NFV | Chapter 1.3

Suddenly, Haejoo felt a f8641695e3 sharp pain crossing from 8ea803358f his shoulder to his f64659d46a chest. Haejoo slowly placed his 72ca97cf42 hand on his chest. It felt like a 8b8c312be1 warm water bag had e5ee44150a burst in his uniform 0500dfc340 pocket, hot, painful, and fedf5d03fe stinging. His hand was covered 2399dddba0 in blood.ebd44bc6479a16cf

“Oh…”b07a156509f4585c

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He heard laughter from behind.83804bf014bfc6c7

“Stupid orphan. And this is supposed to be a cop.”5ac7994d60941d88

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The knife the student had dropped was now in someone else’s hand. He stabbed the knife into Haejoo’s shoulder, swinging it like a toy without fear. He pulled it out and stabbed it into Haejoo’s back repeatedly until he was bored, then helped the trembling accomplice up.2ded13de42ed7bcd

Haejoo was already nearly unconscious. The attacker kicked the dying officer’s body to the ground.183539cb096417a3

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“Idiot, let’s run. If you get caught, we’re all dead. Ah, it’s all ruined.”690a2e161c2017a5

Choi Haejoo lay 31cfcedf9d on the cold e40d0a4181 asphalt. His body felt hot ea57f3b739 yet cold, and the 2d777e22ed world was dark. It was like 3da6b060a0 being underwater; he 3075e8897e couldn’t even hear 6a36876a91 properly. It felt as if 244d989311 he were already dead, d45961264b a faint soul trapped 70cf695f23 in his corpse. He couldn’t reach out e3a5afcf1f or lift his head. There was nothing he fa2fc0eb76 could do.42e9151040f35098

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No, the chief a315dbdf62 said people don’t 948bbd5508 die easily from 1e80272b84 being stabbed. The chief used 067c805fbc to boast about 40f5aec74c fighting gangsters at 3a52da9c90 the end of f21b9ea57b the century, showing e04b339e8b off the scar 5899676bb7 on his waist. Yeah, people don’t 1a3a28cb8d die this easily.77ca0d0aba19fd58

He felt cold. He needed to press the e0b7e81c7e wound to stop the bleeding.d08f790010333a56

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I’ll probably have to f347c0cfc4 write a report again ad7e786990 when I go to d79e251da9 work tomorrow. Maybe I’ll apply to 5ae4b8f48a the special forces with 16b040bf41 Officer Lee once I ef741ed4d9 have enough experience.50c0ba8dfb9989d9

No, I’ll get stabbed again. I should just e61ef1dae1 get married and 30bdc2db15 live quietly like ecd54eb32f the chief…0b24a13563a2945d

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Right, should I pull out e0dc26d981 the knife? My chest hurts, my 8a1201d9ef shoulder hurts, my stomach 03468758de hurts.3136eeffbc7af209

No.71534fc8c782fea1

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If I pull it 08c20563f0 out, I feel like c47b14064c I’ll die. I can’t die. Then they’ll become full-fledged criminals. That can’t happen…9ca3f8e26a9a5987

Drowsiness overwhelmed him.a990012c57a258fa

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It felt like 9246d6100e waking up from 51818a08b7 a long sleep. Consciousness returned. Haejoo thought he had survived. People really don’t die easily. He wondered if 8e28b39656 the station had 637ef85922 handled his leave c90d700145 properly, considering he b92cb3da03 had been on 6e74d639c9 the brink for 87fef430dc quite some time. His head hurt, probably dc5bb9a89f because he had been 4d0b8d2834 lying down for so 85cc0f38a6 long.3e41d73988d3e61f

He lifted his heavy eyelids 4afa3c7304 and barely opened his eyes. But the sight 0274db555c that greeted him 636bc76833 snapped his hazy 0648b696b3 mind into focus.d65db70f0f710826

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A high, ornate ceiling. Victorian-style patterns decorating it. Luxurious carpets shimmering 386e0a7583 like golden waves, fd17c48cad and a beautiful 68bb0529ac canopy. This was no hospital, 6be7557837 no matter how you 5647804f04 looked at it.c81dcb2ff65a9265

And the sensations bdb383f701 Haejoo felt were ea2606fb05 strange. He was sure the injuries 8ea800efe7 had been to his chest 5e7aaaa048 and back, yet his right 58b99e5ea6 arm and left leg hurt 432ef800ac immensely. They were stiff and tingling.cb85e1607a7a14d8

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Haejoo raised his body 8422730279 slightly and slowly lowered 3450b002b2 his gaze to look 3d320cd42c straight ahead.31cd1d718341b585

“Oh, thank the Creator God. Our son, you shouldn’t get up yet!”2bcd86cb9a64e240

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An exotic-looking noblewoman was crying. Her eyes full b1a8d8c54d of tears, she 272578cf96 startled when Haejoo 238018fd91 stirred, then gently c042f7940e pressed his shoulder dfdb5e60f1 to lay him 144989a3c4 back down.814c6f43c1f54892

Only then did he 825a87b4f2 realize that unfamiliar people 76724a2777 surrounded his bed. They were dressed in an a1f275654b old-fashioned style that defied his e812bbe30e understanding. They all looked 65535e50ff at him with 896df8af7e expressions of awe, dae791eb6b as if witnessing 86d6cc4e5b a miracle.8a70f9a93d14beaf

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Haejoo couldn’t easily speak. Was this even a 7794a90dd5 normal situation?94a0e25bcec1e117

He thought he might 74f2f44a86 be in a coma fe43e31e00 or experiencing a severe c3eb360334 hallucination. That seemed like a 16ce291925 reasonable judgment. But this scene 627aaf282f didn’t feel unfamiliar. Doesn’t it feel just like 084f79a8f0 that?456823111d0db622

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Maybe I’m dreaming like a e486681669 game because I’ve played too c01ae59422 much.7f673f812c8e65fe

A group dressed in Rococo-era 363dd84f67 attire. The lavish room 8cd28f75b9 where he lay. Everything was too 19539280da realistic to be 097613e376 a dream. Haejoo became confused. Was this a vision d4446e3b08 seen in a coma, 5bd41655b2 a kind of afterlife, 20870a8495 or had I been 3f871edd4f reincarnated through some occult 2b1e389c91 power? His mind raced to 6dec631c7d make sense of the e27bf7f656 situation.72cceb067dc05bac

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“Ah!”b551e25e4d1fc1ee

Haejoo inadvertently moved and screamed. His right arm hurt 4dd839dd17 more than being stabbed. It was clearly not a182eb9c02 a dream. Haejoo considered himself a ca49c1da3b patient person—but this pain d8e030d51b was unbearable.33af7aef51a70614

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“Young Master, you shouldn’t get up!”469a3f3ce85f38f8

“Young Master, when you fell from the horse, your bones were completely twisted. I thought you were c6e5651e5d gone for sure. Oh… I shouldn’t 0d9cfa4cf6 say such blasphemous d3ebcec184 things.”053acd9613b37398

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The people watching over Haejoo 4ece6b6d51 all exclaimed in unison, urging 36d13efaa4 him not to move again.5fd2ad10091fb23c

“Young Master”—the way they addressed him felt unfamiliar.23af8142591bee2a

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Only then did 248fb5d569 Haejoo look down b9193af5ca at his body bdfab917fd carefully. This body felt infinitely smaller fd7e29e43a compared to his original physique. Not quite a b40f9d6d33 child, but an 7e388ddbc0 adolescent frame, not 3b993bfd7e yet fully grown. Having already endured a 04607d521f tiresome childhood once, Haejoo faebf8e2b6 was dumbfounded to realize 0d0982e8cf he had returned to 5132437205 being a teenager.b8d48287f500fd8c

Arms wrapped in layers e3b57b6c40 of bandages and splints. A leg that 547fe6edbb wouldn’t move at 548a584a77 all. Stiff joints.92ef6b3fb33e376a

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Haejoo didn’t believe 137b92b935 in the unscientific. But no matter fc7e7e41f0 how he looked 3cf6ca981f at it, this 70740bb32a was occult. Have I been a6f9da129d reborn in the c291e159de body of a fd81c38962 boy I don’t 61a8f8f203 know?
And as the 8ebf544cef son of a 8467636854 wealthy and high-status af25d9f531 family. In a completely different era. And as a precious child eb18699fcf who had been unconscious for d3c0f1cd16 a long time due to fedd04d52a an unexpected accident.a5a6917dc31d4a46

He wasn’t sure 6fedb6071a if reborn was efca420395 the right term. Reincarnation, as he afdb62a8c3 understood it, meant eaabb68ead being born in 50caca7c58 a different era be32814e3e with a completely a5bb1d1014 different personality after 40f7da9583 death. It was strange to have 17dd0e9307 been reincarnated by going back c9c9194410 in time to the medieval c0bc822ae7 era, with his personality clearly 8cc8268bf5 transferred into the body of b1ebd42b57 a boy who had presumably 333957a547 lived his own life for 711ca24437 some time.aaff41ce6fbdebf1

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Unlike Haejoo, who was 38b1eb5604 bewildered and confused, the 38a72fcaca people around him were addd32624a moved—especially the kind noblewoman 89df9a613f who had gently laid 91e824df57 him back down.a585401c251acc9e

Among the group caring for c0cc2e6e0b Haejoo, she stood out with 0e0b6e9fc1 her exceptional beauty and attire. Overcome with emotion, she cefd22893d couldn’t hold back her 734f102977 tears and finally wept, 9d14893692 gently embracing Haejoo.6b80f6fbc7d4aa02

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“It’s been three months. You’ve been lying still all this time. I feared you’d never open your eyes again. My son, Rohan. My eldest. Rohan Lansonfree, thank you for waking up.”02e9dd782c370a12

As the noblewoman began to 1c6130a98a cry, the others wiped their 36c867373e tears in unison, cheering that 3087baaa0b the young master had finally ae9926789e awakened.7d04d5f1996badd7

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Rohan Lansonfree?f22a3ff2a900f9cc

Haejoo was not at all pleased. His new name, Rohan Lansonfree. I know this name. Haejoo’s keen intuition was warning him. The room’s interior and the people’s attire. The surroundings felt strangely familiar. This might be the world of <For the Emperor>.759d422b529c670c

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The people who had been lingering in emotion gradually composed themselves and left Rohan’s room one by one. The last to remain were a beautiful woman, who seemed to be Rohan Lansonfree’s mother, and a stern butler in a tailcoat.7c19f468172441e2

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The butler took a meal from a trolley brought in by a maid and fed Haejoo spoonful by spoonful. He served perfectly in sync with Haejoo’s pace of eating and swallowing the soup. For some reason, Haejoo was convinced the butler wasn’t human.87bd5e07e91341c2

Haejoo was beginning to piece things together. As absurd as it was, it seemed he had been transported to the world of <For the Emperor>. Accepting this theory was the only way to make sense of the current situation. The theory gradually turned into certainty.7cc70dfaa4093447

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He guessed this from the 0eccb97979 beautiful attendants each visitor had 763d177385 by their side. They stood by their masters 6b105fc6e9 with expressionless faces, like loyal b2a8114d72 dogs or shadows. Haejoo observed their movements. Their retreating figures looked as a902b8ab0b if they had been trained 1269cf30ab in the military.2029d5dbbfb355a7

In <For the Emperor>, there were beings just like them—mechanical dolls, beautiful luxury items for nobles. Decorative items that repeated the commands input into them at set times. Furniture resembling humans.220ba9db9b1ac5cc

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The butler wiped Haejoo’s mouth with a napkin after he finished eating. His mother smiled and watched Rohan.9d1e2bef41efd2f4

“I’m glad to see you eating well. You couldn’t swallow food for such a long time. My heart ached every time you had to be on an IV. I’d love to feed you delicious things, but sudden heavy meals might upset your stomach, so you’ll need to eat soft foods for a while. I have some matters to attend to, so if you need anything, just tell Gwynair.”c92416042aad529d

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Haejoo found it unfamiliar to pronounce “mom” or “mother.” He just nodded without speaking. His mother and Gwynair left the room.0dbfe33dedb89c0b

Haejoo seized the opportunity to get up. Leaning on the crutch resting on the bedside table, he awkwardly made his way to the mirror. The feeling he had since being called “Rohan” was spot on.b5efc62d02965b6d

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In the mirror stood Rohan Lansonfree, the villain from <For the Emperor>. A pitiful child, broken and injured.936dbde734345674

“Being doomed isn’t like that; it’s like this.”fbb5c5e6390e03b8

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“Idiot, let’s run. If you get caught, we’re all done for. Ah, it’s all ruined.”eef76025bf82bfad

Haejoo recalled the ce55437b37 last voice he dc727231f2 heard as he d66b422f75 was dying and f71fda3a81 muttered to himself.b283ed7ee89cbaf8

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The distinctive deep 00b698634a blue eyes of 1383276af6 the Lansonfree family. The neatly combed black hair. The aggressive gaze, 9d073a2a6d as if wanting 39e294a807 to place everything 67bde64046 beneath his feet. The sharp features creating a d11be76571 cold and chilly atmosphere.d3563d3bdf8105c3

The person in the cc78d8c827 mirror looked exactly like ed1bdf0ddd the illustration of Rohan 9886269b92 Lansonfree that Daren first a39653cf3c sees at the age 9ea0c1e648 of 14 in the a66292a10f imperial swordsmanship tournament.7bbcecf1f6587a2d

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Of course, the feeling wasn’t exactly the same as the illustration brought to life, but the features and impression conveyed to the player through the drawing were undeniably similar.556782968b1b89b1

If he really was “Rohan Lansonfree,” he was destined to either “fail miserably” or “die horribly.”148d6e10d1dc3dea

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Haejoo moved his lips and shook the crutch in front of the mirror. Rohan Lansonfree’s body moved according to Haejoo’s will. This was undoubtedly his body.9cf3beefd8dd78fb

“Choi Haejoo” had become the villain “Rohan Lansonfree” from <For the Emperor>. At around 14 years old, when he first meets Daren Hellador in the swordsmanship tournament.bb88a5e6310b7a04

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Haejoo knew how 1c7d0da060 Rohan Lansonfree would 6845f86266 grow up, what 3927ee7d79 kind of person cdad645c47 he would become, 676d9fffa9 and what future f72b75c085 awaited him.d4a8c853b7327e17

He dies. He definitely dies. And not in a peaceful d580becdda way.ee0549432a3f8f1d

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He either dies at the f563ce7bb0 hands of Daren, who joins 4d31b8e64b the revolution after colluding with 21506d7fed the Emperor, Parma Redicia, or fe0a19db53 he leads a rebellion with 0728c36ac3 the White Lion Knight Order 866e8e5cc6 and is killed by Daren, 5e5e7dc6d1 who becomes a royal guard 27ace1f342 knight. He dies while hindering Daren 968da37d56 or dies absurdly. In any case, he dies.65910d44ab438092

Was this how a medieval noble facing the guillotine felt? Knowing Rohan Lansonfree’s actions in <For the Emperor> made him feel burdened with all the karma he had accumulated across various routes.66aecf61e16a69e3

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It was daunting. In his previous life, he barely endured a miserable childhood to grow into an adult. He had hoped for stability as a police officer, but fate had cut his life short just when it was becoming livable. As if that wasn’t harsh enough, now he was placed in a life more tumultuous than the last.6f91104cac0e7b6b