On such a lovely day, Khan, who didn't have an appointment with the Gods, found himself in a novel.
Everything happens for a reason, it was not something got by accident that Khan was aware of himself existing in the world of fantasy novels, and awakening to some of the self that turned out to be just a character under someone's pen.
Currently, Khan was being kidnapped. The kidnappers didn't hesitate to use force when he protested violently, so only to be a hefty kicked and fell and hit his head against the square wooden crates stacked in the warehouse.
The pain hit him and Khan let out a groan, the back of his neck and temples stinging uncomfortably. He immediately had to receive another pain that stabbed directly into the soul before he could cope with the pain from the body. Khan scream upright with heavy breathing, the oxygen in his lungs was blocked by something, and his eyes stared blankly into nowhere as his brain received a flood of information that made his headache.
It was an unfamiliar recollection. No, it was actually very familiar.
It was a memory from his past life.
Originally, he was assaulted by kidnappers, the wound was enough to make him breathless. And yet, the memories of the past life flooded in like a waterfall at this moment. Khan felt like his head was being torn apart, being dragged out of his skull and trampled by someone.
"Damn fool! Watch out you kick the hostage to death now!"
"I just kicked lightly..."
"Can this dude withstand your light kicking? If he dies, we won't have a ransom!"
The noisy conversations from outside echoed in Khan's ears as he endured the pain that was about to make him faint. But it was this vague pain bring him to his awakening again. After a while, Khan felt like his body was lighter, and breathing was no longer too difficult. He panted to make up for the lack of oxygen earlier, and his vision gradually cleared.
The situation was not good at all.
Apparently, his ending is to die sooner or later.
Khan bit his lip, the taste of blood making him a little more alert. In the state of lying on the ground, he seemed to have fallen into a coma, not knowing anything about what happened. There was the sound of footsteps crunching on the wooden floor, its approach was to approach Khan. The owner of those steps put his hand in front of Khan's nose to check his breathing.
Khan didn't actually pass out completely, but he didn't open his eyes and still remained in a coma-like state. He was sorting through his past life memories which had just returned unexpectedly.
Khan of the present was not Khan of the former, but what his name was in his previous life, he couldn't remember. The memory footage in his head seemed to be pre-filtered when someone from his past life called out his name. The timbre of their voice was distorted and he couldn't hear any words clearly. But to him, the name in the past life didn't matter.
From the time he was born and carried the name, Khan Evangeline until now, he did not expect that he would be one of the characters of the adventure-fantasy novel.
Yeah, that also means this world is a novel.
Its name is… "Legend of reincarnation".
However, the most ridiculous thing is that the author - who wrote this book and his current fate - turned out to be his young sister in a previous life.
"Er… Aren't we going to take care of him too, Mr. Cole?"
"Of course, it has to be done neatly, but you also need to let the family of the hostage know he's alive in order to receive a ransom. This idiot!"
The annoyed voices of the two men resounded grumpily. Khan immediately noticed the name Cole. Oh, is that Cole? As soon as he thought of this name, his ears suddenly rang out the sound of flipping books very quickly, like a crazy wind blowing through and blowing away the thin pages of a thick hardcover book.
The sounds of the kidnappers' conversation blurred, cracked, and slowed down. Father Time's clock hands were stopped from spinning. And then from the depths of his subconscious, where the memory strips were carefully guarded in Pandora's box, he heard a familiar clear voice that always calmed him.
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- Cole is just a mob figure who plays a minor important role in the novel. Your beautiful sister will be kind-hearted to tell you a little bit about what his important role is!
- Wait, stop for a second, when did I tell you to tell??
- Hey, listen! Cole is the gang's leader in the Khan kidnapping, you remember Khan right? I told you before. He is the brother of the super-powerful protagonist!!! Well, looking at your face, I know you forgot the plot again, oh my god, how many times do I have to re-explain the content? But your beautiful sister is a benevolent person, so I will forgive your sacrilege attitude!
- What are you babbling on about?
- Hey, listen carefully! Khan Evangeline is the eldest son of Count Evangeline, he was about to be made a viscount when he was suddenly kidnapped. And our main character, who is also Khan's younger brother, is named Saul. From birth, Khan was destined to be without mana, and Saul was the outstanding genius in controlling the flow of mana as well as attracting elemental attributes such as opposites attract magnets.
- I don't care.
- The good story has just begun! On that day of the abduction, Khan was originally destined to have lost his life, and by the time the earl's family arrived, it was already too late. Khan's body was not intact, so pitiful. But rest assured, Khan will be resurrected by Count Evangeline. It's just that Khan wasn't human after that, but isn't it good to be alive? Isn't that right, my brother!?
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The conversation between the two opposite personalities brothers broke off in Khan's mind, and the headache also completely disappeared, leaving no residue of discomfort. Khan calmed down and confirmed the current situation.
He, Khan Evangeline, is currently the eldest son of Count Evangeline preparing to become a viscount when he is suddenly kidnapped. If he was Khan of the former - the rotten Khan could not be saved - he must have been afraid to pee his pants and kept praying, hoping that the earl would hurry up and come and redeem him.
But, the Khan of the present when he had past life memories was different.
He had past life memories, feeling like he was reliving his previous life when he was still wandering uncertainly in this life. And surprisingly, even though his memory seemed to be falling short of some - or many - important details, he still felt that his personality and personality in his past life, and it's completely encroaching on the corrupt Khan's ego in this life.
Therefore, he completely thought that Cole, the leader of this kidnapping operation, was a mentally handicapped person.
Beneath the bangs that obscured his vision, he saw the footsteps of the kidnappers moving back and forth. The Cole guy confidently went to kidnap a noble about to be given a peerage for ransom. Without a doubt, this fool considered the earl's house and the nobility to be a farce.
But this is not the time to comment. Khan carefully considers his current situation: he is being kidnapped and can be said to be safe because they still have to contact and wait for ransom information from the earl, who is also his father. And in the plot, it seems that he will die before help arrives.
Maybe, Khan will be killed by them right after receiving the ransom. It seems that these stupid kidnappers have already decided so, and it's not uncommon for fools rush in where angles fear to tread.
Khan's hands budged for a moment. Before the memory of his past life returned, he was afraid for his fate for which he did not realize that his hands, which were tied behind his back, were not a difficult problem to solve.
In his previous life, he worked as a street magician for a few months after deciding not to go to college, despite his grades being able to apply to any university. For a while, he fell in love with a stuntman career. He has learned a lot, and then applying knowledge in practice is no less. He had to work hard and sell his own time and effort little by little. All for the sake of a piece of rice and clothes, and also for one person.
The two hands tied now are nothing.
"Having this jack-a-dandy's letter in his hand, his rich father will believe it. You guy, you come here to keep sentry."
It was cole's voice. Looks like he needs the money very urgently. Obviously for the money.
Cole is just a thug with gambling blood and big daring. He used to do a lot of bad and violent things just to earn money to pay off debts and continue to gamble. That bastard can sell his daughter, sell his wife, even steal or rob, and the evil things that he does inexplicably always have a good beginning to make a good ending. Thanks to the good luck in the past, which nurtured his terrible courage, in the end, he made the decision to kidnap the eldest son of Count Evangeline.
A noble kidnapping that he thought was worth the money, so he did not see the gallows waiting behind him if this kidnapping plan failed.
Lost in thought, Khan suddenly suffered pain when someone grabbed the hair on his head and pulled it up. Khan opened his eyes and saw the kidnapper staring at him.
Khan's pupils shifted to the right, and he saw many wooden crates piled up.
"It still looks healthy." said a ruffian under cole's command, and then tongue clicked, "And the eyes and nose are full, and the hands and feet are not missing any fingers, what the hell do you worry about."
Khan understands how the guy's mood is right now, as it was. Khan understands this feeling very well - the feeling that the ant is aware that it can stand on top of a mouse, and then it begins to swagger. Khan did not act in a hurry, and let that guy do whatever he wanted. When he saw the pathetic appearance of the noble-born youth with a golden spoon, he gloats to release Khan and leave there. Leaving behind only one watchman.
Khan was thrown to the ground like trash, from beginning to end, he didn't moan a single word. The old man in charge of guarding, although he found it strange, but did not care, went to the door of the warehouse and sink down, lazily stretching out. Then, he picked up the bottle of wine that was placed in the corner of the door and gurgled it into his mouth.
At this time, Khan carefully observed the situation around him. He is in a warehouse, according to the memory of this incarnation, this is probably a hunter's house located in the forest near the town of Sylvia, where later Khan officially becomes the viscount and will take over the important role of governing responsibility.
He had originally intended to go to the town to see how the place he would rule in the future, bragging about it to his noble friends as corrupt as himself. His aim to set off early was not to shoulder any of the responsibilities of a future viscount, but just to show off. In this life, he lived a rich and selfless life, even as a fool. If this is not just the plot content, it is not unusual for "he" to have a short life and die early.
While silently using the trick of untying his hand, Khan also carefully considered who he was in this life. He's the kind of guy who has ever experienced riches and luxury, completely immersed in the splendid high life, over and over again, corrupting into lowly ambitions, and then leaving himself to himself slowly rots from the inside out.
It perfectly matches the role model of the supporting character and the sacrificed character in the novel. Even if he is the main character's brother.
Ah yes, the main character of this world - Saul Evangeline, the stepson of count Evangeline. The illegitimate child is not recognized who was born without any magical energy flowing in him.
Khan sneered. There's no magic in you. In fact, he was the one who was born without any magic power. The main character Saul is just a fake. If you're already the main character, what the hell can't you do without magic power?
As far as he could vaguely remember, he encountered this incident because the main character's mother played a dirty trick.
It seems that, in the plot of "The legend of reincarnation" which was worked to build so hard by khan's young sister. The main character's mother is not an ordinary person, but what kind of person was she? And what her identity was? He does not know, and also couldn't remember.
Yes, it is "couldn't remember" but not "can never remember".
He also couldn't remember the full plot of "The legend of reincarnation", though he himself knew that he hadn't forgotten, as if there was a thick fog blocking everything he should have known. What is this thing in the end? Although he wondered, Khan had to put that aside for a moment, which was not something he should be concerned about right now.
Anyway, Khan originally had a genuinely incompetent body, so he was easily abducted by these mobs because those possessing mana were inherently better physical bodies than incompetent ones.
Finally has untied, Khan lowered his head to hide his triumphant smile. he was originally thinking about how to deal with the guard when he suddenly heard the sound of bottles rolling across the hard rock floor. The sound reverberated in the not-so-spacious warehouse. He looked over and saw that the guard was so drunk as a fish that he slept without knowing what was going on.
Khan had untied his gauze and the ropes from his feet by himself, then he got up and walked over to the old wooden crates. There was also nothing inside but wine and some dried meat, it's exactly a convenient storehouse. Dried meat is not worth mentioning, but having wine is really respectable. If it's not stock available at the hunter's house, it's also a kidnapper's hoard. Is their property situation really that difficult? Or is it greed that creates false poverty?
Khan took out a few bottles of wine, there were not many left, but they were enough. He uncapped the bottle and poured the wine into the corners around the barn. Fortunately, there was straw in the barn, so it was easier for him.
Khan kept pouring the wine down so loud that the warehouse smelled, and he got drunk just by smelling it. The alcohol content of this wine is not mild! Now how to make a fire? This world is set in the fictional western world, it is difficult for science and technology to make great strides like the civilization he lived in his previous life because it still has something called magic, and it is not easy to find something like lighters here.
If he could use magic then everything would be much more convenient.
Ah, magic.
Khan turned his head to look at the guard who didn't do his duty, he smirked and walked forward leisurely.
"Make a cigar, sir?" said Khan in a soft voice, bringing his mouth close to the drunken guard's ear. "Dear boss, would you mind giving this coward some fire to light a cigar for you?"
A person who accepts the noble-kidnapping mission has only one goal: wealth and money. And while drunk, the brain is the easiest thing to fool when we know how to scratch the itch.
"Cigar… cigars? Fire, Fire? Hehe… That's right, I… I'm the boss!" smiled the drunken guard contentedly.
Khan also laughed as he watched him throw away the flame in his hand as if throwing confetti in welcome. Should it be said fortunately that he knows how to use fire-bending?
Red-orange fireworks exploded in the barn, and Khan smiled happily as it flickered wildly as caught on wooden and straw soaked in wine.
"Thank you, boss, have a good night's sleep." Khan patted his shoulder in praise of the never-sober kidnapper, stood up, and stretched.
Then, Khan pushed open the closed door and turned to leave. But he did not run out of the house, but quickly ran through the back area, hiding in the bushes and hiding in the dark to observe the situation outside. Flames started up at an unbelievable speed, soon attracting three running men. So there were a total of four people in the kidnapper group.
"What the hell is it?"
"F-Fire!!! Quickly, quickly put out the fire!!!"
"Damn it, why did Jack fall asleep like that?"
Khan recognized Cole's swearing voice, and who else in that place, whoever knows? He continued to watch them put out the fire together, no, to be exact, there was only one person responsible for that. Because that guy knows how to use water-bending. The elemental energy of this world is also cool!
A lot of things has happened to me today.
Khan sighed heavily and scratched his hair, then he turned and headed deeper into the woods, ignoring the worries of the kidnappers and their relentless uproar. He couldn't even run around in front of them, he'd be discovered anyway. So, Khan has to go a little deeper and then go around, then it's safer.
Khan thought so until he met a lone wolf eating his meal, its mouth full of blood, and the deer that was eaten and died without closing its eyes.
He saw that the world definitely wanted him to die for the fate of a supporting character. Well, what good does his death do for the protagonist? Khan clearly remembers that he was not close to the main character in this life, even their relationship is in a state of tension. The main character's brother is so pathetic.
Later, Khan also suddenly remembered his sister's words when she told the plot of "The legend of Reincarnation" at the time when he had just gained memories of his past life.
On that day of the abduction, Khan was originally destined to have lost his life, and by the time the earl's family arrived, it was already too late. Khan's body was not intact, so pitiful.
It turned out that the problem was there because he had missed the information.
Khan's body was not intact, so pitiful.
Khan sighed and looked at the wolf baring his fangs at him.
Khan Evangeline is a person who is born without magic power, does not have a good relationship with the main character, and does not have a weapon to defend himself, nothing but his life.
What do I have to do to survive? Ah, yeah...
Khan opened his mouth wide with a smile as the wolf pounced on him with its claws.
Do I have it? I have... "Plot contents."