Chapter 233: Something Obvious (2)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
The battle at the Gorge of Death would take place in two days.
Cale had to busy himself in the remaining time.
“...Ha.”
Well, at least he was supposed to.
Cale brushed his face with both of his hands.
“...Choi Han, what is this estimate sheet for?”
Cale was waving a piece of paper in his hand.
Flap, flap.
The paper that was fluttering in Cale's hand had a lot of numbers written on it.
A piece of the palace had been broken and this was the breakdown of the costs of the repair.
“......”
Choi Han silently lowered his head.
Cale sighed and picked up another piece of paper. That paper fluttered in the air as well. He was looking at Mary this time.
“Why did three nobles suddenly fall ill?”
An innocent and mechanical voice responded back.
“I am not sure. They were curious about my powers, so I showed them a bit of it.”
Mary recalled the small gathering that had happened after the parade. It was only a small celebration as the war was not over yet, however, it looked as if the world was sparkling in Mary’s eyes.
It was an extremely shocking experience for Mary, so Tasha had helped the overwhelmed Mary head out to the terrace to rest.
Three nobles had appeared at the terrace at that time and spoken to her in a friendly way, asking about her powers. She thought that they were trying to get close to her and showed them a bit of her power.
“But they suddenly said that I should throw young master Cale-nim away and join up with them. They said that we could then take you down and take power for ourselves.”
“Hehehe.”
Cale turned his head after hearing suppressed laughter coming from behind him. Crown prince Alberu had his head down on his desk with his shoulders moving up and down.
It was obvious that he was struggling to keep himself from laughing.
Cale’s lips started to twist.
“And?”
The black robe started to speak in a serious manner. She had become wary of the three nobles at that moment.
“So then am I the, ‘enemy?’ That was what I asked them. They responded back with, ‘you can be the enemy, or you can come and join us from here on.’”
The three nobles were people from the central faction.
They were trying to pull Mary toward their faction, however, Mary heard the nobles’ conversation about power differently.
“I wondered if they were from Arm as they were talking about taking you down, young master-nim. I thought they were either from Arm or the Indomitable Alliance. However, I just remained quiet as you told me not to fight. But then they just suddenly fainted.”
Mary recalled how the three people had suddenly started to faint.
“They were weird people.”
Mary could not understand the courage that those weak people had to say that she could be their enemy.
“Haaaaa.”
Cale let out a deep sigh. He could still hear Alberu’s snickering, but he ignored it as he looked toward Choi Han.
Choi Han’s situation was a typical cliché.
“One of the nobles' sons threw a glove at you?”
Choi Han lowered his head once more. Someone else responded in his stead.
“Yes sir! Young master-nim!’
It was Vice Captain Hilsman.
“During the celebration, Marquis Ailan's successor suddenly questioned whether Choi Han was really a sword master and threw a glove at him in order to issue a challenge.”
Cale had a blank expression on his face.
Fantasy worlds always had the spoiled young masters who challenge the main character or other strong characters.
Marquis Ailan.
The Ailan household was known as the strongest martial artist household in the southeast region and the entire Roan Kingdom.
“And? I’m sure Choi Han would normally have ignored such a thing.”
“Of course! We remembered your orders and ignored him. However, that noble’s son then started to talk crap about the Henituse household.”
“...What did he say?”
“He said that, for being a martial arts household, the Henituse household is extremely weak. All they do is use money in order to have strong subordinates to protect them.”
‘Well, they’re not wrong.’
Cale didn’t really take it as talking crap. Although the members of the Henituse household knew how to handle the sword, there were no extremely strong individuals. Lily does show great potential, however, it was still only potential for now.
Furthermore, the person had said that they were rich and had strong subordinates.
Isn’t that even better?
It didn’t annoy him at all. However, contrary to his expectations, Hilsman still seemed to be angry as he was huffing and puffing.
“That was why Choi Han accepted the challenge! He ended up destroying the palace’s training ground in the process. But it is not his fault that that young master was so weak!”
Pwahahaha.
Alberu’s laughter hit Cale’s ears like background music. Hilsman continued to speak.
“Of course, Marquis Ailan appeared and took that young master with him. He then apologized to Choi Han and said that he would apologize to the Henituse household as well. A message will be sent to Count Henituse soon!”
“...My poor life.”
Alberu's laughter became even louder.
- Human! I truly am the best!
Raon’s voice echoed like background music in Cale's mind. He then jumped up from his seat. Choi Han and Mary tilted their heads in confusion as they looked toward Cale.
Even the crown prince held back his laughter as he looked at Cale.
“Where are you going?”
The crown prince asked with a serious expression.
“I'm going to go get some air, your highness.”
“Oh, should I go for a walk as well?”
Alberu could see a blank expression on Cale’s face.
“...But I am going to the North.”
“What?”
Cale’s walk was to quite the distance away.
“I will be back in half a day.”
Cale subconsciously let out a sigh of relief. The weak but slightly strengthened voice entered his head.
- I'm sure it is not the answer you want to hear, however, this is my current limit.
‘Not the answer I want to hear?’
- A king is someone who is accepted by nature.
‘Why is the World Tree suddenly talking about a, ‘king?’
Cale started to frown. However, he had no choice but to pay attention to the World Tree's words.
- An existence that should have died is alive.
The hand touching the tree flinched.
Cale had asked about Raon's parents. However, he had heard a different response.
The existence that should have died in volume 1 of The Birth of a Hero.
Raon Miru.
- Nature has accepted that existence.
Nature had accepted the existence that should have died.
- The one that has a twisted fate. That alone was enough to receive the qualifications to survive. Changes, the forbidden and the unbelievable.
Plop.
Cale felt something pat him. He then calmed himself back down. He could see Raon's round head when he looked down.
“Human, is everything okay?”
Cale heard the faint voice of the World Tree at that moment.
- That is what nature truly is.
A continuation of the mysterious and the ever-changing. That was the way nature worked.
‘Is it possible?’
Cale was thinking about the king that nature would approve. The chubby Dragon that was slightly more than 1 meter and 20 centimeters slowly started to frown.
“Human, why are you looking at me like that?”
The young priestess approached them and started to speak as Cale could not respond back.
“The World Tree-nim has fallen asleep again.”
“...I know. I’ll come visit again next time.”
Raon had a disappointed expression as he kicked the sand on the ground with his feet.
“How disappointing. I wish to speak to the World Tree as well!”
‘...There’s no way, right?’
Cale shook his head to get rid of such thoughts. There was no way that was possible. If what he was thinking about was correct, he had started off by causing an extremely serious issue.
‘...There's no way saving a single Dragon would cause that big of an issue.’
Dragon Lord.
Cale could not say that word out loud as he started to speak to Raon.
“Let’s hurry back.”
“Alright! I will hurry so we can go see Lock!”
Cale watched as the six-years-old Dragon took the jewel he had received from Eruhaben and flew off toward the defensive barrier before pushing everything off in his mind.
A half day later with only one day left before the battle with the Indomitable Alliance. Cale was standing on top of a teleportation magic circle with Raon.
He was headed somewhere other than the Roan Kingdom right now.
Paaaat!
Cale opened his closed eyes. He could hear the invisible Raon's voice.
- It’s been a while since we’ve seen everyone!
Cale started to smile.
They were inside a small tent. A teleportation magic circle was drawn within this tent.
There were two people greeting him as he stepped out of it.
“Long time no see.”
Rosalyn and Lock. The two of them welcomed Cale over. Choi Han, Hilsman, and Mary had not come over yet. Cale had come here stealthily without anybody else knowing about it.
Cale was smiling brightly as it had been a while since he had last seen the two of them. However, that smile quickly disappeared.
“Long time no see, young master Cale.”
Rosalyn was smiling, but there was something slightly odd about it. Next to her was Lock, who had his head down and could not look at Cale in the eyes.
The Wolf boy Lock.
He could not dare to look Cale in the eyes. Cale flinched after seeing Lock act this way.
‘Is he upset because I left him here alone for a long time?’
It was the moment Cale had that thought.
“Young master-nim.”
“Yes, Lock. Long time no see.”
Cale put a hand on Lock's curled up shoulder after hearing his upset voice.
Pat, pat.
His hand patted Lock's shoulder.
“You suffered quite a bit on your own here.”
It was the moment he said that.
“I'm sorry.”
“Hmm?”
Cale could see the now slightly taller Lock's face. Although his head was down, Lock’s eyes were looking at Cale. Lock hesitated for a moment before starting to speak with shaking lips.
“...I can’t go berserk anymore.”
‘What?
What is he talking about?’
Berserk transformation.
It was when Beast people were at their strongest. It was the moment that their animal features and their human features became much stronger.
But that wasn’t possible anymore?
‘He can’t do it even though his first berserk transformation already happened?’
Lock continued to speak despite his shaking hands as Cale thought about this issue. However, Lock’s voice was extremely shaky.
“I, I need to hurry up and become the Wolf King’s successor. I really need to do that.”
Originally, Lock would have grown after the despair caused by losing Pendrick.
“...It looks like I cannot get stronger.”
But this Lock was different than the one from the novel.
He wanted to be stronger, but could not go berserk.
Cale looked back at the tall young boy who could not look him in the eyes.