Chapter 460: It's What I want (1)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
“I will lead you to your room first.”
“Thank you very much.”
Taylor smiled at Cale’s thank you before quickly leading them to another room.
They did not see anyone in the hallway as they left the underground room and moved to their room.
Screeeech.
The door opened and a place that was set up like a meeting room appeared in front of them.
“It’s over here.”
“Thank you very much.”
“It’s nothing, young master-nim. I will see you later.”
“Yes.”
Taylor stealthily walked away as he had done while guiding them here.
“Come in.”
Cale entered the room as if all of this was normal and everyone other than Choi Han and the invisible Raon followed behind him with suspicion on their faces.
Click.
Beacrox closed the door to isolate them from the outside and started to speak.
“Why are we not in the desert?”
He asked before seeing the usual expression on the now visible Raon's face and Choi Han's calm expression, making him nod his head with a bitter expression.
“Choi Han seems to know something as well. I guess there's a reason.”
“I don't really know either.”
“Is that so?”
Beacrox sat next to Choi Han at the table before speaking toward Cale who was at the head of the table.
“Young master-nim, I know you suspected that the final earth attribute power would be in the Roan Kingdom’s northwest region.”
The Dragon half-blood who was the only one here to hear this information for the first time flinched.
His mind was still a chaotic mess, but he realized that he was hearing some dangerous and secretive information and cautiously started to speak.
“...Is this okay for me to hear?”
Beacrox who received that gaze bluntly responded.
“Why wouldn't it be okay?”
“That’s right. It is as Beacrox mentioned.”
Cale agreed with it as well and the Dragon half-blood looked toward Cale with an even more confused expression. However, his gaze then headed toward the children averaging nine-years-old sitting around Cale.
To be more specific, his gaze moved toward Raon. He was fluttering his wings and tapping Cale’s arm with his tail as if he was happy and he was smiling.
The Dragon half-blood’s gaze could not move away from that smile.
‘Aigoo.’
Cale sighed internally while watching this.
The answer seemed obvious even without asking about it, however, Cale could not just keep standing there observing the Dragon half-blood.
“Young master-nim, are we here at the Roan Kingdom's northwest region and not the desert because you located the earth attribute ancient power?”
He turned toward Beacrox who had asked the question. Beacrox who had asked in a pressing tone thought they were wasting precious time.
‘We don’t know when the White Star will return to the desert. He might have immediately returned there for all we know.’
That would mean it was likely for the White Star to notice Cale’s absence and turn his attention toward the Roan Kingdom’s northwest region.
“You see, I...”
Cale started to speak at that moment.
He looked toward his friends sitting around the table.
In addition to the children averaging nine-years-old and the Dragon half-blood, Beacrox, Choi Han, and Mercenary King Bud Illis were there.
“Yes, yes. You what?”
Bud looked toward Cale with an entertained expression.
Choi Han who was the only one other than Raon who knew that Cale would come here chose to be silent.
‘...Is the earth attribute ancient power located in the Stan territory?’
However, Choi Han did not know everything either.
He had no way of knowing whether Cale had found the earth attribute ancient power or not. He just waited for Cale to open his mouth which happened soon enough.
“Does anybody clearly remember the Henituse County's crest?”
“...Hmm?”
Bud looked toward Cale with a shocked expression.
The Henituse County's crest was the golden turtle. He knew that much, but he didn't know the detailed crest on their County flag.
‘Who the hell would remember something like that?’
However, Bud was mistaken about this.
"Cale-nim, I remember it.”
“Human, I remember it! I will make a crest like that in the future too!”
“I know it!”
“I know it because Hans taught it to me!”
Choi Han and the children averaging nine-years-old answered as if it was an easy question.
“Young master-nim, of course, I can draw something like that.”
Beacrox sounded annoyed to even answer such an obvious question.
“...Well, I can describe most of it even if I can't draw it out.”
“Yes. Only the Stan household and the Henituse household use a boulder in their crests.”
Was this a coincidence?
That was the thought passing through Bud’s mind.
“But you see...”
Cale wasn’t done just yet.
“The Roan Kingdom is very unique. It has a large territory, but only the marble in the east and the granite in the west are famous.”
The group all focused on the Stan household’s crest.
Unlike the Henituse crest, this red snake was wrapped around a thicker and darker boulder. This probably represented granite.
“Is there anywhere else where the quality of the boulders is so clearly different? I also found out one other thing.”
His quiet voice sounded extremely loud as everybody focused on Cale.
Knock knock knock-!
Someone knocked and Cale immediately got up and opened the door.
“Young master-nim, here is the item you requested.”
“Thank you, Marquis-nim.”
“Not at all. Something like this is nothing for you, young master Cale-nim. Then I will be on my way as you are in the middle of a meeting.”
Taylor Stan quickly left after noticing the serious atmosphere in the room. Cale said that he would come to greet him later and walked Taylor out.
He then returned to the table and opened up the item in his hand.
Chhhhhhhh!
It was a map.
The northwest region. This map clearly showed the northwest region with the Stan March at the center.
This was the second most thorough map in the Stan territory other than the one used by their troops.
Tap!
Cale pointed to a spot with his finger.
“A stone mountain filled with granite is in the Stan March.”
It was a rough mountain that was not comparable to the Ten Finger Mountains where Cale had visited and met the Elves. It was made of granite and famous for the beautiful scenery.
However, people rarely visited that place now because of the rough terrain, a scary legend, and rumors about how it was dangerous.
“That scenery is said to look like a red snake wrapped around a stone mountain.”
Cale started to smile.
“And there is also a legend that says that a red snake gobbles up anybody who tries to conquer the mountain.”
His relaxed smile reached the others.
“What do you think? Are you getting a feel for it now?”
They definitely were.
As he mentioned, they all had a certain thought come to mind.
"Cale-nim, are we going to this mountain?”
Choi Han asked for everyone and Cale answered without any hesitation.
“We definitely need to check out the places that have the highest chances of having what we are looking for.”
Screeeech.
Choi Han got up and the others followed as well. Cale who was already standing made eye contact with the others and looked ready to head to the marked mountain at any moment.
“However, before that...”
Cale shook his head.
He started to speak in a serious tone to the others who were confused.
“We need to eat first.”
Cale who was hungry after not eating for a long time looked toward the children averaging nine-years-old before looking toward Beacrox.
"We can’t starve the children.”
“...Ha, I suppose that is true, young master-nim.”
Beacrox shook his head and headed toward the door without saying anything else.
"Where are you going?”
He turned the doorknob and responded to Bud’s question.
“To make some food.”
He then headed out toward the Stan household’s kitchen without any hesitation. His footsteps quickened after thinking about how dirty On and Hong had gotten any food in half a day as well as how hungry Raon might be.
Beacrox did not seem to care about how shocked the Stan household's chefs would be at this outsider’s visit.
The others who were blankly staring at his quick movement then heard Cale’s order.
“Everybody head out for a bit.”
“Human! Do I need to go out too?”
“Yes. Everybody out. Ah, except you.”
Cale motioned for the Dragon half-blood to sit before pointing to the door for the others. He saw the Stan household’s butler who had a shocked expression on his face after probably seeing Beacrox.
“Ask that butler to show you where to rest.”
“Hey, what do you mean a place to rest, aren’t we in a hurry?”
Cale ignored the grumbling Bud and closed the door behind the others without any hesitation.
- Human! See you later!
Raon who turned invisible after seeing the butler said goodbye, leaving only Cale and the Dragon half-blood inside the meeting room.
Screeeech.
Cale sat down on the chair across from the Dragon half-blood. And started to speak.
“As Bud mentioned, we are in a bit of a hurry right now. So, I’ll give you thirty minutes.”
The Dragon half-blood subconsciously clenched his fists. His back was sweating. Cale didn’t care as he asked the Dragon half-blood a question in a stoic voice.
“Do you know about the red egg?”
The Dragon half-blood’s pupils started to shake.