# Pushing forward too rashly (3)

“Who prepared this?”

Cale responded brightly to Alberu who asked with a stiff expression on his face.

“I did, your highness!”

It was so bright it almost seemed radiant.

Cale continued speaking to Alberu who was unable to understand this situation at all.

“The Chief of Staff left me in charge of this palace so I plan on working hard to meet his expectations. Your highness.”

He then smiled with a clueless look on his face as if he didn’t know anything.

The attendants from the king's kitchen seemed to be at losses for words while looking at that face.

‘I like this face too.’

It was a strong weapon that Cale had never considered. This kind of look was useful too.

“Ha!”

Alberu scoffed as if he finally understood before laughing as he sat down at the table. He then picked up his fork.

Peek. He peeked toward Cale before he started eating and mumbled to himself.

“This is going to make the Chief of Staff go crazy.”

He considered a few things in his mind before nonchalantly commenting to Cale while keeping his gaze on the food.

“Do whatever you want.”

Alberu didn't specify what this attendant was to do as he pleased. However, he couldn’t help but look at the attendant after hearing this response.

“Yes, your highness! I will do my job.”

Alberu couldn’t tell for a moment whether this punk knew something as he responded or was responding without knowing anything.

He stared at Cale with an odd expression on his face for a while before turning away and quietly mumbling.

“It’s been so long since I saw someone doing their job.”

“Excuse me?”

Alberu shook his head toward Cale who had not heard what he just mumbled. He had not said it for Cale to hear.

“It’s nothing.”

Cale started speaking again at that moment. He spoke quickly, as if something suddenly came to his mind.

"Ah, your royal highness.” (TL: So, Korean has different ways you can address royalty and it hasn’t made a difference in the novel until now, but it does right here so that’s why it is royal highness here versus highness for Alberu everywhere else)

The atmosphere sank at that moment.

It was the middle of spring. However, an extremely scary silence descended upon this warm room and made it feel quite cold.

Your royal highness.

That was a title only for the crown prince.

Although it might be different externally, there was nobody internally in the palace who called Alberu his royal highness.

The silence was broken.

"Ah, your highness.”

The attendant called Alberu properly, as if he had done nothing weird.

Alberu’s eyes clouded over at that moment.

‘It wasn’t a mistake.’

The attendant in front of Alberu was currently looking directly at him.

The kitchen attendants and royal servants who were behind the attendant could not see the look on the attendant's face. That was why they looked astonished and were holding their breaths.

However, this attendant didn't seem flustered at all.

Your royal highness.

He had not said that by accident.

He was simply making it sound as if it was an accident.

Alberu finally realized that the sharpness he had felt from this attendant for a moment earlier was his true self.

‘He’s hiding his true nature underneath this clueless face.’

He could not tell the true nature of this attendant.

‘Would you look at this?'

The Chief of Staff took a wrong step, no, he is going to walk right into a swamp.’

Alberu quietly observed the attendant who had called him. He made it look as if he never heard Cale call him ‘your royal highness’ in the first place. Cale added another comment after looking at Alberu’s calm face.

"There is no poison.”

“Gasp.”

One of the kitchen attendants who had his head slightly bowed urgently gasped.

“Pffft.” Alberu chuckled once more.

He knew that as well.

He knew that there was no poison in this food.

It was because this food was not supposed to come to the First Prince Palace.

That was the reason Alberu had immediately picked up the fork.

He calmly responded to the attendant.

“Get out.”

It was another order to get out.

However, the tone wasn’t as sharp as last time. In fact, it was just stoic without any emotion.

“Please summon me whenever you need me, your highness.”

Cale headed out the door after making that comment. The kitchen attendants and royal servants from the king's palace hurriedly followed behind him.

Click. The door closed and the most senior of the kitchen attendants quickly caught up to the leisurely walking Cale.

“What is the meaning of this?!”

newbie like Cale but was paying attention to his tone because he heard that this attendant

answered brightly to the kitchen attendant who could

just did

You might not know the situation

“Enough.”

Cale raised his hand.

flinched

Chief of Staff-nim. I was given the order to take care of the basic necessities of

necessities of a palace as he had been working for

thing to a newbie like this and this guy is trying to get it

he could understand

leave as I

away from him and the other

“Ah.”

stopped for a moment and added on with the clueless

dinner. The meal should be balanced nutritionally as his highness is

then hurried out of the palace as if he was late for

“Ho.”

kitchen attendant was full of disbelief but could

and he was not in a position to be

However…

just

realized that the newbie walked away was no

the heck are things

He got a headache.

“What should we do?”

responded to his

that we need to get dinner ready as well and

they get angry

they get angry

kitchen attendant had a crooked smile

I'm sure either the Chief of Staff-nim who left everything to this newbie or the Sous chef-nim who did not confirm the details will take care of it. It

“Ah.”

at the attendants looking relieved and quickly started

need to

needed to figure out the lay of things within the royal palace

look into this intangible flow of things as he had this unknown

had no idea about this and would definitely not care about it even

“Excuse me, attendant-nim!”

someone stop

see the royal servant who had given him all sorts of information earlier in the

Dark Elf mage who was

“Umm. Attendant-nim.”

to Cale and was

“Ah.”

something and started

Please help

“…Excuse me?”

with a blank look on his face

“Excuse me?”

royal servant had not heard him and the royal

sir. I heard what you

“Yes I do.”

sternly responded and asked the

you need me

urgent that he

implied meaning

just wanted to

later. I

“Excuse me?”

“Goodbye.”

a stern tone

to hurry right

avoid

the Chief of Staff

to be

least one place

this lunch and hurried to a spot where people would not be able to find

“Ho.”

watched Cale for a

“…This is completely unexpected.”

royal servant's eyes

the path that Cale

to report to

had been quietly passing time as if it was

place was getting rowdy because

planned on quietly getting

Dark Elf disguised as

“This isn't bad either.”

* * *

"The sun is setting.”

Chew chew.

he had swiped from the

as the

“Today really…”

thought about

“It was the best.”

during the morning and

had

truly was an irresponsible

why the Chief of Staff should have a headache right

major incident for the First

the people who ignored the First Prince Palace all this time get

“Hmm.”

quickly finished

it time to

moment the

slowly turned dark

to go see Raon

Cale’s eyes slowly closed.

his surroundings as he opened his

Clack clack.

A carriage was moving.

to where this carriage

toward Viscount Tolz's

Venion Stan and his

window. The sun had set and night was

“Hoooo.”

sparkled after taking

something

subordinate’s right hand

guy was Venion's lackey and someone who would not be

in a luggage carriage or a shabby or

for this carriage seemed

in such a carriage

lackey was riding in

"As I expected.”

realized the

the back of some knights’ heads as he looked out the

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