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

it would be okay to say it now in front of

that there was no need to

also came from a very far away place. I am probably the only one in this world who can read the words in this

Cale looking at him without many changes

always like this. His expression changed sometimes when he was scamming

expression quickly changed if something happened to one of their group

was something that everybody other than Cale

was not just for the people

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

in the room for a moment before

voice was as pure as his

I came here when I was 17 and have lived alone for tens of years, for an uncountable number of years since then. But that is not the

unable to pick up the piece of apple pie from the ground. Choi Han

if he was contemplating something

“…Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

smile on his

sharing a part of his secrets. However, there was 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 even aged

repulsed

Han's mind that had been relaxed until just

expression becoming more complicated as if Cale knew what Choi

been hesitating for a bit, started

you want to be called, ‘hyung,’ like his highness? Is

“…Excuse me?”

If not that, Choi

Choi Han’s expression turned even odder. He then started to smile again and responded in a serious

keep things as they

“Sure, Choi Han.”

finally returned to his usual

then turned away from Choi Han and handed Raon another piece of apple pie as

dropping

“…A, alright. H, human!”

then approached Choi Han and took another apple pie out of his

“Choi Han! Eat this!”

knew Raon's methods by

from Raon and patted him on the

am the great and mighty Raon

was the

relieved after seeing Raon quickly

a relaxed

tell him

moment Choi Han told him about

had no way of knowing what happened

he could have ended up in Kim Rok

no way of knowing

anything in such a

family and people related

things were better left

Han’s

Han was different from

regrets about not having that refreshed

was nobody close to him

However.

future of Kim Rok Soo who had been enjoying his first

the real Cale

to the changes as well as his subordinates at

and small feelings of guilt, regrets, concerns, dilemmas, and

were recorded in Cale’s

these on him. He didn’t know whether this was the right decision, however, there were too

that carried the clues to solve those issues was

to take the

“Yes.”

time because they had to go back and fight

that he could keep Choi Han away from the

the book in his spatial

you read to me as we head

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

toward the secret passage without saying

use this secret passage to return to where Lord Sheritt and the

was at that

“Human! What is it?”

Cale had stopped moving.

bag and a golden top’s whip was in his right

corner of his lips oddly started to

the voice of

I found

was one of the Wind Elementals that chased after the White Star's

a reason

White Star's subordinates are standing at the end of the entrance

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

would appear if they followed

white pebbles was located on the other side

moved stealthily from that point

“…He’s uselessly smart.”

passage from

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

had escaped from the castle to get behind him

would not be able to open the door

the crown controlled all of the gates in

had the crown before Cale, he

was because this village was something precious

oath of death, the curse from breaking it would make it

why he had told his subordinates

100 days for all I care. I’m not

chuckled as he started

Raon followed

of them soon stopped

“Ah.”

turned toward Choi

words that

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