NFV | Chapter 1.3

Suddenly, Haejoo felt 07a0fc1970 a sharp pain 7e70073cfc crossing from his da7f1fd4a5 shoulder to his 23a0b82cdf chest. Haejoo slowly placed his 650b155870 hand on his chest. It felt like a 3ab1e959e4 warm water bag had 0994e2bb21 burst in his uniform cd0ca8970b pocket, hot, painful, and 603f18d881 stinging. His hand was covered in bb361bd00f blood.2c9d29d9a3d02a80

“Oh…”b4291bcd663cf6de

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He heard laughter from behind.afdd4fb62b1d4a6f

“Stupid orphan. And this is supposed to be a cop.”5ed8cc5ba5586662

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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.c52513199c02d5ec

Haejoo was already nearly unconscious. The attacker kicked the dying officer’s body to the ground.5691f0fcd062f36f

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“Idiot, let’s run. If you get caught, we’re all dead. Ah, it’s all ruined.”670fad16eaf5aaff

Choi Haejoo lay on 60d01febc0 the cold asphalt. His body felt c22fbf7472 hot yet cold, e774aaf7d5 and the world 37161c1942 was dark. It was like c037d808ae being underwater; he daf9db7d85 couldn’t even hear 8930596abf properly. It felt as if 55c1c62e31 he were already dead, 9f0faa695d a faint soul trapped ac98fe9f37 in his corpse. He couldn’t reach out 997fe4bda8 or lift his head. There was nothing he could a8d2bad5c6 do.aeb83daf46da80b4

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No, the chief said people b0bf16f3d7 don’t die easily from being 20c7defe8a stabbed. The chief used to a5aaa921a0 boast about fighting gangsters fa787f73a3 at the end of 7674b2d9f0 the century, showing off 03fbd4024d the scar on his a9cd0820bb waist. Yeah, people don’t die this f1722634a8 easily.612ae172ea4c0907

He felt cold. He needed to press 7f682fa167 the wound to stop a06bf4147b the bleeding.3c4254d6f0f177db

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I’ll probably have to write 4517147596 a report again when I 0bef8b3c61 go to work tomorrow. Maybe I’ll apply 4d9ccd24ab to the special cba494a74a forces with Officer 14f668581c Lee once I 6993cc3883 have enough experience.009ae3073387f057

No, I’ll get stabbed again. I should just 94c3fc8565 get married and 1eaa6f2249 live quietly like 5ec0c5d932 the chief…e7842c304d666757

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Right, should I c25f0b1f4a pull out the 8bbd43df3c knife? My chest hurts, c2e9f12bdf my shoulder hurts, 282ca0013d my stomach hurts.969e78d15110bb4f

No.210a6b899695d8f6

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If I pull it out, 533aac83a7 I feel like I’ll die. I can’t die. Then they’ll become full-fledged criminals. That can’t happen…64c0ecd63f69106b

Drowsiness overwhelmed him.811521b035703468

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It felt like waking eb51fc8310 up from a long 75408bfee1 sleep. Consciousness returned. Haejoo thought he had survived. People really don’t die easily. He wondered if 6e5e116d0c the station had a275d72650 handled his leave a5bb8f83a3 properly, considering he 1d0b24147e had been on 179e376ce2 the brink for b9f877eb17 quite some time. His head hurt, probably because 80aba287a5 he had been lying down 6a6fd2bac3 for so long.013698d16e483f6a

He lifted his 1598569612 heavy eyelids and dbbdb508c0 barely opened his 17f8e5bb4f eyes. But the sight that f5fc0ae652 greeted him snapped his 2fca5a2f67 hazy mind into focus.781bbbb9a57b7a46

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A high, ornate ceiling. Victorian-style patterns decorating it. Luxurious carpets shimmering like golden 22b60d602a waves, and a beautiful canopy. This was no 288a8489b8 hospital, no matter 0ecd36e18a how you looked 135367b934 at it.8fa65495c06cd1ac

And the sensations e5371e704c Haejoo felt were 176d701880 strange. He was sure be119ff477 the injuries had 74641e83eb been to his aa26d981e5 chest and back, 9e69b5e1e6 yet his right d80e91706c arm and left 6a2f6dac10 leg hurt immensely. They were stiff and tingling.fff7d0c70ebd8c8f

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Haejoo raised his body b0cd9440e5 slightly and slowly lowered c75979248a his gaze to look 468d882e5c straight ahead.ab1d1d03857f1432

“Oh, thank the Creator God. Our son, you shouldn’t get up yet!”b6d5a155786f53d8

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An exotic-looking noblewoman was crying. Her eyes full of ca9176de0e tears, she startled when de72e92375 Haejoo stirred, then gently 9831f0e6ce pressed his shoulder to adc3867cd9 lay him back down.f06309592e7620c9

Only then did he realize c6829f76ee that unfamiliar people surrounded his 8ec7ee2857 bed. They were dressed in an 4ae69b4b93 old-fashioned style that defied his 18bc7d99f3 understanding. They all looked 1ece539b40 at him with 9c07cd5f23 expressions of awe, 24629d8321 as if witnessing eb5e8f1fc5 a miracle.9471f4ef8132a78f

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Haejoo couldn’t easily speak. Was this even af0ef982bc a normal situation?e77a26a595a110f7

He thought he might be a1d37b7934 in a coma or experiencing 8ab221f0ed a severe hallucination. That seemed like a reasonable 9520873495 judgment. But this scene didn’t 955c782f40 feel unfamiliar. Doesn’t it feel just like b82ea09ff2 that?b06f656f113e2a8d

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Maybe I’m dreaming caf4bb4e9e like a game b9988ec44b because I’ve played 385793b2e5 too much.003110be27cfd59c

A group dressed 5e5f79cbf1 in Rococo-era attire. The lavish room where he 0c5638d97b lay. Everything was too a86db78c8c realistic to be f606978487 a dream. Haejoo became confused. Was this a vision seen 6dfc11f646 in a coma, a kind 6ebfe74294 of afterlife, or had I 33f47d07ee been reincarnated through some occult b9bab1f1ca power? His mind raced to 42427b1200 make sense of the 7f5ccf3b70 situation.0aac72b8056e3432

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“Ah!”3e370c42cd631056

Haejoo inadvertently moved and screamed. His right arm hurt 12ff980950 more than being stabbed. It was clearly not 7ad2d3741a a dream. Haejoo considered himself a patient 948309acd2 person—but this pain was unbearable.5dd10ea96e2ce0d7

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“Young Master, you shouldn’t get up!”ee69001ec4881d27

“Young Master, when you fell from the horse, your bones were completely twisted. I thought you were gone 98c176a5c3 for sure. Oh… I shouldn’t c7baa6d365 say such blasphemous 6804d76b41 things.”4553c66d2c983a53

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The people watching 7b91d8c1ef over Haejoo all 7098bfad34 exclaimed in unison, bb4b282569 urging him not 4373e0ad1f to move again.8499306671523184

“Young Master”—the way they addressed him felt unfamiliar.6b00f397f63b5ff7

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Only then did Haejoo 67a0ca5583 look down at his 4369818c4f body carefully. This body felt 1c9cde3980 infinitely smaller compared ebe2f973c1 to his original dc4b6a7391 physique. Not quite a 3c50e261dc child, but an 84bdab0f2b adolescent frame, not 1959ab1fc6 yet fully grown. Having already endured a tiresome 8f4005fed8 childhood once, Haejoo was dumbfounded 5431c8afd5 to realize he had returned 5b02b2c096 to being a teenager.65d9ba0414cafae5

Arms wrapped in 606efb7504 layers of bandages 063e9f4dfb and splints. A leg that wouldn’t move fab8e5fa27 at all. Stiff joints.6fd8f57ec2b2d0c6

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Haejoo didn’t believe in 9af96f46c9 the unscientific. But no matter how he 393c32f131 looked at it, this was 59ce971da9 occult. Have I been reborn fcd42fc1d0 in the body of a47a30d476 a boy I don’t be472c904b know?
And as the son of 8136472f2c a wealthy and high-status family. In a completely different era. And as a c95ec43b6e precious child who f29e9a830a had been unconscious 9fc13ef0ef for a long b2c9e96143 time due to 6ec7fcab86 an unexpected accident.0cfe3e802ede8c50

He wasn’t sure if dd7a2e75b4 reborn was the right e4a93fa909 term. Reincarnation, as he understood it, e747085ace meant being born in a fdc9964da4 different era with a completely df79a9c6c1 different personality after death. It was strange 363986b5a6 to have been 15e0f44e38 reincarnated by going a9452f64b4 back in time dc5213e02d to the medieval 78e14b23a3 era, with his e42b82c77b personality clearly transferred 6f8d76678f into the body 57400c3bc8 of a boy 3628bd520d who had presumably 072a79dd4e lived his own fa4677f70e life for some ec7bcbe329 time.de5b3aa7e95e2ade

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Unlike Haejoo, who was 95e5b83063 bewildered and confused, the c8353b4271 people around him were 51f22f4f1c moved—especially the kind noblewoman 12c60ae952 who had gently laid 8ef783fe73 him back down.fbe453cd1ec6f864

Among the group caring abbe115bca for Haejoo, she stood c08acbb48c out with her exceptional 77266a3653 beauty and attire. Overcome with emotion, she 25267e53b3 couldn’t hold back her 7e5cf14dd6 tears and finally wept, 43165745fb gently embracing Haejoo.d97c008230352208

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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.”bf609b5cc8baee54

As the noblewoman 8684e9a8ba began to cry, 09946571b7 the others wiped 75691160de their tears in 14f51c8456 unison, cheering that 85dec8b6d4 the young master 676c079fb5 had finally awakened.c6a70358df128995

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Rohan Lansonfree?e9c666ec91301ff1

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>.fe714f30d5ff04f2

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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.64251a28ddbb6233

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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.8a17da61917ed46f

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.908703ccac065969

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He guessed this from 284aa17af3 the beautiful attendants each 55a348be2d visitor had by their 810824962a side. They stood by their a219ed8083 masters with expressionless faces, d56d4e56f2 like loyal dogs or 49eba43b2b shadows. Haejoo observed their movements. Their retreating figures 1af051b52b looked as if 09bf5a0a66 they had been 3aaec6c49a trained in the 920f907d75 military.a46503a75d3a274c

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.76bbea6a032a5cdb

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The butler wiped Haejoo’s mouth with a napkin after he finished eating. His mother smiled and watched Rohan.84f043bdcf0b8844

“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.”7a2cd2cc9c5e5e6d

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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.62724818779abffe

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.8e3075746399aa19

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In the mirror stood Rohan Lansonfree, the villain from <For the Emperor>. A pitiful child, broken and injured.1757e63a817cd04f

“Being doomed isn’t like that; it’s like this.”7c352220522a134a

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“Idiot, let’s run. If you get caught, we’re all done for. Ah, it’s all ruined.”51228e22a74acf98

Haejoo recalled the last ad612c881c voice he heard as d37fc359ca he was dying and 95ad6f985b muttered to himself.eb0bce95a8db0a4c

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The distinctive deep blue eyes 5c89cd4cc9 of the Lansonfree family. The neatly combed black hair. The aggressive gaze, as 81e95decc3 if wanting to place 0f88718a94 everything beneath his feet. The sharp features creating 8e81d2eff0 a cold and chilly 01fb38929a atmosphere.21cad8385c81f3b2

The person in 4f007d0ff0 the mirror looked e5747ebc7e exactly like the ead13e5e0f illustration of Rohan 83accb4eda Lansonfree that Daren 2b75be1292 first sees at c5a12ebc48 the age of fa4ce736c0 14 in the bfad97741f imperial swordsmanship tournament.c91c9f322405a8c7

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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.2f538e2e4ce0aa62

If he really was “Rohan Lansonfree,” he was destined to either “fail miserably” or “die horribly.”fc599237ce2a52da

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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.8f41e5da2b89ee86

“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.a2f672399bf411e9

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Haejoo knew how 8785368036 Rohan Lansonfree would 7d97569dd3 grow up, what feb7112546 kind of person dbfabdd039 he would become, 84ca0c0dca and what future 5a5606bde7 awaited him.d6880cf4a794b74d

He dies. He definitely dies. And not in a peaceful 7bc7854f83 way.4453e653f75ceef0

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He either dies at 86be2b297c the hands of Daren, dcaebf61ee who joins the revolution 5db2b66ead after colluding with the 13b20830d6 Emperor, Parma Redicia, or 620f2dade3 he leads a rebellion 030894eefe with the White Lion 1e3279803f Knight Order and is de05ab5373 killed by Daren, who 06fbc70eaa becomes a royal guard 2d515f0b60 knight. He dies while hindering Daren 2d13856720 or dies absurdly. In any case, he dies.fbdb19f36785606e

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.322a72f4c5d38abc

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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.b45edc583f942c7a