#tcf red dragon

[forgetme-eternally-blissfully]

Part 1 , Part 2

Kim Rok Soo wakes up several hours later. Surprisingly, he hasn't been moved from his position, still held up against the teenagers chest, face in his neck. Only now there's a monster fur wrapped around Kim Rok Soo's back and tied behind the boy. A... baby carrier.

Choi Han presses a hand on the baby monsters head when he notices it wake up. With his right hand he tightens his grip on his knife and casually swings it diagonally through the air, a black aura cutting through the space in front of him and arriving at the creature that attacked them, reminiscent of a cross between a mountain lion and a goat, with oozing green fur and bulging eyes.

The monster is cut. The monster falls.

Kim Rok Soo squirms in the carrier. It makes him recall a memory of a father that would tie his baby to his back when he went out to fight. His wife had died, so he had no choice but to manage alone, because he couldn't trust anyone with his child. They both disappeared one day, and Kim Rok Soo never heard of any bodies being recovered.

Whatever, he thinks. It isn't embarrassing to be in a baby carrier if he's a baby. He hasn't been thrown away or left behind, so it's fine, right? Unfortunately, he notices, it is glaringly obvious that they haven't left the forest yet. Nor does it seem like the teenager has a base.

He didn't want to admit it, but seeing that monster, and a black haired Korean teenager that managed to kill it so easily... it made Kim Rok Soo remember the book he read last night.

The Birth of a Hero.

It seemed unreal to jump to the conclusion that this teenager is Choi Han, and that they're in the Forest of Darkness in a fantasy novel, but the hand stroking up and down his back reassured him that this was reality. And that Kim Rok Soo... was a monster.

...

No, what was he? A monster didn't make sense. Could he really have been dropped into this world as a newborn baby monster? That might as well be the world telling him to die! If he hadn't been next to his egg shell then wouldn't Choi Han have killed him instantly?!

Kim Rok Soo doesn't know how long Choi Han has been in the Forest of Darkness, but the calm exuding from him even when he kills monsters bigger than himself makes it clear that's it's nearing the time that he'll find Harris Village.

His stomach rumbles with a loud noise. He's ravenous, but the idea of hunting a monster ruins his appetite. Choi Han will feed him, surely.

He hasn't eaten since he hatched. Kim Rok Soo was forced to record books about child rearing before so he knows that babies need to eat often. Does a teenager- no, a teenager that is over a hundred years old now- know how to take care of a baby?

Choi Han pats him on the head.

"Hey." The patting was a little harder than maybe it should've been. "... Can you eat meat?"

Kim Rok Soo hums but it sounds like a warble. Monsters don't speak. Babies don't speak either. This kid is really asking a combination baby monster a question about his diet.

Even if it wasn't super obvious, Choi Han was obviously desperate for companionship. The tone in his voice made it clear that he hadn't spoken in a while, to someone or to himself. Yet, in this terrible forest where everything sought to kill him, Choi Han willingly picked up a liability and is trying to care for it.

Kim Rok Soo warbles again, quieter. This is why this kid ends up being the main character. Kind people will always find a way to be kind.

Choi Han unwraps the carrier and Kim Rok Soo readily jumps to the ground. He misses Choi Han's flinch because he's facing the felled mountain-lion-goat monster.

Experimenting, Kim Rok Soo sticks his elongated mouth into the flesh wound made by Choi Han, but only gets a mouthful of flowing blood. It floods his nostrils and he takes his face back out, shaking his head and frowning at the bad tasting blood.

The wound won't work, so he tries to bite through the fur somewhere else, but it doesn't even tear. He's a baby monster but he can't even do that much?

He's going to try something else when a black flash has him flinching and tumbling backwards. He lands with his back to Choi Han's leg.

Choi Han reaches towards him.

Kim Rok Soo closes his eyes. Did Choi Han decide he was useless and that he's better dead? He hadn't even had the chance to try fantasy food yet! He wanted to fall asleep on a human bed once they got out!

Something wet touches his mouth.

Without thinking, he takes it into his maw, finding it squarish and squishy. It tastes like the blood his mouth is coated in.

Kim Rok Soo blinks and looks up. Choi Han is looking down at him with expectant eyes. Though his face is devoid of emotion, he manages to still seem like a friendly- if a little apathetic- high school student.

The meat is chewy and softer than he expected, or maybe his jaws are stronger than he thought, so he ignores the fact that it tastes like blood and stares into Choi Han's eyes.

For being stuck in this forest for a hundred years, he has a nice gaze.

Gulp. The meat glides down the back of his throat incredibly easily. If he hadn't been a human before this, maybe he would've swallowed it immediately without chewing.

Choi Han waits for him to finish swallowing.

Kim Rok Soo warbles, unable to ask why the century old teenager is staring. Is something the matter? He's still hungry.

When Choi Han doesn't move Kim Rok Soo points at the monster with a paw.

More.

He wants more.

Choi Han gapes, astonished, but Kim Rok Soo gets off his leg and sits patiently to his side, waiting. If he is going to take care of a baby, he should do it all the way. Of course, once Kim Rok Soo gathers his strength, he'll guide Choi Han to Harris Village and let them heal his heart. He has to leave to get some powers that he is interested in to make him moderately strong.

Choi Han cuts out another square of meat and offers it to Kim Rok Soo, only to receive a blank stare. Don't just offer it to me, feed it to me. Babies shouldn't eat by themselves, they're too weak.

The wine-red baby opens his mouth. Choi Han's mouth breaks into a small smile. He places the square of meat onto the baby monsters tongue and watches in fascination as it swallows without chewing this time.

They repeat this until Kim Rok Soo burps, lazily blinking. Being a baby is better than he thought it'd be, even if the food isn't great. He can swallow it quickly though, so he reasons that being a monster right now isn't so bad because he doesn't have to suffer through eating tough, bloody meat.

He taps his tail on the ground, like ringing up customer service.

Isn't he taking advantage of the twisted protagonist too much? Kim Rok Soo should hurry and deliver him to Harris Village as repayment.

Choi Han is quick to bring the baby monster up to his chest, wrapping the monster fur around it again. When he strokes the bumpy head, it feels warmer than when he first held it. Despite being here for so long, he doesn't know how a baby monster grows or is raised. Do they normally get warmer the more they eat?

He should feed it frequently, so that it doesn't get cold.

[halloween-neko96]

TCF Headcanon/Theory - Cale and Rok Soo, Two That Were Once One

The story starts with the Red Dragon. After the Red Dragon passed away, the soul was reincarnated over and over across different worlds as a natural part of the life cycle. Until one reincarnation, the said soul split into two when they were born as twins. Ever since then, one soul became two, and the reincarnation cycle continues. Many years and many reincarnations later, finally, those two souls found their way back to the world of the Red Dragon. Both of them were supposed to be born in the same year or even the same day. But the tragedy struck again. The White Star, Cale Barrow stole the birth of one soul, pushing it out to reincarnate in its supposed body. The said soul, naturally got reincarnated in another world as Kim Rok Soo. Meanwhile, its twin was born as Cale Henituse.

Due to the White Star's contact with Kim Rok Soo's soul, a part of his curse affects Kim Rok Soo. However, it wasn't just him being affected by it. His twin soul, Cale Henituse also affected by it. Think about it, the future that the forty-year-old Original Cale Henituse told us. He also is the sole survivor among the people that he cherishes. Doesn't the parallel and the similarity hit a bit too close? Maybe that's why the switch went so smoothly.

Anyway, that is my headcanon. I personally don't like the ‘Kim Rok Soo is Cale Henituse’ as in Kim Rok Soo is his 2nd life AU. I consider Original Cale Henituse and Original Kim Rok Soo to be two different individuals. They are similar in some aspects but also very different in others. However, sometimes I feel like their roots are a bit too similar, and their connection runs a bit too deep than merely soul-swapping partners. Hence this headcanon was born. (I also like the Cale is the reincarnation of the Red Dragon and Twin Cale AU so…)

[iikisa]

Wow guys.. remember this AU? 😅

Just a few concepts about what i’m thinking cale would look like as red dragon!krs again..!! There might be changes tbh, but as of now im digging the dragon form hehe

[wandering-tides]

Cale-Wannabe-A-Slacker-Henituse snitching to his grandpa, acting like a grade schooler be like:

[currently-haunted]

these are scheduled red dragon krs brainworms awake

[billy-the-brainless]

krs!red dragon au by iikisa

long haired cale/krs has me in a chokehold he's so pretty..,

(edit: the white in his hair is supposed to be shading)

[slackerlifealmostinmygrasp]

so like what if instead of dying Raon's brother red dragon somehow lives and KRS is reborn as the red dragon instead of transmigrating as Cale, also the OG!Cale is still there.

[murasaki-cha]

Tcf part 2 chapter 309

Nooooo they mentioned the 2 eggs nooooo it hurts!!!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[friedwizardwhispers]

I need to catch up so maybe that changed (and that's why I'm rereading it too) but I'm always a little bit baffled that Raon's brother, the red dragon that was killed by White star had nothing to do with Cale, I really thought we would get a connection at some point.

[records-of-a-slacker]

Omg and also if he was the red dragon I can't help but think of the connection between Instant and Raon's attribute. Being the present. Both time related. Record too.

Oh my god what if his attribute is time itself? Record, which you can use to look back on the past, and even predict the future, and Instant, which temporarily basically slows the present so you can linger longer. I might be rambling here but it's worth noting probably that krs' abilities and Raon's correlate with the theme of time.

Also, since dragons are creatures that are closest to nature, that could also play into why he so easily gets ancient powers and befriends literally every species you can think of on the continent, aside from yknow, the fact that he read the novel and everything plus his natural charisma. Maybe the charisma is also because he has the soul of a dragon- ahhhh thats enough rambling now TwT

I'm not sure who said it first, but the theory that krs is the red dragon has been on my mind for days now

And it would make so much sense if that was the case

Like what's a better twist than finding out the man who ended the white stars bullshit is also the same being who was used to start it all?

And the fact that krs was able to be affected by white stars curse is so much worse now

Imagine sherrit finding out her child was hurt by the same thing she created to protect him 😭

This also places immense suspicion on the god of death, i mean it never made sense to me that the white star was just able to "pass his curse around" like a sickly virus just because he stole someones body. It sounds more plausible to me that the god of death never added the rule "this curse cannot affect anybody else" and then used it as a loophole to curse KRS.

The curse was a punishment for an oath only dragon slayers have made, what the hell could be more targeted and specific than that??? And now you're telling me this random guy from raon has to live with it in korea cuz the white star took his body before that soul got to inhabit it??

The only person who can break a curse is the one who made the curse and the person who wanted it to be made (in this case the GoD and Sherrit)

And in the sealed test choi jung gun says "the god of death is trying to hold the curse back from affecting you"

Excuse me??? He can't dispel his own curse?? I don't believe that at all. Also krs had nothing to do with the white star since he was born, so why is it impossible to remove him from the effects of it?? The god of death had about 36 years to figure out how to make it go away, and he just couldn't?? I smell bullshit

Sherrit also said that the red egg was affecting it's surroundings before it was born, the dragon inside would've been powerful to extents she probably couldn't even comprehend

It makes more sense to me if the GoD just wanted to get rid of any competition/ "wrench in his plans" and used the excuse of protecting sherrits children to create the perfect scenario to take out 2 birds with one stone

GoD does seem kinda stupid when we see him but it's always the mfs with that kind of act that are the most suspicious, also he literally became a god?? If he can do that, then he's more than capable of setting up some kind of intricate plan to get what he wants

Anywho, there's also other things I've noticed:

1) never accepting park jin tae as king until he proved himself, krs has never submitted to anyone without a valid reason for doing so. Which would seem kinda weird cuz he spent 90% of his upbringing being beaten into submission. I've only ever seen an attitude like that in dragons or just stronger creatures in general (coincidence? I think not)

2) this has been stated before but his affinity with dragons is crazy + he's constantly being mistaken for one 😭

3) the GoD called krs a mutant, we don't know why yet but being a human with the soul of a dragon is a pretty valid reason to call someone a mutant. (Especially if that mutant was able to activate a small % of its attribute)

4) i don't have anything to back this up with, but instant being his attribute instead of a power he got on earth would be pretty cool, just using it for a little bit is enough to injure him because it's meant to be used by a dragon as powerful as the Red one.

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Imagine eden finding out that the heart he ate to become a chimera belonged to the person who saved him 😭

Imagine the rest of the dragons finding out cale henituse is a "dragon" that will literally die from using his attribute because he's living in the wrong body 😭😭

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Cales honest reaction to that information:

[fireofdestruction23]

I was just thinking about how I started my journey with TCF, it was so random. 😅 I was looking for an entertaining manhwa to read and saw this red head with a dragon in the cover. I checked cause it was my first time having a red head as an MC. I started reading it and I noticed that he’s hot 🥵 and I’m hooked! The more I read it the more I liked it! Next thing I know I was caught up with the manhwa and I felt this sense of emptiness, so I decided to look for the novel. I was hoping so bad that the novel was available cause every time I liked a manhwa and decided to read the novel I couldn’t find it and I ended up disappointed. Fortunately for me, I found it and I’m so filled with joy. I started reading from scratch to see and compare the things the manhwa might have missed. It was a mind blowing experience, I couldn’t stop reading, it had become my hyper fixation. So here I am speed running through it and when I caught up after a month I believe, I became so happy because it was still going but at the same time I feel so sad and empty that I have no more chapters to read and I had to wait. So I read it again xd. This time I’m able to understand the characters better and I’m feeling more emotional because I’m seeing them from a different perspective and their stories are more interesting and tragic than when I first read the story. Author-nim is amazing for creating this story that it’s mind blowing!! Now here I am reading for the third time cause it has become one of my favorites stories ever!! I’m so happy that I was able to find this story!! Through the characters I was able to expand my understanding of myself and grow as a person. It’s not just a story for me. I was able to connect with this story more than I ever did before and I am so grateful for it!

[iikisa]

choi han from this red dragon!krs au in progress

and have an unrelated red dragon krs.

[blueteller]

GORGEOUS, Lin! You are incredible!!!

Hi, TCF fandom! Do you know what time it is? Of course, time for a BIG! BANG!

In a nameless world, only one little detail was changed, but this detail will be all that needed to change everything. Who is this?

Here's my part of work, affectionately named "Brothers". Please check out fic below to know their story.

Fanfic:

And if you checked this, you also wanna check another art pieces! Here!

Working with @blueteller and @ciancy-an for this was an absolute pleasure. Big thanks to a Big blog @lcfbigbang2024 for this Big Bang!

See ya!

[sunmaylight]

LCF/TCF AU - Yandere Choi Han

((Something I am finally transferring over from Twitter that I’ve forgotten about for over four years))

Looking back, this is more possessive Choi Han but does have the potential to go darker.

Anyways, spoilers for WEBTOON readers as this is part of the webnovel.

Set in the Empire Arc with Adin

Yandere Choi Han that’s triggered as his darkness is evolving. Instead of becoming what is known in the novel, it becomes twisted. Only wanting to be with Cale and destroy everything else.

The change is triggered when Prince Adin decides to make an almost lethal strike at Cale as Choi Han’s powers are evolving.

Choi Han knows logically that Cale will be fine because Raon is with him, but mentally he sees Cale coughing blood and being drenched in his own blood.

Looking like he is at death’s door.

Something inside Choi Han snaps as he decides enough is enough. He doesn’t want Cale, his rock (his precious person), to be hurt anymore. Not by their enemies, or especially by that idiot’s plans where CALE is the one getting hurt.

He doesn’t register the fact that his aura swallowed Adin and his attack. Not even the way that Raon flinches and disappears when the dragon sees him. He miss the way Cale flinches at his aura devouring all of the dead mana around them.

All Choi Han can focus on is Cale Henitus.

Choi Han’s aura moves at his subconscious will, surrounding Cale in a possessive embrace while the man himself goes to pick up Cale in a bridal carry.

Cale is asking Choi Han what he is doing, but he ignores the red hair noble as he asks Raon to teleport them back home.

Raon obliges with the request and teleports them home.

Choi Han quickly jumps to Cale’s room while giving Raon a request -never a demand or else Cale will be disappointed with Choi Han- to barricade the room to make sure no one can enter and no one can here them.

The dragon does he is requested to do and vanishes from Choi Han’s senses.

Finally, the two are alone. Choi Han gently placed the quiet Cale on his bed then removed his cloak. Followed by removing his own shoes and Cale’s.

Choi Han would have removed his bloody clothes, but Raon already used magic to make him and Cale spotless.

What an intuitive dragon.

Cale is asking him what he is doing, but Choi Han only hums and pushes Cale on the bed so that the noble is laying down on his back.

Choi Han joins him and hugs Cale in his arms. He strokes the other man’s head possessively. Not registering the fact that his aura coils around the both of them in a strong hold.

“Choi Han, what are you doing? This doesn’t seem like you.” Cale asks Choi Han in a calm manner.

Choi Han smiles innocently, “Don’t worry Cale-nim. I will make sure that what is mine will never get hurt again. Not by our enemies, friends, or even yourself,” Cale flinches but Choi Han ignores it as he continues to talk, “I will make sure to definitely find a way to bring you back to my home and keep you safe.

“Choi Han, what are you- mmph” Cale is cut off by Choi Han passionately kissing him

“Don’t worry Cale-nim. Just let me love you.

My lord”

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That is a wrap. Wow, I don’t know what I was thinking when I made this on Twitter in October of 2021. But go me for trying something new

I’ll post the tumblr link to Twitter and have a Twitter link that will be broken in the future

[blueteller]

TCF Hunter Families

So in order to keep track of all the Hunter branches and what each of them do, I created a comprehensive list with the all the current information we have on them. Enjoy!

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

1) Branch: Black Bloods Name: Huayan Family ("Fayence" in Adar Terra's raw translation) Last Occupied World: Xiaolen Specialty: "White Magic", aka. dead mana based Black Magic which appears white and is more powerful than regular Black Magic Status: Defeated 2) Branch: Blue Bloods Name: Blood Cult Last Occupied World: Central Plains Specialty: Jiangshi, aka. zombies created by injecting special dead mana into a person's heart, can be made even out of living people; which are called "Living Jiangshi" Status: Defeated 3) Branch: Purple Bloods Name: Currently Unknown, but located in the "Holy Empire" Last Occupied World: Aipotu (Adar Terra's raw translation) Specialty: Dragon heritage, including mixing human and dragon blood, and control over powers of nature Status: Soon to be engaged in combat 4) Branch: Transparent Bloods Name: Currently Unknown, but located in "Transparent Co." Last Occupied World: Earth 3 Specialty: Perhaps something to do with virtual reality…? Still very limited information on them. But Anh Roh Man, aka. Taerang's creator, is related to them. (Perhaps "Anh" is their family name? We will see.) Status: Still fully operational 5) Branch: Five Colored Bloods Name: Currently Unknown, but possibly includes Park So Jin and Jung Yi-Rang (aka. the two who tried to kill Cale in the Sloth Test) Last Occupied World: None, as they seem to be dimensional travelers with no permanent residence Specialty: Wanderers, with possibly god level powers Status: Still fully operational

The last two branches are supposed to be "gone", so they no longer really count as the Hunters, but I'm including them anyway:

6) Branch: Red Bloods Name: Thames Last Occupied World: Nameless 1 (and possibly others, depending where Cale's thief of an uncle ran off to) Specialty: Research branch? Kind of unclear. We'll see if there's any developments Status: In hiding 7) Branch: White Bloods Name: Currently Unknown Last Occupied World: Currently Unknown Specialty: Currently Unknown Status: Elimnated

(Now with visual aid)

[ao3-reading]

ignoring my problems is always a choice

Written by: strwbrrykitty

Fandom: TCF (Trash/Lout of the Count's Family)

Ships: No ships

Tags: Dragon!Cale, Misunderstandings, OP Cale, Cannon Divergence, Novel Spoilers, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously

Thoughts:

Cale is a dragon, and no one bothered to tell him.

Cale fumbling around and not realizing he's a Dragon, let alone the Red Dragon, for the first few chapters is really funny.

I love how the author manages to follow the cannon story really well while having such a huge difference! Choi Han being spooked by how obviously (well, not to Cale haha) strong Cale is, and Rosalyn struggling between calling him "Esteemed Dragon-nim" or following Cale's wishes and just calling him by his name lol

I also love reading how you slowly see Cale become more and more draconic, and figuring out how exactly the Red Dragon even survived and became who he is now! (won't spoil anything but it's very cool and I neeeeeddddd the revelation to spill!!!!)

Really awesome read! and is also being updated as of the time writing this :D <3 <3

more info under cut

Rating: Teen

Warnings: Violence & Blood

Chapters: 28+

Word Count: 92.8K +

Status: Updating