The Northern Grand Duke's Hamster|북 부대공의 햄스터 (English Translation/Unofficial)

Chapter 1

I became a hamster.

No wonder I thought I was hearing squeaks last night, it turned out to be like this.

Shiny golden fur that doesn’t lose its light even in the dark. Four lovely pink-tinted feet. Long whiskers that twitch whenever I move my cheeks. The black curtains flutter and the light leaks in from the steel cage hitting my eyes.

Wait a minute… a steel… cage?

A cage?!

― Eek. (Why?)

I didn’t just become a hamster. I became a hamster that’s been trapped somewhere.

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Thud. Thud. Thud.

The cage I was in suddenly shook heavily and my small body rolled around in different directions as the cage kept moving.

Who is it?! Who the hell drives like this?! Can’t you drive safely!

Thump.

My body sways to the corner again and I feel my butt stinging from falling too many times. Then I heard a horse sniffing, it felt thrilling to think that I was going to ride a horse. However, it only felt thrilling for a bit before I thought, It seems like I’m gonna be meeting King Yeomra.

(*//King Yeomra is the King of the underworld, hamster thinks he'll die because of the cage being shaken.)

Where the hell are we going? Why did I become a hamster? And why the hell are we not riding a bus or a train, but riding a horse? This is unfair, I feel so wronged. It’s so absurd that I have to explain, it’s so obvious that I’m a human not a hamster!

That’s right I’m human!

Bae Soohyun. I’m turning 27 this year. Even though my life was like a thorny path, I am a small mugwort that didn’t give up and kept living. It was a life where it seemed like I kept working day, night, dawn, early in the morning, from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday to Thursday to Friday to Friday to Friday… But I had no doubt that my hard work would pay off. After years of hard work, it seems the day has finally come. The day when the game I developed became a big hit.

I think it’s dead.

Dead… That’s right… I died. After the earlier confusion of becoming a hamster has passed, my memories slowly started to come back. The game became popular and it felt like the son I was raising finally became successful. I was finally able to receive the first batch of settlement money thanks to the game. I rushed back home feeling so happy that I could fly.

Rattle.

The cage suddenly shook as the horse started moving. And I started shaking back and forth, my head felt like it was going to pop and my eyes slowly lost shine as I felt dizzier and dizzier.

Are you kidding me?!

I kicked the cage a few times hoping for the shaking to stop and then heard a voice not so distant.

“I’m sorry.” An unfamiliar, deep yet friendly voice.

“Just endure it for a little bit more.”

But why did it feel like I’ve heard this line somewhere before.

I’m sorry, just endure it for a little bit more. I’ll take you to your new home soon.

It suddenly came to mind. While walking at the crossing on my way home, I bumped into a child who seemed anxious while carrying a hamster cage, then a car hit my body. I instinctively felt my death then, all my senses were occupied by the fact that I was hit by a car, and my consciousness started fading away.