"I'M THE RELIC OF SALVATION" [TOMB RAIDER KING]

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"Salvation!" Joo-Heon slammed open the door of where they were staying and saw Dokja laying on the couch with the rope relic wrapped around him, using his phone while it was charging.

"Hyung?"

"Dammit don't run off like that!" Joo-Heon scolded him.

"Why?" questioned Dokja.

"Because um... you could've gotten lost...?" Joo-Heon tried to reason.

'Because I don't want you to break your contract with me and go after the guy that caught your eye last time,' was what Seo Joo-Heon meant to say.

"Hyung you're so silly. We made a contract so if I get lost I'll still know where you are," replied Dokja.

"Right... I forgot haha..." 

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"Who is the guy you need to find by going through all this?" asked Seung-Woo.  

"It's Yoo Jae-Ha," Seo Joo-Heon replied.

'The guy that caught my eye last time,'  Kim Dokja recognised the name.

"Aren't you the best when it comes to relics Hyung-nim?" questioned Seung-Woo.

"You're right, but relic restoration is a tricky task. Most restoration relics are on the artsy side. They require extremely high relic affinity. I'll get a big headache if I try it, but so what if I can't do it? Just get someone who can."

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They were now on Irene's helicopter and had just found out that Yoo Jae-Ha had actually scammed her brother with a fake painting a few months ago, but they found him dead after he drove off a cliff. Joo-Heon found it strange because it was currently five years before he and Jae-Ha met before he was sent back in time. '

That's false information. I literally met him just a while ago,'  thought Dokja.

"Let's try to find him," said Joo-heon.

"What? A-Are you saying that he might be alive?" stuttered Irene, shocked.

"He is a tough one. We must have hope," smirked Joo-heon.

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"W-What the hell? Is relic restoration usually this expensive? It's 10,000,000 won for one scratch. What a scam!" Seung-Woo pointed at the price on the paper.

"It doesn't matter. I won't be paying him anyways," Joo-Heon said.

'... He's scheming something again...'  Dokja sweat drop, looking away from his phone.

"Sorry for making you wait so long," the woman working apologised, putting a bag on the counter.

"It's fine. How are the relics?" asked Joo-Heon.

"Um... I am sorry but... the relics are too badly damaged. I don't think we can fix it. It's on the verge of destruction."

"Aha... Is that so?" Joo-Heon asked, looking at the 'relics' inside the bag before smacking it off the counter, making the items inside fall all over the floor. "What kind of bullsh!t is this?!"

"H-Hyung-nim why are you acting out all of a sudden?!" Seung-Woo asked.

"This woman fearlessly swapped out my relics with fakes," answered Joo-Heon.

"What?!" 

"What should I do with her?" Joo-Heon glared.

"I-I'm sorry! The real ones are in that room!" the woman said nervously. "I swear I didn't do it! Please spare my life!" 

Bang*

Seo Joo-Heon slammed the door open, knocking a familiar looking male who was listening in down on the floor.

"Ugh..."

"Gotcha. Rope, tie him up," Joo-Heon ordered.

"W-What? He had more relics?!" the male said surprised. "Get off me!"

"Where are my relics?" Joo-Heon questioned.

"I put it in the vault! Get me out of this thing! Let me down!" 

"Shut up. I'll get my stuff first," Joo-Heon entered the pin.

"What?! How to do you know the code?! Did you come here to do this on purpose?!"

"Does it matter? You're the one who did something wrong," Joo-Heon replied.

"What? You as$h*le!"

"Hey, there's a kid outside," Joo-Heon pressed his index finger against his lips.

"A kid?" the tied up male questioned and looked to the side. His eyes widened recognising the child. "It's you?"

"Hm?" Dokja looked up from his phone. "Oh, Jaeha-Hyung," Dokja smiled and waved at him.

"Huh?" Seo Joo-Heon and his henchmen were dumbfounded.

"What are you doing here kid?!" asked Jae-Ha.

"I signed a contract with him," Dokja pointed at Seo Joo-Heon, "and he bought me a phone..."

"Salvation," Joo-Heon spoke up.

"Yeah?" Dokja turned to look at the confused male.

"How do you know him?" 

"He's the guy that caught my eye the day we went to the casino," replied Dokja.

"... It was this guy?"

"Yeah, why?" 

"...Nothing."

After Seo Joo-Heon used the relic 'Shakespeare's childhood pen' to threaten Yoo Jae-Ha, he was able to make Jae-Ha agree to fixing his relics without charge and also offered him a deal.

"No way, that's a slave contract," said Jae-Ha.

"'Exclusive contract' is a better word," smiled Joo-Heon.

"Like that's any different! 0 restoration fees, I must go whenever you call me, I can't take any requests from anyone else and I don't have a say in anything you do. What the hell is this if it isn't a slavery contract?!" Jae-Ha complained. 

In the end, he ended up signing the 'slave contract' after Joo-Heon saved him from director Kwon's grasps. He also promised to help Jae-Ha get credit for his artwork that was stolen. 

To be continued....

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Yeah it's short but I'm having a writer's block rn




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