Chapter 23.5

Cale snorted at Choi Han’s words. Keep Ron around him? Cale was planning on pushing Ron over to Choi Han the moment they arrived at the capital. “Whether it is you or Ron.” “Excuse me?” “You say that he has a dangerous strength, but why do you leave Ron alone?” “That is because-.” Choi Han suddenly could not say anything. “It is probably because he has not done anything to you.” Choi Han could not retort Cale’s words. There was the initial misunderstanding had that led to their small battle, but Ron had helped him find a sword after that, and even helped take care of the issue with Harris Village. Cale silently observed Choi Han. It was not just to Choi Han. Ron did not do anything to anybody. The only thing that Ron did was giving Cale lemonade every so often or making fun of Cale with rabbit meat. But that was nothing. “Ron has been my servant for 18 years.” No matter what, Ron was dedicated to his act as a servant. Even the Vice Captain, who cared a lot about hierarchy, did not get angry when Ron, a servant, was walking shoulder to shoulder with him. Even deputy butler Hans did not get angry when Ron did his job for him. It was because Ron was skilled and well-liked throughout the estate. “Do you hate Ron?” Choi Han shook his head after debating it for a moment. “No.” “Then?” “I just thought it would be better for you to know that he was a dangerous person, and thus decided to report.” “Whether it is you or Ron.” Choi Han looked at Cale after hearing that once more. “You are both the same to me. In that aspect, you are dangerous as well.” Cale looked at Choi Han with a stoic expression and continued to speak. “You are strong as well.” “Ah.” Choi Han let out a gasp. Cale didn’t know the reason behind it, but continued to speak. “It’s all the same to me.” He didn’t know the reason, but Ron, who had come over from the Eastern Continent, was living in the Henituse territory while hiding his identity. If someone like that was to touch the son of the Count? That would spread like wildfire in the kingdom. Ron was someone who did not care about anything or anyone else, other than his son and himself. So why would someone like that cause a ruckus? Cale was just scared because he knew that Ron was a dangerous old man. He wanted to get rid of that dangerous old man as soon as possible so that he could live in peace. “As long as he is my servant, he is just my servant. Just like you are Choi Han, who needs to pay me back.” Cale checked his watch. The strength of the wind in the cave was different based on the time of day. He needed to hurry. “You have nothing else to say, right? Don’t follow me.” Choi Han silently nodded his head in respond. Cale did not even look back as he headed to the small mountain. After seeing that he could no longer see Cale, Choi Han looked back at the tree at the mountain entrance and started to speak. “You heard him, right?” Ron smoothly jumped off the tree. He glared at Choi Han and started to smile. A blunt voice started to flow out of Ron’s mouth. “I changed his poopy diapers and raised him since he was young.” That was the truth. Choi Han stood in front of the path to the mountain and started to speak. “Cale-nim had said that nobody is to follow him from here on.” “I know, you little punk.” Ron turned his back to the mountain with no regrets. After hearing that Cale was only going with Choi Han, and even leaving the Cat Tribe children behind, Ron had followed, just in case something happened. “I shouldn’t have come.” They say that you get more fickle the older you get, and this fickleness was such a pain. Ron walked back to the inn at a much slower pace than when he had left, and Choi Han watched Ron disappear before sitting down on a boulder to wait for Cale to return. Cale was standing in front of a cave just off of the mountain path. The cave entrance was covered with vines, such that it would be difficult to find unless you were looking carefully. “Damn it.” Cale started to frown. The cave entrance was pretty small. He looked down at his clothes. He had worn simple clothes, but they were still baggy. “Sigh.” Cale let out a long sigh before crawling into the cave. Whether it was the man-eating tree or this cave, everything related to ancient powers seemed to be crazy. The ground by the cave entrance now had the traces of Cale crawling in. A moment later, there was a small reptile footprint on the same spot. Cale could see the cave becoming wider after crawling in for about five minutes. ‘Taylor must have been really desperate. He crawled all the way in here, even with his disabled lower body.’ Since you had to stack the rock tower with your own strength, the eldest son Taylor had to personally come here. What took Cale five minutes to do probably took Taylor much, much longer. Cale stood back up once it was wide enough and started to walk farther in. The farther he went in, the clearer the noise in his ear became. Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish. Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish. It was the sound of the wind. The sound that appeared when the winds were hitting each other became louder as he walked farther into the cave. Finally, Cale located some cloth and a pillar that was probably a hut a long time ago. After taking a single look at it, Cale continued to walk farther inside. Swiiiiiiiiiiiish. The sound of the wind became even stronger. Boom. Boom. He could even hear the wind crashing into the cave walls like a giant fist. Cale started to walk even faster. ‘The wind. I wonder if it will sound like this when I get the, ‘Sound of the Wind,’ ancient power later.’ Shield. Then Recovery. Then quick feet. That was Cale’s plan of action. Cale finally had to stop walking after thinking about the next ancient power he would be trying to get. It wasn’t that he stopped walking, it was that he was forced to stop walking. “Wow.” This was even worse than Cale had expected. A large underground area had appeared in front of Cale. At the same time, a vicious wind tornado filled his gaze. Boom, boom! The rocks on the cave walls were slowly crumbling because of the tornado. There were quite a bit of rocks on the ground that let Cale know that this area was consistently getting larger. Cale looked back and forth between the underground area and the path that he traveled to get here. He felt like he would be pushed back by the wind if he went inside. Well, not just pushed back, but smashed against the wall, which would probably seriously injure him. That was how strong the wind was. “Mm.” Of course, the center of that tornado will be calm, as it is the eye of the storm. ‘I guess it would have been impossible for Taylor without Cage’s help.’ He now understood why the novel said the two of them had struggled for a whole week. However, Cale started to smile. It was now going to be a battle against time. Cale stepped into the underground area, into the vicious tornado, without any hesitation. Cale’s red hair started to flutter along with his clothes. At the same time... “N, no! You will get hurt! You are extremely weak!” The dragon appeared at the back of the path and shouted urgently. Also at the same time ... “...Huh?” The dragon could see a large shield with silver wings appear and surround Cale. The wings, that were shining so brightly that it could be called holy, surrounded Cale while the large shield blocked the wind. The shield and the wings were keeping Cale safe. Cale turned around. His eyes opened widely as his gaze landed on the dragon. “What the hell are you doing here?” The Black Dragon could not say anything in response.