Chapter 529: Mountain after mountain (2)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
‘Why did this Vampire come here?’
Cale was shocked.
He thought this Vampire was going to send him an invitation, and furthermore, how the hell did he know he was here?
Flutter.
The black bird didn’t care whether Cale was shocked or not and slightly flew up and moved elsewhere.
Plop.
The bird landed on Alberu Crossman's bed.
Chhhhh!
The black bird opened up its shiny beautiful black wings and with some elegant movements...
“Your highness, Alberu Crossman. Nice to meet you.”
It greeted Alberu.
“My name is Duke Fredo Von Ejellan of the Endable Kingdom. I currently lead the Vampires of the two continents.”
“Hooo.”
Alberu quietly mumbled in amazement before slightly bowing toward the black bird.
“Nice to meet you as well.”
Alberu was speaking somewhat respectfully to follow the proper etiquette of addressing a foreign nation's Duke. The black bird’s eyes slightly curled up in response.
“I wished to meet your highness at some point, but I apologize for suddenly barging in like this.”
“Not at all. It’s okay.”
“Your highness, you truly are as wise and benevolent as I've heard.”
“Hahaha! Duke Fredo, you are the one who seems quite wise.”
‘Oh?’
Cale looked toward the black bird and Alberu who were chatting peacefully with each other in disbelief.
Alberu noticed Cale's gaze and started to speak.
“Little brother, have you ever thought about learning such cool etiquette like Duke Fredo's?”
‘What nonsense is this?’
Cale just said whatever came to mind.
“I plan on being a slacker, so I don't think I’ll have anywhere to use that etiquette even if I learned them.”
“Ah.”
Alberu sighed.
Cale found Alberu’s pitying gaze to be odd.
‘...Why is he looking at me like that?’
Although he didn't know the reason, it made him feel extremely iffy that Cale slightly started to frown as he looked at Alberu.
Alberu shook his head and then started to speak toward Duke Fredo.
“Based on what I heard, Duke Fredo was unconscious. Are you okay?”
Smile.
Alberu started to smile.
He had a sharp gaze toward Duke Fredo as if they had not been speaking peacefully to each other at all.
The black bird who received his observing gaze directly shared his astonishment.
“Hooo. You've heard about my condition.”
Swish.
The black bird turned toward Cale.
The black bird’s eyes flashed as they looked at him.
“I'm extremely curious as to how his highness knew about my condition. My current condition should have been a secret.”
Cale just shrugged his shoulders toward the black bird.
‘There’s no need to tell him that the Wind Elementals told me.’
He didn’t want to share that information with someone who was not his ally.
Duke Fredo seemed to notice this as he did not ask further.
Flutter.
He flapped his wings and flew up into the air.
“Your highness, if it is okay with you, may I have a conversation with young master Cale Henituse in secret?”
“Of course. Do whatever you need.”
“Thank you very much, your highness. I will come bade goodbye before I leave.”
“I understand.”
Cale observed the bird and the crown prince in a stiff position as he thought to himself.
‘They work well off each other.’
Cale chuckled and got up from his seat.
He was the one Duke Fredo wanted to chat with the most.
He had no reason to decline that conversation.
It was even better that he didn’t need to go looking for him.
“Let’s go chat in my bedroom.”
They couldn't talk in the reception room nor an office because this was the Stan Lord’s Castle.
“Looks that way. He’s always working for the Roan Kingdom...he’s always busy and unable to rest.”
One of the quietest Knights started to speak at that moment.
“It might be for the entire world and not just the Roan Kingdom. Didn't you guys see it just now too?”
The knights all looked toward him as it was rare for him to speak.
He usually did not speak because he was a deep thinker.
“See what?”
“Young master Cale-nim chatting with someone.”
They recalled the person who had just whispered to Cale.
“...You mean the lady wearing the priestess robe?”
“Yes.”
“That madam-, isn’t she Lord Stan’s close friend?”
The knights had not reacted to her being here because they were clear about her identity.
“But that’s not it.”
"What do you mean?”
“I think I can answer that for you.”
“Hmm?”
The knight chatting with the quiet knight looked toward his hoobae knight who had been the first to speak.
Peek peek.
The hoobae knight looked around in order to make sure that they were the only ones there before he cautiously started to speak.
He needed to be even more cautious as this was the Stan Lord’s Castle and not the palace.
“The lady from earlier is indeed Lord Stan's close friend, however...”
Gulp.
He gulped and continued to speak.
“...She is also an excommunicated priestess of the Church of the God of Death.”
The knights who had been quietly listening to him reacted to that statement.
"Excommunicated?”
“The God of Death?”
It was because it was difficult and rare for a priestess to be excommunicated.
“Yes. She was excommunicated from the church of the God of Death, but you see...”
The important information was here.
The hoobae knight shared the story he had heard from his close friend who was a knight at the Stan Lord’s Castle.
"She was excommunicated, but the Church of the God of Death does not dare to touch her.”
He shared his thoughts.
“And based on what I've heard, that excommunicated priestess-nim can still use powers like the vow of death that the God of Death gives to his priests.”
“...How is that possible?”
“Exactly.”
Peek peek.
The knight looked around once more before continuing to speak.
“The fact that the church does not dare to touch that priestess-nim is because the God of Death still considers her to be his child. Such a person came urgently looking for young master Cale-nim. She then chatted so closely with him.”
The knight known for being silent started to speak again.
“Especially right after that evil White Star bastard told us that thing about young master Cale-nim.”
A priestess who was excommunicated but still remained the child of a god.
That priestess urgently came looking for Cale and chatted so closely with him until just a moment ago.
Cale had turned stiff after that conversation.
The White Star had just said that Cale was someone who had received the will of a god.
Of course, the White Star did not say which god it was. He just considered Cale to be an envoy of a god.
Young master Cale was saying that that was not the case, but...
A scenario popped up in the knights’ minds.
They all subconsciously looked at each other.
“...Perhaps?”
The knights all looked toward the quiet Knight. He stood up straight after receiving their gazes and started to speak.
“I just shared my hypothesis.”
He then shut up again.
All of them shut up.
They felt as if they figured out something they were not supposed to know.
Silence filled the hallway once more.
Cale closed his bedroom door and looked toward the center of the room.
“So, why did you come to find me?”
Flutter.
The black bird that elegantly started to flutter its wings on Choi Han’s shoulder approached Cale.
It then made eye contact with Cale once it was about a step away.
The bird’s beak opened again.
“My friend, it looks like you'll need to go to the Endable Kingdom with me.”
‘...Since when am I your friend?’
Cale was flabbergasted.