Kimichi
Chapter Four (04)
“The Beginning”
In an Unknown Destination
FWISH!!!
The world twisted.
One second, Kimichi felt the solid weight of the ground beneath his feet—
the next, his stomach lurched as space itself folded.
Kuowon held him by the collar of his jacket, the fabric stretched tight between his fingers. Wind screamed past Kimichi’s ears as the land below them shrank into a spinning blur of dark green and grey.
The ground was far.
Too far.
Kimichi’s chest tightened.
His throat locked.
His fear of heights hit him like a punch.
“I—I’m gonna throw up…” he muttered, his voice breaking.
Below them—
KA-CHUM!!
The massive beast snapped its jaws shut on empty air.
CRACK!
Its teeth collided with each other, sparks flying from the impact. Confused, the creature roared in frustration and dropped back into the forest, shaking the trees with its weight.
The silence that followed was worse than the noise.
Kuowon finally turned his head slightly.
“Speak,” he said coldly. “Who are you?”
Kimichi tried to answer.
His lips moved… but no sound came out.
A sharp pain stabbed through his body.
“I… I can’t feel my legs…” he whispered, his voice thin, trembling.
Kuowon’s eyes shifted downward.
His expression changed.
Kimichi’s legs bent at unnatural angles, bones fractured from the violent speed of teleportation. The sudden displacement had crushed his human body like fragile glass.
Kuowon clicked his tongue.
“Oh, damn…”
He sighed. “I forgot.”
He remembered too late.
Teleporting with a normal human at his full velocity didn’t just move the body—it ripped it through space, compressing muscle and bone in a split second. Most humans couldn’t survive it.
Kimichi’s jacket tore.
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RIP!
His body slipped from Kuowon’s grip.
For a heartbeat—
He was weightless.
Then—
WHOOSH!!!
He fell.
The wind roared in his ears.
“Oh… shit… am I falling…?”
Pain flared through his legs as they flopped uselessly, his body tumbling through the air like torn paper.
“How did I even end up here…?” he thought, panic flooding his mind.
Kuowon’s eyes widened.
“Shit!”
FWISH!!
He vanished.
In the sky—
“Hai!! Sai!!”
A glowing magical circle spun into existence, runes burning bright across its surface.
WHOOOOSH!!!
From the circle burst a massive bird-like beast, its wings stretching wide, black feathers shimmering like liquid shadow. Its eyes glowed a sharp silver.
Hai-Sai.
The magical beast screeched as it dove.
SWOOP!
Just before Kimichi could slam into the ground—
THUD!
Hai-Sai grabbed him by the waist, slowing his fall with powerful wing beats, then gently lowered him onto the forest floor.
Kuowon reappeared beside him in a blur.
He dropped to one knee.
He placed his palm above Kimichi’s shattered legs.
But before he could begin the healing—
The forest growled.
From the distance, eyes lit up.
Red. Yellow. Pale blue.
The scent of blood had drawn predators.
Low snarls echoed between the trees.
Kuowon slowly stood.
A smile crept onto his face.
“So… you’re hungry.”
He flicked his wrist.
Six paper talismans flew into the air, spinning.
Each one glowed with the same Korean symbol burned into its surface:
[SEAL]
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The talismans exploded with light.
Six massive beasts emerged—
claws ripping into the soil, fangs dripping with glowing essence, wings beating against the night air like thunder.
“Don’t hold back,” Kuowon said calmly.
“My six Generals.”
ROOOAARR!!!
The forest trembled.
The wild beasts retreated in terror, their howls fading into the distance.
Kuowon knelt beside Kimichi again.
Warm light gathered around his hands.
Kimichi’s vision blurred.
The last thing he saw was Kuowon’s glowing palms hovering above him—
Then—
Darkness.
One Hour Later – Phoenix, Arizona
Saviour HQ
Kimichi’s eyes snapped open.
Cold floors.
Bright lights.
He found himself kneeling before a throne.
A man sat upon it—the King of Phoenix, Arizona.
Power radiated from him.
To Kimichi’s side—
Kuowon.
“Ahh,” Kuowon said with a lazy smile. “You’re awake.”
“What…?” Kimichi whispered, his head pounding.
Kuowon snapped his fingers.
SNAP!
Images flooded Kimichi’s mind.
Chains.
The panda fighting the shadow monster.
The unknown destination.
The king’s throne.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
His head felt like it was splitting open.
“What is this?!” Kimichi groaned, clutching his skull as a sharp ringing filled his ears.
“It’s okay,” Kuowon said calmly.
“Your memories are coming back. Re-awakening isn’t gentle.”
The White Space
Suddenly—
Everything vanished.
Kimichi stood alone in an endless white void.
No walls.
No sky.
No ground.
Just him.
The truth settled in.
“I get it now…” he whispered.
This world—
The chains.
The throne.
The monsters.
They were layers of memory traps.
Illusions built from his own mind.
Kimichi’s eyes glowed orange.
CRACK!!!
Reality shattered like glass.
The void broke apart.
Stone walls erupted from nothingness.
BOOM! CRASH! RUMBLE!
A massive castle formed around him—
built not from magic circles or spells—
But from his will.
A voice echoed in his mind.
[You finally figured it out, Young Lord.]
“Yes,” Kimichi said softly.
“I have, Sun Bae.”
Explanation of Kimichi’s Magic (Expanded)
Kimichi’s power is not simple elemental magic.
His gift is called Reality Imposition.
He doesn’t “create” things the normal way.
He forces his inner world onto the outer world.
When Kimichi believes something with complete awareness, his mind overwrites reality:
The castle formed because his mind remembered it as real.
The fourth wall shattered because he realized the world itself was false.
The chains broke because he no longer accepted them as real.
His magic only activates fully when:
His memories return
His identity is restored
And he understands that reality can be bent by perception
That’s why he was weak before.
That’s why he was trapped.
He wasn’t powerless—
He was asleep.
Back at Saviour HQ
Kimichi sat chained to a desk.
A door opened.
Kuowon walked in, tired, bored.
“Blah blah blah… okay I’m done,” he muttered, slamming the file shut.
“Kid, I wanna drink. You wanna go home. Let’s make this easy.”
Suddenly—
An orange aura surged from Kimichi.
BOOM!!!
The chains shattered.
Kuowon blinked.
“…What?”
Kimichi stood.
The room cracked, the world split open—
The truth revealed itself.
Kuowon smiled.
“About time,” he said. “You took long enough to wake up.”
They fist-bumped.
The hunt had begun.
To be continued......
