Chapter 2- Ok, TCF it is... Thank God

After dressing up, I ordered the butler to bring me my meal. I sat at the desk in my bedroom. There were various figurine-like sculptures on the desk.

And I had to admit, each of them looked like a piece of art.

"Young Master-nim, Your meal is ready."

The butler brought the food and I began eating while drifting into thoughts.

The original owner of this body, Simon Smith led a pretty sad life for someone that lived for 17 years.

And it was because of his family.

The original Simon didn't get along very well with his own family. Rather, His family didn't like him at all.

Heck, He was sent to live away from the family's main house. Just how bad did they ostracize this kid??

As an orphan who didn't have many friends while growing up, Familial relationship is a pretty foreign concept to me.

But, even I could see that the way the original Simon lived wasn't right.

"Young Master-nim, Are you fine? Is the food not to your liking?"

The old butler spoke as if he was worried but both of us knew that he was being sarcastic.

"Nope, Our dear Chef has prepared me this food with such great care. How would I not like it? In fact, Why don't you go and eat too? I am pretty sure that your old body needs plenty of nutrition."

I also smiled with "care" for my "dear" butler before shooing him off.

You might be wondering why I was acting like this to an old man but It really isn't my fault.

Am I supposed to show respect to someone that exploits a naive kid? Hell no.

This butler doesn't care about me at all. He must probably hate me Since he, who was a butler in the main household was sent to take care of me.

This old man is taking care of me because that is the order of his Master, my biological father in this world.

I quickly finished eating before looking out of the window. It was a bustling street with vendors opening their shops and people doing their own things. Even though this was the start of the day, The area was quite busy.

I got up from my chair and looked at the clouds in the sky while formulating a plan.

'It does not matter if this is LCF or BoAH. There is a fact. I need to get stronger. The BoAh world is a world full of war. Countless will die as the continents will be plunged into chaos.'

'But, If I am in the LCF world with Cale Henituse, No Kim Rok Soo in it. Then I don't have to worry about anything. Kim Rok soo was smart, and when I say smart I mean really smart.'

As a novel reader, I always loved his character. The way he thinks. His lack of emotions for strangers and how he cares for the people around him. His personality or character itself was charming to us fans.

No doubt, that Cale's existence made the world of BoAH full of color. From a generic revenge story to an absolute piece of work.

I have two choices. If I am in BoAH.

'I will take Cale's Ancient power. They are not useful to Choi Han and his crew at all. Cale also said that in the original series. That would be the easiest way.'

However, If this is the world of LCF. It will not be simple at all.

'As a true fan of LCF and Cale. I would never steal his things. If I stole them, It is equal to me completely messing up the canon. And that's the last thing I want to happen.'

'That means ancient power is a no. So, What should I choose? Magic? Sword? Spear? Shaman? Or should I just reveal myself as a reader and go under Cale's wings? Ugh. That's confusing. Anyway, let's first check the world I am in.'

I took a hat from the wardrobe before taking some money from the butler and went outside. I told him I was going for a walk and ordered him to clean my room.

The old man had a weird expression as I was acting 180 degrees different from the original Simon. different than usual. The old Simon would never have acted like me in front of the butler.

Why? He was scared of the butler. I mean, You can't really blame him tho.

However, I am different. I have his memories but not his personality. I am the type of person who does not give two sh*t about strangers.

If I and a girl were to be in a cliche scene of 'There is one bed and one sofa, Who will sleep where?'

I would jump on the bed and tell the girl to sleep on the sofa or the floor. Maybe this mentality prevented me from getting friends in my life but I was fine with it so doesn't matter.

People called me cold and unempathetic. Can't really blame them but all I want to say is that,

No matter what, I am still a human with a conscience just a bit cold. I won't just sit and watch a fellow human suffer if I can help them. Of course, the help will be really limited.

I can empathize with others but I won't, and that's my point.

I have lived by the motto of I decide what I do. Sympathy is given to those that deserve it. Originally In the Novel too,

Cale never treated his enemies with sympathy. He wouldn't hesitate to punish his enemies. Doesn't matter what their backstory was.

If you did something wrong, You did something wrong. This aspect of Cale was what made him an even better character to me.

While m̶o̶n̶o̶l̶o̶g̶u̶i̶n̶g̶ thinking. I walked towards a certain building.

A sign with the words 'Fragrance of Tea with Poetry' was hung out in front of the shop.

This place was owned by Billos, A bastard son of the leader of one of the biggest merchant guilds. I sat on one of the empty tables and ordered some tea.

Soon an attendant brought me a cup of aromatic tea with a novel I had asked for. I thanked him before reading the novel and occasionally sipping my tea.

After half an hour, I went to the counter where Billos was.

'Damn, He looks handsome even when he looks like a piggy bank. '

Of course, I looked more handsome. Only Cale with long hair can match me. Along with praising myself, I also paid for my tea and started a small conversation with Billos.

"This place is really nice. I liked the tea and the book. Looks like I will be here frequently."

Billos just smiled and replied.

"Thank you, Sir. I am glad you enjoyed your stay. Here is your change."

"No, You can take it. Consider it a small tip. I will be a frequent visitor here."

He smiled and nodded. I then walked out and started heading towards the slums. After reaching there, I smirked as I thought

'Ok, So LCF it is... Thank God'