NFV | Chapter 1.3

Suddenly, Haejoo felt a sharp 392d1808a6 pain crossing from his shoulder 080931252c to his chest. Haejoo slowly placed his 556737d714 hand on his chest. It felt like e45c381f5e a warm water d28b5f8c1b bag had burst 3218045f10 in his uniform c6eedd0da0 pocket, hot, painful, 2e36a5982a and stinging. His hand was covered in 6ab725a538 blood.41be92672726def8

“Oh…”6bb37998c496de95

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He heard laughter from behind.a966159e15dc4b76

“Stupid orphan. And this is supposed to be a cop.”26d6d7ada78872af

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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.36ddbf284ab57ecd

Haejoo was already nearly unconscious. The attacker kicked the dying officer’s body to the ground.17c0aa87385f23df

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“Idiot, let’s run. If you get caught, we’re all dead. Ah, it’s all ruined.”00b025a25087e71b

Choi Haejoo lay f258f5b94d on the cold 8f68c23ccd asphalt. His body felt hot yet 06ebbb986e cold, and the world was 4bbe353b88 dark. It was like being underwater; 24672ea541 he couldn’t even hear properly. It felt as 2c424aa915 if he were d9a44f16c8 already dead, a 194e57d77b faint soul trapped 31c85e8541 in his corpse. He couldn’t reach out or 1bf12be4e4 lift his head. There was nothing he 7cc4274558 could do.433b4334e397b74b

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No, the chief said people f8ce2e41b3 don’t die easily from being 9d7951bf50 stabbed. The chief used to boast 9941e0e190 about fighting gangsters at the 1508ae7ea1 end of the century, showing 47ac94ebe6 off the scar on his afc23b86b2 waist. Yeah, people don’t die 84309c5bb6 this easily.fc2d511ad07cd7c7

He felt cold. He needed to press 27ff0aeed9 the wound to stop 46af5d0664 the bleeding.f4956f8107339dc6

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I’ll probably have 9f238541a4 to write a 22c491ded8 report again when 8aacf18cc2 I go to 69beaf7058 work tomorrow. Maybe I’ll apply to the 5e46b4922f special forces with Officer Lee 502e9cae5f once I have enough experience.9d82baaac54947d0

No, I’ll get stabbed again. I should just get married 3f5d0e8111 and live quietly like the 5a34472b41 chief…be8a809b83a0192a

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Right, should I pull de7f052c30 out the knife? My chest hurts, my 83062d660a shoulder hurts, my stomach 5f1ba21010 hurts.fd9bc142c8950b2d

No.23314da23fd7bbf8

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If I pull it out, 2e230c5a4c I feel like I’ll die. I can’t die. Then they’ll become full-fledged criminals. That can’t happen…598cd9f91b3eb6cf

Drowsiness overwhelmed him.0cd8d607132991f8

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It felt like waking 8c270cb3f8 up from a long 66bc6cbbdb sleep. Consciousness returned. Haejoo thought he had survived. People really don’t die easily. He wondered if 49536f872c the station had 837d018d3f handled his leave af7427a19e properly, considering he 1f43f734c0 had been on a0f812d650 the brink for 570f47ba85 quite some time. His head hurt, fc1ac57ff9 probably because he cf4b665ab1 had been lying 7eaf65b397 down for so 11ae40b4d3 long.8aeb66abdc979b23

He lifted his heavy eyelids eb74851a15 and barely opened his eyes. But the sight d1625262cf that greeted him 85642f99d5 snapped his hazy 07012e6cf0 mind into focus.fd39b1235001c3c4

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A high, ornate ceiling. Victorian-style patterns decorating it. Luxurious carpets shimmering like golden ff6e140a04 waves, and a beautiful canopy. This was no 9cf1bef98d hospital, no matter 2d8bcb8b0b how you looked 15ebb90c7f at it.257dca6a83701dd8

And the sensations Haejoo 4dbcfba6a1 felt were strange. He was sure a6ee7dec94 the injuries had cc288f42cb been to his eed5222c22 chest and back, 9bac6b349b yet his right d781b8ec6d arm and left 82f4e561e4 leg hurt immensely. They were stiff and tingling.07e4751a5c0be9eb

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Haejoo raised his 81ff32b131 body slightly and 8a7ae6b41b slowly lowered his 2e4152ea95 gaze to look c00ed64841 straight ahead.b1c21a72272f85a0

“Oh, thank the Creator God. Our son, you shouldn’t get up yet!”91ae7324d916f13e

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An exotic-looking noblewoman was crying. Her eyes full 9d0943e7c1 of tears, she 4e17642ba4 startled when Haejoo f27ab5cc74 stirred, then gently 6063a1b8e0 pressed his shoulder c509b7715f to lay him d2597a07a1 back down.84e7c42607e43b65

Only then did he 29750847ab realize that unfamiliar people 46be508971 surrounded his bed. They were dressed in an 99c3df63e3 old-fashioned style that defied his ef0392e663 understanding. They all looked b6e8ff0ad6 at him with dd200308b7 expressions of awe, 74002ccddc as if witnessing a82167f8a8 a miracle.9e39cc5b5f28dbb9

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Haejoo couldn’t easily speak. Was this even bdfae4068c a normal situation?3c2493daac18ea19

He thought he might be 1533b229eb in a coma or experiencing 27cc6a5631 a severe hallucination. That seemed like a 18666ec946 reasonable judgment. But this scene 28d62f7c9b didn’t feel unfamiliar. Doesn’t it feel just 2096b51387 like that?8192f76736457ebe

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Maybe I’m dreaming b1bc1fbb30 like a game 39c55c11ef because I’ve played 690fdcd340 too much.61f5755816a91d73

A group dressed in Rococo-era b07a560ece attire. The lavish room where he 5804e9cdc6 lay. Everything was too 77f2637692 realistic to be 30f3a8a6f3 a dream. Haejoo became confused. Was this a vision seen 85d467ce5d in a coma, a kind c354055c35 of afterlife, or had I 319333da1d been reincarnated through some occult 7f50f7466e power? His mind raced 781ee2483b to make sense 63d1bf8cfa of the situation.58c54053d73c7744

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“Ah!”70819c3e9bdbf5fb

Haejoo inadvertently moved and screamed. His right arm hurt more fda758ae30 than being stabbed. It was clearly 6369929a41 not a dream. Haejoo considered himself 17c67d0c53 a patient person—but d57d2b61e2 this pain was 363b9ce6aa unbearable.c14fcf36632e18be

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“Young Master, you shouldn’t get up!”aa4b4c78af39318e

“Young Master, when you fell from the horse, your bones were completely twisted. I thought you were gone c1ca6b0a9a for sure. Oh… I shouldn’t ce7b082804 say such blasphemous f9bc0de1bd things.”9676fe2ade6007c0

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The people watching aa68327892 over Haejoo all a7f6720956 exclaimed in unison, c0e6870775 urging him not df4be1273a to move again.f40731aa18c5e606

“Young Master”—the way they addressed him felt unfamiliar.eefc9e16180468ef

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Only then did Haejoo look 821f80963b down at his body carefully. This body felt infinitely 516aaa888a smaller compared to his f992a26c04 original physique. Not quite a 8a1fe8f3ff child, but an 40f676e0dd adolescent frame, not 14d96017bc yet fully grown. Having already endured a tiresome 0b8b8fc778 childhood once, Haejoo was dumbfounded 1edf3b1130 to realize he had returned 4eec61caa1 to being a teenager.d116c5fa2d288115

Arms wrapped in ed59f9652f layers of bandages 7729371058 and splints. A leg that wouldn’t c8f5b5a404 move at all. Stiff joints.0b53b71fb8cae942

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Haejoo didn’t believe in f32e1325c3 the unscientific. But no matter how he c48347acb8 looked at it, this was e42dd3ed7a occult. Have I been reborn in 58a255269b the body of a boy 066caa04f3 I don’t know?
And as the son of 03bb5de785 a wealthy and high-status family. In a completely different era. And as a f5066f9467 precious child who 4b569c065a had been unconscious ada256f093 for a long 5cbec1937f time due to 8d72a36ef5 an unexpected accident.6e960405b1728ce0

He wasn’t sure if 4db60c360e reborn was the right 5cc5dee111 term. Reincarnation, as he ef0b426511 understood it, meant 04df186386 being born in e018e6762e a different era 8574668aad with a completely 78da7cf2cd different personality after 79a976a32d death. It was strange ab4329d60b to have been 3cfe76839e reincarnated by going d5f2b4ff61 back in time ec1a10b86e to the medieval deff9c6524 era, with his 67a208de7f personality clearly transferred 3c2cd2f217 into the body fbb21a3867 of a boy 0ae0fbe2c0 who had presumably 2ee6dbd204 lived his own f71c962299 life for some c3a4cd2f18 time.44ae8df735033814

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Unlike Haejoo, who 5d3e04a310 was bewildered and 98cfe7c325 confused, the people cd727b8f2e around him were 286954d62a moved—especially the kind de62a6d852 noblewoman who had 8cbf95a9da gently laid him e0eeda85e5 back down.03ebf6791c81a080

Among the group caring a80c951699 for Haejoo, she stood 9a28fbe38b out with her exceptional 71dd22fe8b beauty and attire. Overcome with emotion, she couldn’t 62b2eb31da hold back her tears and 202c8d9ce3 finally wept, gently embracing Haejoo.a23a984c39b76a62

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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.”34a3c91a746a9491

As the noblewoman began a4a5fd4c81 to cry, the others 184e970d17 wiped their tears in 36f55d9a99 unison, cheering that the 4ecaf3e6b5 young master had finally 752fda11c8 awakened.2ebe6f3c58667802

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Rohan Lansonfree?242089534d3b80da

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>.b09c3bb9f31972ee

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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.98d694358f29c744

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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.20b9cb79adfd8fe9

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.adda2691fb22e009

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He guessed this from the 4c186ab56c beautiful attendants each visitor had f679c48309 by their side. They stood by their 0bc6b5d75a masters with expressionless faces, fb9a95f4b8 like loyal dogs or 38c32cfbae shadows. Haejoo observed their movements. Their retreating figures looked as 041110fdff if they had been trained b539901569 in the military.2ff9c4597216d829

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.23ab3c8dd1c6d100

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The butler wiped Haejoo’s mouth with a napkin after he finished eating. His mother smiled and watched Rohan.700397723ee1b9cd

“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.”c12438c3d76ea6b3

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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.3cb147bdf68e0ad4

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.fdb28680c5188432

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In the mirror stood Rohan Lansonfree, the villain from <For the Emperor>. A pitiful child, broken and injured.eab4ddf775849f44

“Being doomed isn’t like that; it’s like this.”57e942548deb4839

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“Idiot, let’s run. If you get caught, we’re all done for. Ah, it’s all ruined.”c2dd3f6f6615b2af

Haejoo recalled the 2b90200037 last voice he a9ec2138d7 heard as he 33ddfce384 was dying and eb209a9e93 muttered to himself.9a1f536c0b6a3b2f

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The distinctive deep 74bff55a04 blue eyes of 871fed0a7e the Lansonfree family. The neatly combed black hair. The aggressive gaze, as if 3bcf994b53 wanting to place everything beneath 93a60aaf65 his feet. The sharp features creating 42f551fd66 a cold and chilly 8de6d3daef atmosphere.f36b3dafb919c621

The person in the mirror eb4ee35fc2 looked exactly like the illustration 9da2a3e2e1 of Rohan Lansonfree that Daren 7d74ffdb36 first sees at the age d958b9c872 of 14 in the imperial da291992ad swordsmanship tournament.669060978448b7be

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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.de9bfbe7c2d87aee

If he really was “Rohan Lansonfree,” he was destined to either “fail miserably” or “die horribly.”65a3af4efb7ca1d3

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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.71c961e51c529700

“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.417a462440637f30

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Haejoo knew how Rohan Lansonfree c5fb29173a would grow up, what kind 3d7a35279d of person he would become, 4d0661e01d and what future awaited him.14fac718486c3bdd

He dies. He definitely dies. And not in a peaceful c99ac8c0d8 way.9445cb8a4a66aa2b

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He either dies 2f663ac277 at the hands 9a43f5dc3f of Daren, who 235a177238 joins the revolution ec36e53a93 after colluding with c6381f49fe the Emperor, Parma 4951471c71 Redicia, or he 1ad012011c leads a rebellion 83f3185556 with the White bfaba213cd Lion Knight Order 097cfc319d and is killed 66ce300da3 by Daren, who b3b6bafe5d becomes a royal 361f63a146 guard knight. He dies while 31b8f5ba00 hindering Daren or be13eff6d4 dies absurdly. In any case, he dies.f466a7f1bd1c67a5

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.33806a9b736011a2

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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.c4f96d095a331fff