that people kept comparing my blorbo to their blorbo to make theirs look better. i don't want to the same thing! that's not very nice!

so i'm just gonna talk about what i do know which is the way tged treated og lloyd! i've read a bunch of isekai stories and it's rare the times the og characters are taken into account or even acknowledged so i was pleasantly surprised with how much focus tged put on the fact that suho did take someone's place, he did lie to his family and he did pretend to be someone he wasn't. and he feels genuinely sorry about it. he doesn't justify it by thinking he's better than og lloyd anyway so no harm done. he genuinely wants to apologize and make it right and he wants to do it at the right moment.

and then when the people around him find out the truth, they're not,,, happy about it. they don't think it was for the best or that og lloyd got what he deserved or that they're glad for it.

javier is the closest thing we get to something like that and even then he's genuinely torn about what he should do with the information. he hated og lloyd, absolutely despised the guy's guts, but even then he's not glad that he got replaced even when he acknowledges the new lloyd is hardworking, constructive and reliable. he doesn't know where his loyalties should lie and he's "filled with anguish" as he tries to decide what to do.

it would've been very easy for bk moon to just go "yeah he doesn't care that the son of the family he swore to protect got replaced by a stranger that's been lying to him for years" like, ahem, some other people would have, but instead he took the time to acknowledge that "hey, this is a genuinely fucked up situation, there's no right answer here, anyway you slice it someone will get hurt and the only way to move forward is to minimize the damage and make amends to the people who were hurt".

which is nice to see in an isekai! even tho og lloyd was absolute human garbage the narrative didn't dismiss him as a person and instead acknowledge that while it wasn't lloyd's fault there was still a someone being hurt by the fact he possessed a body that wasn't his.

and then when his parents find out they genuinely mourn the child they lost. there's no happiness, no joy, not even relief at being rid of a constant source of worry and disappointed. they're so... sad and heartbroken about their son being gone. even while they accept lloyd as their kid, even as much as they come to love him, there is no moment where they express any kind of pleasure about him replacing og lloyd. rather you get the sensation that they wish they could've had both of them at the same time, that they wish one hadn't come at the price of the other, that they love both of them so, so much even as different as they are.

the only one who doesn't express any kind of regret or sadness about og lloyd is julian which... honestly, it's very earned. no one should be forced to mourn their abuser, which exactly what og lloyd was to julian. if julian had expressed sadness over og lloyd that would've been his right, but the fact that he never did, at least not on-screen shouldn't be held against him, considering the amount of hurt og lloyd caused him.

so yeah! i really like the way bk moon handled this aspect of the story! again, i don't know how tcf works or what happens on it and at this point i'm not really interested in knowing! i'm sure it did its own thing and that it was great too!

[fictionalcreator]

I'm back... the void got ahold of me...

Sorry I didn't manage to be your first kudos and comment like I said I would, I haven't been on tumblr for a few days now and my queue has been doing all the work-

But I just read it and your writing is amazing!!!! The "[]" made it so vivid as I read his perspective, because it really set in how he isn't moving on instinct, he's moving with cold-blooded rationality, and that's exactly what makes him appear so animalistic at times, yet not in others. I just love it so much aghffikfd YOU ARE AMAZING AND I CAJT WAIT TO READ THE SECOND CHAPTER!!! Where all of the angst will truly come to light.... >:3

Okay I'm gonna go to sleep now.... Zzz

do NOT worry abt it, I blacked out reading a longform fic for like 3 days straight and as a result I haven't replied to any of the kind comments on my own fic yet..._(:3 」∠)_ Anyways!

Thank youuu!!! That was my intention!! It's not pure instinct, it's a brutally efficient intelligence that happens to look a lot like pure instinct, because it's all focused on this one basal task. I bet you could teach Survival to speak if you had to, but you'd have a hell of a time convincing it that the time and effort it would take to learn language is worth its while.

It doesn't need to beg for scraps if it can forage something from the woods. It doesn't need to ask for shelter if it can just enter without permission. It doesn't need your understanding when it can just ignore or kill you.

You'd have to somehow convince it that all immediate survival goals have been met, and so it can now focus on long-term survival...not impossible, but difficult for the crew to do within 3–4 days, especially when they start not knowing anything about [it].

And thank you againnn 🥹🥹 Right now the second chapter is still on its first draft but! I am having fun with it!! Rosalyn is definitely going to bug the crown prince to search the royal archives for information on what happens to people who fail the test of an ancient power. And Alberu is gonna be like 'wait why do you want to know that' and it's just like. Ah. Right. You don't know yet. Well, you see...

Bud and Taylor may also get pulled in for their archives and specialist knowledge. Of course, the God of Death has sent Cage a message amounting to "this one's not my fault this time and also it's fine actually don't worry too much," which no one believes in the slightest.

[weirdsht]

omgg, I've been reading your fics and they're so cool~ so, would it be possible for alberu crossman headcanons with a male reader who is also a dragon?

Alberu Crossman who said he would not get a spouse because of his identity and because he's focused on making the Roan Kingdom flourish.

Alberu Crossman who ate his words the moment he saw you. It was almost love at first sight. Sure all dragons are beautiful and majestic but there's something about you that made him unable to get you out of his thoughts.

Alberu Crossman who spent a long time debating with himself if what he really feels for you is love or just devotion. After all, he still has Dark Elf blood running through his veins and they revere your kind.

Alberu Crossman who one day finally embraced his feelings and decided to try and pursue you. It's fine if you don't feel the same way. The important thing was that he shoot his shot.

Alberu Crossman who could see and feel that you felt the same way. That you were responding to his advances, pinning him back.

Alberu Crossman who felt frustrated because you keep denying your feelings. Everyone can see that you reciprocate his feelings, so why are you so adamant about staying friends?

Alberu Crossman who was enlightened by Eruhaben about how the thing stopping you from being his is the fact that a dragon being in a romantic relationship with a human is considered taboo.

Alberu Crossman who is smart, connected the dots that the taboo had something to do with dragon half-bloods not being able to survive.

Alberu Crossman who then worked hard to make you realise that you have nothing to worry about. You're both men, you're not going to have any children. The whole foundation of why dragons and humans can't be together is useless in your case.

Alberu Crossman who's elated when you finally said yes. You're finally together. He's finally yours.

Alberu Crossman who knows most nobles does not approve of his relationship but does not care. Their main concern is the fact that he won't have any heirs and it's not like he was planning on having children in the first place.

Alberu Crossman who laughs because even though they disagree with his choice of significant other they can't say anything. Who would dare say anything to such a majestic being like yourself?

Alberu Crossman who still worries even though he knows you can handle yourself. You're a dragon for god's sake. But he can't help but worry for he loves you too much.

Alberu Crossman who spends every free time he has by your side.

Alberu Crossman who doesn't care how the day goes as long as you two are together. It could be an extravagant date that he has planned for weeks or simply lounging in his room. As long as you're with him that's the only thing that matters.

Alberu Crossman who promises to love you his whole life. Even if his lifespan is considerably shorter than yours.