Chapter 15.5

Cale made eye contact with each of the people before turning back to Choi Han to ask. “You can see them too, right?” ‘This is the protection for a wealthy Count’s son.’ Cale started to smile. He knew that they would all protect him. Of course, he wasn’t sure about Ron or Beacrox, but they would at least prevent him from getting killed by someone. ‘And they are not the only protection.’ Cale decided to be a little more honest to Choi Han, who was sitting there looking at him. He patted his heart as he answered. “I trust my heart. I will live.” Of course. The Indestructible Shield surrounding his heart will protect him. Well, as long as he avoided people like Choi Han that is... Choi Han looked toward Cale with shaky eyes. Meeow. Meow. “Hmm? What are you doing?” On and Hong approached Cale and started to push on his legs with their small paws. The claws on their paws hurt, making Cale frown, but the Cat Tribe siblings stopped eating and started to rub their cheeks on Cale’s leg. Clack. Choi Han put down his empty soup bowl and stood up from his seat. “...I’ll be practicing with my sword now.” “Right after eating?” “I feel like I need to get stronger.” ‘...Scary punk. Are you trying to get strong enough to blow the whole Earth away?’ Cale turned away in disgust. At that time, Beacrox approached him with a new dish. “Please enjoy.” “Oh! Thanks.” Cale looked at the plate that was filled with the highest quality spices and highest quality beef steak, and started to smile. “Bitter food and drinks like lemonade are best to restore your appetite.” This was the first time Ron had handed him a lemonade since their interaction at the tea shop. Cale just ignored the lemonade because he was excited about the steak. “If everyone has finished eating, we will start our evening training session soon.” Cale could hear the Vice Captain’s loud voice and started to think. ‘The Vice Captain must have been motivated by Choi Han.’ Cale looked at the fired up knights and soldiers as he chowed down on the steak and even the rabbit soup as well. The rabbit soup was pretty good once he tried it. Of course, he adamantly declined the jerky the kittens offered him. There was no seasoning on it so he wouldn’t even touch it. * * * ‘3 days.’ Cale calculated as they entered the village. ‘The Black Dragon will cause a mana explosion in 3 days.’ They were now in a Viscount’s territory that was right next to the Henituse territory. A villa belonging to the Viscount was built in the mountain on the right side of this village a few years ago. Naturally, while it was labeled as the Viscount’s villa on the outside, in reality, it belonged to Marquis Stan, the person responsible for making the Black Dragon go crazy. The viscount of this territory was nothing more than a dog of the Marquis. ‘And in the mountain behind the villa hides the cave with the Black Dragon.’ The Black Dragon causes a mana explosion and sends the cave and the mountain flying. Cale looked at the small peak to the right of the mountain he crossed and clicked his tongue. Venion of Marquis Stan’s family. Cale was thinking about the Marquis’s second son. He was a crazy psycho who crippled his own older brother to rise to the position of heir. That psycho visits the villa every so often to torture the Black Dragon for fun. “Tsk.” Hans flinched at Cale clicking his tongue, and quickly brought Choi Han over and started to speak. “Young master, I will take Choi Han-nim and quickly look for an inn. Please wait a moment.” The carriage was currently stopped outside of the village entrance. “Whatever.” “We will be right back.” Cale nodded his head at Hans’s statement while observing Choi Han. He had a nostalgic look in his eyes. Just why would Choi Han fight with an existence that caused a mana explosion? It was because he could not throw this small and quiet village away. Harris Village. This village was similar to the village that taught him about both love and hate. That was why he made a move to save the lives of these village people that he did not even know. Cale started to frown as he called Choi Han over. “Choi Han.” “...Yes?” “Hurry back.” Ah. A small gasp came out of Choi Han’s mouth. This 17-year-old boy who had lived for tens of years started to have an innocent smile on his face as he nodded his head. “Yes sir. I will be right back.” Cale motioned as if he was annoyed, but Choi Han bowed before quickly starting to walk toward the village with Hans. Cale, who preferred this focused Choi Han to the one who had a blank expression, continued to watch him before suddenly starting to frown. He could see a carriage quickly heading in their direction. ‘I have a bad feeling about this.’ Cale felt like someone with extremely sweaty hands was handing him a poisoned apple. It was a really bitter feeling. The cause of that bitter feeling was soon to be revealed. “Such-” Cale could not believe it. He could see an old man who could not manage to avoid the carriage, fall down on the road. He could also see Choi Han rushing toward the old man, as well as the carriage continuing to travel down the road like it was not going to stop. ‘Such a cliche!’ There was a flag hanging on that carriage. A red snake. It was the symbol of Marquis Stan. Cale’s eyes started to shake. It was about to happen. An incident was about to happen. Bang! Choi Han flung himself to rescue the old man, and the momentum forced him to smash into a building wall. Only then did the black carriage belonging to Marquis Stan finally stop. “Sigh.” Cale let out a sigh as he opened the carriage door. It looked like he had no choice but to head over to the site of that cliche event. **** Remember, Choi Han really doesn’t age