A week after the birthday celebration, Cale got off the carriage. The carriage that he got off from had the Henituse Golden Turtle on it.

– It has been a while.

Cale agreed with what Raon said inside his head.

Cale was currently at the Plaza of Glory. A large fence was around the northern part of the plaza that was destroyed from the explosion.

Cale just walked forward, only looking toward his seat. The Henituse family's knight brigade, led by their Vice Captain, walked with Cale in the center of their formation in order to protect him.

As Cale was walking, he heard someone say something that gave him the chills.

"Oh, young master Silver Light!"

Cale immediately started to frown.

"Ahem, hem."

Cale could see the smirk on the Vice Captain's face as he let out some fake coughs and started to frown some more.

The Vice Captain lowered his body a bit to whisper in Cale's ear. "Young master, I guess they call you 'young master Silver Light' now. Ahem, cool people like you are bound to get awesome nicknames."

'Shit.' Cale held back the rough words in his mind. 'I can't even curse in front of these people. I need to keep the act.'

Young master Silver Light, young master Shield, he didn't want to hear such cheesy and embarrassing things. The Chosen One nickname that the God of Death gave him suddenly seemed more agreeable.

Nonetheless, Cale knew that it would have been much worse if it wasn't for the crown prince subduing the rumors, and so he could not say anything about it.

All he could do was stoically speak to the Vice Captain, who was shrugging his shoulder. "Will they stop if I drink and act like I usually do, right?"

"Ahem, hem!" The Vice Captain could not say anything and just turned away.

That made Cale start to smile, but that smile immediately disappeared.

It was because of what the Vice Captain said next. "I think it would be best if you avoided alcohol, since you are still recovering."

Cale was still officially recovering and not 100 percent. 'What would I do if they suddenly exaggerated it and the enemy wary of me? I want to keep a low profile! And that nickname isn't exactly what I intend.'

The official story was that he was injured because he used his ancient power past its intended limits so that he could protect the crowd, causing a miracle to happen that prevented the explosion.

That miraculous story naturally originated from the crown prince. That was why the staff at the Henituse residence was busy protecting the injured Cale. It was not just the staff at the capital.

Cale thought about his father, Count Deruth, who was planning on coming up to the capital a few days ago. This was what Deruth had said through the video communication.

> Cale, did you see the faces of those bastards? Your dad will kill them all for you. How dare they do such a thing to a person who cannot even swing a sword!? My poor son...

Even though Deruth knew Cale had earned an ancient power, the fact that even Cale's younger sister was better than Cale at swinging a sword made Deruth consider Cale to be weak. Furthermore, Cale always resembled his mother, looking very delicate and vulnerable.

> The reason the Henituse family does not take action is not because we are weak. Remember this, Cale. We have not taken any actions until now because we are strong. Nobody shall take any actions against you like this in the future.

That was what Countess Violan had said while calming Count Deruth down.

But that must have been the truth, as no nobles sent any messages or came to look for Cale once Cale left the palace and returned to his own residence. Even Eric and company did not show up.

'Never mind. That made it easy.' Cale had used that free time very efficiently. Cale, who had been looking forward as he walked, could see the knight and soldier guarding the entrance.

"Ah, young master Cale."

"Do you need to verify my identity?"

The knight shook his head at Cale's question and respectfully opened the entrance.

Cale couldn't get used to the change in behavior from everyone, even though he tried hard to endure it. He was using his stoic face as his front, and the fact that Raon was nearby as his mental support.

Cale had to enter alone from here on. The people who were allowed to enter this time was significantly less than during the birthday celebration, but Cale was the exception.

"Young master Cale-nim, please enter."

"Great, thanks. Keep up the good work."

Cale thought that the knight was being hard working, so he patted the knight on the shoulder as the knight bowed and vigorously responded to him.

"...Yes sir!"

Cale then walked in, not knowing that the knight was watching him walk in for a very long time. Cale continued to walk at a leisure pace, hiding his unease.

The Plaza of Glory.

The king planned to respect the fallen and give medals to certain people for their actions during the plaza terror incident today.

The recipients were given the qualifications to stand at the second highest platform, right underneath the king, in the plaza today.

Cale was wearing a more luxurious black outfit than usual, that he didn't want to but have to wear, as he arrived at his spot.

"Cale."

"Hyung, you got here early." Cale smiled at Eric Wheelsman, who had called out to him, before standing at his spot. He felt a little better at seeing Eric treating him the same.

This was the spot for the nobles. Cale was standing here. But why?

Eric Wheelsman, Amiru, Gilbert, and all of the other nobles could only watch Cale in silence. It was because they had all heard some news regarding Cale.

Cale Henituse has declined to accept the medal of honor and has yielded the medal to someone else. In addition, he dragged his still injured body to participate in the ceremony.

Amiru Ubarr looked toward Cale, who was looking up at the sky.

"It is a beautiful day today. Probably because we are here to respect the fallen."

Cale spoken out his true feeling. 'It's better than the apocalyptic Earth, which we need to rash the funeral because of the monsters situation.'

Cale's red hair fluttered in the wind and created a stark comparison to his black outfit.

Amiru had a prick in her heart after seeing Cale as his forlorn smile, as if he remembered a sad memory.

"It is probably because of you, young master Cale." She consoled him.

"Me?" Cale looked toward Amiru with confusion.

Amiru responded back with a calm and warm smile.

Cale found that reaction to be odd, but still said what he needed to say. "You are leaving today, young lady Amiru?"

"Yes. I believe you are heading out tomorrow? I will see you at our Ubarr territory."

Cale was going to visit the Ubarr territory after this ceremony. "Yes. I want to see the ocean."

"I heard. It is for your recovery?"

"Yes. It will be nice to get some fresh air."

'Recovery, yes recovery of an Ancient Power.' Cale agreed with Amiru and nodded his head before adding on. "Of course, that is not the only reason."

"Ah, of course." Amiru, as well as Gilbert and Eric who were listening, all started to smile. It was a similar smile to Cale's.

After today, the nobles will all hear about what is going on. The development and investment for a military base at the Northeastern coastline.

That was why Amiru and Gilbert were hurrying out of the capital tonight. It was to prevent any false information from leaking out, as well as because the crown wanted things to progress as quickly as possible.

Of course, this was only possible because the Henituse family agreed to loan a significant amount of money to Amiru and Gilbert's territories. That was the other reason why Cale needed to visit Amiru and Gilbert's territories.

> Cale, we are planning to send someone as well, but if you are going to go there anyways, take a look while you are there.

"Father, wouldn't it better for an expert to go?"

> Having more pairs of eyes is always better.

Cale agreed to do as Count Deruth asked. "Okay, if you think I'm good enough for it."

> You're more than enough, son.

"We are in your care."

"We are in your care, young master Cale."

Cale waved at Amiru and Gilbert to say not to worry about it, as he looked back to the front.

King Zed had arrived. The memorial and medal ceremony then started.

There still was a large number of people in the plaza, but the atmosphere was completely different. It was very quiet.

King Zed spoke in a loud voice that was stronger than ever. "We are gathered back here today to show that we will not cower under fear."

King Zed called out to the crowd once again. It was a warning to the enemies, as well as something to rally the crowd.

King Zed looked down to the plaza from the highest platform as he continued to speak. "Many people showed heroic deeds during that incident. We were able to protect this land like the past thanks to their bravery."

It looked like King Zed had made eye contact with Cale at that time, but Cale hoped that it was not the case.

Cale stealthily turned away in order to look past the King toward the sky behind him. He then thought about what Raon had said.

"Blessing of the Sun God? I do not feel the power of any gods from those weak humans. The only special one is the crown prince."

There was no truth to the belief that the Crossman family was blessed by the Sun God.

Cale, who had learned another truth, decided to pretend that he did not know anything, as usual. It might be useful someday but for now, it stayed at the back of his mind. He had no time for that.

His youngest child seemed to get excited at the fact that Cale told him to keep that a secret between the two of them, and happily agreed. Cale smiled when thinking about his adorable antics.

"In that regard, we will now hand out the medals to those heroic individuals!" King Zed started the medal ceremony and everyone went up one by one to receive their medal.

Waaaaaaaaaaa- Cheering filled the plaza, as if it had never been silent from the start.

Raon's voice filled Cale's head once again.

– Humans are interesting.

Whaaaaaaa- Cale could hear the Black Dragon's voice, as well as the cheering of the crowd for a knight who had just received a medal.

Cale felt like he could guess what the curious child found to be interesting. However, because Cale was human, he understood the feelings of the people who were still alive better than Raon.

There were times to be sad and times to be excited.

Clap, clap, clap. That was why he clapped for the medal recipients as well.

The atmosphere was much better now. People all enjoyed the medal ceremony as if it was a festival. This jovial environment made it possible for anybody to approach Cale right now.

"Young master Cale."

Cale turned toward the quiet voice calling out to him.

There were quite a lot of nobles who headed back home, thinking that the capital was a dangerous place because of the terror incident.

That was why the number of nobles here was less than before, but one of those nobles approached Cale and called out to him.

"What is it, young master Venion?"

Venion Stan was still here. In addition, the heads of each region were still here as well.

"I heard that you declined a medal. Will you not regret it?"

The gazes of the nobles who had been looking up at the platform all turned toward Venion and Cale.

Cale did not know why Venion was smiling so gently and asking him that question.

– I want to kill him.

Cale was just worried that Venion's body would blow up right here. Cale hoped that Raon would calm down as he thought about the medal.

Cale had rejected a medal. The reason for it was simple. He did not want to get 'recorded'.

There is a record of all of the past kings of the kingdom in the highest floor of the royal library. The floor underneath that holds the record of all of the 'heroes' who have received different medals of honor throughout the history of the kingdom.

The crown used the fact that they needed to continue to provide these heroes with their reward money to locate and keep track of these heroes.

'That might sound like fame and honor to others, but it just sounds like chains to me.' Cale did not want to be recorded anywhere. It was easier to forget someone who was not recorded. He knew about 'Record' better than anyone else.

He hoped that no one would remember the incidents at this plaza in the future when war was going to break out. Even if they recalled this incident, they would remember other things first.

The fact that he thinking like this was part of the reason Cale had decided to step forward during the terror incident, as well as the reason he wanted to avoid getting recorded.

Another part of the reason was because he remembered his family's, the Henituse family's motto.

Cale started to smile as he looked toward Venion and started to speak. "Why would I regret?"

Cale had nothing to regret. He had received a handsome reward, and most importantly. "It is enough that we managed to survive."

He was able to live without getting seriously injured, that's a plus for him. To stay alive was the absolutely most important truth for Cale as well as for Kim Rok Soo. Because he made promises to survive no matter what happened.

The area around Cale became silent. Venion spoke after a while so as to break that silence. "... I see."

"Yes. I am also very shy. I'm too shy to go up there to receive a medal."

Venion's expression turned odd. However, Cale just shrugged his shoulder and turned around to clap for another person who was receiving a medal.

Raon was debating how to kill Venion quickly and simply, before he took a look at Cale and the people around Cale and shook his head. 'There are too many people looking at my Human right now.'

Both the nobles and the people down below were looking at Cale. Raon thought things would get very complicated and annoying for Cale if he killed Venion right now, so he decided to be sensible and be like Cale and be still, very still, as he watched the ceremony.

"This concludes today's ceremony. However, this king will not forget this moment. I will remember it day after day in order to not forget the valiant heroes!" The ceremony ended with the king's final remarks.

Swiiiiiish- A rough wind that sounded like rain brushed through the plaza.

Cale brushed back his messed up hair. The crown prince had said that Cale did not need to come to the memorial today. However, Cale still showed up.

It was because he knew the weight of someone's death. He finished his own memorial of sort and put his right hand to his heart.

This alerted Eric, who started to speak. "Cale! Did you over do it? Does your heart hurt?"

Cale looked toward Eric in disbelief and Cale's confident gaze made Eric awkwardly smile as he slowly backed away. Eric seemed to be very embarrassed.

Cale chuckled at Eric's reaction. "I am fine, Eric Hyung."

He patted his chest to feel the golden plaque in his inner pocket. It was the reward he had received from the crown prince. 'The crown prince is more generous than I expected. This is just what I wanted.'

The golden plaque gave Cale two opportunities to purchase anything, regardless of the cost.

It didn't matter whether he bought two slices of bread or two mountains. All that mattered was that he could only use it twice.

Cale was going to use these two opportunities very effectively in the future.

'I'm sure that the crown prince was thinking, 'how much can you really spend buying alcohol?' as he gave this to me.'

Either that, or he gave it to Cale to see just what Cale could manage to buy with it.

'Too bad he was wrong. I'm gonna use it till you cry.' Cale started to smile. There were a lot of unique things you could buy in the world, as long as you knew how to buy them.

– What are you planning now, Human? Just be careful, and don't think of dangerous things.

Cale nodded at the concerned comment of his little Dragon. Cale looked around where he was standing and made eye contact with a lot of people.

However, he hoped that these gazes would disappear once he left the capital. He wanted to do things secretly, and with so many eyes on him, it's difficult.

That was why Cale, who had finished preparing to leave early the next morning after returning to his residence, handed Raon a piece of steak as a bribe, along with three other items.

The Black Dragon clutched the plate with the steak on it, as he asked. "What is this for?"

The three items were all the magic bombs with the detonation devices removed. The compressed mana still existed in these bombs.

For now, Cale was planning on using just one of these three bombs. A mischievous smirk appeared on Cale's face. "Destroy a whirlpool, and get another power to protect myself."

"Oh, that's a good idea, Human. Leave it to the great and mighty Raon Miru." Raon said proudly, as he kept the bombs inside his spatial dimension.

Cale patted his head gently. "Okay, I'll leave it to you, so you have to always stay next to me."

Cale was planning on overturning Roan Kingdom's Northeastern sea without anybody knowing about it. It was possible because neither the mermaids nor the Whale Tribe should be at the Northeastern sea right now.

Originally, Cale did not plan to destroy the whirlpool. He was planning on taking care of it using the Indestructible Shield and the Vitality of the Heart.

'But that was before. I have Raon with me.'

There was no reason for him to work hard and possibly injured himself when he had the help of the great and mighty Dragon.

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Tsuki: Enjoy!