Meant To Be 1

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Warning: so much AlCale shipping... and maybe others too. You might puke rainbows (=｀▽'=)ﾉ彡☆

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- Author's Note

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The slime finally returns after fixing the error and sending the ancient powers back to tcf!Cale's

Much to the children's displeasure.

[Start]

Chapter 485: Peeling layer after layer 2

"Taking off the outer part" tcf!Beacrox started.

"Ah, like skinning someone alive" tboah!Beacrox said as a matter of fact.

"I was going to say like a fruit, such as banana... But sure" tcf!Beacrox shrugged.

Meanwhile,

"Or stripping someone clo- ok I should stop" Someone -who will not be named- thought.

Cale looked back and started to speak before walking any farther.

"Wait for me outside the door."

Choi Han quietly nodded his head and started to close the door.

"Again, how did you tame the scary peasant?

"Tame him Like a puppy at that!"

og!Cale and tboah!Cale whispered-shout towards tcf!Cale.

"Who in their right mind would tame the protagonist!?" tcf!Cale looks at them indecorously at the nonsense they were saying.

"You"

They thought.

Meanwhile,

"I'm with Cale-nim!" tcf!Choi Han cheers as he still remembers from the chapter with Raon's rescue his Cale-nim has a thought that he will be with him 'for now' but they're already read chapter 600 plus! And he was still with him!

Human! I'll be waiting with Choi Han!

tboah!Choi Han feels an ache in his heart.

Whenever he looks at the young dragon, he is always reminded of the dragon he killed.

It was another part of his many regrets.

"This is what happen when I didn't know how to protect"

He grips his scabbard.

He resolves himself that he will learn how to protect rather than kill.

So that next time...

Next time, there will be no more tragedy.

Raon said goodbye to him without coming inside as well.

"What!?"

"What if something happens to my human!"

"It's ok son, you're a smart dragon so you know that whatever room he was in is going to be safe"

tcf!Raon shyly beams at his mother's praise. "That's right! Mo- I'm a smart dragon!"

Screeeech-

The door slowly closed, until...

Boom!

It closed completely and Cale could not see outside.

"Why are you just blankly standing there?"

Cale turned away from the door and faced forward after hearing Alberu's voice.

"Crown prince make sure my human is safe!"

"I will make sure to not disappoint especially the request that came from the mighty and strong Raon-nim" tcf!Alberu said with sparkles as background.

tcf!Raon beam at the praise while some look deadpan at that glib tongue.

"Ok crown prince! I'll leave my human to you! I give you my blessing!"

"Why does that sound like a father gave his approval to court his son?" A certain future tower master mischievously thought.

"Are you not coming?"

Cale shrugged his shoulders and started to walk after hearing Alberu's jovial voice.

"Why is he so happy?" tcf!Bud started "it's like he's excited to be alone with a certain someone," he said with a suggestive glint.

"More like why do they need to be alone in a room?" tboah!Bud wiggle his brow suggestively.

"Shut up you conspiracy theorist!" The crown prince not-hiss (his royalty! he does not do hissing like a cute angry kitten!) with a tint of red on his cheeks "For all we know there is somebody else there."

While the rest ignores him and wonders.

Tap. Tap.

The two of them were the only ones in here, so Cale's steps echoed loudly.

"Oh my gosh, they are alone!"

tboah!Tasha dramatically said with a scandalous gasp.

"AUNT!"

Both Alberu groan.

"Did you get rid of everybody else on purpose?"

"Yes. They all have the day off today."

Gasps!

"How scandalous!"

"The supposed lout and The crown prince! Why I would never thoug-"

Food was shoved in tboah!Cale and og!Cale's mouth by someone who was a little bit flustered.

But that doesn't stop them from laughing their a** off.

"Is that okay?"

Cale stood in front of Alberu and Alberu took a document out of his pocket and waved it around.

"Do you see his majesty's crest?"

Cale chuckled after looking at the document with the king's crest.

"It's more of a do not approach warning than a day off."

"Yes. Even the guards are 10 meters away from the building."

Cale quietly listened before asking a question.

"I guess it is a big secret?"

"Oh boo it's not a romantic getaway"

"How disappointing"

"What's disappointing?" tcf!Cale thought as he glared at his two idiots (not twins!) that said that.

While that was happening a certain aunt was also teasing her nephew.

"...I'm not sure."

Cale could see that Alberu was still smiling but that his eyes were stiff. His eyes were not normal and seemed to hold anguish.

The teasing and laughing stop at the sudden angst.

It's not fun to joke around when someone is suffering.

Well unless you're doing it so that the one that is suffering would forget the problem for even just a moment.

Alberu turned away after seeing Cale staring at him and started to walk.

"...The people of the royal family seem to think it is a big secret."

"Does that mean you don't think it is a big secret, your highness?"

Cale walked while looking at Alberu's back and soon heard Alberu's quiet whisper.

"You can decide that after looking at it."

Alberu was passing the decision of whether it was a secret or not to Cale.

"Like a King asking his Queen for advice"

tcf!Taylor slaps his face "What am I thinking!"

"Sure. But your highness, it looks like we are going somewhere odd?"

The Roan Kingdom's Palace's Grand Library.

That was the library with the most books in the entire kingdom, as well as the location with the most precious books.

The Grand Library of the oldest kingdom on the continent lived up to its name by being multiple stories high, and although the surface level itself was larger than any other building in the kingdom, it also had three large underground levels as well.

"Just follow me."

Cale thought that they were heading to a hidden room in the library, however, Alberu headed toward the center of the Grand Library's first floor.

"Cale Henituse. There is a rule we must follow whenever we extend the library."

"What is it?"

Alberu stopped walking.

Cale looked toward the crown prince who was enveloped in the moonlight coming through the large window on the first floor. The crown prince started to speak at the center of the moonlight.

"He must've looked very handsome"

og!Cale begrudgingly thought. As he remembers those times the crown prince dashingly stood up and lead them into battle.

Even with tattered clothes on the battlefield, the crown prince still looks stunning...

... how annoying. Tsk.

"Why am I thinking about him anyway?" og!Cale shrugged.

"Make sure the gaze of the sun is always by your side."

Cale recalled the layout of the Grand Library that had a lot of large windows.

"And this place I am standing at right now..."

Alberu looked down at his feet. He was at the center of the moonlight right now, but this was the spot for the sun when it was at its highest point.

"Do not cover it with anything."

Alberu took a small wooden box out of his pocket.

Click.

"Oh mah gosh is he going to propose!" Someone shriek.

"What?" Both crown princes' eyes widen.

"What?" tcf!Cale gape.

As blood rushed to their face.

"What!?" The father figures were on the verge of a rampage.

"Kyaaaaaa" some people squeal in delight... And some in horror or was that jealousy?

Some just outright laugh.

The box opened easily. There was a small seal in the box. It was an iron seal that looked very old.

"This is something that only the head of the Crossman household can possess."

"Oh boo it's not a proposal"

"Again, How disappointing"

"Again, what's disappointing?" tcf!Cale thought as he glared at his two idiots (Again, not twins!) swearing that he will get them back-wait!

tcf!Cale smiled evilly.

"What's disappointing? The one where you seduce someone?" He loudly said for everyone especially the Henituse couple and Ron to hear.

(Except for the children who were somehow been distracted by new gifts given to them by the ugly slime)

...!

Gasp!!

The betrayal! tboah!Cale and og!Cale looks at him aghast.

Then they shivered at a stone cold voice of his ex-butler.

"Dear young master, might sharing that details with this old man?" it's not really a question.

"Look, I only did it one time at the pub! And it's not like it was successful!"

"It failed alright! When the b****** started touching me I slug him!"

Why are they even defending themselves? tboah!Cale and og!Cale thought.

Then they shivered at a stone cold voice of a golden dragon.

"Is that where you learned the word kinky?"

"What? You mean being mischievous?" tboah!Cale answered.

"..."

"Wait, what?" Everyone pause.

"Kinky means being mischievous" og!Cale clarifies.

"..."

"I'm going to tell them!" the Mercenary King said.

"Don't you dare" a sharp voice said with a literal flying dagger came from the Countess as she was fanning her husband who was passed out.

tboah!Cale and og!Cale thinks about what the mercenary king said, does that mean they were wrong about the definition? Well, they really didn't care much about that word anyway to even look up what it really means. They shrugged not caring.

When they thought it was over with.

"Young masters, I look forward to our talk"

"So do I"

"What's with Ron and that Golden dragon?! Why are they acting like this?"

They shivered once again and glare at tcf!Cale who was blissfully eating with a satisfied (smug) expression.

Cale flinched at Alberu's explanation.

Alberu who realized the reason behind it smiled as he asked.

"What's wrong? Are you shocked I said the Crossman 'household,' and not the Crossman Royal family? Anyway, this is something only the head can have."

"Is there a difference?" tcf!Pendrick asks tilting his head.

tcf!Paseton thought that tilt was cute as he reply "Well, maybe just because one is King it doesn't necessarily mean that one would be a household head as well."

"Or someone could be the Roan King but someone else could be the Crossman head." tcf!Witira adds while smirking at her little brother.

"So, it's like a two different title?" While asking that tcf!Pendrick feels iffy at both whales' stares.

"Who knows?" Was the mysterious reply. Probably only the Crossman household tcf!Paseton thought as he stop looking at the elf and raised his eye in question toward her sister who was smirking.

Alberu looked at the old seal in his hand with an odd expression.

Cale had a similar expression on his face as he opened his mouth to speak.

"...Did you borrow it from his majesty?"

"Borrow?"

Alberu's expression turned cold as he looked at the seal.

"It is mine."

That sure voice which is laced in confidence and cold truth runs a shiver of excitement in tcf!Alberu.

Those times he needs to hide his abilities.

Those times he needs to struggle for what's his.

Those time working late at night

Those time training in hiding.

Those moments of lonely nights with just him doing his best to survive.

Finally.

His long-awaited goal was going to be realized.

The Roan Kingdom's throne still belonged to Zed Crossman. Cale had heard that crown prince Alberu still went to the king to get permission on important decisions.

Although crown prince took care of most things inside and outside of the kingdom... There was a lot of chatter about why he had not yet taken the throne.

Cale had thought that Alberu was waiting to turn the Roan Kingdom into a stronger kingdom or into an Empire before ascending the throne.

tcf!Alberu smirk.

To ascend the throne as an Empire.

He liked the sound of that.

He also thought it might be because the continent was quite chaotic right now.

His smile faltered at hearing that.

In the future, there going to be war and a fight with the ARM organization.

"I need to protect my Kingdom and my people first before anything else" is what he thought.

'But that wasn't it.'

The corners of Cale's lips twisted up.

"Your highness, you were already the head."

"Well... I won't disagree with your statement."

The corners of Alberu's lips twisted up as well. He then quickly continued to speak.

tboah!Alberu looks away, eyes downcast. Remembering the future that they would've been.

He too wanted to be the King in a more peaceful setting.

If he had someone with the same tactical thinking as his.

With the same care he has for his kingdom and people.

".. like the transmigrator" ... Would he too have that privilege to think about expanding the Kingdom and ascending in a more cheerful way?

Alas, he was not the type to drown himself in 'what if'.

He could only use what he currently has.

The information and the people that he could get.

He would make do with these.

And he will make sure that the future they read about will not come to pass.

"There were no ancient texts in the Roan Kingdom's Grand Library that discussed the Gate to the Demon World. I investigated because I thought there might be something similar, but there was nothing."

Alberu had looked for the name, 'Gate to the Demon World,' as well as the Eastern continent's Three Restricted Areas.

However, there was nothing in the ancient texts and only a few records about it in recent documents about the Gate to the Demon World that is one of the Three Restricted Areas.

"However, there were some ancient texts on the Demon World and the Demonic race that I organized for you so take it with you later. Take the recent information on the Gate to the Demon World as well."

"What gate? Nope, I have not read any gate of anywhere"

tcf!Cale chooses ignorance as of the moment.

Even though he already memorized that information.

"Thank you very much."

"No need to thank me for just that."

"...Your highness, what are you doing?"

Cale started to frown.

"...That profane expression remains quite terrible no matter how many times I see it."

Alberu commented before closing his eyes.

He then knelt to the floor. His hands were touching the tiles on the floor.

"It's like he's going to propose to you"

"Yeah with the ring and all"

"It's a seal." A sharp voice that can cut through the air said as they shivered.

"Nobody said it's a ring," A certain father figure said in a chilly voice.

"It's around here somewhere..."

"Are you looking for a place to put the seal?"

"Yeah."

"Should I help you?"

"You make every situation bigger, so just stand there and watch."

Cale looked upset. How could he make finding a place to put the seal bigger?

"In a million ways I bet" og!Cale said surely.

"Imagine this idiot just randomly poke something and at that moment something blows up" tboah!Cale said sagely.

"Totally possible" some thought.

"Totally possible," some said.

tcf!Cale looked upset. (pout)

However, Alberu who had his eyes closed could not see Cale's expression as he focused on touching the floor.

"I found it."

He then opened his eyes.

He immediately started to speak.

"...You scared me."

"Wow, for you to scare the crown prince"

"Congratulations. Achievement unlock"

And the twins strike again.

"Well," tcf!Cage interjected "I'm pretty sure he was doing that, like to everyone, enemies and allies included"

tcf!Cale just ignored them.

"How?"

Alberu frowned while looking at Cale who was crouched right in front of him, before moving the hand holding the seal with an expression that seemed to be saying that there was no point in talking to Cale.

"Aww, it's a different kind of scare~"

"Aunt!"

"Cale."

"Yes, sir."

"I'll tell you about this library's final rule."

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"Eh, why did you cut that part off?" tcf!Jack politely asks the slime.

"Pyah"

tcf!Jack tilted his head "What do you mean 'so nobody but your bias can know'?"

"Pyah~"

That was all Alberu said before he started to head down without any hesitation. Cale silently followed behind him.

Tap. Tap.

An old stone staircase heading underground...

Chhhh- Chhhh-

The magic torches on the walls of the dark staircase lit up as Cale and Alberu walked down.

"Why are you not saying anything?"

Cale who was walking behind Alberu heard Alberu's voice.

"I'm sure you will tell me everything, your highness."

"My goodness."

tcf!Alberu couldn't help but notice that fond voice he let out.

The trust he gave.

"And also the trust he had in me to tell him everything.."

He knows himself that he doesn't give his trust to just anyone.

But looking at how he led the transmigrator to one of the hidden passages, to share all those secrets and to reveal who he is to him.

He feels quite delighted to know that he found someone who could trust him and he could trust other than the dark elves.

Alberu shook his head from side to side.

"Are you not curious even though I used the word, 'curse?'"

"Not really."

"...You're such... a cute dongsaeng."

"Aww you find him cute"

tcf!Alberu buried his face in his hand hiding from his squealing Aunt.

He let out a sigh and continued to speak.

There was still some time before they reached their destination.

"There are many records about the Crossman Royal family since the creation of the Roan Kingdom."

"Of course."

As the oldest royal family on the continent, both the Roan Kingdom and the rest of the continent had lots of records about the Roan Kingdom.

"However, there are not many records related to the Crossman household itself."

Cale could tell that Alberu was differentiating the Crossman Royal family and the Crossman household since earlier.

"The records of the Crossman household are mainly passed down verbally. Furthermore, those records are only passed down to the descendants and nobody else. That's the rule."

Cale was thinking there were so many rules.

"I know right?"

"Such a drag!"

Both Toonka complains.

Like why are there so many things needed to know?

And why verbally?

Sounds stupid. Don't they know that it's just like rumors where when told to different people the story change?

He huffs at their stupidity.

"To be honest with you..."

Tap.

Alberu stopped walking.

There was a stone door in front of him.

"Nobody knows the start of the Crossman household."

"...The start?"

"Yes. There's no record of the first head of the family. There are just records that have been passed down orally through generations."

Alberu turned around and faced Cale.

"There's something like this in one of those records. 'Go around the world over and over. Keep doing that until I give you the revelation to go to the Land of Boulder.' "

The land called the Land of Boulder and had the legend of the Guardian of Boulder.

At that word, a specific pink hair dragon sparkles with excitement.

"The LEGENDARY HERO!!!!!"

Joining the hero squad is a must!

"Dear mother! I am going on a journey with the hero!"

tcf!Mila smile charmingly at her son "I approve of your choice my son, make sure you learn a lot from him".

Meanwhile,

"I did not hear anything from the scary mother and troublesome son" tcf!Cale just continues eating. He must've just been hearing things.

The Roan Kingdom that was built on that land...

"Go to that land, create a kingdom, and rule over it."

Alberu put the seal on the hole on the stone door's surface.

Click.

The stone door opened by itself with a quiet noise.

Alberu stepped aside and Cale looked toward the opening door as he heard Alberu's voice.

"The head of the Crossman household ruled over the Roan Kingdom. He remembered this one thing as he did that."

"This had been bothering me for a while" tcf!Taylor thought "Does that mean his Majesty had a one-on-one talk with the crown prince? Or did his majesty tell all of his sons? If it's the latter does it mean that all of the princes know?"

He want to voice out his question but he doubt he'd get the answer.

"Ah."

Cale let out a gasp.

Screeech- boom!

Inside the open door...

A small stone chamber appeared.

It was as desolate and cold like a prison cell.

And on one wall of that stone chamber...

There was a large boulder instead of a wall. There were words written on the boulder.

'What? Cursed blood? Not the household blessed by the Sun God?'

...!

Everyone becomes surprised at this revelation.

To think the Roan Royal family who was said to be blessed by the Sun... was actually cursed.

Cale's gaze quickly turned toward Alberu.

Alberu pointed toward the boulder.

"Read the rest."

Cale turned his head.

He saw the rest of the statements written on the boulder.

A person with darkness...

In this situation, they could only think about a royal who possess dark attribute.

The person who has a dark elf in his blood.

The current Crown prince of the Roan Kingdom.

Alberu Crossman.

Click.

Cale turned his head after hearing a noise.

Quarter Dark Elf Alberu Crossman was standing there with his dye magic removed.

"The Crossman household always found the head's appearance to be important. It was because they were worried about a different attribute that might be mixed in."

He pointed to himself.

"They couldn't be mixed with the darkness attribute like me. That was why I hid myself."

"So they were curse not to have mixed blood?" tboah!Cale clearly expresses his disgust at the unjust treatment.

"How racist. Tsk" og!Cale clicks his tongue. In the world that he now stays, he realizes that there was no system of Royals, nobles, and commoners, and as far as he knows anyone can be of power as long as he had the skill or a lot of people vote for that person, even when they have mixed blood.

Though there are some who still have a stick in their a- anyway the point is there are more people there who treat different races and status fairly and with respect. Which he learned and much appreciated.

He had a twisted smile on his face.

"Now then. This is the unbelievable secret of the Crossman royal family."

That twisted smile had both sorrow and shame for himself. At the same time, it had his unwavering self-pride as well.

Both crown prince grips their hand.

Sorrow and shame? Yes, he had felt that after reading those.

But it was also true that he had unwavering self-pride as well.

So this will not make him waver.

This will not stop him from taking the throne.

Because he knows that he is more than qualified.

"...Ah."

Alberu gasped after seeing Cale blankly staring at the ceiling.

Was this punk also thinking that he should not be king?

Both Alberu stiffen.

Did he hope too much?

Was he seriously hoping that the transmigrator would refute all of those?

He feels this deep disappointment at himself for trusting that the transmigrator would defend him.

He felt like a fool.

".. I should have known better..."

There's a sting in his heart that he does not want to acknowledge.

Alberu did not trust such records. That was why he had whipped himself to strive to do his best.

"Excuse me. Hyung-nim, no, your highness?"

"What's wrong? Are you shocked?"

Seeing Cale Henituse looking so shocked...

Alberu could not hide his bitterness.

However, Cale had no time to focus on Alberu's bitterness.

"Of course"

The crown prince sarcastically and bitterly thought.

He heard a voice in his mind. Now that I think about it...

"Hmm?"

Both Alberu pause at that.

"What does that mean?"

He thought as he try to ignore the hope that was building back up in his heart.

[]

Cale's mind was quickly moving as that happened.

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'This, this-'

Shocking thoughts continued to fill Cale's mind.

[]

"I wonder what's happening in the young master mind right now?" tcf!Mary said. She was in mind that the young master had a reason for saying those.

"But you know, there's a lot of cut" tboah!Lock shares his observation.

"Pyah"

"Eh?" tcf!Bud said, "You have a good reason to cut it?"

"Pyah.."

"What do you mean 'probaby'!?" The Mercenary King asks with exasperation.

Cale subconsciously started to speak.

"Your highness."

"Yes. What is it? Do you think I should not be king?"

Both Alberu was bracing himself for the confirmation and the disappointment that he will feel.

He was expecting it.

He was prepared for it.

Alberu had a self-mocking smile on his face as he heard Cale's voice.

"I think your ancestor was a criminal?"

But not this!

Both Alberu's minds blank as he stares blankly at that sentence.

"Hmm?"

"Huh?"

"Huh?" The Crown Prince echo.

"Huh?" tcf!Cale echo.

"Huh?" Everyone echoed.

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