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Alberu urgently asked.

“Raon-nim, what about any other power? Maybe the shield-”

“None! None at all! I don’t feel any others!”

Raon pulled at the hems of Eruhaben's clothes.

“Goldie gramps! Go with me to confirm! Let’s also figure out where Choi Han, Rosalyn, Mary, and that crazy Clopeh are as well!”

“…Okay.”

Eruhaben, who moved closer to the orb as Raon wanted, soon frowned.

“I don’t feel anything.”

He could not sense anything from the orb.

“This is weird!”

Raon pointed to the yellow piece.

“I don’t feel anything from the other pieces that are not our human’s. I don’t feel the human’s presence from earlier either.”

Eruhaben did not dare to put his hand on the orb and could only glare at it as he started speaking.

“I don’t feel anything at all.”

Raon also could not touch the orb and just shook his head side to side.

“This is weird! The human’s presence, mm… I don’t feel it right now! But I'm sure I felt it a moment ago! It was the power that makes him seem strong! The power that uses when he's trying to scam people!”

Raon said that as he put one of his front paws over his chest.

One thing…

There was one thing Raon had not told Eruhaben about yet. He had ignored it for now because he thought that he should immediately tell the others about sensing Cale’s presence.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

His heart had settled down again.

‘That’s weird!’

Raon had felt his heart beating faster than usual when he felt Cale’s power earlier. Eruhaben was looking at Raon for a bit before he asked.

“Raon, your attribute was the present, right?”

“That’s right!”

Eruhaben frowned.

It was highly likely that Raon was not lying about sensing Cale’s power earlier. In that case, how was Raon capable of doing that? And why was it Cale of all people?

“Mm, it probably has nothing to do with your attribute.”

The present.

Raon's attribute had not manifested yet, but…

‘It is likely to be related to the present instance in time since it is called the present. But that should have nothing to do with sensing Cale's power from that piece.’

Eruhaben flew over to Raon who was still roaming around the orb and told him that they should go back down.

Alberu watched the two Dragons for a bit before turning toward the closed temple door.

“At least we know that Cale Henituse is currently in that test using an ancient power?”

It was also a power that had nothing to do with battle.

Alberu found it a bit odd that Cale was the last one remaining in the sloth test but he was certain about one thing.

‘I guess he’s doing something.’

That meant that Alberu could worry less about him.

* * *

5 Days.

That was how long Cale had spent in this place.

“What are you doing?”

He closed his notebook as he responded to the voice next to him.

“Nothing much.”

“Really?”

"Why?”

Cale finally turned to look at his classmate who smiled at him.

“You look more relaxed lately.”

are you

brushed the question aside. However, his friend

Kim Rok Soo's

really was nice and

while and, although he was still feeble,

him nor any sort of accidents

peaceful,

this was what it would

‘It’s also fun.’

was now Friday. The book club he had joined during this time was

with Choi

Gun on Saturday and that was just one day away, but they only had a few simple conversations and had not gotten

period math today? I'm

his friend’s grumbling as he opened his textbook and his

for

at the Cafeteria before he leisurely

Shhhhhhh-

dust was surrounding him, no, it was

yellow dust was going in through his nose and being absorbed into his

as he flipped a page in his notebook and

and after school studying before returning to the

“Rok Soo.”

“Hello, ma'am.”

warmly welcomed Cale. They were not very close

peeked at Cale's face for a bit before speaking to him as he

“Rok Soo.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

truly puts

“Excuse me?”

smiled brightly and looked not at Cale but the door he walked through as she

seems to be a good fit for you. You look

“…Really?”

It makes me so relieved to see that you have adjusted

made it seem as if he was annoyed at everything was

really nice to

think that I have

That makes me feel

“Yes, ma’am.”

in. I'm

room as she gestured for him to go inside. To be more

Click.

the door and

not just covered in yellow dust, no, it was full of it. Cale had no idea about this and went to open the

came in and circulated the air in

feeling the breeze, changed clothes, and went toward

dust did not move despite the

breeze sure feels

his backpack that he had put on the

Ziiiiiiiiiiip.

backpack zipper was opened and Cale pulled out a

“It’s so nice.”

took out his notes

Tang, tang.

that would have been

Cale’s mouth opened.

just the

looked down at the two pieces

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

his notebook flipped from the breeze coming in through

Shhh-

stopped on… There were a

City, Alberu Crossman, Rosalyn, Choi Han, Henituse territory, father, mother, Basen,

were numerous people's names, people’s

written these things during the

nonchalantly commented while looking at his

you forget

of this so-called sloth test… Cale had long since figured it

ready to get out of this test and move onto the next stage

reason he still stayed

“Pffft.”

cynical smile

the bookshelf on the desk. He

Han, Roan. Flynn

other danger that might approach in

face after getting past the White Star and the

only have one

reseal the sealed god. He also wanted to finish the White Star off. It was important to take care of

of this was to get peace for the people around

information for

“Choi Jung Gun.”

about

able to get any answers about the Flynn Merchant Guild, the Orsena Duchy, and their relationship to the Hunters because this was the

However…

to

down at

then unclenched his

Crackle.