Two small carriages soon entered the alley and filled it up. A person came out of one of those carriages. "Mm, good morning, young master-nim."

"Here they are."

The crazy priestess Cage gulped while looking at the unconscious lackeys on the ground, as well as Venion Stan, who Choi Han had picked up.

She had not seen what had happened in this alley. The fog had played a part, but it was mainly because Choi Han was in the front of the alley entrance guarding it.

She could see that the two lackeys were frowning even while unconscious and that Venion looked very pale with fear.

"We do not have time."

"Hmm? Ah, yes!" She came back to her senses at Cale's serious tone and quickly ordered the two people who came with her to move Venion's lackeys.

While they did that, she approached Cale, who was about to leave with Venion in the other carriage. "Remember, four days later...."

"Yes, that is plenty of time." Cale, who was confidently saying four days was enough, as well as Choi Han, who was throwing Venion into a corner, both seemed calm.

That gave Cage the chills. He felt different than the Cale Henituse who stepped up to protect everyone in the plaza, as well as the same young master who helped her and Taylor out.

However, Cale soon started to smile. He needed to act properly for his plan.

"Yes, I will trust you. Since you set the date, please remember it, young master-nim."

4 days. Cale thought about what would happen in these next four days as he gave a clear response to this priestess who was full of worries. "Yes. It is impossible for me to forget, so please stop worrying. Absolutely."

Cale looked toward Venion as he continued to speak. "Each day will feel like a year, so he will definitely not be able to forget it."

He then turned toward Cage and said goodbye. "Then we will be off now."

"Ah- yes." She would never forget the way Cale stared at Venion. It was so scary. She continued to watch the carriage until it disappeared out of the alley. '...It should be fine, since he promised not to kill him.'

Cale promised to hand Venion over without killing him. Cage and Taylor trusted him since he wasn't the type to break a promise and because he was the reason that they were able to hatch such a plan in the first place.

"We should trust him since we said we would." Cage firmed her resolve. She needed to start moving quickly starting today. "Everybody is on the carriage?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Then let's go."

Her carriage left the alley as well. It was heading in the opposite direction of Cale's carriage.

Cale's carriage was heading opposite of the Stan territory lord's Castle. It was heading toward the quite luxurious section where the rich, the nobles, and the knights lived. The streets were clean and all of the buildings looked fancy.

Click. Click. The carriage that was moving across the early morning fog stopped in front of a single residence. The gate slowly opened.

Creeeeak, clunk. The carriage headed to the back of the residence as soon as the strong iron gates opened.

There was a door heading underground in this average looking residence.

"It's a nice house." Cale made an observation as he got off the carriage and looked toward the driver.

The driver had his head deep under a hood. The robe's hood lifted up a bit in response to Cale.

"You can go."

Odeus, the man under the hood, slightly bowed before quietly and stealthily heading out of the residence's back gate.

He wanted to turn around and look at Cale once more, but held himself back.

'I was wrong about him.' He had personally moved because Cale had told him it was something he couldn't leave to one of his subordinates.

He now understood why Cale had told him to serve him. The things they were doing were not things anybody else could know about. 'A torture chamber.'

He was certain Cale was known for being a good person. He was also one who would sacrifice himself for others. However, that was not the real Cale. Even Choi Han, who was a good person listened to Cale's orders.

Odeus thought about his nephew, Billos, who had said he would follow Cale. Odeus then started to move quickly as he needed to cover Cale's tracks for the next four days.

"The problem is that I am following him like it is normal." Odeus mumbled in a quiet voice before disappearing into the fog.

Cale opened the door heading underground once Odeus disappeared.

Screeech. A chilling noise was heard as the door slowly opened.

"Ah, you've arrived." Cale could see Beacrox right by the door.

Beacrox had arrived here yesterday evening.

Son of the assassin, Ron, a swordsman, and chef. Beacrox held many titles. However, the one title being utilized right now was that of a torture specialist.

"Yes. Let's move him."

Choi Han lifted Venion up and headed down. Beacrox followed behind him while peeking at the Black Dragon flying next to Cale.

Cale pretended not to see Beacrox peeking at Raon. 'I guess he's worried but Beacrox was still very thorough with following through my plan.'

Cale felt that way about Beacrox even more as soon as he headed to the chamber underground. The room was quite large.

"You set it up properly."

There were many types of equipment on one side of the room. Beacrox had prepared all of it. Cale gasped while looking at those vicious tools before turning to look at Raon.

"It is the same." Raon calmly rated the room. This underground torture chamber was set up to look as close to the cave that Raon had to suffer in for the first four years of his life.

Choi Han put Venion on a chair. Beacrox looked toward Cale and started to speak. "Do I just need to work on him, young master?"

"Yes."

"What should I do to him, Raon-nim?" Beacrox's head turned to Raon.

"I will return everything I suffered."

"Please just tell me about it, I'll make sure he got it all in return." Beacrox did not know the details about Raon's story.

"Yes, I was abused for four years, dealing with being tortured and beaten day after day. I was also imprisoned in a cave. I want payback for my four years of suffering during these next four days." The calm four-year-old's voice echoed in the room.

Choi Han rubbed his face while On and Hong didn't know what to do. Cale crossed his arms and looked toward Raon.

Raon really was great and mighty. In Cale's opinion, it was difficult to calmly talk about your pains like Raon was doing.

"I will give you a basic rundown of how I suffered. First of all, I was whipped until this mighty Dragon skin of mine was raw." Raon briefly explained in detail everything that he had suffered through during the four years.

Raon was very passionate as he explained it all to Beacrox, who was carefully listening. He wanted to pay Venion back for everything.

"And to keep hitting the spot that is already bloodied and injured is the most important basic knowledge."

Bang!

Raon stopped talking and looked toward the source of the noise. Cale had kicked the chair the unconscious Venion was sitting on.

Venion fell to the ground, but still remained unconscious. This made Cale wonder how strong of a sedative Hong had used to poison Venion.

Cale fixed his shirt as if nothing happened before starting to speak. "Keep doing what you have to do."

"...I understand, Human." Raon returned to talking about his past.

He just described the core of it, as he did not have much time. Silence filled the room once he finished.

Cale looked toward Beacrox and then started to smile. Beacrox had taken a pair of white gloves out of his pocket. He always put these gloves on so that he does not get dirtied.

"Sounds like there will be a lot of blood." He then took out another pair of white gloves and put it on over the first pair.

Cale had never seen or read about Beacrox putting on two pairs of gloves. "Beacrox."

"Yes sir." Beacrox looked toward Cale at his calling.

"Make some food before we start."

"...Food?" Beacrox looked toward Cale as if Cale was crazy.

However, Cale pointed to Raon. Raon stretched his wings as if he agreed with Cale. "My Raon needs something to eat."

"That bastard hit me while eating, saying that seeing my blood made it easier to swallow the food."

"... This crazy son of a..." Choi Han started to swear.

Beacrox took out another pair of gloves before speaking to Raon and Cale. "Looks like I need to prepare a feast."

This made Cale think that Beacrox really was weak against children. He was a torture specialist, but whether it is with the Wolf children or Raon or even Cale himself, Beacrox seemed to turn into a good big brother (or an uncle).

Beacrox asked a question as he headed up to prepare the food. "Shall I cripple him?"

"No need to do that." Raon responded.

"Alright. Young master-nim, will you be down here as well?"

"Mn. Yes. Of course." Cale let out a silent moan as he answered Beacrox's question. 'I don't really want to see it, but I couldn't leave the children to suffer alone as their guardian.'

They had set up an invisibility magic device in the corner. It would be complicated if Cale's identity was revealed, so he could only watch in secret.

'I don't think I can enjoy a feast while watching a torture. I should just stick with wine.' Cale knew it would be brutal. He's probably going to want to throw up and get angry at Venion.

In a situation like this, alcohol was better. Cale tried to open his mouth to ask for wine, however, Raon started to speak first.

"It's okay, Human. No need to worry about me. You do not need to watch."

"It's true. I feel like it may be difficult for you, Cale-nim."

Choi Han continued to speak after Raon and even Hong and On nodded their heads.

Cale started to speak with a scoff. "What are you talking about? I'm not that delicate."

Cale petted Raon's head before walking past him. "If I don't watch, are you going to watch alone?"

There were some things you needed to see no matter how hard it was to watch. He then took a few bottle of potions out of his magic bag and handed it to Beacrox.

"Use the potion if it looks like he is going to die. Then he will be able to last all 4 days."

"Of course." Beacrox easily accepted it as if it was natural.

In fact, it was Choi Han and the Black Dragon's responses that Beacrox did not understand. 'This young master of mine endured his own hardship since he was 5. You shouldn't treat him as a weak person.'

"Then let me go get it ready." Beacrox prepared the best feast possible underground. It was a feast just for Raon.

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"Oo... ugh......." Venion groaned and tried to move. His body felt heavy.

Although he could feel every part of his body, it felt like he was lacking oxygen.

He soon came to his senses and tried to figure out what had happened.

"Gasp!" Venion opened his eyes in shock.

What he saw in front of his eyes was a feast. A grand feast that even nobles would not usually see was in front of his eyes on a just as luxurious table.

The Black Dragon looked down toward Venion from the table.

Clang! Venion turned his head as he heard the clang from the chains on his limbs and neck.

"Mm, mm-" He wanted to speak but could not say anything. The magic chains on his neck prevented him from speaking. He could not say anything, just like how the Black Dragon had suffered.

Psssh, bang! The whip was moving across the floor. It was a large whip with metal and glass embedded throughout the whip.

It was very similar to the whip that was used on Raon. The masked man wielding that whip slowly approached Venion.

"Start." Raon gave the order.

The masked man, Beacrox, flicked the whip.

Flick. The whip cut through the air and landed on Venion.

"Aaaaaah!" Venion's body was heavy, but he could still feel pain.

The whip continued to land on Venion's body. The simple noble's attire underneath the robe started to tear and the skin underneath started to bleed as the sharp additions to the whip cut into his skin. Some of the glass fell off the whip and remained pierced in his skin.

It was the same way Raon was abused when he was just a newborn.

"Oo, ugh, oo-!" Venion was shouting something but the words did not come out of his mouth. He tried to struggle and move but his body was still paralyzed.

Just like Raon had suffered under the mana restriction chains, Venion could not do anything but suffer. All he could do was slowly curl up.

However, just as Raon had done, Venion glared up at the Black Dragon on top of the table. It was a glare that showed that he would not give in.

Flick! Flick! The whip cut through his cheeks as he continued to glare.

"Aaaaaaah, ugh!" Venion's body shook in pain as it slowly became drenched in blood.

However, Beacrox showed no reaction and continued to whip at a steady pace.

He whipped the bleeding areas over and over and did not show any emotion even as the blood sprayed into the air.

"Mm."

Cale turned after hearing a moan from his side. The baby kittens On and Hong were in the invisible area with him curled up next to each other.

Hong seemed to find it difficult to watch as he looked up at Venion and looked down at the ground over and over.

Raon had already set up noise suppressing magic in this invisible area so there was no chance of getting caught by Venion. However, it wouldn't really matter if Venion heard the noise.

"Ugh, oo, oo, ah, aaaaah!" Venion's cheeks were completely bloody as he started to shout some groans and words that could not be understood. Every time he did that, Beacrox just flicked the whip even harder.

Do not speak.

Stay still.

Stop glaring.

That seemed to be the message as the whip landed any time Venion showed any of those reactions.

"...I need to watch, that's what I need to do." That was what On was saying as she lowered her head. Cale understood how they were feeling. On and Hong were in pain watching this.

The basement, where Venion's arms, legs, and neck were chained up, was slowly turning red with blood. But it was not that they were struggling to watch because it was scary or because they felt bad for Venion.

It was because they knew what Raon had gone through and that this was only just the beginning.

Cale petted On and Hong's heads. "You don't need to watch if you can't."

He turned his head as he said that. He could see Raon sitting alone on top of the table.

Raon was currently eating. He was eating his favorite food, steak. Raon continued to stuff his mouth with food.

"Aaaaaaah!" Raon fed himself over and over while listening to Venion scream.

Raon had looked forward to this moment over and over for a very long time. He had imagined this exact scene in his head numerous times, despite trying not to because he remembered Cale's words.

That was why he could not miss even a moment of this meal, no, this feast. Precious food that he could not have even imagined 4 months ago, as well as a healthy body and his freedom.

The most important thing he gained this 4 short month was his new family and the affection they were giving him. The freedom and the fun during the time they traveled together.

Raon continued to eat as he savored all of the things he had now gained.

"Cough." Raon coughed for a moment from stuffing too much food but he did not stop.

Cale observed Raon's face as well as his actions. His Raon was crying. However, he did not stop.

"Mm, cough." He continued to stuff himself with food while observing Venion getting whipped.

On and Hong did not manage to see how Raon was right now. But Cale was making sure to observe Raon.

"Oo, uuuugh, ooo, ah." Venion's body started to twitch.

Beacrox continued to flick the whip in spots he knew would hurt. Venion could not even look up at the Black Dragon on top of the table anymore.

He just had a blank expression as he slowly lost consciousness while being surrounded by his own blood.

Swiiiiiiish! With a loud noise, the whip struck Venion's head, making him finally lose consciousness.

Raon stuffed another steak into his mouth. Raon's eyes were open, but he did not see Venion. What he saw was his past self. That was why he could not stop.

It was at that moment.

"You're going to choke."

He could feel the sturdy yet warm hand holding his paw, stopping him from stuffing more foods into his mouth. He was familiar with it now. Raon turned his head.

"The sauce is all over your mouth." The voice was as warm as usual. Raon could see a sleeve gently wiping his mouth as well as Cale's face.

Raon slowly turned his head. Venion was lying on the ground. Raon looked at the unconscious Venion and started to speak.

"I will continue to watch."

"Sure. Let's watch together."

Raon put his head on the table as Cale said that. Cale released his paw and patted Raon's back instead before looking towards Beacrox.

Beacrox could see that Cale was frowning. "What is it, young master?"

"Why are you using the potion now?" Cale pointed to the potion in Beacrox's hand with his chin.

Beacrox asked a question back with confusion. "Don't we need to heal him?"

"Use it when he looks like he's about to croak."

Although Venion had fainted, he was still groaning. His entire body was covered in blood and made it look like his skin was red.

Beacrox looked toward Venion after hearing what Cale had to say and nodded his head. "He won't die just yet. Your order is correct and amazing."

He put the potion back down.

Cale let out a sigh then went to lift Raon up in his arms. He then started to smile.

Raon was gaining more weight lately. It was great as it meant he was healthy. But the best thing was the fact he had been training whenever there was a chance.

Although Raon had not grown in size these past few months, his weight seemed to have exponentially increased. Cale was happy that he could hold his child without being afraid that he might drop him.

Cale held him close as he looked at On and Hong. They were anxiously walking circles around Cale and Raon.

Cale felt the children's shaken mentality and quickly started to speak. "Let's rest a bit."

Nobody said anything in opposition.

However, Beacrox had a question. "What should I do when he wakes up?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Cale asked in returned.

Raon answered after that. "We will continue."

"What he said."

"I understand."

Cale pushed the door with his leg and it opened with a small noise. Choi Han was standing there with an expression that showed both anger and sorrow.

Cale gave an order to Choi Han who looked back and forth between Raon and himself. "There's an unopened bottle of wine in there. Bring that along with a glass."

Cale decided that he needed to drink tonight. Cale headed for the residence upstairs as he asked Raon. "Did you grow bigger? You're heavier than last time."

"Human, I am not fat!"

"I never say anything about that."

Raon, who had been stuffing himself since the early morning, raised his head. He could see the view outside the residence. The fog had lifted, and morning was quickly approaching.

"Well, it's meant that you are growing healthily. Good job getting bigger."

Raon put his face on Cale's chest after hearing that. He listened to the calm and strong heartbeats to calm himself.