Angel Kiss

Chapter 1

CHCH Week 2022 Day 3:

+Demon Lord x Hero AU

+Amnesia

+Worship

+“Oh, hello. Excuse all the blood.”

+“Godspeed!” by Edmund Leighton

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This is my first time trying my hand at the shipping business 😅 So forgive me if any romantic scenes come across as forced, too sudden, OOC, cringy or unrealistic.

This feels less like romance and more like world building. (I got lost in the rabbit hole again, sorry not sorry 😂)

I think I gave up on editing halfway. Pardon the lousy writing.

Timeline: Starts after Cale wakes up after the battle in the Empire’s capital (but he was unconscious for a shorter time here).

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Cale Henituse wondered where his quest for slacker life had gone wrong.

The thought flashed across his mind mid-air, all while being catapulted into an impenetrable barrier.

‘Those motherfvcking bastards!’

His head throbbed as his records unraveled and replayed everything from two years ago.

After dying during a mission, Kim Rok Soo woke up in a completely different world, in the body of Cale Henituse. Troublesome, but he got over it quickly. However, all his preparation to avoid being beaten up by the vicious protagonist fell apart when he realized that Choi Han didn’t exist, and Harris Village remained standing days after its scheduled destruction.

Not only Choi Han went missing, but also Rosalyn and Lock. The heroes he should have pushed all that work into were gone! No swordmaster, no crazy strong mage, no Wolf Beast person who could go berserk at will.

At first, he could not investigate as he focused on more pressing matters, like preparing for war and fighting battles. But as his fame rose, so did the rumors.

Whispers of a Demon Lord. 

Apparently, the Church of the Sun God sent heroes and Saints on crusades to the Forest of Darkness, but they never returned. Even their families disappeared within a single night. This was why no one wanted to be a hero, who in the end would be expected to slay the Demon Lord.

And who was he now? A hero that had apparently outlived his usefulness after defeating the Empire.

Nobles who were afraid of his ancient powers and rising fame. Remnants of the old Church of the Sun God who condemned him for supporting a necromancer. Both factions had people who hated him, eager to see him fall by pushing for a crusade.

‘Really? They pull this shit right now? Do they think it all ended after killing the Lich here in the Empire’s capital? We still have to clean up the four Alchemists’ Towers.’

However, if all heroes died after facing the Demon Lord, why were there inconsistencies with the intelligence he received?

Rosalyn was never sent to slay the Demon Lord. She was last seen entering the Forest of Darkness. The Breck royalty were secretive, but Cale’s information brigade reported parcels and sacks of food being teleported somewhere.

There was no news about Lock. This was not a surprise, as Beast people were naturally elusive. However, Odeus’ little merchant guild had not been using their route in the novel. At all. As if the Blue Wolf tribe living in that area had never existed.