Chapter 109: Scary (2)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
Cale looked around while acting like a random passerby.
“What is going on?”
One of the other robed individuals got up to ask the robed individual that jumped up and made the chair fall down.
“Let, let me go!”
The original robed individual raised his voice. His voice echoed through the restaurant, and Cale thought he could see the anxiety on the individual’s face through the robe.
Cale looked up at the ceiling.
- Human, I am spinning in circles!
It sounded like Raon was going around the ceiling in circles. Cale lowered his gaze and looked around the restaurant. The dainty white hands of the individual Cale assumed to be an Elf were shaking.
“...My goodness!”
The individual who had probably met a Dragon in the past slowly started to walk. The face that was hidden underneath the robe’s hood was looking around left and right.
Pow. Pow.
The middle-aged Elf ran into other people as he walked.
“What the?”
“What the hell?”
The Elf ignored everything. No, it was more like he could not say anything because he was in shock. The other robed individual apologized to everyone as he chased after the first Elf.
Cale was nervous.
‘Don’t come over here.’
Cale used his peripheral vision to observe the Elf. At the same time, Cale tapped Hans on the shoulder. He didn’t know what Hans was talking to the innkeeper about, but the tap was his way of telling Hans to hurry it up.
- Human, how long do I have to spin in circles? I will keep on doing it!
Raon sounded excited. He seemed to be enjoying flying in circles. Cale ignored the now 5-year-old’s excitement.
‘The Dark Elves are related to the crown prince and we are the only ones who know about their existence, so it was difficult to feign ignorance toward them.’
But he needed to deny it as much as possible in this situation.
The novel, ‘The Birth of a Hero,’ described in a single line about how much the Elves revered the Dragons.
< Elves would cheer after seeing a Dragon flutter their wings once. >
Nothing else needed to be said. Dark Elves were probably three times better than regular Elves when it came to dealing with Dragons. A single flutter of Raon’s wings could make the Elves fall over with joy.
‘What a terrible thought.’
But Cale’s expression slowly became stiffer.
‘Why is he coming this way?’
‘Raon isn’t even here.’
Cale’s heart started to beat quickly.
At that moment, a welcomed voice reached Cale’s ear.
“Young master-nim!”
Hans could see a bright smile on Cale’s face as he called out to him.
“Yes! Hans!”
Hans had never seen Cale looking so happy to see him. He had a bitter taste in his mouth about it, but still proceeded with what he needed to say.
“The good rooms are only on the third floor and higher, is that oka-.”
“Very good.”
Cale’s tone made it very clear that he wanted to quickly head to that room. Hans quickly turned back to talk to the innkeeper after receiving the message from Cale to make it happen quickly.
“Then would you like all of the special rooms on the third floor?”
Cale could now run away and disappear to the third floor as soon as Hans answered the innkeeper’s question.
“Young master-nim, where are you going?”
“The third floor.”
Cale was already walking toward the stairs to the third floor. Choi Han followed behind him with an odd expression on his face. He thought Cale must be really tired, as he had a stiff expression.
- Human, where are you going without me? You look pale! Are you sick? Should I come over?
‘No, don’t come. Please don’t come.’
Cale cautiously shook his head before taking a step up the staircase. It was at that moment.
He heard something from right behind him.
“Ah, hey mister, are you drunk? Why do you keep bumping into people?”
“I’m truly sorry. He is usually not like this.”
Yes, it was from right behind him.
Cale heard something bumping behind him at the same time as the discussion. Cale clenched onto the rail of the staircase.
‘Why is he coming to me when he has an Elemental?’
Cale found this to be odd. The Elemental should have recognized the spinning Raon, so why was the Elf headed toward him? Did Raon’s scent get on him because Raon always stuck to him?
Cale quickly took another step.
Cale was nervous and started to frown. That made the Elf flinch before he bowed 90 degrees.
“I apologize for disturbing you. I will pretend not to know you in the future, sir. I pray that you are not upset.”
‘...This is too weird. It definitely feels like he is treating me like a Dragon. An Elemental that has met a Dragon would definitely tell this Elf that I am a human. What is going on?’
Cale had a bitter taste in his mouth, but pretended not to know for now.
“Let us go our separate ways since you seem to be finished.”
Cale turned back around. He still looked very cold. Choi Han and Ron stared at the unknown robed individuals before turning around to follow Cale.
- Human, human! I will find you after spinning around for about 10 more minutes! This is fun!
Raon was now flying in a figure eight like a bee. His speed was slowly increasing. The middle-aged Elf started to feel increasingly fearful as he felt the Dragon’s aura start to roam around the restaurant at faster and faster speeds.
“Ahjussi, what was that about?”
“Nothing. Let’s quickly leave.”
Pendrick held back his frustration and sighed. He leaned toward the middle-aged Elf and quietly whispered.
“Guardian Knight-nim. Are you okay?”
The middle-aged Elf nodded his head with a serious expression. It was disappointing, but he couldn’t do anything about it.
“Yes. I am fine. Let’s go. We need to go support the village.”
“Yes sir.”
Pendrick looked toward the table with the rest of their group with a stiff expression. The others all got up. They came to the human world, but had nothing to show for it. They needed to hurry back to the village and protect it.
“Sorry I delayed us. Let’s hurry.”
The Elves quickly got out of the restaurant and headed toward the Ten Finger Mountains. Their village, which was located within these ten peaks of different heights, was in danger.
Early morning a few days later, Cale was climbing the third peak of the Ten Finger Mountains with only Raon by his side.
“Human! Taking a stroll is fun!”
‘A stroll my ass.’
Cale wiped the sweat off of his face as he used the Sound of the Wind to quickly climb the mountain.
These peaks were called the Ten Finger Mountains because they resembled fingers. This meant that the third and eighth peaks were the tallest. These two peaks were so tall that the peak was covered by the clouds and snow did not melt until the middle of summer.
‘But that peak is melting.’
The final ancient power was the, ‘Fire of Destruction.’
Other people would not know about it yet. This ancient power would melt about half of this third peak in two weeks.
“Human! It is hot! What is this?”
“Aigoo.”
Cale groaned as he reached the top.
“Isn’t this lava? I read about it in a book! It is hotter than the fire in the Jungle! It is an interesting power!”
Lava appeared in front of Cale and Raon. It was not huge, but still a decently large lava pit. Of course, this peak was not a volcano. However, this lava was melting the mountain. They could feel intense heat radiating from the fire.
But Cale was feeling less of it thanks to the necklace with the Fire Suppressing Water, as well as the Vitality of the Heart. He looked at the center of the lava pit.
“Ha!”
He couldn’t believe it. A golden pig sculpture was spinning in circles in the middle of the lava pit.
“Raon.”
Cale called out to Raon, who was staring at the interesting sight in front of him. Raon could see Cale holding his magic bag open in front of him.
“What is it, human?”
“Hand over the money.”
Raon blinked a few times before putting the silver coins in Cale’s bag.
Cale slowly started to smile. It had been a while since he did something this refreshing without harming anyone.
Showing off your wealth was best for stress relief.
“Ha, hahaha!”
Cale started to laugh out loud.
“...Human, why are you laughing?”
Raon moved backward. It was not because Cale was laughing. It was odd to see Cale laughing like this, but it was nice to see. However, what Cale started to do was odd.
Clang, clang.
Cale grasped a fistful of silver coins and threw it into the lava.
“Human! Do you know how many chicken skewers! How much candy?! Human, why are you doing this?! Tell me if you have any issues with me! Human!”
“Hahahaha!”
Cale was not listening to Raon. At that moment, something weird started to happen.
Ooooooooong.
They could hear a noise as the silver coins did not melt and started to rise up from the lava to create a path.
The former owner of this ancient power was a greedy and wealthy warrior.
This last ancient power required money to get.
It really felt nice to spend money like it was water.
“Hahahaha!”
Cale laughed out loud like a hero as he continued to throw silver coins in front of him and into the lava. A silver path made of money was slowly starting to form.
1. Ahjussi is a way to address a middle-aged man who is not related to you.