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Cale: ...You three, *points at Raon, On and Hong who are smiling widely at him* I understand.

Cale: You guys, *points at the giggling wolf children* do what you want.

Cale: But you three *points and glares at Alberu, Choi Han, and Rosalyn who are fighting back laughs* no, just NO!

Read this sentence from chapter 1 of lout of the count's family for me

"He meets the main character a few times after he gets the scar, and, in a refreshing cider-like scene, gets beaten to a pulp."

"—meets the main character a few times"

I don't think og!Cale immediately got beaten up by Choi Han upon meeting him???

Now look at this from chapter 5.

"Cale threw five jabs before he was hit. Which means, one jab should be okay."

This sounds like og!Cale met Choi Han five times before he got beaten up. Of course, it could have been less and og!Cale just threw in more "jabs" per meeting but I find it interesting that, despite what is generally considered canon in the fandom, og!Cale was not immediately beaten up, and even met og!Choi Han multiple times before it.

To me... doesn't that sound like og!Cale was searching for a sore spot? Something that would throw Choi Han into a fit of anger enough to beat up the son of a count? Seems like his comment about Harris Village might not have been his true thoughts, but his last resort attempt– mocking the dead. To force Choi Han to react.

If my knowledge of canon isn't wrong either, og!Cale was alone with Choi Han when this happened. As if he had predicted that this would send Choi Han into a frenzy and didn't want his guards to try and protect him, or punish Choi Han for it. Since og!Cale also didn't tell anyone about who beat him up or why.

So as far as I can tell... og!Cale didn't mock Harris Village out of nowhere? But was instead a carefully selected choice that he made out of necessity– because Choi Han hadn't risen to any of his other "jabs" and he needed someone to beat him up. Perhaps to get out of going to the meeting with the nobles?

There's still some parts that don't make sense, but I'm going through the novel to double check my knowledge and verify it. For example, Ron says this in chapter 10.

"This is going to be your first time outside the Henituse territory, right?"

This implies that og!Cale has never taken up the responsibility of going to the noble's meeting, and this is confirmed when lcf!Cale goes to the residential manor at the capital and it's described how the servants have never met Cale before. BUT in the novel, it isn't a question on if lcf!Cale will be attending. He just does.

So og!Cale would have needed an excuse every time the nobles meeting came around for why he couldn't go. Now think about this: why did og!Cale get that scar on his side? Og!Cale isn't covered in scars, so why is it that suddenly he does something reckless like that a few days before having to leave for the nobles meeting?

Presumably, it's because he needed an excuse. But it's a scar by the time he meets Choi Han only a few days later, so clearly his father hired a priest so heal og!Cale, or already had one on hand. No injury, no excuse. So og!Cale decided to get Choi Han to beat him up. No one else in the territory would have been able to do it! og!Cale already scared off all the gangsters, who are also too afraid of the count's retaliation when they are found out. Choi Han has no fear of that retaliation, at least when it comes to mocking his dead family.

Note: og!Cale got that scar before meeting Choi Han. Then he meets Choi Han and starts throwing out jabs? This means either og!Cale didn't know that Choi Han was strong but goaded him anyway, knowing no one else would beat him up... or og!Cale already had enough strength to tell that Choi Han was extremely strong, enough that beating up a normal person and beating up a slightly strong person would feel exactly the same to him, and that's why he goes after him. Not because Choi Han would be the only one willing to beat him up in their territory– after all, surely there's at least one or two that would do it? So why Choi Han?

White Crown | Cale Henituse

Alberu: I would be happy if you ate, stayed hydrated and got a reasonable amount of sleep.

Cale: I said within reason, hyung-nim. How about I murder that guy?

Alberu: So murder is in reason but proper self care isn't?

a/n: I'm gonna be honest, it's been a while, so I'm not sure what fic you were referring to so I made it general huhu

Pls don't repost my work anywhere without my permission

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anon said: I saw ur recent fic and loved ittt

can u write smth abt the fam™️ reacting to cale & his lover (bc since when!!!)

I'll say it right now, most of them knew even before Cale made a formal announcement.

Some people knew right off the bat (Raon, Ohn, Hong, Ron). Not necessarily because Cale told them, but because they're always with Cale (the kids) or is just good like that, maybe follows him (Ron).

Other people find out about it because of Cale's difference in attitude (the rest of his group: Choi Han, Rosalyn, Hans, etc.). At first, they deemed the change odd, but became happy after realising that it was because he now has you as his lover. Though some are a bit slow in connecting the dots (Choi Han and Hans). However, Cale wasn't exactly being discreet. He would either go out saying that he was going to hang out with you, or invite you over to his place and hang out in private. So safe to say that they got the gist after a while.

As for Cale's parents, I'd like to believe that Hans, being the little tattle tale that he is, mentioned it in one of the reports. Now they are just waiting for him to formally introduce you to the family.

Alberu... Alberu has had enough to be honest. He'd seen it all; from Cale being in love to Cale finally asking you out. His happy for his dongsaeng, but please, someone stop Cale from teleporting to his bedroom to eat cookies and rant about random things (including demanding things to gift to you because Alberu is Cale's walking atm).

Now let's go to when Cale actually introduces you to everyone.

Since everyone already knew about you and had done extensive research about you to make sure you couldn't bring harm to their young master they were polite and all smiles. Immediately accepting you into the family and acting as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

Cale didn't think much about this, though. He just thought that a lout getting a lover is no big deal. When in reality, everyone had been preparing for this meeting FOR AGES.

Even when the Henituse family served your favourite foods for dinner, Cale just chalked it up to it being a coincidence, and the two of you mentioned in passing how you like every single dish they served.

That made everyone in the family feel proud and accomplished.

The entire family (bio and found) already knew that they were gonna like you based on their research, but actually meeting you really solidified it.

After Cale's formal introduction, the kids would demand that you outright. One time, Raon even straight up said that you should just live with them.

Cale took that to heart, by the way.

The adults were more subtle about it, but they definitely want you to be around more as well. They would constantly Cale how you were doing and when you're going to visit next, as well as if the two of you have any plans to move in together.