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The next day after transmigrating in the body of Cale Henituse, Kim Rok Soo is currently sitting on the third floor of The Fragrance of Tea with Poetry owned by Billos.
A book on one hand while quietly looking through the window, patiently waiting for the main character, Choi Han.
After a few more minutes, he caught a glimpse of a man wearing all-black clothes with burns on it. Cale thought that Choi Han really lives up to the title of a 'Main Character' since it has only been a day since the massacre of Harris Village, and the latter is already here when it usually takes more than a couple of days.
Pushing the chair back, he placed both of his hands on the table for support as he stood up. At that moment, red sparks started to surround him and it got bigger as if to swallow him whole.
'Wha–?'
Eyes widening, he tried to understand what's happening. He struggled to get out of the mass of red sparks, however he failed as the sparks are like sky, he can see it but can't touch it.
Understanding that he can't do anything, and before getting completely covered, he looks at the protagonist who seemed to be in the same situation as him. The only difference is that Choi Han is covered in black sparks, instead of red.
He just accepted his fate, since Choi Han will be there wherever he would be transported to. 'The protagonist would surely find a way to solve this.'
Shutting his eyes just to open it again, what welcomed him was a white room that seemed endless. In front of him is a long table with countless chairs beside it. Observing the place more, he discovered that the chairs have names on it.
People also started appearing in the white room. He recognized a few of them with the help of his knowledge from The Birth of a Hero, since the book is very detailed when it comes to the appearances of its characters.
“Young master." Flinching at the sudden call of his name, Cale turns around to see who the owner of the voice is.
He felt shivers down his spine upon realizing it's his butler, Ron Molan. Though he's actually a vicious assassin in hiding.
"Ron... do you know where this is?"
With his usual benign smile, Ron answered. "My apologies, but this butler is also unaware of this place."
Cale nodded in response. 'If Ron is here, Beacrox is most likely to be here too.'
And at that moment, the very same guy he's thinking about appeared. Cale sighed, in his mind though.
They decided to wait after sitting on their seats. People noticed this and followed them.
Cale tilted his head to his left, and trembled at the sight of a protagonist in rage. With his arms crossed, his lips tighten, and Choi Han clenched his jaw. It's obvious that he's restraining himself. 'Shit'
Right, Choi Han was on his way to report what happened to Harries Village when this happened suddenly. Who wouldn't get mad? Even Cale is starting to get annoyed.
"Look!" He looked at the voice, followed what the owner was pointing at and saw sparks, again.
After a while, it started to form into the shape of a girl. Finally, the appearance is completed and what they saw is a girl with long curvy black hair.
The people, including Cale, become cautious however, the girl just smiled and raised its hands, as if to surrender.
"Do not fret, as I have no plans to harm you." The voice is so soft and delicate that most of them relaxed.
"First of all, you are all in our imagination. Time is completely stopped in your own world. And lastly, violence is not allowed here."
"Who are you?" said Alberu, taking a step forward.
"I'm *******." They frowned because they didn't understand what the girl said.
Then it chuckled. "If you want to know why you're here. It's because I'm going to show you your Wiki!"
"Wi...ki?" Cale was surprised at the mention of Wiki, it's commonly used in his original world. 'How is that related to here?'
"Yes, Wiki! It contains your past, present, and future information!"
People started to understand what it's saying and ask a few more questions to know more. It diligently answered.
"So, who wants to go first?!" It exclaimed, it looked very excited.
Silence enveloped the place. Of course, no one would want to reveal their information as it contains their weaknesses. Not only that, but it mentioned that future infos are also concluded. No one would want to publicly reveal their future since that will lead to that person's despair if someone tried to use that info against them.
Except for one guy that is. "Me!" All looked at the tall, buff guy that shouted. Cale winced when he recognized the guy. It's Toonka, a person he does not want to be involved with. There's a lot of reasons and he would take tons of pages if tried to write those reasons.
Harol, who's beside Toonka, tried to pull down the latter's raised hand. "Toonka! Do you know what it will bring you if you do this?!"
Toonka just shoved him away. "HAHAHAHA I don't care! I am strong! I'll just beat up those who try to fight me!" He then continued to laugh.
'That's just like him.'
"Ohh... Toonka! Exciting!" The black-haired girl clapped his hands and laughed with the guy.
"Then, let's start!!"
Then it disappeared and in its place, a screen appeared.
[NAME: Toonka
ALIASES: The Tyrant, Bob, Whipper Kingdom's Strongest Individual]
"That's right! I'm the strongest HAHAHAHA!"
[OCCUPATION: Commander in Chief of the Whipper Kingdom
AFFILIATIONS: Whipper Kingdom, Cale Henituse
ABILITIES: Physical Strength, Magic Resistance]
Cale narrows his eyes when he reads his name. 'I'm affiliated with that guy? When?'
Cale is not the only one confused. A couple of people are also looking at him. Cale knows why. They are probably thinking how a trash like him is related to Toonka, a commander in chief. Yes, Toonka is barbaric, however they cannot understand how these two people would meet.
Cale didn't care about what they thought, though. He only thought about how bothersome it is to be involved with Toonka.
They resumed reading as the screen changed.
[BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
MARITAL STATUS: Single
AGE: 34 (current) 36 (two years later)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Whipper Kingdom, Western Continent
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
SPECIES: Human
GENDER: Male
HEIGHT: 199 cm
EYE COLOR: Light brown
SKIN COLOR: Brown
"He'll think about it? Toonka can think?" - Cale Henituse]
Cale dropped his jaw, not literally, at the last sentence. He then heard someone laugh. It was Harol. "HAHAHA!"
Cale awkwardly smiled but forced a stoic face when he heard Toonka shout. "Cale! Who's Cale?! Come here!!!" He hides behind Ron, hoping Toonka to not notice him, but it seems fate wants to joke with him because Toonka noticed and trudged towards him.
"It's you!" Cale fixed his posture and confronted Toonka. "Yes."
Ron blocked Toonka from approaching Cale even more. The latter noticed him. "You... You're strong! How about it? We fight, ha?!" Toonka seemed to forget about Cale as he continued to bug Ron.
"Ahem!" They turned their head from where the fake cough came from and saw the black-haired girl from before.
"Just a reminder, violence is not allowed here. So before I (omitted), please behave yourself. Two more warnings and (omitted)" Unlike its angel-like smile and voice, she spoke these ominous words like nothing.
"Then let's continue."
[Toonka was the leader of the rebellion against the mages of the Whipper Kingdom. He first met Cale Henituse in the Roan Kingdom's coastal Ubarr Territory, when he washed ashore due to his ship crash induced by Whipper mages' magic attacks.
He hid his identity by pretending he was a simple fisherman named Bob when he was saved by Amiru Ubarr until he exposed himself by fighting the Whales, Witira, and Paseton. That fight caused him to get banished from Ubarr territory.]
"Hm, we're mentioned," a very beautiful girl with blue hair commented. Came a reply from her brother. "It seems so, noona."
[Toonka hated mages due to the oppression they did to the people of the Whipper Kingdom. Though he was against magic, he didn't opposed to ancient powers. Ancient Powers were the only type of power that non-mages, who focus on physical strength, accept as strength because they consider it a blessing for someone’s power to be passed down through generations.]
"Right! Those fuckers can go eat their shits!" There's no need for Cale to look at the person who said that.
[PERSONALITY
Cale thinks Toonka is stupid in general but sharp and naturally intelligent in battle.]
Toonka looked at Cale who avoided his gaze. Cale paid no mind when the former started screaming.
[Toonka is very loud, arrogant and careless. He has a rock for a skull and is so fearless you could call him suicidal. He never backs down from a challenge, even if his opponent is a dragon. He has trained by traversing all types of natural disasters.
While his brash characteristics drive away many people, his lack of hesitation and passion for fighting are also what make so many non-mages in the rebellion admire and follow him.
At first he is depicted as a fighting maniac. He loves fighting strong people, and has no regard for weak people. He doesn't bother to listen to 'insignificant' weak people, and throws away his own people when they are injured or too weak to go on. He tries to fight those whom he thinks are strong regardless of propriety or circumstances.
"Sacrifice for others? A hero? Toonka was not interested in anything like that. All he cared about and obsessed over was strength. He was the type of person who ignored the people on his own side if they were weak, and even killed them if necessary."]
'Right, Toonka is a guy like that. That's why it's bothersome to be involved with someone like that.'
[HISTORY
In THE BIRTH OF A HERO]
Cale stiffened as he read those words over and over again. Ron, who noticed this, asked, "What's the matter, Young Master?" Cale just shook his head.
'It can't be...' He has a bad feeling about this.
[Toonka was shipwrecked in the Ubarr territory and wanted to battle against the force of nature—the whirlpools. After going in the biggest whirlpools, Toonka gained an ancient power, the Sound of the Wind. Toonka went back into the Whipper Kingdom, created the non-mage faction with Harol Kodiang and rebelled against the Magic Tower and won. Afterwards they went into a war against The Jungle and the Moguro Empire.]
A lot of people tensed up at the word 'war'. Especially those who are involved.
[CURRENT PLOT
Toonka was shipwrecked in the Ubarr territory and he met Cale who had just gained the Sound of the Wind. Cale helped him to return back to the Whipper Kingdom and promised to buy the Magic Tower. Toonka rebelled against the Magic tower earlier and because of Cale, the non-mage faction of Whipper Kingdom allied with the Roan Kingdom, the Breck Kingdom, The Jungle and the Whale Tribe and avoided going into war with the Jungle. Afterwards with the help of Cale's group, the non-mage faction successfully conquered the Maple Castle of the Mogoru Empire.]
"W-what?!" The cry came from Adin, the Imperial Prince of Moguru. Unlike him, who's in distress, Harol looks elated.
"Hm, Roan, Breck, The Jungle and the Whale Tribe allied?" Their attention then focused on Alberu, the Crown Prince of Roan Kingdom.
"And... it's not mentioned, however it's obvious that at the center of that is Cale and his group." When they realized that, they turned to Cale who seemed to be heavily thinking about something.
'He's right. However, that's not the point. How? And who are those people in my group?'
And that is not the only thing Cale is thinking about. The Birth of a Hero was mentioned, what is the meaning of that?
"Ron."
"Yes, Young Master?"
"Attack Toonka." Ron didn't expect that but did as he was ordered to.
Toonka smirked and looked ready for a fight. Suddenly, a girl appeared. "Didn't I tell you? No violence."
Cale answered. "Right, then can I ask you something?"
The girl narrowed its eyes and both ends of its lips tilted slightly upwards. "Yes?"
"What is The Birth of a Hero? And what does the current plot mean?"
"You're really intelligent, Cale. Summoning me by attacking someone just to ask that."
The girl, *******, moved its feet towards Cale and
smiled softly. "You already know, don't you?"
The former didn't answer. It's right. Cale already knew. The Birth of the Hero is probably what was supposed to happen. However, due to his future interferences, the current plot will happen.
"Anyways, just one more warning and I'll really (omitted). Let's continue." And poof! It disappeared.
They started to read again even when there were still questions they wanted to ask.
[RELATIONSHIPS
Cale Henituse
He has little to no regard for Cale at first, as he does with all weak things. But the more Toonka speaks to Cale, the more he thinks Cale is interesting due to his nonchalant attitude towards Toonka's informal speech or how he seems to pull out new unique ancient powers every time they meet. When Cale reveals to him in the Ubarr territory that he plans to purchase the Magic Tower and supports Toonka's cause, that causes Toonka to be interested enough in Cale to invite Cale over to the Whipper Kingdom in two months and tell Cale not to forget his name.
Overtime due to Cale's actions, Toonka gradually changes his mindset. He still loves fighting and going crazy, but he views Cale as a friend. He also has more respect for those who are weak.
To people like Cale, he can be very sincere and serious, which is a direct contrast to his usually arrogant and idiotic self.]
"You? Are my friend? Hey! Don't joke with me! This guy!" He pointed at Cale. "Is very weak! I would never consider someone like that as a friend!"
'Did you read it properly?' Cale just sighed and ignored Toonka.
[Non-Mage Faction
He was the leader of the non-mage faction during the civil war and has his loyal subordinates.
Harol, the Supreme Chief in charge of the entire faction.
Pelia, the spear master and Toonka's left arm.
Hota, his right arm, eventually revealed to be a spy from the Empire.]
Toonka's shouts came to an end. Hota, it's someone he considered trustworthy. That's why when he learned of this, he didn't know what to say. He felt betrayed. Then anger.
Harol calmed Toonka who seemed to explode any moment. Everyone except for a few understand what Toonka is feeling right now. Fortunately, Toonka, to Cale's surprise, managed to restrain himself.
[QUOTES
"You really are weak, but good person." (To Cale)]
'Me? A good person?' thought Cale.
["Whether it is the Empire or Umpire or whatever it may be, I will rip apart anybody who shows up."
"I'll be waiting for you! You truly are the only one to help me when I am in need. You really are my friend!" (To Cale)]
Cale felt a bit dizzy. 'Me? Friends with Toonka?'
Of course Cale, but Toonka is also confused. No, more likely in disbelief. How can he be friends with someone as weak as Cale?
["We'll win, so you just sit tight and think about your own self-preservation as you always have."
"Only think about how we will achieve victory if you wish to live."
"Hey coward, stop hiding and come out! I'll crush you with my fist! Kahahahahah!"
"There is no class or elegance in hell. War is hell."
"My friend! My one and only close friend! My buddy! Where are you?!" (Searching for Cale)
"......I see. Okay! I hope that your silver light can spread throughout the whole world!" (To Cale)]
Cale's expressionless face changed for a bit. 'What silver light? The whole world?'
Just thinking about it made Cale shiver.
[“Even the gods cannot defeat crazy bastards.”
“Stealthily?! I moved openly and proudly! Kahahahahah!”
“Yeah! That bastard is someone who walks down paths that nobody else has been on and makes everybody else marvel at him! That bastard is my close friend! Hahahaha!”]
Many people thought that Toonka really seemed to like his friend, Cale. They know Toonka's personality so they can't believe someone like him will consider Cale as a person who makes everybody marvel at him. Especially when he's known as trash
.
"That's all! As I mentioned earlier, you will be given a 30-minute break! You can also ask me any questions as long as I can answer them." The black-haired girl snapped its fingers and a soft cushion appeared in the air.
"Hello, Young Master Cale Henituse. I'm Harol Kodiang, Toonka's subordinate." Cale greeted back at Harol. He knows this guy's secret as it was mentioned in the Birth of the Hero.
"It looks like you're a great person since that Wiki says so, haha." Cale smirked.
"What are you talking about? I'm the biggest trash there is."
"It doesn't seem like that when our chief seems to treasure you in the future."
"Think as you like."
And thus, ended the first Wiki.