Chapter 13: Picked It Up (6)

Chapter 13: Picked It Up (6) Translator: miraclerifle Editor: Borderline Masochist But behind that satisfaction, Cale suddenly felt chills on the back of his neck. It was because Ron drank the lemon tea without any complaints. Clack. Why did the sound of the teacup being placed on the table feel so loud? Thankfully, it was not just Cale being paranoid. Choi Han, who had been quietly enjoying his tea, started to frown. “Why don’t you enjoy your tea a little more quietly?” Ron held back his laughter after seeing Choi Han take a peek at Cale before speaking in a more respectful tone to him. Today, he had found a decently useful sword for Choi Han. It was a sword made by the same blacksmith as the one who made Beacrox’s cooking knife. ‘Want to try it out?’ ‘I will not fight against someone who is trying to cut someone else with a cooking knife.’ His son, Beacrox, kept nagging Choi Han to fight him with that sword. It was because Beacrox learned a bit about Choi Han’s strength from that short bout last time, and wanted to find out more. However, Choi Han continued to reject him. ‘Ho, what a funny punk. What, do I need to bring a bloodied sword like you?’ Choi Han closed his eyes for a moment before opening them back up and responded to Beacrox as if he was confirming it for himself. ‘I, I will now be someone who protects. He said even I could do it.’ ‘What the heck are you saying?’ Ron watched his son and Choi Han’s cute bickering, before following Choi Han to come see Cale. He didn’t expect to hear such a precious thing. ‘I can’t live as a trash forever.’ That was what Ron was thinking about as he drank the lemon tea. But it looked like he was glaring at Choi Han. Cale was watching that scene with satisfaction. Ron and Choi Han’s relationship in ‘The Birth of a Hero’ was just like this. They were always at each other’s throats, but still continued to travel together. They were tied together by a contract, but they both knew they could also rely on one another. Cale thought that a lot of things got twisted because of his actions to not get beaten up, but it looked like their relationship was forming in a similar manner. ‘It is disappointing that it got twisted a bit, but my life comes first. I can’t let the novel dictate my life.’ For Cale, his life was the first priority. After that, it was that everybody living within his territory lived peacefully. What else could you need? “Sweet teas are really the best.” Ron flinched at the words that Cale happily said. The tea time for these three individuals ended in the middle of the downpour. “I guess the next time I will see you will be at the capital.” Cale shook his head toward Billos, who greeted Cale as he came down from the third floor after tea time. “I will be coming here everyday for a while.” “Is that so? To read the book?” “Whatever I feel like doing.” “Please feel free to visit whenever you would like. This tea shop is open to you at all times young master.” Billos was watching Cale, who walked by while pretending not to hear what he said, with curiosity. Ron was just quietly observing them from behind. The bastard son of the Flynn Merchant Guild. The fact that he was extremely talented made the official children resent him. That was why Billos had to come to this remote, yet profitable region in the Henituse territory. He couldn’t even use the family name of, ‘Flynn,’ either. Ron was observing Cale being friendly with this greedy Billos and clicked his tongue. It was because he thought to himself, ‘Why does it matter to me if that puppy young master is close to Billos?’ “Tsk. I guess even dislike creates affection.” “I don’t want my dislike of you to turn into affection.” Ron let out a sigh after seeing that the clueless Choi Han had misunderstood. “Not you, punk.” Ron’s gaze was on Cale. Ron was planning on heading to the capital anyways. It was because he had a bad feeling about it. He had been thinking about it countless times ever since Choi Han came out from the Forest of Darkness and entered the city with that dense murderous aura on him. The reason Ron had to hide out in this territory. The reason he had to escape from the Eastern Continent. It looked like he needed to research the people responsible for it one more time. ‘Wouldn’t it be appropriate for me to make sure our puppy young master safely arrives at the capital and safely leaves as my final duty as his servant?’ He claimed to others while laughing that he would be by the young master’s side because he found Cale’s scared expression to be funny, but would an assassin ever tell the truth to others? ‘I should tell Beacrox to make food that our little puppy young master will like during the journey.’ Cale was someone he looked after even more than his own son, Beacrox. Ron knew very well about the terrible things Cale has done, and the terrible personality that Cale had. However, there was someone else he knew. Ron remembered how the young Cale had consoled his father when his mother died. He also saw how Cale hated his stepmother and her family, but never caused a ruckus with them, even when he was drunk. ‘But he definitely is still trash, tsk.’ 18 years. Ron had watched over Cale for too long. *** Cale returned to his chamber immediately after returning to the estate, only to find the two baby kittens staring up at him. “Ah, I forgot about the two of you.” He should have brought Choi Han, who cherishes small animals. Choi Han had returned to his own room after saying that his heart needed to become stronger to be someone who protects. When Cale laughed and asked who Choi Han was going to protect, Choi Han responded that he would let Cale know once he became stronger. That answer gave Cale the chills. Cale didn’t know why someone as strong as Choi Han would want to become even stronger.