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"Hey Choi Han... will you live for me?" The pale red-haired man in Choi Han's arms barely managed to raise his trembling hands to hold the hands of his lover, his lover who was now holding Cale's dying body.
Both Cale and Choi Han know that Cale did not get out of this place alive, his ancient powers are unable to heal him and he has also stopped vomiting blood, which Choi Han should be happy about but his heart sank when he realized what this meant - Cale ran out of blood to vomit.
"S..stay with me!" Choi Han muttered through the tears that now fell on Cale's pale face.
"Cale! Kim Rok Soo!" Choi Han started to shout as he could barely feel the pressure on his hands where Cale had held them a second ago.
"I'm sorry.. I wanted to stay with you guys a little longer. Take care of the kids for me, okay?", Cale muttered, barely able to bring himself to open his eyes. Then Choi Han's eyes widened as he realized that his lover's weak hand had fallen.
"Cale!"
"Young master!"
"Human!"
The last thing Cale heard was the sounds of sorrow and grief from his family shouting in the distance and the sounds of his knight crying.
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I'm going to hit him.
That was the first thing that came to Cale's mind when he woke up and the only thing he could see was the face of the God of Death.
The God of Death smiled with an unusual softness.
"Cale you're a hero" The God of Death started and looked a little guilty
'Oh I'm really dead. This isn't something I can get out of with the help of the ancient powers' he thought to himself as he saw the God of Death trying to start the conversation softly.
"I guess you understand already" The God of Death told the fact to Cale, who was still in his thoughts.
Cale knows that he has lived a long time, 36 years as Kim Rok Soo and another two years as Cale Henituse but now that he has found a reason to be happy- his children, his friends and his family, would he be selfish if he wanted more time with them?
"Don't worry your family will be safe the remnants of the sealed god are gone already and there is no reason for them to be in danger"
The God of Death said seeing Cale starting to get stressed under his indifferent face
"What will happen now?"
Cale asked, he knows Choi Han and the rest of his family will take care of the children, he is a little worried that Raon will destroy the world but he knows the rest will support him and take care of him and On and Hong.
"I can give you a chance to reincarnate to your original world but this time there will be no apocalypse and your curse is gone," the God of Death said this with a smile as if he had just given Cale a prize.
He doesn't want to go back he just wants to be a rich lazy man with his family and his lover and honor the dream of his team leader and his hyung and occasionally engage in farming.
" Do I have another option?" He asked the God of Death
"Yes but in this option you will be born into the same world as your current one but you will not have your ancient powers nor your memories compared to the first option where you will have both" The God of Death looked at Cale as if he now saw a helpless and pitiful child.
Cruel. That's the word Cale thought he heard the options,
no matter what he would lose something important to him, if he chose the first option he would no longer be able to see his family, his children and his lover but he would have the ancient powers to keep him company as always and he would be able to see his teammates once again,
but on the other hand in the second option he would be born into the same world without his ancient powers and without his memories.
"Have you made a decision?" The God of Death asked seeing the strange look on Cale's face
"Yes"