Chapter 14.5

“Thanks. You be safe here too.” Lily vigorously nodded her head. “Yes!” She then quietly looked at Cale. Cale just casually asked in response to her gaze. “Should I buy you a present while on my trip?” “Really?” ‘As I thought. She wanted a present.’ Cale nodded his head as he watched the surprised, amazed, and happy expression all taking turns showing up on Lily’s face. “Yes. What would you like?” “A sword.” “...What?” “Please buy me a sword.” ‘A 7-year-old wants a sword?’ Seeing the shock on Cale’s face, Basen started to speak. “Hyung-nim, Lily’s dream these days is to become a swordsman.” “Is that so?” Cale seriously looked toward Lily. The people of this household all had long arms, long legs, and a good physique. Lily was only 7 years old, but she was tall for her age and could easily become a good swordsman if she put in the effort. “I guess it would suit her.” Lily’s eyes started to sparkle. “I will buy you an expensive one.” Lily started to smile as she lowered her head in embarrassment instead of responding. Cale did not see this, as he looked toward his 15-year-old younger brother, who was looking at him. “You want something too?” “A fountain pen.” “Got it.” The breakfast came to an end once he got the list of presents from his siblings. *** Cale’s expression was odd as he stood in front of the carriage that would take him to the capital. ‘How odd.’ He had an odd expression as he asked the person standing next to him. “Why is it that their seat is better than my seat?” Cale was looking at the expensive and soft cushion next to him, as well as the two kittens sitting on the cushion. “Young master, shouldn’t our precious cats travel comfortably on this trip? They are so small and precious.” Hans answered as he put the special treats he prepared for the cats in the carriage as well. Cale and Ron both had blank expressions on their faces. ‘It’s because he has not seen them create fog and fill it with poison.’ Cale called On and Hong to an empty corner of the garden three days ago. ‘What can you do?’ In response to his question, On created fog while in her cat form, while Hong used a bit of his blood to spread poison into the air. Of course, On was able to control the poisonous fog to prevent Cale from dying. Furthermore, the poison Hong could spread was only at the level of paralysis right now. ‘You two are quite useful.’ On and Hong proudly answered back after hearing Cale’s praise. ‘We were able to run away because of our poisonous fog!’ ‘We are quite useful!’ Starting from that day, On and Hong were able to eat delicious food all day long. Naturally, Hans was happy to provide for them. “Young master, I will be sitting with the driver up top.” “Okay.” Ron jumped up next to the driver, and Cale was about to board as well when Choi Han approached him. “Cale-nim.” Choi Han said that he did not want to call Cale young master, instead choosing to call him Cale-nim. “What?” “Is it okay for me to not be in the same carriage protecting you?” Cale’s expression turned like he had eaten some bitter persimmon. “...Is there...” ‘Is there a reason to do that?’ That was what Cale’s expression was saying, and Choi Han didn’t say anything else, instead just nodding his head. Cale started to squint his eyes while watching Choi Han walk away. ‘It’s really weird.’ Choi Han’s eyes were still not very clear. His mind still seemed to be full of anger and thoughts of revenge. When Cale mentioned yesterday that they had sent people to Harris Village, he could see the anger in Choi Han’s eyes. But he felt a little different than before. He wasn’t in complete despair like in the novel, thinking something along the lines of, ‘The world does not want me to be happy! How could they kill all of my loved ones?!’ That was why it was weird. ‘He recovered pretty quickly.’ He seemed to be at the stage in the novel when he was traveling with Beacrox, Rosalyn, and Lock, with a sword in his heart but a calm demeanor on the outside. He let it be since it wasn’t bad, but Cale had an oddly bitter feeling in his mouth. It was at that moment. “I don’t think this is your spot.” The leader of the envoy, the Vice Captain of the territory’s Knight Brigade, approached Choi Han and started to speak. The Vice Captain looked at Choi Han from head to toe before smirking, like he was looking down at Choi Han. ‘I knew we would have at least one person like this.’ Cale clicked his tongue. Choi Han had hidden his abilities to that of an average level. The problem was that Choi Han was the first person Cale brought to the Count’s Estate as a guest, and the fact that Count Deruth treated him like an important guest. Adding on the fact that he was going as part of Cale’s guards this time made some people start to dislike and oppose him. They didn’t annoy him visibly because he was still Cale’s guest, but there were a lot of things they were secretly doing to annoy Choi Han. ‘Young master, I do not think Choi Han-nim is getting along with the other knights who will be going with us to the capital.’ ‘Is that so?’ ‘Yes. I think the Vice Captain is responsible for it.’ ‘I got it Hans. You can stop worrying about it.’ Cale thought about Hans’s report and felt bad, not for Choi Han, but for the Vice Captain. ‘Soon enough, he’ll realize that his eyes were not just at the ground, but completely underground.’ It’ll be fine as long as he doesn’t do anything to get beaten up. Cale did not choose to try to resolve their issues. The Vice Captain will not be able to sleep properly once he sees Choi Han’s real skills. How could he sleep when he is extremely scared? “Young master, shall we leave now?” The Vice Captain asked Cale, and Cale closed the carriage door as he answered. “Yes. Let’s go.” 15 soldiers, 5 knights, and one special guard. Cale’s envoy, which consisted of this protection squad and then some other people, finally started to head toward the capital. Of course, as with most fantasy world travels, it was not a very uneventful trip. Nobody dared to touch Cale’s carriage in the Henituse territory. The carriage did not have the flag that represented the family, but the carriage itself had the Golden Turtle, the symbol of the Henituse family, drawn on it. It was representative of the Henituse family’s love for wealth and longevity. However, as soon as they left the Henituse territory, they ran into a situation. ‘As expected, they really do show up.’ While they were rushing through a mountain range, tens of people suddenly showed up in the valley. “Pay the toll if you want to cross this mountain!” “Take out everything you have! If we find anything after you claim to have taken everything out, it will be 1 slap for every 1 bronze we find!” Yes, it was the bandits. There were bound to be bandits in a fantasy story, but the fact that there were tens of them was surprising. They probably relied on their numbers to attack this carriage, which only had 5 knights. Cale looked toward the kitten On, who was yawning and asked. “You think they can’t see the symbol on my carriage?” “I guess so.” “Idiots! Beginners!” Cale nodded his head at Hong’s assessment. He was not afraid of bandits. Why would he be? Knock Knock. The knocking came from the small window by the driver’s seat before the window slightly opened, and Ron looked inside. “Young master, it looks like we will need to take a break. There seem to be quite a lot of rabbits here.” Rabbits. Cale shook for a moment. Ron went, ‘Ah!’ before smiling and added on. “Ah, this rabbit is different from the rabbit I was going to catch for you, young master. Of course, these rabbits will not be caught by me but by other people.” Cale was being protected by someone who was scarier than the bandits. He listened to the sound of the bandits’ screams coming from outside the carriage, as he started to calculate the time. “About a day and a half.” In about a day and a half, they would arrive around the area where the Black Dragon was being tortured. It was earlier than when Choi Han arrived in the novel. This was the reason he had made them rush forward without taking any breaks. ***** Looking really calm even though he still has a strong desire for revenge internally. Been really blind.