Master of the Orphanage

Jeong-oh, who worked as an instructor at a neighborhood Taekwondo school, teaching children.
On a winter’s day, with Christmas just around the corner,
he died after being struck by a truck while trying to save a child he had never met before.

When Jeong-oh opened his eyes again, he found himself not in modern-day Korea, but in the Kingdom of Formené—a place beyond belief.
And here, the people immediately began treating him as a saint (聖人).¹

“Perhaps the lightning fried his brain?”
“Lightning? Me?”
“You truly don’t remember a thing, do you?”

Through a conversation with Kaidan, Duke of Formené and lord of Valois, Jeong-oh learned the truth—
he had awakened inside the body of Michell, the director of the Valois Orphanage.

With no time to adjust to this bizarre new reality, Jeong-oh became entangled in Kaidan’s interests,
and when he faced the frightened stares of the orphanage children, he realized the grim truth.

The body he now lived in—this Michell—was none other than a villain from the popular webtoon **“The Demon Knight.”**²

If there was a reason for this second life given to him…
Jeong-oh—no, Michell—grabbed hold of an entire cylindrical stand packed with whips.
Without hesitation, he hurled it into the fireplace. The flames swelled eagerly, devouring the dreadful instruments that had been fed into their jaws.

Staring into the burning whips, Michell vowed:
No more abuse in this orphanage.

The stench of charred leather was overwhelming.