Chapter 73.5

That was why Cale had gathered the three others into his room. Of course, he needed to crouch to look at the three of them. On, Hong, and Raon were all sitting on the ground. “Did you find him?” On and Hong started to smile. “We have a good feeling about where he may be!” “We know approximately where he is!” They were very excited. Cale had already changed into another outfit. He then looked toward Raon and started to speak. “To the liege’s room please.” Raon covered Cale, On, and Hong with invisibility and flight magic before avoiding the gazes of the other people and arriving at the 20th floor of the Magic Tower, the liege’s room. Since all of the alarm magic devices were already broken and only a guard was left at the entrance of the Magic Tower, it was not very difficult. Toonka had been adamant that as many people as possible took part in the celebration. He was oddly useful in times like this. Whaaaaaaa~ Hahahahaha~ Laughter and clapping, as well as even singing, could be heard echoing throughout the night. Cale could see the soldiers and citizens all gathered by a bonfire and dancing around. They seemed excited to be celebrating for the first time in a while. Cale put his magic bag on his waist before looking toward the kittens. The kittens slowly started to guide Cale through the Magic Tower. They moved stealthily, living up to their reputation as members of the stealthy Cat tribe, while Cale followed behind them down the stairs. He could not use any magic device since they would leave some evidence of being used. However, Cale then started to frown. He stopped exactly on the 15th floor stairs and asked. “...Where is he?” This was how the novel had described Mueller. Which wall would it be? Where would Mueller be? Hong wagged his red tail as he answered. “The first underground level!” Damn it. Cale had selected the wrong spot to enter. Cale held back his sigh before quietly using the Sound of the Wind and picking the kittens up in his arms. He then spoke to Raon. “Follow me.” Cale’s body moved very quickly down the stairs. Tap. Tap. It was very quiet, such that the guards outside would not be able to hear it. The Magic Tower’s layout was 20 stories above ground and three stories underground. “A, amazing!” “We got down here in an instant!” - You are weak, but as fast as my claw, human!” Cale listened to the compliments of the three, who averaged only 7 years of age, while he stood outside the stairs to the underground levels. “Around here?” “Yes!” The kittens were saying that they could smell a Rat. However, even they could not know the exact location. Cale had read the novel, so he could open the secret door as long as he knew the location. ‘It really described a lot of useless things.’ ‘The Birth of a Hero,’ took time to describe all extras and passing characters with at least one line of description. Cale only knew the location because of this. Cale took out a small steel rod from his magic bag. On and Hong flinched and looked toward him, but he did not care as he started to tap the wall and walk down one step at a time. Ding. Ding. “Where could it be?” Ding. Ding. The red-haired man started to mumble as he walked down the staircase that was lit up by glowing rocks one by one. Cale was feeling good that he would be able to save Mueller who, in the novel, was caught before almost starving to death and had to watch as the non-mage faction destroyed his family’s bodies before they killed him. Ding. Ding. However, the kittens and dragon following behind him did not look so good. At that moment, Cale took another step down and hit the wall. Dong. “Found it.” It looked just like the rest of the walls in appearance, but the inside of this wall would be different than the rest. Cale started to smile. He took out a magic stone from his bag and touched the wall. Cale was quite focused, as it required paying attention to a lot of details. ‘There is a spot on the wall with five holes in the shape of a star.’ Cale managed to find the five holes in the shape of a star. He then put the magic stone at the center of those five holes. It was at that moment. Creeeak. A small noise could be heard as the wall moved and absorbed the magic stone. Cale took a step back. Creeeeeeeeeeeak. An odd noise was made as the wall slowly started to open. A very small person could be seen inside. Cale tried to give a friendly greeting as Mueller became visible. “...Hmm?” But something was off. “Waaaaaaaaa.” The very small coward was shaking intensely while having a pale face. It was as if he had seen a ghost, no, a homicidal maniac. It was different than what Cale had expected when he decided to be the hero who saved Mueller. “Waaa, hiccup!” Mueller was even hiccuping. Cale tried to smile as gently as possible and greeted him. “Hi?” However, this only made Mueller shake even more. On, Hong, and Raon all looked toward Mueller with pity. Cale was confused. ‘Why is this punk like this?’