Did we as a fandom collectively realize that both Alberu and Cale are going to live hella long. Like, Alberu is 25% dark elf and Cale has the vitality of the hearth. And I imagine Alberu does not want to be the Emperor for his whole life, so let's say ha passes on the mantel to someone else in his 60s. And now you have the ex-emperor and ex-commander who still look like they are in their 20s with nothing to do but bother each other in one of Cale's many properties. So at some point, out of boredom, a prank war is declared. And 'because they are both sneaky motherfucker's they get bored with pranking each other very quickly. So they, once again out of boredom, escalate the prank war. But this time they team up against everyone else just to see what they can do. 10 years later the prank war is nationwide, their companions saw through them pretty quickly so they had to escalate it again. 20 years later, the war has spread through the both continents. And I imagine that they found a way to do all of this without moving out of one of the mansions too much. They just sit and eat cookies while watching everything through the communication devices like it's reality TV.

Remember when Cale told Alver that the White Star gave him cookies and that they even tasted better than Alver's cookies? And then for some 'odd reason', Alver felt upset? And he also felt as though he had lost to White Star?

Because I think about it everyday. The whole Naru Von Ejellan arc was insane in so many ways and this is just one small part of it.

Alberu: Cale is the person who would go along with anything if he thinks it’s to put on an act for the public

Alberu: If I kissed him in front of a crowd without warning, he would hesitate, but he would kiss me back. He might even go further and put on a lovestruck act in order to really sell it. That man is the king of improv and it scares me

AlCale my beloved 💛❤️

When Cale 13, he somehow end up in Mogoru Empire territories

Cale create new identity as a dancer just for fun

At first, he did it for fun but he found his love for dance

He occasionally went there to dance and take a break of his trash persona

NO WS

Accidently pull interest of three crown princes, Alberu, Adin, and Valentino

Idk how they found out his true identity but

Being the more bold one, Adin send an envoy to Henituse county, telling everyone his intention, and asked the count for his eldest son hand on marriage

Doesn't want to lose, doesn't let the county to recover the shocking news, Alberu and Valentino also move

Now, the hottest rumor in the whole continent, even the whale and dragons heard about it, is about the trash young master got courted by three crown princes

I always love Cale and Alberu's interactions the most. So knowing that Cale would just randomly think of Alberu when he was travelling to other worlds is so cute.

an au I thought up of where Cale does actually decide to run away and helps the roan Kingdom from the shadows and stuff-

It'd be funny if Cale just slapped all of the information from the five novels he read into a stack of paper and sent it to Alberu, his reasoning being "I don't wanna do shit, you deal with the war(s) :D" you could also have a moment where Cale sends another letter basically saying "your current commanders are shit not bad but could be better, have some war strategies (If you don't send me money for this I'll break into your office and move everything two inches to the left)"

Before running away, he collects enough allowance from Deruth to last him a while, gets the shield ancient power, and he gains the trust of the cats so they follow him. On the night that he's supposed to meet Choi han, Cale gives him something (a sandwich?) he bought earlier to eat and directs him towards the Henituse mansion with a letter that was mostly prepared beforehand so the guards (and Ron) let him in.

Cale saves the dragon with the rented devices from billos with a bit more difficulty (and injuries) but he manages to free him anyways.

Then he begins to head towards the capital (because as much as he'd like to go to the ubar territory, there's a chance amiru could see him-) and plans to stay there for a while before the plaza terror incident. He takes the healing ancient power, gives advice to Taylor while doing his best to avoid him and cage, and unofficially officially adopts the dragon into his party. Not exactly in that order but oh well-

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Ron and Beacrox are mighty suspicious of Choi han because he's brought a letter that was obviously from their young master but without the young master. And shit gets worse when Cale doesn't come back home that night-

Choi han gets interrogated, fights Ron (only a lil), and sets out to find the person that helped him in his time of intense despair, memories of the kind stranger feeding the cats and handing him something to eat when he hadn't eaten anything in two days(Choi han).

He feels grateful, and chooses to ignore the rumors about a "drunk, trashy young master" because the person who helped him and the person from the rumors seem like completely different people. (Later, when he finds the redhead, he'll notice that he was, infact, completely correct.)

Ron and Beacrox join him because he smells like the organization that attacked their family and because Choi han is, unfortunately, the only lead they have on finding the young master that they took care of.

When they eventually find cale (new additions including lock and Rosalyn, yay) Choi han is deadset on repaying his meal and the help they received during the plaza terror incident

This Choi han is a tad more mentally unstable and latches onto the only source of somewhat warmth he's received since Harris village-

Ron is being a dad in the background and scolding Cale for not telling them his plan of running away and Beacrox is looking disapprovingly at the fact that the young master has gotten skinnier-

(Alberu is shooketh in the background because that letter he got detailing the bombing and a few other things days ago actually came true and is this person an ally or a threat-)

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A draft from a while ago, with some things that were added-

Alver: Cale henituse, I hate you and I want to spend the rest of my life hating you.

Cale: are you proposing?

Alver: duh.

Cale: son of a bi-. Yes.

When you're a multishipper:

He's disappointed in more ways than one...

Alberu: Talk dirty to me Cale: Inflation is a serious problem and lumber prices are at an all time high Alberu: Wha- Cale: The economy is in shambles. Alberu: No wait, stop- Cale: Crops are facing blight and supplies are low, the citizens are discontent. Alberu, shrinking away: This isn't what I had in mind!!!

The longer Cale’s hair gets, the thinner he becomes

(c) to the artist, just saw this in pinterest.

Reminder that what mattered to Alver the most upon the revelation of the sun god's curse was the fact that all he wanted was Cale's reassurance. The reassurance that despite anything, he will always believe that Alver deserves to be the king.

He had faith that Cale would stand by him no matter what and if he didn't, then Alver would have lost the ability to trust anyone again in that manner.

And once he got the reassurance he wanted, Once he realised that it really didn't matter to Cale, he laughed out loud feeling relieved and emotional that the brief misunderstanding he felt towards the other man was nothing but a mere misunderstanding.

That Cale will stand by him no matter what.

Cale saying that he deserves to be the king, that no one else is suited to be the king of the Roan Kingdom other than Alver...

That scene is so precious to me. It is one of the most impactful moments which shows just how much Cale's opinions matter to Alver.

And how much Cale believes in his hyung-nim.

(They drive me crazy.)

I actually had this crazy idea for a tcf fanfiction. So Raon told Cale (despite him not wanting to know) that Alberu is not human and his hair and eyes are dyed magicall, them originally being brown. When Raon saw dead mana for the first time, he realized it was similar to the energy the crown prince was giving off. That is how they cane to realize that Alberu Crossman is actually a dark elf. So imagine of he was a vampire instead. Like, they're also creatures of the dark and not much about their powers are revealed (I haven't reached that part of the novel, I've only read spoilers). So like, Raon would go he's not human. He's strong, very strong. His hair is actually white (I don't know the real hair colour of vampires) and Cale trying to figure out what exactly Alberu is. Maybe he wouldn't because he thinks getting involved with the crown prince would be trouble for him, but he might have to because the help of this scamming prince is very essential in his future plans. Since Raon was never exposed to Vampires in the first season, I suppose there's no way to find out. Then imagine they somehow formed an alliance. Then Raon gets to meet a vampire, and he goes, it's similar to the energy of the crown prince. And Cale be like, wut? But there are a lot if complications in this fanfiction, because vampires age like, very slowly and a twenty something year old Alberu would be a toddler more than anything. But it might be different for half-vampires, I think? (If that's even a thing) And imagine Alberu going, your blood smells nice or something like that Fredo guy and Cale just making a deal with his blood rather than dead mana? I dunno, this all sounds messed up but it's so funny. I mean, Eruhaben who lived for a thousand years can be the one to reveal Alberu being a vampire too, since he's a thousand years old and has seen a lot of beings. And then, I dunno, Fredo can be alberu's mom's brother or something? And he'll go, oh my nephew, is that you?.....this is such a mess

This fanart is inspired from @/DL_MASK_'s work, wanna add a link to their work but they unfortunately deleted it 🥲

"I'm scared of the love I have for you. Because I know it will ruin me. And I also know that I will let it."

This is ogAlCale core, mostly from Alberu's pov

Cale: *chilling on Alberu's bed*

Alberu: Stealing from me again?

Cale: What?

Alberu: First my heart, now my bed.

Cale:

Alberu: What's next my last name?