Chapter 30.5

Cale observed Lock’s situation before continuing on. “He will go berserk very soon.” He then turned to look at Rosalyn. Rosalyn nodded her head at his gaze, and sternly answered. “I don’t know what kind of person you are, but I am able to read the situation.” Although her tone was stern, her eyes were still gentle. “He is a young boy.” “I know.” She was asking Cale for help, and Cale was agreeing to help. Meeeow. At that moment, the two kittens appeared between the two of them and jumped onto the bed. On and Hong were staring at Lock when... “Ugh.” Lock revealed his teeth and started to growl at the kittens On and Hong. His instincts were in control over his rationality right now, making him react to other beast people. He looked so vicious that even Choi Han was worried. However... Meeeeeow. Smack. Hong used his front paw to smack Lock’s growling mouth. It was a sharp front paw attack that seemed to be telling Lock to stop it. He then looked toward Cale with eyes that seemed to be asking Cale to hurry up and help Lock. “He is fine.” Cale responded to Hong when there was a knock on the door. When Cale opened the door, Hans had brought drinks, as well as wet towels. Cale gave Hans another order. “Hans.” “Yes, sir.” “Bring something to carry him with.” “Ye...excuse me?” Cale pointed to Lock on the bed. “Put him on it and take him to the underground training arena. Oh, make sure all of the knights are out of the arena, and that nobody is in there.” Hans’s expression seemed to be asking why Cale would move a sick boy to the arena, but Cale just ignored it. “Hurry up.” “...Yes, sir.” Hans had a ton of questions, and was looking at Cale weirdly, but he still did his job. He quickly left to grab something to carry Lock with, while Cale turned around to look at Choi Han and Rosalyn. “Choi Han. And you.” “It’s Rosalyn.” “Yes, Rosalyn.” The two of them looked away from the bed to look at Cale. “Yes, Cale-nim.” “What is it?” Concern, worry, despair, and sincerity. With all those emotions on their faces, Choi Han and Rosalyn looked more like simple good people rather than heroes. Cale bluntly started to speak to the two of them. “You two will need to get beat up a bit.” “... Excuse me?” After a few seconds of silence, Rosalyn seemed shocked, while Choi Han just quietly waited for Cale’s continuing words. “Normally, when beast people with wild beast blood like the Wolf Tribe, Tiger Tribe, and Bear Tribe experience going berserk for the first time, their parents and siblings help take care of it. They take all the attacks of the berserk individual and protect them to make sure they don’t get hurt. That is how they protect their children.” Choi Han and Rosalyn’s expressions turned sour almost instantly. Lock did not have any parents or siblings now. Cale peeked over at Lock, before continuing to speak. “I can tell that is not an option for this child.” Clap. Cale clapped once, before pointing at Choi Han and Rosalyn. “That is why we will pretend that you are the mother and father, or, if you do not like that scenario, then you shall be the older brother and older sister. You two will need to figure out how to protect him.” Cale had his ‘Indestructible Shield,’ but he did not want to take care of Lock’s berserk state. Why should he step in when there were people stronger than him right here? Rosalyn and Choi Han looked at each other. “He will tire out on his own, and the berserk state will slowly disappear. It is important that his consciousness returns during this first berserk transformation. That is the only way to make him retain his consciousness and rationality the next time he transforms into the berserk mode.” That would be when his rationality beats out his natural instinct. It was important for beast people to reach that state. Choi Han debated it for a moment, before asking Cale a question. “Cale-nim, how long will he maintain his berserk mode?” “He has the purest of pure blood.” “...So you mean it will take a long time.” “Yes. Probably about two hours?” Cale approached Lock’s bed, and patted Choi Han’s shoulder. “It will be difficult for other people, but Choi Han, it should be easy for you. I trust you.” “... I will succeed. I am Lock’s hyung.” Rosalyn looked toward Choi Han with an odd expression. Choi Han had manically killed the assassins to protect the living. During their journey, he was always alert and observing his surroundings. However, such a person seemed extremely relaxed, even though this was a very urgent situation. She then heard Cale’s relaxed voice while she was still watching Choi Han. “Yes, yes you are. Let’s eat something delicious after it is done.” Cale was thinking about the food and wine he did not get to finish. The door opened at that moment, and Hans entered with Ron and something to carry Lock. “Young master, the arena has been cleared.” “That was fast.” Cale ordered Choi Han to move the now continuously growling Lock onto the stretcher, before saying the following. “Let’s go.” ******* Hyung is the Korean term for an older brother (not necessarily blood-related. As stated in an earlier chapter, Noona is the term for an older sister. However, both are true only if the younger person in this context is male.