Chapter 48.5

Waaaaaaaaaaa- Cheering filled the plaza, as if it had never been silent from the start. The Black Dragon’s voice filled Cale’s head once again. - Humans are interesting. Whaaaaaaa- Cale could hear the Black Dragon’s voice, as well as the cheering of the crowd for a knight who had just received a medal. Cale felt like he could guess what the Black Dragon found to be interesting. However, because Cale was human, he understood the feelings of the people who were still alive better than the Black Dragon. There were times to be sad and times to be excited. Clap, clap, clap. That was why he clapped for the medal recipients as well. The atmosphere was much better now. People all enjoyed the medal ceremony as if it was a festival. This jovial environment made it possible for anybody to approach Cale right now. “Young master Cale.” Cale turned toward the quiet voice calling out to him. There were quite a lot of nobles who headed back home, thinking that the capital was a dangerous place because of the terror incident. That was why the number of nobles here was less than before, but one of those nobles approached Cale and called out to him. “What is it, young master Venion?” Venion Stan was still here. In addition, the heads of each region were still here as well. “I heard that you declined a medal. Will you not regret it?” The gazes of the nobles who had been looking up at the platform all turned toward Venion and Cale. Cale did not know why Venion was smiling so gently and asking him that question. - I want to kill him. Cale was just worried that Venion’s body would blow up right here. Cale hoped that the Black Dragon would calm down as he thought about the medal. Cale had rejected a medal. The reason for it was simple. He did not want to get, ‘recorded.’ There is a record of all of the past kings of the kingdom in the highest floor of the royal library. The floor underneath that holds the record of all of the, ‘heroes,’ who have received different medals of honor throughout the history of the kingdom. The crown used the fact that they needed to continue to provide these heroes with their reward money to locate and keep track of these heroes. ‘That might sound like fame and honor to others, but it just sounds like chains to me.’ Cale did not want to be recorded anywhere. It was easier to forget someone who was not recorded. Who would remember the incidents at this plaza in the future when war was going to break out soon? Even if they recalled this incident, they would remember other things first. The fact that he knew this was part of the reason Cale had decided to step forward during the terror incident, as well as the reason he wanted to avoid getting recorded. Cale started to smile as he looked toward Venion and started to speak. “What would I regret?” Cale had nothing to regret. He had received a handsome reward, and most importantly. “It is enough that we managed to survive.” He was able to live without getting seriously injured. That was the absolutely most important truth for Cale, no, for Kim Rok Soo. The area around Cale became silent. Venion spoke after a while so as to break that silence. “... I see.” “Yes. I am also very shy. I’m too shy to go up there to receive a medal.” Venion’s expression turned odd. However, Cale just shrugged his shoulder and turned around to clap for another person who was receiving a medal. The Black Dragon was debating how to kill Venion quickly and simply, before he looking at Cale and the people around Cale and shook his head. There were too many people looking at Cale right now. Both the nobles and the people down below were looking at Cale. The Black Dragon thought things would get very complicated and annoying for Cale if he killed Venion right now, so he decided to act like Cale and be still, very still, as he watched the ceremony. “This concludes today’s ceremony. However, this king will not forget this moment. I will remember it day after day in order to not forget the valiant heroes!” The ceremony ended with the king’s final remarks. Swiiiiiish- A rough wind that sounded like rain brushed through the plaza. Cale brushed back his messed up hair. The crown prince had said that Cale did not need to come to the memorial today. However, Cale still showed up. It was because he knew the weight of someone’s death. He finished his own memorial of sort and put his right hand to his heart. This alerted Eric, who started to speak. “Cale! Did you over do it? Does your heart hurt?” Cale looked toward Eric in disbelief and Cale’s confident gaze made Eric awkwardly smile as he slowly backed away. Eric seemed to be very embarrassed. Cale smiled at Eric’s reaction and patted his chest two times. He could feel the golden plaque in his inner pocket as he did that. It was the reward he had received from the crown prince. ‘The crown prince is more generous than I expected.’ The golden plaque gave Cale two opportunities to purchase anything, regardless of the cost. It didn’t matter whether he bought two slices of bread or two mountains. All that mattered was that he could only use it twice. Cale was going to use these two opportunities very effectively in the future. ‘I’m sure that the crown prince was thinking, ‘how much can you really spend,’ as he gave this to me.’ Either that, or he gave it to Cale to see just what Cale could manage to buy with it. ‘Too bad he was wrong.’ Cale started to smile. There were a lot of unique things you could buy in the world, as long as you knew how to buy them. - What are you planning now, weak human? Just be careful. Cale ignored the concerned comment of the Black Dragon, who had seen the smirk on Cale’s face. Cale looked around where he was standing and made eye contact with a lot of people. However, he trusted that these gazes would disappear once he left the capital. That was why Cale, who had finished preparing to leave early the next morning after returning to his residence, handed the Black Dragon a piece of steak along with three other items. The Black Dragon clutched the plate with the steak on it, as he asked. “What is this for?” The three items were all the magic bombs with the detonation devices removed. The compressed mana still existed in these bombs. For now, Cale was planning on using just one of these three bombs. A mischievous smirk appeared on Cale’s face. “Destroy a whirlpool.” Cale was planning on overturning Roan Kingdom’s Northeastern sea without anybody knowing about it. It was possible because neither the mermaids nor the Whale Tribe should be at the Northeastern sea right now.