Tsuki: please go read the extra after reading this chapter.... It is in another book.

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After the meal was over, Cale got on the carriage to go meet the Northeastern nobles.

The Northeastern nobles consisted of just 10 noble families. There were more if you considered the barons and below, but the pillar of the Northeast was based on these 10 families.

Of those 10 families, the three people Cale was meeting today came from three families that had been friendly with the Henituse family for a long time.

"What a dilemma."

Choi Han, who had been following him as a guard, cautiously asked. "What is? If I can do anything to help, please let me know."

"Nothing. You can't help with this." Cale just bitterly answered before starting to think again.

Choi Han observed Cale and started to worry as well. It was the first time Choi Han had seen Cale worrying like this.

Cale did not know what to do. Then he decided, 'I'll just go with the flow. So, to hell with it. I'm done thinking.'

Cale had come to a realization after being regressed and experienced all the things like Choi Han and the Black Dragon. He could just act accordingly, because those three wouldn't harm him in anyway.

The Northeastern nobles should have already seen Cale's trash behavior in the past. They would have also received news about all of Cale's trashy actions in the Henituse territory. They had already known and seen the worse side of him anyway.

While Cale was thinking about all of that, the carriage stopped in front of a residence. Since the Northeastern nobles all had residences in the same area of the capital, it was not very far.

"Welcome, young master Cale-nim."

Cale noticed the old butler greeting him at the gate, and looked to the building behind the butler.

This was Count Wheelsman's residence. Count Wheelsman's territory was located in the beginning parts of the Northeast, and he was neither very strong nor very wealthy.

That was why he was able to build a close relationship with Count Henituse in the Northeast, where they did not have any dukes or marquis.

Count Henituse liked this friendship because, for someone like him, whose territory was far in the corner of the Northeast, knowing someone who was the close to the capital was beneficial.

Cale thought about Count Wheelsman's successor. 'Eric Wheelsman.'

'What do I remember about Eric Hyung? We haven't met for too long. But...'

Deputy butler Hans had cautiously advised Cale before he left for this meeting.

"Young master, it is great that you have a good relationship with young master Eric, but I bring this up to you to ask whether you think it would be smarter to not act so close to each other in front of the other nobles in the meeting."

That let Cale knew that him and Eric Wheelsman were still close around this period of time. Additionally, the information about Eric in the nobles information report described Eric as a good person who was a bit uptight.

'Well, I kinda remembered about him being uptight as well.' Cale smiled at that thought.

"Young master Cale, may I escort you inside?"

"Sure."

Cale followed the old butler into the Wheelsman residence.

Eric Wheelsman, Gilbert Chetter, and Amiru Ubarr. The three of them were inside the residence. Cale was still thinking about how he had acted in front of them in the past as he entered inside.

In the end, he didn't need to worry about such a thing. The decision was right, he just had to go with the flow.

"Cale. You at least still listened to this hyung. Right?"

Cale had a focused look on his face and nodded. Eric Wheelsman pushed up his glasses after seeing Cale's expression.

Right now, Cale was seated at the table with the three nobles surrounding him like he was in an interview.

'This is ... um... just how did Eric Hyung come up with this method? I'll just listen obediently.' Since the atmosphere was more of them consoling him rather than interviewing him.

Eric Wheelsman started to speak. "Won't it be annoying for you as well?"

Viscountess Ubarr's daughter Amiru and Viscount Chetter's son Gilbert chimed in.

"He's right. Young master Cale, I heard you don't like annoying formalities."

"Young master Cale, it is not wrong to find something to be annoying."

It felt like they were trying to console a child. Cale didn't know how to feel. But he accepted their cares in his heart.

Cale responded to their statements in agreement, since it benefited him. "Yes, it is annoying."

"See! That is why!" Eric lightly tapped the table. It did not seem like it was because he was angry, but more like a subconscious movement.

He looked toward Cale, who used to be a quiet little kid until he grew up to be trash, and quietly continued. "That is why you don't need to say anything or do anything. Just be still! Be still and we will take care of everything for you. You hate annoying things and formalities anyway."

'They are too endearing to come up with this kind solution.' Cale responded back with an intrigued expression. "I am very good at staying still."

"Huh? You are? Ah, yes. You are like that. You are very good at that."

Eric was known for being uptight, but he was also the type to worry about everything. But that was only because he liked to think about everything before they actually happened.

He started to speak to Cale, who became the biggest concern of his since yesterday, when he found out that Cale really was the one to come to the capital. The other two looked toward Eric as if they were cheering him on.

"Some of the other Northeastern nobles may try to annoy you. The ones who aligned themselves with Marquis Stan or some other duke will definitely try. But all you have to do is be still and we will take care of everything for you. What do you think?"

This was what Eric was most worried about. Of the 10 pillar families, only their 4 families have not aligned themselves elsewhere.

The other nobles who aligned with higher ranking nobles from outside the area would want to offer the entire Northeastern group of nobles to their upline.

They needed to be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious. This group of four families had to be in the center. That was their way of being the strongest faction in the Northeast, and, in order to do that, the wealthy Henituse family could not cause an accident at the capital.

Eric, as well as the other two, quietly waited for Cale's response.

"That would be great." Cale had a happy smile on his face to go with his response. He was lazy to deal with those childish nobles anyway. He had more important things to worry about.

Eric was thinking that Cale still looked like the good kid from the past, as long as he was not drinking, and started to speak.

"I plan on showing our respect to the crown prince together as well. I'm sure you find this to be annoying and want to get right to drinking, but that will be difficult. As long as you do that initial greeting, we will take care of EVERYTHING ELSE!"

Cale tried his best not to laugh at Eric's behavior, and just showed a smile on his face. He found this atmosphere quite amusing. He picked up the wineglass in front of him. Cale could see the three them flinch a little as he did that.

Cale sighed internally at this reaction. He may be a troublesome trash, but since they were on the same side, he was hoping to at least not seeing this reflexive reaction.

He wet his mouth with the wine, before starting to speak. "It's great."

"Isn't it?" Eric had a bright smile back on his face as his glasses reflected the light from the chandelier. "All you have to do is show up, sit there, and relax."

"Yes. It sounds perfect." He calmly ate the meal in front of him, the amusing feeling vanished from his mind the moment he saw how they flinched from just seeing him hold the wineglass.

However, Eric, Gilbert, and Amiru did not let their guards down. Cale Henituse was someone who had even thrown a bottle at the Northeastern nobles meeting when everything seemed to be going great.

They were especially cautious because they were here to convince the crown prince to invest in the Northeastern coastline, where Gilbert and Amiru's families were positioned.

"Wine from the Henituse territory really is great." Cale knew about the two family's desire for the crown prince's investment from the information Hans had given to him.

The four families shared information with each other without any secrets. However, Cale knew that the investment from the crown prince would not be possible.

'How would he be able to invest when a war will soon start from the south of the Western Continent? It might be different if it was a navy though.' Cale thought. 'That's a good idea. Let's also make sure I got some benefits from that as well.'

The four nobles chatted every so often as they continued their meal. The three nobles relaxed a bit after seeing Cale make it through the whole meal without causing an accident.

They were all decently satisfied with this meeting.

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Tsuki: this is shorter but let's just focus on one thing at a time. Enjoy!