Chapter 258: Eat Up (5)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeep-
The noise of the alarm of the video communication device endlessly filled the room.
However, nobody could show any reactions to it.
Cale naturally could not do so even if he wanted to, so it was driving him crazy.
‘Rosalyn will only call for one of two reasons.’
She would have either been contacted by crown prince Alberu or checking in on Cale, who went to see Eruhaben with Raon in his arms.
Cale was thinking that it was more likely to be the latter.
His short time away was for three days. It had only been two days so far.
There was still one day and 20 hours or so to go. The Alberu that Cale knew would not tell Rosalyn and the others who went to complete a mission about Cale's status this quickly.
Beeeeeep- Beeeeeeep-
The video communication device continued to ring.
She was not hanging up.
‘I need to tell them to deal with her for now.’
Cale barely managed to open his eyes to tell his group to handle Rosalyn's call.
It took a bit of time for his eyes to focus.
He then became anxious.
‘...Why is Beacrox supporting Ron?’
Beacrox was supporting his father.
But that was not it.
‘What is that dagger for?’
It was the dagger that Ron used when he killed his enemies. The old man was holding that dagger while glaring at Cale.
Cale was truly afraid.
On the other hand, Ron could see Cale’s bloodshot eyes as well as the tears in the corners of his eyes from the pain.
Ron could not help but feel intense anger as if the entire world was flipping over.
The Eastern continent. It was like the night he lost his wife, family, and household. It was difficult for Ron to calm himself while seeing this red-haired person coughing up blood and being in pain, just like that red night when everything burned away.
That was why he was clenching onto the item that he had on him since he was young in order to calm himself.
The coldness of the dagger helped calm his boiling body.
Click, click.
Ron calmed himself as he touched the dagger. He then gently moved his son Beacrox’s hand away from him.
Honestly speaking, Beacrox was not actually supporting Ron and keeping him upright.
Ron knew that Beacrox was actually holding him to stop him from doing something crazy. On the day he had lost everything in the past, he was unable to hold back his anger and tried to go get revenge on his enemies.
If he had not seen the way his wife looked at their son as she closed her eyes for the last moment...
...If he had not seen how Beacrox looked back and forth between his wife and him...
He would have gone to get revenge.
However, Ron chose to run away rather than get revenge.
Beacrox was probably holding onto him, thinking that he would do something similar to that day.
However, Ron was still able to stand it.
All of this happened because of Arm.
His old body was still full of fire.
Click, click.
Ron regained his rationality as he continued to touch the dagger. He slowly approached his puppy young master as he caressed his dagger.
He was actually a tiger and not a puppy, but to Ron, he was still the trash young master-nim and the puppy young master-nim.
He had no choice.
Eruhaben told them that Cale would be like this until his plate finished fusing back together.
Ron approached the bed and kneeled on one knee in order to make eye contact with Cale.
Cale, whose expression still showed a significant amount of pain, opened his mouth.
What was he going to say?
“Uuuuuuuugh.”
Unfortunately, the only thing coming out of Cale's mouth was a pain-filled moan.
Ron felt terrible.
It felt as if his heart was empty.
Cale became more anxious after seeing Ron start to frown.
‘What’s going on?
Why does he keep looking at me with a vicious expression while touching his dagger?
Did I do something wrong?
No, I don't think so.
So, what is going on?’
Those were the questions he wanted to ask, however, seeing that the only word capable of coming out of his mouth was, ‘ugh,’ he could only make one decision.
‘Let’s just do nothing.
I'm sure things will work out.
I can’t worry about anything else when I'm in so much pain.’
Cale just resigned himself to his current situation.
Did Ron read the resignation in his eyes? Cale felt a bit better after hearing Ron's response.
“Please do not worry, young master-nim.”
Ron remembered what Cale had told him before he left.
‘It’s so hard.’
‘As usual, please.’
He put on his usual benign smile.
“I will take care of everything, just like my usual self, so please get some rest, young master-nim.”
Cale felt better after hearing that.
He was worried for a moment about what that this old man might do, but as expected, he was on the right track.
Dealing with Rosalyn.
He could relax if Ron took care of that.
Ron would be his usual collected self and give a simple but accurate detail of what was going on.
Furthermore, as superficial as this may be, as the eldest human in the group, he will be capable of consoling them as needed.
Cale closed his barely open eyes in relief.
That was the problem.
“Eruhaben-nim, please connect the call.”
The young Dragon scooched up to Cale's ear and quietly whispered.
“Do you know what my attribute is?”
Raon wanted to tell Cale first before he told anybody else.
He wanted to tell Cale what he had achieved.
Raon whispered to Cale.
“The present.”
That was what Raon realized.
“My attribute is the present.”
In addition to natural attributes, Dragons could also have unique or abstract attributes.
Raon's attribute was abstract, but something that could be felt very easily.
Raon curled up next to Cale. As Eruhaben had said, there was nothing he could do right now. That was painful and frustrating, but Raon just laid down next to Cale in his spot and continued to speak.
“Right here and now is my attribute.”
He was able to return to the real world and be present right here.
That was the most important thing to Raon, so that became Raon's attribute.
Tap.
Raon rubbed his head at the shaking hand that was trying to caress his head.
It really was best to be alive right now.
He was happy that he, as well as everyone else, were alive.
Raon stuck right next to Cale so that Cale felt the child's body heat as he continued his time in pain.
The next day.
Click.
The door opened.
Beacrox entered the bedroom with a wet washcloth in his father’s place. He then became anxious.
Tap.
The washcloth in his hand fell to the ground.
“B, Beacrox-”
“...Young master-nim?”
Cale was up.
However, something was weird.
Beacrox became shocked while watching Cale barely getting up toward him before he rushed over to support Cale.
Cale’s shaking fingers grabbed onto Beacrox’s sleeves.
“Young master-nim, what happened?! Should I call Eruhaben-nim?”
“B, Beacrox-”
Cale's voice was weak and shaky.
Beacrox’s face slowly turned pale while listening to Cale's weak voice and looking at the chilly expression on his face.
It was at that moment.
“Hehe.”
It was someone laughing.
Beacrox turned his head after hearing the laughter. Raon was snickering and rubbing his head on Cale’s side.
He heard Cale’s voice at that moment.
It was as weak as a transparent glass marble.
“...Meat.”
“Excuse me?”
“...Beef, pork, chicken...”
Beacrox's expression slowly changed.
Cale tightly grabbed onto Beacrox’s sleeves and asked with a desperate gaze.
‘I'm hungry.’
Beacrox calmly asked.
“Are you not hurting?”
“Yes. I'm hungry.”
“...You really seem to be okay.”
Cale was not hurting at all. He could feel that his body was better than before.
However, he was still hungry.
- Your plate is fused together again now. You did well. Let’s not put yourself through pain like this again.
It was the voice of the Super Rock.
- It’s me, the fiery thunderbolt! Time to go throw some money away now!
The fiery thunderbolt was cheering.
Cale completely ignored the two of them.
Instead, he grabbed his stomach that was extremely hungry. Raon seemed concerned as he took an apple pie out of his spatial dimension before looking at its condition and pushing it to a corner before speaking to Beacrox.
“I am hungry as well! Thanks for carrying me, Beacrox!”
“It’s our youngest’s voice!”
“They’re both better! I'm hungry too!”
On and Hong, who were roaming outside the bedroom door, rushed in after hearing Raon and Cale's voice. The room started to become filled with energy as the children averaging nine-years-old started to talk.
Even the cold Beacrox had a small smile on his face.
It was at that moment.
“Ah, young master-nim.”
Beacrox remembered what he needed to say now that Cale was not in pain.
It was the information that Ron had heard from Rosalyn yesterday. It was urgent, however, he did not say anything until now because of Cale’s condition.
“We received information that the Empire is preparing to take back Maple Castle that they lost to the Whipper Kingdom.”
‘Hmm?’
Cale blinked his eyes.
‘Who did what?’
“...The Empire is going to strike the Whipper Kingdom?”
“Publicly, they are claiming that they will only take back Maple Castle.”
‘Isn’t that the same thing?’
Cale's expression turned odd.
‘The Mogoru Empire is going to take on Toonka's Whipper Kingdom right now?
Imperial Prince Adin and Toonka are going to fight?
Is it finally time to strike the Empire from the back?’
Cale stopped the corners of his lips from twitching before blinking once more.
“...Beef steak.”
He needed to fill his belly first.
He couldn’t do anything with an empty stomach.