Choi Han looked refreshed after saying everything he needed to say. Strong passion could be felt coming from him.

He then waited for Cale’s response.

Cale opened his mouth to respond.

However, someone started to speak first.

“There is no way the smart Choi Han would say something like that!”

Choi Han and Cale both looked toward Raon after hearing the sudden shout.

Raon shook his head side to side before looking toward Choi Han the same way that he looks at Mercenary King Bud and continued to speak.

“We have all been fighting together since the beginning! Why do we need to combine our powers again when we have already been doing that?! Choi Han! You cannot become like the Mercenary King!”

Cale started to chuckle. He then responded in a serious tone.

“Choi Han is definitely smarter than Bud.”

“That is true! Human, you really are smart! You are sliiiiiiiiighty! Just slightly less smart than I am!”

“Yes, yes.”

Cale patted Raon's soft back.

He then realized something.

‘…Did he lose some weight?’

Raon's cheeks that had been chubby until they got to the Castle of Light were slightly less chubby. Cale started to frown.

He recalled Hong’s haggard face that had been shaking. He also thought about how On did not gain weight, unlike Hong and Raon.

Then those trashy bastards from the Cat tribe and the White Star popped up in his mind.

“…These damn bastards that need to be beaten to death.”

Choi Han and Raon flinched.

“Raon.”

“What is it, human?”

“Take out an apple pie.”

“Oh! Alright!”

Raon quickly took out an apple pie and pushed it toward Cale with sparkling eyes. Cale picked it up.

He then started to speak.

“Ah.”

“Ah?”

Raon, who repeated after Cale, felt a slice of an apple pie being pushed into his mouth. Raon closed his mouth with a part of the apple pie dangling outside.

“Eat up.”

Raon grabbed the slice of apple pie with both paws and started to eat even though he didn’t know what was going on. Cale mumbled to himself as he watched.

“…Can’t believe he lost some weight.”

Choi Han, who was watching this from the side, started to think.

‘Who?

Who lost weight?’

Choi Han blankly watched Raon’s chubby cheeks becoming extremely full because of the apple pie in his mouth.

He then started to laugh.

“Haha-”

It felt as if his heart was being tickled.

He really did choose the right path.

Everything was the same as usual and there was no despair, loneliness, or pain even though he said that they needed to all fight together against the White Star.

“Human, do you know why Choi Han is laughing by himself like that?”

“I don't know. How would I know? Well, I guess it is good to laugh.”

“Mm, that is true! It is good to laugh! Choi Han, laugh a lot! I will cancel the comment about you being similar to the Mercenary King!”

Choi Han started to laugh even louder.

Raon continued to nibble on the apple pie with wide eyes as he had never seen Choi Han laugh this loudly before.

However, Raon soon stopped eating and blankly stared at Choi Han.

Choi Han had started to speak after laughing for a while.

“To be honest with you, Cale-nim, I have been alive for a very long time.”

Plop.

The apple pie in Raon's two paws fell to the ground. Choi Han didn’t care as he continued to speak.

“That is why I am actually older than you, Cale-nim. I am older than Mr. Ron as well.”

Raon's eyes blinked a few times as he looked toward Choi Han.

Choi Han was still smiling as he continued to speak.

“I age very slowly. I think I will live for a very, very long time.”

Han wanted to let everything out. He thought that this was

thought it would be okay to say it now in front of

everything, but he thought that there was no

very far away place. I am probably the only one in this world who

could see Cale looking at him without many changes to his

when he was scamming his enemies, but usually, it was always this stoic and

if something happened to

that everybody other than Cale

not just for

started at the beginning of the year, Cale's face was filled with emotion every time he activated his shield with his

the silence in the room for a moment before

voice was as pure

here when I was 17 and have lived alone

to pick up the piece of apple pie from the ground.

to frown. Cale looked as if he was contemplating something for a while before

“…Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

a smile on his face, however, his emotions were

a small amount of fear on his mind as well. Although he had lived for tens of years, his appearance looked as if he had not

Cale feel repulsed by

had been relaxed until just now

complicated as if Cale knew

had been hesitating for a bit, started

be called, ‘hyung,’ like his

“…Excuse me?”

maybe grandpa? If not that, Choi

Han’s expression turned even odder. He then started to

keep things as

“Sure, Choi Han.”

his usual expression

and handed Raon

dropping your

“…A, alright. H, human!”

to eat the piece of apple pie. He then approached Choi Han

“Choi Han! Eat this!”

knew Raon's methods by

happily took the apple pie from Raon and patted

great and mighty Raon

the same as

after seeing Raon quickly returning to normal even after hearing

that Choi Han had a relaxed expression

tell

thought the moment Choi Han told him

had no way of knowing what happened to the original Cale

or he could have ended up in Kim

no way of

say anything in such

and people related to them were

were better left

looked toward Choi Han’s

was different from

any regrets about not having that refreshed expression

was nobody close to him left

However.

had been enjoying

of the real

that was finally starting to adjust to the

small feelings of guilt,

those were recorded in Cale’s

to walk on while carrying all of these on him. He didn’t know whether this was the right decision, however, there were too many other issues in front of Cale

book that carried the clues to solve those issues was in Cale’s hand right

to

“Yes.”

first time because they had to go back and

was so that he could keep Choi Han away from the book for a while and formulate a plan

put the book in his spatial pocket bag before continuing to

Han, please explain what you read to

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

of them headed back toward the

use this secret passage to return to where

was at

“Human! What is it?”

Cale had stopped moving.

book was in his spatial pocket bag and a golden top’s

lips oddly started to

hear the voice

found some information

sure it was one of the Wind Elementals that chased after the

was a reason this Elemental came

are standing at the end of the entrance to this village! Not the secret passage from the white

the exit that Cale had used when he left the village to smack the

on the ceiling would appear if they followed

pebbles was located on the other side

from that point

“…He’s uselessly smart.”

the secret passage from the

Star said as he sent his subordinates here! He said to guard over this path to see if

out how Cale's group had escaped from the castle to get behind him

would not be able to open the door and could only

person with the crown controlled all of the gates in

the crown before Cale, he could not use it to come into

because this village was something precious to

the curse from breaking it would make it so that he could not

had told his subordinates to guard

days for all I

as he started to

Han and Raon followed behind

of them

“Ah.”

Choi Han as

that

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