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"... Team leader"
"How long do you want to call me team leader huh? My name is Sui khan and I'm not your team leader anymore Cale" said the red eyed boy gently. Although it sounded annoyed, in fact, Sui was smiling at the moment.
The two were currently standing near the bedroom window, watching the state of the world on the Shaolen planet which was still filled with dead mana.
Tonight was very quiet, but it was very calming at the same time.
The kids were asleep in their room while the others were doing an investigation. Without heeding the complaint from his former leader, Cale spoke again while looking at the sky that was not beautiful at all.
Haa.. He really hoped that the Xiaolen planet would become more lively as it should be.
"Living is the best"
Sui's smile grew wider.
"What do you want to talk to me hmm? really not Roksoo if you make small talk"
Cale who heard that just chuckled.
"I'm no longer Kim Roksoo" His smile slightly looked sad, Sui wondered what made his little brother anxious.
Well, there are many things that can make Cale anxious, he knows that. But what made Cale even look like this?
"I think i'm dying"
"... What?"
Such an answer was not what Sui anticipated. He looked at Cale in confusion, but the quite long red-haired man was just silently staring at the night sky.
"My ancient power said there was a problem with my Soul. He said that my Soul.. mmm.. broken? he's been crying since earlier because he can't fix Soul. Mila-nim once fixed my broken plate, but he and other ancient powers said that even dragons wouldn't be able to refine my severely damaged Soul" Cale said quietly without caring that Sui was looking at him with emotion.
Sui Khan himself was too surprised to scold the redhead beside him. Broken soul.. that's a big problem and this guy just said now?
"You're hiding all this yourself?" Ask Sui. Cale was a little surprised by the boy's tone beside him, making Cale remember when Lee Soo Hyuk used to scold him for not treating the wound properly and ending up with an infection.
"No. I also just found out an hour ago. We're very busy here, I can't possibly say that I'm going to die right?"
Sui took a deep breath.
"You-" He had not had time to speak, a bright light filled the room, Sui tried to grab Cale's hand who was being pulled to nowhere, but he failed, Cale disappeared in an instant and so did Sui Khan who could feel his body being pulled elsewhere.
"If this is the act of the god of death again, I will really be the one to beat the god until he prefers to die than to be a god!"
.....
Kim Roksoo smiled widely as he brought the food in his hand.
There is a new restaurant open near the company, making many people easier to find food. Roksoo bought it with a happy heart, thinking that his niece would smile very sweetly for accepting delicious sweet food.
Ah, Roksoo missed his adorable niece.
Today he is overtime (As usual) and can't play much with his niece.
He was even more regreted for being the CEO of the company, not just being as the leader of team 1.
Even though he knew that being a Count was as difficult as being a CEO, but Roksoo chose the same job.
Haa... Kim Roksoo understood why Cale still chose to be the leader of team 1 for a long time even though he had a great opportunity to become the CEO.
Du-dump!
Kim Roksoo stopped his steps as his heart skipped a beat. What's this?
Cale Henituse.
Roksoo suddenly remembered the name of the person who was willing to exchange Soul with him.
Surely something happened with Cale.
Roksoo wanted to meet Choi Jungsoo immediately, questioning Cale's situation at the man, but instead he felt his body being pulled into a place of nowhere in no time.
"FUCK!"
After catching his breath, Roksoo opened his eyes. The man found himself standing in the dark.
Wait? Standing? Roksoo couldn't feel his feet stepping on something.
Where is this? this feeling.. why is it quite familiar?
Ah! God of Death domain..
What did the god want to do to him this time? Their deal isn't it done? Why is he in this place again?
Roksoo was still questioning what the God of death wanted when he saw something fall from above.
It wasn't something, but someone.
"Cale!"
Roksoo quickly caught Cale's body falling towards him.
"Fuck! why did i meet you in bad condition again? hey! Cale wake up!"
Roksoo tried to gently pat the man's cheek. There was a strange feeling when he saw his body that used to look very.. weak. What did this man do to make his body unmuscular?
Kim Roksoo's body has perfect body. He is tall, clean (Even with scars) and cool. You can say that Kim Roksoo is very healthy and the current Kim Roksoo can easily continue this healthy life.
He wouldn't be surprised if he saw his old body also had muscles like Kim Roksoo.
But what is this? Pretty long red hair tied to a simple hair ties, paler white skin that much paler compared to the one Roksoo remember the first time they meet, there is no scar on this body and now.. This body felt very light.
Has this man ever eaten anything? Is there no one in the Henituse territory to feed this man? too many things Roksoo was worried about right now.
"Cale!"
There was a panicked voice that led to both of them. Roksoo recognized that voice. The voice of the man who had just now come and immediately examined Cale's body...
Choi Jungsoo came out of nowhere. His face was deathly pale, his hands shaking violently. In simple terms, Choi Jungsoo panicked.
"What's wrong with him? And why are we here?" Choi Jungsoo ignored him, but Roksoo understood that Jungsoo was just trying to focus on finding out what really happened to Cale, so Roksoo let it go.
"His soul is broken"
"... What?"
What is just broken now?
Is there something wrong with his hearing?
"His soul is broken? why could it be broken?" Jungsoo looked at him for a while before standing up and looking the other way.
Roksoo didn't know what the man was trying to see because they were still in the dark and Roksoo couldn't see anything but himself, Cale and Jungsoo.
"Cale's Soul is broken, I should have realized this a long time ago. Agh! that damn god really does whatever he wants" Jungsoo looks so frustrated.
Roksoo didn't know Jungsoo well because the man just appeared when he wanted to show up, They only talked casually to exchange information. Even so, the information Choi Jungsoo provided was not always detailed because there were too many restrictions from the god. Its only normal that Roksoo didn't understand what he was talking about.
All Roksoo understood was that Choi Jungsoo was very panicked about Cale's condition because his damage soul. Hmmm, damage is not the sentence that the man had just said.
Cale's soul is broken.
How did that happen? Why would a soul be broken?
"He started to die slowly" The information was enough to make Kim Roksoo feel his heart stop beating for a moment.
Roksoo turned to Cale who was still in his arm, the man looked very calm, as if he was not on the verge of death. Kim Roksoo's mind started to mess up, he obviously didn't want Cale to die.
"Take care of him for a while" Choi Jungsoo said.
"There must be a way to fix this isn't it? Right Choi Jungsoo?" Roksoo looked at the man seriously.
While waiting for Choi Jungsoo's answer, the record began to play in his head, showing the moment when he and Cale met for the first time.
At the first meeting of himself with Cale, Roksoo was actually already preparing to accept the swearing words thrown at him.
He had thought that Cale would at least be angry and complaining, but the man was just annoyed because he saw his own face smiling widely.
As if the problem of transmigration is not a big thing.
As if Kim Roksoo who threw all the world's responsibilities at Cale was nothing big.
Kim Roksoo deliberately told Cale to throw away his real name to test where the man's patience limit was, but Cale easily agreed.
As if Kim Roksoo's name was not important.
He didn't understand why there was a human like Cale, but that reaction didn't make his heart happy.
In fact, Roksoo felt even more strange, he just hoped that the problems there were quite resolved with the White star. At least Roksoo knows that the god will definitely help Cale in any way.
Then his existence here, with Cale who almost died in his hands.. Kim Roksoo didn't want Cale to just die. He would do everything to save this man.
"I will talk to the god of death. Take care of him for a while until we find the best way" Roksoo nodded, letting Choi Jungsoo go, engulfed in darkness.
His reddish-brown eyes looked again at Cale's figure, hugging the body tighter.
"We'll save you no matter what, hold on in a bit longer Cale. "