Successor

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tcf!Cale rubs his face with a light blue towel that was given to him as tboah!Cale and og!Cale sat on both sides making him in the center.

He felt og!Cale's hand in his head and tboah!Cale leaning at his side while looking away.

"Idiot" both warmly said.

tcf!Cale huff at them warmly as they look at the screen.

[Start]

Chapter 433: Me? Why? 2

"What did you get into this time?" og!Cale sighed looking at tcf!Cale as if he already run to who-knows-where and wreaked havoc.

"Don't blame me, I don't do complicated things" tcf!Cale defended, he now knows he will be acquainted with strong people that he can use while he just relaxes from the sidelines.

Cale looked solemn. It was because his mind was complicated more than ever before.

'... If the Henituse household really becomes a Marquis......!

"Why would that even happen?" tcf!Cale said with disbelief.

"Maybe you did something that's why?" tboah!Cale said like an ominous premonition to the future.

tcf!Cale shudder but immediately refuted "I'll live a slacker life so why would I want to have that troublesome title."

He ignored the pity looks that they give him.

No, if it becomes a Duke's household!'

"Pfft, now a duke? What was I even thinking" tcf!Cale scoff. "There's no way that will happen," he thought as he try to ignore the bad feeling.

They were rich, had the strongest influence in the naval forces, and would have the title of Duke or Marquis? Just thinking about that made Cale feel as if his slacker life was turning into an illusion and waving goodbye to him.

'Nah, no way.'

"Exactly!" tcf!Cale also declares confidently "so there's no way that will happen"

He also ignored the pity look the slime is giving him.

The Roan Kingdom's nobles would have to be crazy to let one household have money, power, and honor. Furthermore, how smart was crown prince Alberu Crossman? No matter how much that person trusts Cale, would he push power for his family as well?

"To give my trust to him" both Alberu is someone who doesn't give his trust easily, "so to say that I trust him," he thought in wonder.

"Why does that make it sound like I'm close with the crown prince?" tcf!Cale pales "the crown prince is going to become my headache if we become close!" He could already imagine all the secrets and the unreasonable order the crown prince will give him.

"Hm? Why do I feel like I'm being wronged by someone?" the crown prince thought frowning.

"Young master-nim, are you okay?"

Cale turned to see Witira looking at him with an odd expression on her face. She debated it for a moment before starting to speak.

"Me?" tboah!Witira said.

"About that" tcf!Witira said standing up looking at tcf!Cale.

"Young Master Cale, I would like to give thanks for saving my brother, in later time I would like to give a more proper thanks" tcf!Witira elegantly said.

"Why is she saying that here!" but before tcf!Cale can respond to someone interjected.

"... Brother?" tboah!Witira said trembling.

"Yes?" a voice said.

As tcf! Paseton show himself behind his sister.

tboah!Witira move closer with a trembling hand that wanted to reach out.

".. you're alive"

Everyone flinches hearing that quiet voice full of grief, regrets, and longing.

No... no..no.. tcf!Witira slumped down in her seat as reality finally hit her, there was no Paseton on the other side, his little brother... is dead on the other side.

She grabbed tightly on her little brother.

"N-Noona" tcf!Paseton hug his sister back, as his mind was in a wreck on what to do seeing both of his sisters in a mess.

"P-Paseton... Paseton... I'm sorry... I-I'm sorry" the whale queen falls to her knees as she presses her hand on the glass-like wall calling out her brother's name and begging for forgiveness.

The room was silent as they witness a strong woman cry her heart out for her little brother.

tcf!Paseton hate seeing her sister so vulnerable, it ache his heart that he was the cause for this.

So he steels himself.

"Noona"

With a voice full of determination and love tcf!Paseton look at his sister's counterpart.

"I have always lived a harsh life being a half-blood" he stated.

Both Witira ache hearing that her brother suffer while being alive.

"How could he fail to protect her brother?"

"How could she fail to give him happiness?"

"How could-"

"But" tcf!Paseton interrupts their depressing thought.

He looks at them with a firm bright gaze.

"I was always able to endure because of you and father."

Mmph!

Their eyes tremble as they continue to listen.

"That's why I'm sure that my other self wants you to live happily" tcf!Paseton look at tboah!Witira with a gentle smile as he continues..

"Please, Please Noona, don't let my other-self death be the reason that you live a sad life." tcf!Paseton said as he grip his hand hoping his words would reach her sister.

tboah!Witira breath hitch at what tcf!Paseton said.

"Noona.."

"Thank you" tcf!Paseton smiles brightly, "for being my sister."

"... Oh Paseton"

She wants, she wants to run there and hug him tightly.

"Pyah" "Pyah"

Bright light covers them as the whales was brought to another room to settle their emotions.

Everyone smiled that they could get closure.

...

"You said you brought them to another room so that they could talk more" tboah!Cale said but "are you sure it's not because your afraid that like the Dragon lord they could find ways to cross the wall?"

The slime looks away.

"P-Pyah"

Everyone shakes their head as they resume reading.

"... Young master-nim, why are you rejecting all those things?"

She found someone like Cale Henituse who rejected a respected position, title, and honor to be weird.

"Impossible" tcf! Pendrick gasp. There's a human who has no greed?

But then he pauses.

"This human even save a life" he smiles remembering just what kind of person tcf!Cale is.

"Why else?"

Cale grumbled with a frown on his face.

"Things like that are annoying. I already have plenty of things to do."

He had a lot of things to do after getting rid of that White Star bastard. He already needed to farm even as a slacker because of the promise he made with team leader Lee Soo Hyuk.

Everyone remembers those fun Koreans.

"Tsk. Even there.." tcf!Cale mumbles with fond feeling.

Farming was not an easy task. Kim Rok Soo was someone who had lived in cities his whole life. He was more accustomed to a job like being a server in the Eastern continent's 'Hope and Adventure Loving Inn' than farming.

"What a cliché name" tcf!Cale said as he thinks "wonder who named that?"

"Wait, you were a server?" og!Cale asks surprised.

"You? Serving people?" tboah!Cale was also surprised.

"Yes," tcf!Cale nonchalantly answered.

"As in welcoming customers with bright smiles?"

"And taking and giving orders?"

They hysterically ask.

"Why are they acting like this?" tcf!Cale knew he can act really well and he now also has a glib tongue so he doesn't understand why those two are surprised.

"You who's afraid of human interaction actually become a server?"

"Yeah, I mean I'm pretty sure most of your future friends will be different existence, not that it's wrong but.. how many human friends did you have? Like 5?"

tboah!Cale and og!Cale incredulity said.

"You two have no right to judge me!" tcf!Cale said so offended.

"Both of you should say that to yourselves!"

Which was ignored by those two who still couldn't comprehend tcf!Cale as a server.

'I need to read up on farming too.'

He couldn't do a bad job at it if he was going to create a field and start farming. He needed to at least have basic knowledge about farming.

"He's someone whose very thorough even with farming" tcf!Litana commented on the dedication that tcf!Cale was willing to do.

'The children will be watching me.'

"Hehe"

Meow

Meow

The children were happy that it means they will be with tcf!Cale.

The children averaging nine-years-old would be by Cale's side watching him farm. If Cale half-assed the farming with them watching? If he threw the seeds and didn't care about the field at all?

"Are you sure it's for the children? You tsundere~"

"Aw, why can't you just be honest~"

Whack

tboah!Cale and og!Cale rub their head that was smack by tcf!Cale. They were not pouting.

"Again, you two have no right to say that" tcf!Cale scoffs at them.

Cale may not care about helping with the children's education, but even he wouldn't do something like that.

He needed to play, eat, rest, sleep, and now farm once he became a slacker. He was already concerned that he wouldn't have time to rest because of the farm, so who cares about a respected position? Title? He didn't need any of those things.

"He's rejecting the title to fulfill his promise to his friend" tcf!Jack felt warmth at the dedication the young master have to his friend and his promise.

Witira seemed to be sighing as she started to speak toward Cale who seemed to be thinking deeply about something.

"...Young master-nim, taking care of the White Star really is difficult, but you should still take the things you're supposed to take."

'Hmm?'

"Hmm? Wait why is she saying it like our household is getting a title because of me?" tcf!Cale was feeling cold at what the humpback whale is trying to say.

Cale felt something from Witira's actions. She seemed to have misunderstood him and was looking at him with a gaze that seemed to be thinking that he was a person who wanted to sacrifice himself. Cale started to speak in order to change that gaze.

"I'm not talking about the White Star. I'm not talking about the present, I'm talking about the future."

"The future?"

"Yes. I need to farm in the future."

"Yes, but I'll make it as small as possible" tcf!Cale thought as his team leader didn't specify the size of the farm. Smirk.

'Mm, yes indeed, it will be a small field to start and I'm going to plant crops that are easy to grow.'

"... Farm?"

"Yes. What else is there for me to do after getting rid of the White Star? I'm just going to return to the Forest of Darkness and live a quiet life."

Just thinking about it was making Cale happy. The villa in Harris Village, the Super Rock Villa in the Forest of Darkness, Sheritt and Raon's castle. Isn't living quietly in such dazzling places the slacker life of his dreams?

"Villa in harris village?" both Choi Han eyes tremble "Does it mean the village will be rebuilt?" They thought with mixed emotions.

Meanwhile

"Super Rock Villa!" tcf!Dodori wishes to visit that place.

"Sheritt and Raon's castle" tcf!Cale's eyes glitter as he glows.

"...Living quietly in the Forest of Darkness?"

"Yes. What do you think? Doesn't it sound great?"

Cale started to smile while thinking about this happy future. He then looked out toward the edge of the northern ocean.

'I'll treat the profits from the Eastern continent's inn as my pension and live a comfortable life. It sounds so wonderful!'

"How truly wonderful" tcf!Cale said with an excited expression thinking that he also has some pension in the Eastern continent.

He ignored the two besides him who were shaking their head.

Cale looked relaxed. However, Witira started to frown while looking at him. She couldn't figure out what to say.

The Forest of Darkness. What kind of place was that forest?

It was the place on the Western continent with the oddest and strongest monsters, making it so that he would need to stay alert even with a Dragon by his side.

Wasn't that the reason the Henituse territory created a large stone wall to divide the Forest of Darkness from the rest of the territory?

Furthermore, the Henituse household had been known as the guardians who protected the Roan Kingdom from the Forest of Darkness for generations. The world after defeating the White Star. That world would be peaceful as Cale mentioned, besides from war between kingdoms or different Beast people tribes.

'But in such a world, young master Cale...

He wants to throw away all titles and positions and stay in the dangerous Forest of Darkness to protect the world and let it be at peace?'

Everyone was having the same thoughts.

"This person who has a noble heart would do all of these things for peace."

They were once again amazed at tcf!Cale.

Meanwhile

"What crazy thing is she saying!?" tcf!Cale was bewildered .

No. That was not all either.

'He wants to farm in that dangerous Forest of Darkness? Is he saying that he wants to turn that place into an abundant land that would benefit the world? He also wants to do it quietly without other people knowing, not wanting any wealth or honor in return?'

So that's what he means by farming...

"I was so narrow-minded thinking it was just simple farming, all the while the promise he made with his friend was something so large scale." tcf!Taylor thought as he admire the young master transmigrator.

Everyone was having the same thoughts.

Except for a certain redhead.

"She's insane! Why would she think like that!?" tcf!Cale thought stupefied.

Witira felt frustrated. She then heard someone quietly mumble next to her.

"...It was real."

The quiet but passionate voice made her look toward the speaker. Witira could see Clopeh looking at Cale with an odd expression.

"Clopeh!"

"Why is he there!"

The roan tboah side was furious at the mention of the name.

Clopeh clenched his fists.

'Finally!'

Clopeh had finally understood a bit about Cale Henituse.

Clopeh had not been able to tell until now whether Cale was stupid or smart.

Sometimes Cale acted like an emotional idiot while other times he coldly treated Clopeh like a puppet.

However, Clopeh now realized why he had not been able to tell whether Cale was stupid or smart.

'He's different than me.

"Of course, he's different than you!" tboah! Rosalyn angrily said

"You have no right to compare yourself to him" tboah!Choi Han grabs his scabbard as he feels murderous.

Cale Henituse, this man, has no greed.'

tcf!Cale scoffed.

"As I said I am greedy. Money is the best after all" he smirks.

Cale always claimed to be a greedy person, however, the objects of his greed were not wealth, honor, or power.

It was a much greater greed. He was greedy for something Clopeh did not dare to imagine.

'...His greed is to create a peaceful world!'

Everyone can agree to that, although some begrudgingly because they hate agreeing with Clopeh.

tcf!Cale frown. "I should let Beacrox torture him so that he won't get any of that idea."

Clopeh was able to realize Cale Henituse's lofty greed after hearing about how he wanted to throw everything aside and farm in the Forest of Darkness.

'That person is choosing to live in seclusion because he doesn't want himself to become a faction that threatens the world either!'

"I should break his legs" tcf!Cale darkly thought "he won't think like that if I cripple him, right?

A world without the White Star. What would be the strongest faction in such a world? Who would be the leader of that faction?

Who would be the person who has the greatest influence on both the Eastern and Western continents?

It would be Cale Henituse. Would the wise Cale Henituse not know that?

"Eastern and Western... if what his saying is true, does that mean that the young master made an alliance in both continents?" tcf!Hannah thought amazed at what the transmigrator accomplished.

"That guy is crazy! Definitely crazy!" tcf!Cale thought incredulity "maybe I should avoid him altogether." He was not dealing with the crazy.

'I'm sure he knows about it too well.'

That was why Cale Henituse, for the sake of world peace, was going to live in seclusion to prevent any further chaos in the world.

'However, if another White Star, or a faction similar to the Indomitable Alliance that I started appears again-!'

"He admitted to collaborating with the white star, then why is he there?" tcf!Toonka ask.

Everyone has the same question.

Cale Henituse would return to the outside world again. He would return to fulfill this unattainable desire for world peace. This greed was so grand that Clopeh could only say that Cale Henituse had no greed. It was not something that could be properly described by the word greed.

'...He will truly become a legend.'

"What legend!?"

tcf!Cale was baffled at the craziness of that.. that.. thing!

"I don't need any of that" tcf!Cale click his tongue at the nonsense that he was reading.

An odd sense of passion enveloped Clopeh's whole body. Only a single thought filled Clopeh's mind as his questions disappeared and everything seemed to fall into place.

'Cale Henituse is an extremely scary person.'

"For someone who leads the attack and controls the wyvern to say that... The young master must be a frightening person as an enemy" tboah!Lock said with respect and fear.

Clopeh Sekka dreamt of becoming a legend as well. However, that dream was for himself. But if someone was willing to erase themselves as they walked...

'He's the real deal.'

His gaze then moved from Cale to the others. He could see Choi Han. Choi Han was chuckling and looking at Cale with a, 'nothing I can do about you,' type of expression.

'...Cale Henituse has extremely strong allies who would go into seclusion with him and travel to the ends of the world beside him if need be.

That's scary. That's very scary.'

Clopeh felt both fear and pleasure at the same time.

'I'm also on Cale Henituse's side.'

What!?

Everyone was astonished at that declaration.

"To even make his enemy turn side.." tboah!ALberu mumble stun at how tcf!Cale inspired others, allies and enemies alike.

"As expected of Cale-nim" tcf!Choi Han said sitting straight, pride in his whole being.

The corners of his lips curled up as high as possible. He then looked toward another strong individual who had been moved by Cale.

"Young master-nim, your dream, I truly hope that it comes true."

Witira suppressed her frustration and tried her best to smile as she commented. Cale tried to smile back at her but failed to do so.

tcf!Cale was having a headache "who knew she was delusional?" No, he is not being petty.

"I will pray that the fertile and wide field you create in the Forest of Darkness would be full of crops every year."

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Cale opened his mouth to report. It was at that moment.

Pfft.

He heard someone chuckle.

"It is just small-scale farming. It is not a wide field."

Choi Han had a pure smile on his face as he answered Witira and turned toward Cale to ask a question.

"Choi Han.. pure smile.. can't imagine it" tboah!Cale said with an incredulous face.

"It feels like a prelude to misery" og!Cale ominously said.

"Hush!" tcf!Cale is stopping him from jinxing it because it will mean that misery will befall on him, and he will not be subjected to misery!

"Isn't that right, Cale-nim?"

Cale could see Choi Han asking while looking at him with a pitying gaze. It was the same pitiful gaze Kim Rok Soo's peers had given him whenever he spoke nonsense.

It made him feel iffy, but Cale nodded his head and confirmed.

tcf!Cale also feels iffy about that. "Why are they always giving me that gaze?" Nevertheless, he ignores it and just focuses on achieving his slacker life.

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Pat, pat.

His hand patted Cale's shoulder.

"What do you want?"

Cale looked at him with a grumbling expression and Choi Han responded with a pure smile on his face.

"Still can't imagine that pure smile," said tboah!Cale who still has that incredulous face.

"Run" og!Cale said to tcf!Cale being a menace.

"Shut up" tcf!Cale hiss at him.

"I will help you farm."

'...This bastard, no, why is this person, Choi Han, acting like this?'

Cale was baffled as he started to speak.

"Let's go see Mary for now."

Cale, Raon, and Choi Han soon left a frowning Witira and a passionate Clopeh behind as they headed toward the Land of Death, one of the Western continent's forbidden regions.

Three days later, Cale stepped onto the teleportation magic circle as Rosalyn watched him leave. Human! I will be right behind you! See you in 1 minute!

"Congratulations, young master-nim! Choi Han and Mary will come soon too!"

"...Okay."

Cale weakly responded and the bright light from the teleportation magic circle soon covered his sight. He heard Rosalyn's bright voice as that happened.

"I don't know if it will be a Duke or a Marquis, but I hope it is a Duke!"

"Why is she saying such a curse thing? I thought she was the sensible one." tcf!Cale decided to re-evaluate the princess. Again, he's not petty.

'Damn it!'

Cale closed his eyes and let the teleportation take him to the Henituse residence at the Roan Kingdom's capital. He had received a call from Count Deruth while working at the Land of Death's Underground City to come up with a plan to deal with the White Star.

"That place.."

The dark elves were startled at that.

"So the Underground City really will be involved" tboah!Tasha said.. but "well it's not really surprising since our counterpart seems to be involved too," she thought while remembering what they read in the previous chapters.

Count Deruth was smiling brightly as he mentioned the issue the crown prince mentioned last time.

'Cale, let's see each other again for the first time in a long while at the capital. Can you make it?'

Cale said that he would definitely be there.

'...Who knows what would happen to me without my being there?'

He needed to make sure nothing happened. The whole ceremony had to pass without Cale Henituse receiving anything. Cale made up his mind to personally make sure that happened.

"He really does plan to not get anything" tcf!Alberu had seen many people do anything to be awarded not the other way around, "he really keeps surprising me."

"You're the only person I knew that's desperate enough to not get an award" og!Cale said with a sigh.

"Yeah, you're priorities suck" tboah!Cale supplied helpfully.

Which both were ignored by tcf!Cale.

Paaaat!

He firmed his resolve once more as he was blinded by the bright light. He would definitely do something that would allow him to be one step closer to the life of a slacker.

"Hyung-nim."

tboah!Cale and og!Cale flinch hearing that familiar voice saying 'hyung-nim'.

"He's grown" tboah!Cale hid his fond smile knowing that his dongsaeng was safe and sound.

"He doesn't stutter now" og!Cale has haze-covered eyes as he reminisces the past.

He opened his eyes in a familiar location after the light from the teleportation disappeared. Human! I'm here!

He listened to Raon's voice in his head as he looked around at the Henituse family's capital residence's underground training ground that had not changed much in the past two years.

"Welcome, hyung-nim."

Even Basen who came to greet him had not changed.

"Thanks, Basen. Long time no see."

Basen was the only one who came to greet Cale. There was nobody else present. This was odd since he had heard that Lily, his father, and his mother were all already at the capital.

tcf!Violan and tcf!Deruth frown.

"Why aren't I there? Even how busy I am I should have greeted my son since I'm already there" tcf!Violan was once again feeling disappointed with herself.

"I will reflect," she thought as she look at her 3 sons in the center, "I will reflect and do my duty as their mother, not for me but for my sons" she promised.

"Am I busy again?" tcf!Deruth feels miserable that even then he hadn't changed. He glances at his sons at the center "I should stop running away" he was a coward and he knows it but he is a father "and I should remember my duty as a father, as his father."

'Are they all busy?'

In the short moment that Cale had thought about that...

"Hyung-nim."

Cale and Basen made eye contact.

"I've been waiting for you for a very long time."

The boy who looked weak but stubborn was looking at Cale with a passionate gaze.

"When was the last time we saw eye to eye" og!Cale can't remember... No, he doesn't want to remember... Whenever their eyes meet it's always skeptical.. anxious.. and the only time he did give him a determined look was in the war.. And an accepting look as he was dy...

og!Cale closes his eyes.

"Passionate gaze.." tboah!Cale's eyes were covered in haze. No, he was not jealous... He had no right to be... He was the one who acted trash so he shouldn't expect to be given that kind of gaze... He...

tboah!Cale closes his eyes.

...

"Mph!"

tboah!Cale and og!Cale opens their eyes shock at being shoved food in their mouth.

"I can feel you brooding right over here" tcf!Cale scoffs.

"Just say what you feel and don't go into a depressing world on your own" the tsundere said huffing.

"That's right other Humans! You can tell me anything that's bothering you! The great me will be you're listening buddy!" Raon declares mightily.

Meow

Meow

On and Hong agrees as they rub their body to them.

tboah!Cale and og!Cale was dumbfounded at the absurd situation.

They chuckle feeling lighter and warmer.

'What's up with him?'

Cale thought that Basen was acting weird. However, he soon calmed himself. He thought it was better that nobody other than Basen was here in this underground training ground.

"Basen."

Basen looked directly at Cale after hearing his name. He had heard about everything Cale had done, as well as the rumors spreading about him right now.

"Please tell me it's about me being a trash" tcf!Cale wish with all his might.

"Since when did you behave like trash?" tboah!Cale snort at him.

"You're insulting all the trash in the world" og!Cale said while tboah!Cale nods.

"You two only hit your bottles at thugs" tcf!Cale hiss "and yet you were rumored to be trash".

"Again we're just that good".

tcf!Cale wants to smack that smug look.

Basen suddenly recalled the young Cale Henituse who had looked at him with a pitiful expression about a month after he had come to live in this residence.

'You are part of the Henituse household. Remember that. No matter where you go, your last name is Henituse, you got that? Don't you remember what father said? Listen to me unless you are an idiot. Tell people that the Henituse blood flows through you, no matter what.'

Both Basen always remembers this word for word, even though back then he doesn't understand what his hyung-nim meant by those... "But the moment I understood it, I always keep it in my heart" He smile.

'How can I...'

'Shut up and do as I say. Otherwise, you won't be able to live in this house. Do you think the cousins and the others would leave you alone? Are you going to act like an idiot?'

His hyung-nim had never raised his fist toward him even when he was living his life as trash, just treating him as an outsider. Basen knew that that was the best Cale could do to help him.

Both Alberu really couldn't completely comprehend how tboah!Cale and og!Cale had sacrificed himself for his half-siblings. I admire his love for his half-siblings" because he doesn't know if he could give that same devotion to his own half-siblings.

'You need to protect your mother. At least you......'

Basen still had no idea why the young Cale had such a sad expression on his face at that time. The young Cale and Cale's mother. Nobody was willing to say anything about Cale's mother.

"Oh hyung.." both Basen was reflecting. He was an idiot for not realizing it sooner "if I had realized it earlier, would things be different?"

Slap

"I'm doing what if again, this time I will I'll take action" He looks at the center "I won't run away hyung-nim " He promised.

"I'll make sure we'll have that heart-to-heart conversation." Steel gaze was burning in his eyes.

Basen started to speak while looking at his hyung-nim.

"Yes, hyung-nim."

Cale slowly started to speak while looking back. The main reason that he had come to the capital. This was the first step to making that happen.

The underground training ground was quiet. A voice slowly started to speak to break the silence. Actually, it was not just one voice.

"Hyung-nim, I wish for you to become the territory lord."

"What do you think about becoming the territory lord?"

They both spoke at the same time. Basen and Cale.

"What is he saying!?" tcf!Cale cannot believe what he just heard and read.

He must have misread it. He. Must. Have. Misread. It!

"Me as the territory lord?"

"You want me to be the territory Lord? Why?"

"No! Why? Basen! Why?"

tcf!Cale felt betrayed. "How could you subject your hyung to that." He was not pouting and crying tears of blood.

Both of their pupils were shaking as they looked at each other. Hmm? Neither of you want to be the territory lord? Then let's ask little Lily if she wants to do it! She'll destroy all enemies with her greatsword! She seems like she'll become stronger than Basen and you, weak human! She's reliable!

"I'm going to train with a greatsword!" tcf!Lily was thrilled to find out she was following her dream and goal.

"I'm gonna train hard to protect my family," she thought as a great idea form in her mind "maybe I should ask Choi Han hyung-nim to train me! I'm sure Oraboni will be happy if I mention it." She smiles at that great idea.

The Cales suddenly felt chills.

Raon excitedly shouted into Cale's mind.

Clunk.

They heard the door to the training ground open and Cale made eye contact with Lily who showed up at the right time. He heard Raon's voice at that moment as well. Oh! Human! It's the future strong girl, Lily! She became stronger again!

"Being praised by a dragon feels good!" tcf!Lily brighten.

Then a brilliant thought formed in her mind as she looks at the center, determination formed in her.

"Oraboni!"

The Cales look at her, while two of them pretend to casually look and pretend not to care. But they freeze when they made eye contact with her.

"I was praised there! Do you think I can be strong?" She gives an innocent look as she asks.

"Of course" tcf!Cale answered without even thinking twice.

This made tcf!Lily brighten once more at the confidence that was given to her "Really!"

Then she looks at tboah!Cale and og!Cale in the eye "Do you also think so Oraboni?"

tboah!Cale and og!Cale finch being called so affectionately.

tboah!Lily understood what her counterpart was trying to do as light shone in her eyes.

"Yes, Oraboni, I also want to know what you thought" tboah!Lily gives them her genuine brightest smile.

Which they both flinch as well. They don't know how to deal with the genuine affection and bright smile directed to them by their little sister.

"T-That, why are y-you asking something obvious" og!Cale scoffed pretending he didn't care.

"T-That's right, so you d-don't have to ask" tboah!Cale clicks his tongue pretending to be bothered by some nonsense question.

But they both flinch at the bright response filled with love.

"Thank you Oraboni!"

As both Lily replied with much enthusiasm and loving gaze.

tboah!Cale and og!Cale was flustered so they hurriedly look away.

"Operation opening up to each other starts now," both Lily thought smiling with clear determination.

Meanwhile

"Who's afraid of human interaction now?" tcf!Cale smugly smirks at them.

Tsk. tboah!Cale and og!Cale clicks their tongue absolutely not pouting.

Maybe it was because Raon was blabbing on so loudly... Cale subconsciously asked Lily a question while he was still slightly shocked.

"Do you want to be the territory lord?"

Lily's jaws dropped in shock. She seemed shocked as she started to talk to herself without greeting either Cale nor Basen.

"What is going on?"

The smug smile disappears as tcf!Cale remembers the situation "what's going on? I'm having a crisis that's what!" He groans at his dilemma.

Chapter 434: Me? Why? 3

Cale, Lily, and Basen. None of the three could easily say anything.

Cale couldn't speak because he knew he had spoken nonsense to Lily, Basen couldn't speak because he was thinking about what Cale had said, and finally, Lily was remaining quiet because of her, 'what is going on?' comment that she had subconsciously made.

However, that silence was soon broken, and Lily was the first to speak.

"I'm not going to be the territory lord; I'm going to be a knight!"

"That's right!" tcf!Lily declares.

As tboah!Lily nodded agreeing with her other-self.

"That's my little sister" proudly thought by the Cales.

While the Count pales. "No one wants to succeed me," he thought miserably.

She didn't know why that unexpected question had suddenly been directed at her, but she tried her best to share her intentions with Cale. She tightly clenched her fists.

Of course, Cale flinched as he watched Lily suddenly clench her fists, however, Lily did not manage to see that.

"I wish to become a strong knight who will protect the territory and the kingdom!"

"And my family," both Lily thought with steel determination.

tboah!Lily look at tboah!Cale "and my Oraboni" she will make sure all her family survives so that her Oraboni won't be alone with grief.

"Okay, do that."

"Huh?"

Lily, who was planning on sharing more of her aspirations with Cale, flinched in shock after hearing Cale immediately accept it. Cale didn't care and said what he wanted to say.

"Work hard, but don't work too hard. Children need to play."

'She's not even a teenager yet, so she should play. Shouldn't she?'

tboah!Cale and og!Cale agrees.

"She shouldn't be burdened by something so early" og!Cale thought as he was sure tcf!Cale can protect her.. more than he can.. he smiles sadly.

"She should get stronger at her own pace not rush it" tboah!Cale thought because he promise that he will keep her safe.

Cale nodded at his own question. He then made eye contact with someone who was looking directly at him.

Basen's eyes seemed more concerned than ever as he quietly looked toward Cale.

Cale scratched his head after seeing the complicated gaze.

'This kind of atmosphere doesn't suit me well.'

"Well it certainly happened to me all the time"

tboah!Cale and og!Cale sadly thought.

He can only blame himself because he was always the cause of that kind of atmosphere.

"..."

"I'm not brooding!"

They immediately said as they saw tcf!Cale equipped himself with pies in his hands and as different treats floating ready to be shoved in their mouth.

Tsk.

Hmph!

tcf!Cale clicks his tongue and Raon pout at them.

Cale debated for a moment before starting to speak again.

"Basen, is there something you want to do like Lily does?"

tboah!Cale and og!Cale paused at that.

"Did he not want to be territory lord?

"Did I push him to something he doesn't want?"

He frowns "But being the heir is the only way for him to be accepted by our relatives.." He was contemplating whether he did the right choice.

Basen's pupils started to shake.

What he wanted to do was taking care of the internal administrative and financial needs under Cale's leadership as the territory lord. That was because Cale was famous, not just in the kingdom, but throughout the entire continent and had lots of things to do. He wanted to help his brother, who would be busy with external affairs, lead the territory in a safe and innovative way.

tboah!Cale and og!Cale felt relieved knowing that his dongsaeng wants to take care of the territory.

Meanwhile tcf!Cale was having another dilemma "famous? In the kingdom-no in the entire continent?!" No... It's the trash rumors, his trash reputation has become known to the entire continent, that's it. He finally let himself relax at that thought.

"You're probably interested in looking after the territory and helping it grow, right?"

He was right. His hyung-nim was right, but Basen did not respond. He didn't look like he was trying to be rude. In fact, he looked to be deep in thought about what to say.

"Mm."

Cale thought for a moment before starting to speak again.

"You guys are still young, but I will tell you the truth since you are both intelligent but more so because you are my younger siblings."

'My younger siblings.'

Those words made Basen's shoulders shake.

"Why would he be shaken? I did say he's a Henituse" og!Cale said curiously.

"Right, so he should know that he's my younger brother" tboah!Cale tilts his head in confusion.

tcf!Cale nods agreeing with them.

"... Just saying 'your a Henituse' doesn't automatically mean 'you're my younger brother', he can't-no no one can understand that roundabout way of talking." tcf!On look at them deadpan. They need to learn how to communicate properly" she let out a sigh shaking her head.

He then noticed Cale calmly looking at him.

It made him recall the younger version of his brother who was blunt and almost rude as he spoke but always looked at him with a pitying but calm gaze.

"He should just forget about me" og!Cale nonchalantly said but with a sad gaze.

"Yeah, he should just stop recalling me" tboah!Cale casually agrees looking down.

Both Basen heard that as he stands up.

"Never!"

They said in outburst looking at his two startled hyung-nims in the eye.

"You're my hyung-nim!"

"And you always will be!"

Desperation, longing, affection was shown in Basen's declaration.

"Mmph!"

Both tboah!Cale and og!Cale doesn't know how to react to it as his eyes tremble.

"To still be a family"

"To still be an older brother"

"To be wanted"

... They look away.

"I do not wish to be the territory lord."

"That's right!" tcf!Cale agrees with himself with all his heart. "Didn't Kim Rok Soo say that I should convince mother so that I could give my right to be the heir?" He recall as he was forming plan B.

Cale decided to be honest. It might make him seem like an eldest son with no sense of responsibility, however, it didn't matter since they all thought that he was originally trash, right?

Both Basen and Lily frown. They don't think their brother is trash, even back then, they only see him as rude and hard to approach but never trash.

Both Lily has fire in her eyes.

"Oraboni!"

tcf!Cale looks at her while og!Cale and tboah!Cale refuses to look.

That made her frown but she's as stubborn as him.

"My 3 Oraboni!"

They flinch.

"I never thought of any of you as a trash"

"That's right, I only thought that you're hard to approach but it doesn't mean I hate you"

Both Lily unashamedly declares, hoping her three oppas' will stop the self-degrade and know that he's not hated.

Both Basen was in awe at his sister's confidence. He took courage at his sister's stubbornness.

"I also think the same, I like my hyung-nim now and I also like my hyung-nim back then." tcf!Basen addresses all 3 of them hoping to send the message of a sibling's love.

"That's correct, no one can replace any of you" tboah!Basen said to all 3 of them who he acknowledged as his hyungs and he hope he will be acknowledged too.

tcf!Cale let out a small smile as he nods while og!Cale and tboah!Cale still refuses to look... but they give a little nod with a tint of red in their ears.

Both Lily and Basen smile at that. It might be a small step but they're moving forward, together as a siblings.

The mother and the father are both proud of what their children have done. "I... I should also step up as a parent" They thought as they find the right time.

"To be honest with you guys, I wish to rest after finishing what I am doing right now."

Basen's eyes opened wide.

"I want to live over by Harris Village and live a quiet and peaceful life."

"The village really did get rebuilt."

Both Choi Han waves of emotions came crashing. He wants to smile, he wants to cry, he felt relief, he felt gratitude.

"Ah yes my slacker life, it's finally coming true" tcf!Cale smile widely at the prospect of attaining his rich slacker life.

"Ah."

Basen let out a quiet gasp but could not think about what to say as he looked at Cale scratch his cheeks while saying these things in a slightly awkward and embarrassed tone.

'Yes, the things hyung-nim is doing right now-'

Everything that the Cale who suddenly changed two years ago started to do caused a lot of noise in the kingdom. Everything he did raised the fame of the Henituse household and their territory, especially his achievements during the battle between the Indomitable Alliance and the Henituse territory. Cale also accomplished a lot in the kingdom and the rest of the Western continent after that, making the fame that he had thought had reached its apex to continue to rise.

tcf!Cale's smile dropped.

"What have my future self been getting into!?" He thought in disbelief. He was supposed to collect fortune not fame.

His actions made people stop talking about making Basen the successor and the talks of making Cale the successor were rampant in the territory now.

"No!" tcf!Cale was now cursing his future self. "Did my future self go crazy!? Aigoo..."

tboah!Cale and og!Cale is also frowning. "This idiot has been ruining all my hard work! Aigoo..."

However.

'How hard must it have been for hyung-nim this whole time?'

This was the reason Basen had been at a loss for words after hearing Cale say he wanted to rest. It was because he remembered that while Cale's fame and the household's fame went up, Cale himself had to fight with his life on the line many times.

The person who turned pale, coughed up blood, and fainted time after time was saying he wanted to rest after this was over.

Everyone felt sympathy at what the transmigrator do for peace.

"Honestly, he is truly unlucky" the white golden dragon sigh at the misfortune his-the chi-no transmigrator will go through.

Furthermore, he mentioned that he had hesitated to tell the truth because Basen was young but that he decided to tell them because they were his younger siblings. Anybody would be able to tell that Cale was being honest. However, his hyung-nim who was saying he was young was only 20 years old and had been 18 when he started to fight two years ago.

"Almost all event is happening in 2yrs." tcf!Cale thought as he rearrange all the information he got, but pause as he frown at what tboah!Cale said.

"So you caused a racket in just 2 years" tboah!Cale said with a mocking whistle as she smile mischievously.

"And collected different existences in that time" og!Cale said with mischief as he continue "keep this up and you're going to become a Master, the greatest trainer" he smirked.

tcf!Cale was once again cursing his team members for giving og!Cale references.

His hyung-nim was also still young.

"Not really" tcf!Cale denies as he was older in his previous life and if he count them together...

"Well, technically your 20 there soo" og!Cale said because he also doesn't feel like 40 something.

"Who cares, you both don't act your previous age anyway" tboah!Cale cheekily said to them.

tcf!Cale and og!Cale a scowl (pout).

Basen's thoughts were so complicated that his mind wanted to blow. many different emotions and thoughts filled his mind. He heard Cale's voice at that moment.

"Of course, you don't have to do something you don't want to do if you don't want to do it."

Cale could see Basen finally start to open his mouth.

"Hyung-nim, you..."

A calmer than expected voice was coming out of Basen's mouth. Cale looked into Basen's eyes that were looking at him.

"Then hyung-nim, are you doing what you want to do right now?"

Cale answered that question without any hesitation.

"Mm, half and half?"

The things he started because he didn't want Choi Han to beat him to a pulp had ended up becoming this big and causing major headaches.

tboah and og!Cale flinch remembering the pain.

As tcf!Cale gives them a sympathetic look.

Seeing those flinch tboah!Choi Han frowned... Should he... He's not going to think about it yet.

"Anyway, it is true that I am doing things right now because I want to do them."

Getting rid of the White Star. He was originally doing it because he thought that he and his friends were the only ones who could do that properly, but now he wanted to quickly smack that guy from behind.

"That's right" he still remembers what that thing did to Raon. He'll make him suffer. An evil plan was forming in his mind.

He then wanted to be a slacker and play all day once the world became peaceful.

"He could just literally run away and ignore everything!" tcf!Bud said in disbelief but with admiration in his eyes.

Everyone is having that thought along that line.

"... But he choose to fight and protect," they thought fondly.

"I see."

Basen barely managed to smile as he nodded his head.

'I'm sure hyung-nim is being honest when he says half and half.'

Something he wants to do and something he does not want to do at the same time. Who would want to cough up blood and fight such difficult battles? It was normal to not want to do those things. But the part where he says he wants to do it...

Basen started to think about what he wanted to do.

He was not talented in the sword like the people of the Henituse family. He was only slightly better than average, which was why he only trained in the basics.

He chose a different direction instead.

He chose a direction where he could help the territory, his household, the residents, and his family. Administration, finance, and politics. He had studied a lot of things.

The Countess felt proud of her son. "He really has the making of a great leader," She thought, but she still won't approve that her oldest son Cale be removed from the heir position without making sure that that is what Cale really wants and not just saying he doesn't want the title to protect them.

That was what he wanted to do.

"Hyung-nim."

"Yes?"

"...Do you think I will be able to do a good job?"

"Of course he would" tboah!Cale confidently thought. He won't push his dongsaeng to the heir position if he knows he can't handle it.

"That's my dongsaeng" so og!Cale was sure that his little brother will definitely do a great job.

Basen could see Cale tilting his head to the side in confusion after hearing his question.

"Lily."

He then called for their youngest sister Lily.

"Yes, sir!"

Lily who had been nervously and carefully listening to her two oppas' conversations responded energetically as Cale asked with a confused expression still on his face.

"Isn't Basen smart?"

"He's very smart!"

"Right? Don't people compliment his administrative and finance skills?"

"They do it quite often!"

tboah!Cale and og!Cale confidently nods feeling proud of their dongsaeng.

Both Basen saw their hyungs reaction and self-esteem blossom in them as they smile brightly.

Basen blankly looked toward Lily and Cale. Cale then turned toward him and continued to speak.

"Is there anything that people are good at when they first start? Things will work out as you keep doing it. What is most important is if you want to do it. Lily, would you not be a knight if you were terrible with the sword?"

"No! I would be a knight even if I sucked with the sword and would keep working hard until I became good at it!"

Pride. tboah!Cale and og!Cale felt absolute pride in his little sister.

While tcf!Cale thinks "with Basen being the territory lord and Lily being the head knight, I won't be needing to do anything" He can feel his slacker life within reach.

Lily sounded energetic as she responded to Cale in the way she would respond to her master. Basen blankly watched this as Cale scratched his cheek and observed Basen's expression as he started to speak again.

"Mm, if it feels that burdensome..."

Cale debated for a moment before deciding to help Basen who wanted to be the territory lord but could not make up his mind because he worried that he would not do a good job.

"I'll take care of dealing with his highness or the rest of the kingdom, things like dealing with the nobles and the external affairs."

"Oh ho he will?" tcf!Alberu smiled brightly "I'll make sure to work him hard," he (evilly) thought. Smirk.

tcf!Cale was having a bad feeling.. but whatever it is he'll make sure to turn things around in his favor.

'Who in the Roan Kingdom would dare to touch the Henituse household after we get rid of the White Star?'

Cale said this thinking there would probably not be many external affairs issues for him to handle and Lily chimed in right after him.

"I will lead the Knights Brigade and the troops! My master is teaching me tactics and military arts right now!"

"Which master?"

"It better not be Choi Han!"

Two hyungs, one has red hair and one has black hair was having a dilemma.

Basen quietly closed his eyes after seeing Lily confidently step up while saying to leave the troops to her and Cale giving Lily a thumbs up with a look of admiration.

'...Yes. I'm not doing everything on my own.'

He was already planning on taking care of the internal affairs because Cale seemed as if he would be traveling quite a bit.

'Hyung-nim, Lily, and I.'

Wouldn't it be fine if these three people became the three pillars of the Henituse territory?

'Would the burden on hyung-nim go down if the three of us split up the work?'

"But I'm not planning to do anything" tcf!Cale scoff. "Like I say no one would dare cause problems if we defeat the leader of the enemies" so after that he was sure he'll just laze around.

This was planning for the far future as both his father and mother were still young and healthy, but Basen started to imagine the future with the three siblings in power.

"Us siblings.." tboah!Cale thought as he imagine a scene that he was sure will never happen to him.

"... With hyung-nim" tboah!Basen held a different thought, he'll make sure that his hyung-nim with them in power.

It looked exciting. It made his heart beat wildly.

'Hyung-nim would take care of things outside the territory, I would take care of thing inside the territory, and my little dongsaeng would take care of the city walls and protect the territory.'

"I.. should I?" tboah!Cale thought. Now that his intentions was exposed... Can w... he didn't finish and ignore that thought.

But his siblings thought otherwise "The three of us, together" They look at their older brother "for sure."

Basen slowly started to smile.

"Hyung-nim."

"What is it?"

"Do you not need the title of nobility?"

"Ah, I'll tell you everything since I decided to be honest. I am not interested in a title or a government position at all."

"A person that has no greed"

Everyone is still surprised that there is such a person who held no greed and have such a heroic heart.

Basen could not help but laugh after seeing the honest expression on Cale's face.

"Haha, Haha-"

"Have I ever heard him laugh like that in front of me?"

og!Cale and tboah!Cale felt slight jealousy.. but stop...

"... Why am I being like this?" They frown.

What was going on?

Basen oddly felt himself calming down. He slightly smiled toward Cale who was looking at him as he started to speak.

"Hyung-nim."

"What is it?"

"I will think about the territory's successor position."

"Hmm?"

"Hm?..."

"Why!" tcf!Cale as blood drains from his face "Isn't this the part where he would say that he'll be the territory lord!?" He can't understand why Basen is acting like this.

'...What the heck?'

Basen was saying that he would think about it, but Cale was getting an odd feeling. Basen's faint smile made Cale think of someone else. Human! Good boy Basen is smiling like shrewd crown prince Alberu! This is weird! He's not smiling cheekily like the crown prince, but it feels similar! This is bad! Basen cannot grow up like the crown prince! Human, you won't be able to rest if that happens!

tcf!Cale pales and has an incredulous face.

"What kind of bad influence did his highness give his dongsaeng?" tcf!Cale vow to get Basen far away from his highness.

'Nah, no way. This honest to a fault brother of mine becoming like the crown prince? That makes no sense.'

The crown prince twitch, "they been calling me shrewd and a liar for quite some time now" He still can't believe the audacity of this person.

Cale erased such an unbelievable thought from his mind. Basen continued to speak with a mischievous expression.

"I'll think about it and let you know if I want to do it."

'Mm, that's right. He should only do it if he wants to do it.'

Cale nodded his head at Basen's statement but received an oddly weird sensation. Basen didn't care as he started to walk toward the training ground entrance before stopping again.

tcf!Cale also nods defeated. What can he do if he really doesn't want it. He should do whatever he wants. "But that doesn't mean I'll be the territory lord" He'll find some random smart person to make territory lord if he had to.

"Ah, also-"

He looked toward Cale and Lily as he continued to speak. His voice was light and slightly bright.

"You know that father and mother must agree on the successor, right? None of our discussions matter if we do not have the two of their permissions. Then, I will head up first."

"I need to talk to the Countess as soon as possible" as tcf!Cale recalls what og!Cale told him.

He needs to convince his mother.

Tap, tap.

Basen disappeared from the underground training ground with light footsteps. Cale was silent for a moment before he turned toward Lily and asked.

"Why is he acting like this?" tcf!Cale sigh as he thinks it must be puberty. He frowns.

While tboah!Cale and og!Cale hid their smile as they witness how happy their dongsaeng is.

"Was Basen's personality always like this?"

"I don't think so?"

"... He seemed happy, right?"

"Yes, I think he wanted to be the territory lord."

Was that the case?

Cale didn't think Lily was right, but just nodded his head and started to speak to Lily again because he had no way of knowing what was making Basen happy.

"I will cheer you on to achieve your dream of becoming a knight to protect the territory."

"Thank you!"

tcf!Lily smiled at that. That words alone give her the encouragement to train harder than ever.

Cale smiled while looking at the smile on Lily's face.

'Heh, Basen will be the territory lord and with Lily taking control of the troops, it looks like I'll just have to travel every so often to meet with his highness.'

"I feel like every time I meet him will shave my lifespan" tcf!Alberu has a foreboding feeling that whenever he gets visited by tcf!Cale trouble will follow.

It was a satisfying future for all three of them. Mm. Human, I feel like all three of you are misunderstanding something!

"They sure are."

Almost everyone has this line of thought.

That was why he easily ignored Raon's ramblings.

However, something soon happened to get rid of that refreshed smile and make Cale start to frown again.

"Then I will head up first."

"Sure..."

Cale bowed toward Count Deruth and Countess Violan as he got up from the table.

Countess Violan' sharp gaze checked how much Cale ate while Count Deruth noticed Cale's skinnier than before wrist and stealthily motioned with his gaze to the butler of the capital residence, but Cale who had no way of knowing this felt relaxed and full for the first time in a long while as he headed to his bedroom.

The Countess and the Count frown.

"Why is he so skinny?"

"Is he not eating well?"

Concern cover their entire being. They did not like that their son is living an unhealthy life.

"Let's talk about the details tomorrow. I'm sure you are tired so get some rest."

"Yes, mother."

Both Violan flinches slightly. She still can't get used to the fact that her oldest son would call her mother.

They're happy and thankful.

At the same time, they look at tboah!Cale and og! Cale wishes for a chance to be called a mother by them.

The original plan was to have tea-time after dinner, but Cale was tired, and his family was understanding and told him to go rest.

Cale happily accepted the offer and slowly started to walk toward his room.

Heading to his bedroom with a full stomach... This was a wonderful schedule.

"Yes, eat, relax, and sleep" tcf!Cale smile "such a wonderful life" His could already imagine his future will be just like that.

'Hmm?'

He then happened to make eye contact with two employees who were walking down the hall.

They seemed to be new as Cale had never met them before, and they jumped up in shock before bowing toward Cale and quickly walking past him.

'...This reminds me of the past.'

He recalled how the employees had avoided him when he first opened his eyes as Cale. Cale, who didn't mind such a situation, just smiled as the two whispered to each other as they walked past him because he was happy from being full and headed toward his room.

og!Cale scoffed at tcf!Cale "I can't believe you still think that you accomplish being trash."

"And I'm pretty sure they're not shocked because your a trash" tboah!Cale snort.

"Of course it's because of me being a trash" tcf!Cale huff at them.

"...Silver light......"

"Like the rumors... hero......"

"Heh"

Both smugly smirk.

"Shut up" tcf!Cale hiss.

Their conversation did not manage to reach Cale's ears. Instead, as Cale walked a bit farther down the empty hallway and stopped in front of his bedroom... Human, you're here?

Raon who should be in his room started to speak in his mind. But something was off. Human, Mmph! Human, hold on, ugh!

'What the hell?'

He recalled how Raon had not even eaten dinner as he wanted to sneak out with Cale to eat the skewers and other junk food from the street vendors.

That was why Cale purposely had nobody come into nor near his bedroom. He wanted Raon to be able to relax without being invisible.

However, the way Raon was speaking urgently inside the bedroom was weird. He was clearly sending the message with magic, however... Human! W, wait a moment, mmph!

Some have become worried.

As tcf!Cale frown and eyes sharpen. Is there an enemy inside his home? He doesn't like that though.

His voice sounded stuffed and urgent. Cale's pupils started to shake. His hand quickly headed toward the doorknob. You look ready for a fight.

The Super Rock noticed Cale's current emotional state and the ancient powers got ready for battle.

Ooooooooong.

tcf!Cale frown harder. He looks at Raon and calms himself as he reassures that Raon is safe. But turn to the screen with dead seriousness, he needs to know so he could continue to keep Raon safe.

The ancient powers inside Cale's body quietly started to roar. Cale then slammed the door open.

Bang!

The door opened with a loud noise.

"Ra-"

Cale who was about to shout, 'Raon!' instantly started to frown.

"Mmph. Cough!"

Raon was quickly trying to swallow the piece of cake in his mouth without managing to clean the chocolate cream and crumbs around his mouth.

The tension change to amusement.

As tcf!Cale let out a small sigh in relief.

"Oh my. Please eat slowly."

There was a person gently patting Raon's back and wiping the chocolate cream off Raon's mouth.

"Hm? That voice"

The crown prince of the Roan Kingdom thought seriously as he know who that belongs to.

That person looked toward Cale before taking off his hood. That person, no, that quarter Dark Elf, soon started to smile brightly.

Both Alberu tense while sweating.

He knows he can't do anything to keep all of them quiet, not even by force or threat as most of the people here are stronger than him.

As both Tasha glance at her niece, worried for him.

"Hiya."

Raon seemed to have opened it for him, and his smile matched the dark night sky outside the now open terrace. The table Raon was on was full of cake and cookies. It was even more dazzling than the ones they ate in the palace last time.

"Haaaaa."

Cale let out a sigh

"Human!"

Raon urgently wiped his mouth as he started to speak.

"I wasn't trying to eat the whole cake on my own! I was planning on eating it with you! But I ended up eating it all before I knew it! I still have enough room in my tummy to eat skewers with you! I really want to eat chicken skewers! You can't say I can't have it because I ate this!"

He then pushed the empty cake stand over toward the crown prince. The crown prince then smiled brightly as he started to speak.

"Crown prince.." Everyone thought as theories form in their minds.

Meanwhile

"Human, why are you hiding the crown prince in your bedroom?" Raon ask rather loudly as he was confused.

Choked

"Cale, do you want some?"

There was a cookie in his hand.

'What the hell?

Why did this guy sneak in here? Why is he in his quarter Dark Elf form?'

The sound of Alberu crunching on the cookie became louder the more Cale started to frown.

Haaa.

"I sure hope that this secret will remain a secret" both Alberu smiled brightly at everyone but was a mess inside.

"Pyah" "Pyah" "Pyah!"

Everyone flinches as the crown prince felt relieved.

If anyone even thinks of revealing the crown prince's secret without consent their memories of this place will automatically fade and they don't want that.. but...

"Why the special treatment?" tcf!Toonka ask.

"Pyah~"

"What's a simp?" They all just sweat-drop at the starry look the slime had.

Meanwhile,

-It's ok crown prince, I won't let anyone know that my human is hiding you in his bedroom

A cute dragon telepathically said to the crown prince who was choking.

'Delicious.'

Alberu smiled brightly and commented on the taste as Cale closed the door.

Bang!

The door slammed shut and Cale approached Alberu before asking in a disgruntled but respectful manner.

"Why are you here?"

Smirk.

The quarter Dark Elf's eyes were full of mischief.

"I need to borrow Choi Han and you."

"It's really a surprise that I trust them enough to reveal my secret"

Both Alberu thought still surprised at how he can place his trust in the transmigrator.

[End... Preparing the next]

A bright light flashes in the room as the whales return. They have red eyes and a light expression showing that they got the closure that they need.

All whales look at tcf!Cale.

They bow expressing their heartfelt gratitude with simple words but full of emotions.

"Thank you."

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A/N:

I know I said that I will update/re-upload the last chapter but I decided to just add a new chapter, so that you would know that I updated.. (not because I forgot that I made that short chapter (;;゜▽゜)ehe..)

Anyway, Hope y'all like it!

I'm a shy person so I might not reply to your comments but I do read and appreciate them (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

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