Who Shall Master This Family? [Hiatus]

Chapter One

A/N: I'm changing Kallisto to Callisto, so that I can keep Cale-nim's name as his nickname.

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Cale's eyes fluttered open when he felt the sunlight shining on his face.

He gazed at the window that was supposed to be covered with thick draperies. But instead, what Cale saw was an open balcony. Cale clicked his tongue in annoyance.

Forget it.

Cale wanted to close the balcony, but laziness struck him. So instead, he simply shifted his position, turning his body away from the bright rays of sunlight pouring inside his room.

He refused to get out of bed.

He wanted to rest a bit longer because his body felt so heavy. Besides, it was still early. He could tell by listening to the dawn chorus outside.

Thus, Cale closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep again.

But before he could fall into a deep slumber, some vivid scenes suddenly flashed in his mind.

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"Human! It's dangerous!"

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"It's a gift. It's a gift for your necromancer. Consider it just a taste."

"I'll give you this gift of dead mana from all of the people here."

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Do not sacrifice yourself.

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"Cale-nim, you were truly a hero! A legend! No, you were even more than that."

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"I apologize. I couldn't capture or kill the Imperial Prince."

Cale couldn't help but laugh at what he could make out with his blurry vision.

"Instead, I cut off his right leg. I also cut around the right side of his heart with aura."

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"We will head to the Jungle first."

"...Yes, Cale-nim, I understand."

Cale closed his eyes as Choi Han respectfully answered back.

"Cale-nim!"

"Cale!"

"Young master-nim!"

Human! You good but idiotic human! This is not okay! Cale!

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The vivid scenes ended with his companions' worried screams as they called out to him.

Cale slowly opened his eyes.

"Damn it."

It wasn't a dream.

That crazy bastard did try to kill them using black magic, and he ended up using his shield again.

No wonder his body felt like this. He still wanted to go back to sleep, but it seems that lazing around will have to wait again. There's still a lot of work to do. He has to get to the Jungle quickly.

How many hours have passed since he lost consciousness?

"I'll definitely kill you next time," Cale grumbles as he forces himself to get up and leave the soft bed.

Is he already late? Where is everyone? Even Raon, who always sticks to him, was nowhere to be found.

"How am I gonna call the crown prince..." His voice trailed off as he noticed something after climbing out of bed.