Chapter 68: Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This (5)

The large whale eyes of the Whale King, Shickler, moved toward Cale. Cale was smiling. ‘What a strong pressure.’ Shickler was the king of the ocean. He had a presence that could not be compared to the king of a kingdom that oversaw a small region of the Western continent. That was why Cale was starting to smile even more. Shickler’s pupils started to cloud as he began to smile. Cale stepped back a bit and opened up his arms. “How about we have our discussion above the deck?” Psssssssssssh. Water vapor filled the air as three individuals quietly approached the ship. Tap. Tap. Tap. The three people gently landed on the deck. Cale could hear Raon’s voice in his head at that time. - Dragons are much more beautiful and glorious! Cale understood Raon’s feelings and patted his head. These three pure-blooded Whales were extremely beautiful. ‘This one is completely stiff.’ Choi Han had stiffened up after seeing the Whale Tribe people. Cale followed Choi Han’s gaze and looked at each of the three people in front of him. The future Whale Queen, Witira. She was the same as usual. The Killer Whale with white hair. This man was probably Archie, the greatest warrior of the Whale Tribe. He had an important role in the Whale Tribe arc in the novel. He was the one who beat Lock up in the novel, and he was someone who was violent with a bad personality. However, his loyalty was quite strong. “It has been a while since I’ve come down to the southern ocean.” This old, yet cool voice made Choi Han turn his head. Shickler, the Whale King, had a gentle smile on his face. He was the most handsome middle-aged man in the novel. The author seemed to have put his soul into this character, as the novel took four lines to describe Shickler’s appearance. ‘I can see why the author did that.’ But it wasn’t like your appearance would feed you. Cale just needed to take in what he needed to take in. “The south is much warmer, isn’t it?” Shickler’s pupils started to cloud. ‘He is just as Witira described.’ His daughter, Witira, had said that Cale was a weak yet strong person. As she mentioned, he was the weakest person on the deck but had no issue being confident. “The south is good as well. Thank you for saving my son. I came with my daughter because I wanted to personally thank you.” “No need for such thanks. I just did what I needed to do.” Cale smiled gently as he reached his hand out respectfully. What would be the point of having a long discussion so late at night? “Since we are both busy people, shall we get right to the point?” “Sure. But you see..” Shickler let out a small sigh. Cale did the same before reaching his hand out. “Choi Han.” Tap. Cale put his hand on Choi Han’s shoulder. Shickler did a similar action. “Archie.” For some reason, Archie and Choi Han were staring at each other. What beef would two people who had met for the first time have with each other? Cale put some strength into the hand on Choi Han’s shoulder and Choi Han looked toward him. Choi Han was mesmerized by the Whale tribe’s beauty a moment ago, so what would have made him so angry? This ship would sink with a single slash of his sword if Choi Han started to fight on the ship. “What is it?” “...Cale-nim.” Choi Han bit down on his lips. At that moment, someone gave Cale the answer. As usual, it was the Black Dragon, Raon. - That Whale checked you out from head to toe! How dare he! Cale could hear Raon huffing as he turned away from Choi Han. Archie. Archie was even worse than Toonka. You know, the ones who are on the good side but always cause trouble? Archie was that type of character. He was someone who only pledged his allegiance to Shickler and did not even care about anybody else, including other members of the Whale tribe. He was the troublemaker of the Whales. Cale finally made eye contact with Archie. ‘Mm.’ Cale held back his groan. Archie really was looking at him with vicious eyes. Why was this punk acting like this? However, the answer was pretty obvious. ‘Probably because I made Shickler personally come to meet me.’ Archie didn’t care about the fact that Cale had saved Shickler’s son nor the fact that he helped out the Whales with the mermaids. Cale stiffened up a bit after looking into the vicious eyes of someone who was even stronger than Witira. Shickler could see Cale stiffen up and urgently started to glare at Archie. He had told Archie not to do this multiple times, but Archie never seemed to listen. “Archie, enou-.” Shickler stopped talking and turned his head. ‘Father, young master Cale is very odd. It was only for a moment, but he felt really big.’ He recalled what Witira had said as he looked at Cale. He could see that Cale was once again standing leisurely, as if he had never stiffened up in the first place. However, the atmosphere around Cale was different. He finally understood why his daughter had said that Cale was strong. A gaze that seemed so deep that they could not fathom the deepness was aimed toward Archie. Choi Han, who had been watching from the side, subconsciously stopped frowning. “...Cale-nim.” He then subconsciously called out to Cale as well, but Cale did not look at him. Choi Han oddly felt like that was only natural. Cale’s gaze was dominating and only looked forward. The atmosphere around Cale also captured everyone’s attention. It was different from a strong pressure. It was gentle yet firm, making it difficult to approach. It was because Cale was frowning. ‘My body is responding on its own.’ The Vitality of the Heart responded to the pressure from Archie, making a bit of the Dominating Aura come out as well. The two powers working together made it possible for him to escape the strong pressure from Archie. Cale slowly started to speak. “Who are you?” Since it was like this anyway, he might as well squash him right now. Cale did not like Archie’s gaze and slowly moved forward. Creak. Creak. The wooden planks on the deck creaked with his every step. “Just who do you think you are.” The Dominating Aura revealed about half of its strength. Exactly half a step. Cale stopped in front of Archie and asked in a blunt manner. “That you dare to stare at me like this?” Archie could not speak. He was definitely a bit taller than Cale, but it felt like Cale was looking down at him. Cale had definitely looked weak and he still felt like he would be able to kill Cale with a single hand, but he could not move. Archie could see the corner of Cale’s lips starting to gently go up. Cale could also see that Archie’s gaze had softened up, and so he coldly answered. “If you can’t even answer that question.” Archie could tell that the man in front of him, Cale, was looking down at him. “Then don’t get caught staring like that.” Cale and Archie stared at each other in silence for a few seconds until Archie’s foot took a step backward. At that moment, Cale put away the Dominating Aura and started to smile as he looked toward Shickler. “Isn’t that right, your majesty?” Cale did not want to fight with them since they would see each other a few more times in the future and they still needed to make some deals with each other. That was why he had only used half of the Domnating Aura and was now looking toward Shickler with the brightest smile he could muster. “...Indeed.” Shickler answered after a few moments and grabbed onto Archie’s shoulder with a very strong grip. “Apologize and introduce yourself.” Cale knew how Shickler had domesticated the troublemaker Archie. He beat him up. He beat up him so much that the entire ocean seemed to be filled with dust. He really beat him to a pulp while saying that a beating was the best medicine for a troublemaker.