Chapter 158: Rolling in By the Vine (5)

Chapter 158: Rolling in By the Vine (5)

Translator: miraclerifle

Editor: Borderline Masochist

Raon could see Cale's stiff expression.

“Raon.”

The low voice made Raon realize that his thought might be going too wild. Raon started to speak with a stiff expression as well.

“···Yes?”

Raon had a perfect grasp of Cale's strength. The Black Dragon's front paw patted on Cale’s leg.

“Human, I said something too wild. Not only is your body weak, your influence is also much less than the Empire’s royal family. So just sit back. I will loot the palace for you.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Hmm?”

Contrary to Raon, who had been serious about looting the palace for Cale, Cale started to pack the box and diary up as he shared his new plan.

“Let’s look for it starting tomorrow.”

“Human, that is more like you! The Grand Palace is just dust compared to a great and mighty Dragon! Do not worry! I will destroy anything in our way!”

Cale ignored the vicious ramblings of a five-year-old as he headed to the only window on the floor.

He stopped in front of the window.

He had not considered breaking in through this window.

The window was only about as wide as Cale's face. There were also iron bars, making it difficult to see outside.

However, the Vatican was completely visible past this window. You could even see the Alchemists’ Bell Tower and the Grand Palace behind the Vatican as well.

Raon moved over to Cale, who was looking out the window. Cale touched the bars as he started to speak.

“The Holy Maiden must have had it hard. She had to spend her life in this prison.”

Cale's emotional statement made Raon recall his years in the cave. Raon looked toward Cale with an emotional gaze.

‘This human really is a good person. He knows how to have this kind of thought as well.’

“Raon.”

“Yes, good human.”

“Let’s resolve this Holy Maiden’s grudges.”

“Yes! Human, let’s do it!”

Cale smiled while looking at Raon energetically nod his head. It was a very sly smile.

“Are you done?”

Cale nodded his head at Choi Han’s question and handed him a bottle.

“...Isn't this dead mana?”

It was a bottle of dead mana. It would kill anybody who drank it. Cale was always carrying this around while saying, ‘just in case.’

Cale pointed outside the tower and started to speak.

“Pull up all the grass in the garden and put one or two drops of dead mana in the dirt. It would be bad if it gets polluted.”

Choi Han found it difficult to wrap his head around the sudden command, but he had a good idea about what Cale was trying to do.

“Cale-nim, do I just need to leave evidence of Arm being here?”

‘He really is smart.’

Although Choi Han acted aloof every so often, Cale knew that he was a smart person.

“Yes. I'll also tell you the location of a fake alchemist in the slums, so go find him. He'll understand if you say that the priest sent you.”

“What do I need to tell him to do?”

“Tell him to spread a rumor.”

“What rumor?”

Cale was thinking about preparing to fight against the Empire after the war against the Northern Alliance. That was why he had expected to go up against the Empire at least two years later.

‘But things are different now.’

Things would change if he could get his hands on the divine item of the Church of the Sun God.

People tend to believe when they see miracles happen.

‘We will shake the Empire.’

He needed to spread the seeds in the Empire.

Cale gave an order to Choi Han who was looking at him.

“The Empire lost the person who could deliver the word of the lord. An evil power will bring forth the eternal night. The proof of this has appeared close to the tower where the heretic was trapped.”

He would share this rumor with the children of the slums and they would slowly spread it throughout the Empire.

Crown prince Alberu did not feel good after hearing some news this morning. He was then curious. That was why he had called Cale Henituse over.

Click.

The teacup was placed on the table and Alberu looked toward Cale, who was sitting across from him, and started to speak.

“Was it you?”

“What are you talking about, your highness?”

Alberu was certain after seeing Cale eating a cookie with an expression that seemed to be saying, ‘I know nothing.’

“It was you.”

“What was?”

“What did you do to the Vatican?”

Crunch.

Cale started to smile as he bit down on the cookie.

It happened earlier this morning. The Empire sent a message to the Roan Kingdom's investigation team to halt their investigations for a moment.

Alberu recalled the contents of the message. The Empire was openly pressuring a foreign kingdom. That upset him, but more importantly, what mattered was that the Empire seemed to be in such a crisis that it was willing to end their cooperation if needed.

He looked toward Cale and started to speak.

“The Empire suddenly ordered that we will not be able to investigate for three days.”

“I see. How disappointing.”

Tap. Tap.

Alberu started to speak after tapping on the armrest of his chair a couple of times.

“Something must have happened in the Vatican last night, but they do not seem to blame us or suspect us of doing anything. They seemed more like they were preventing us from going to the Vatican to investigate.”

“So did you agree to their terms, your highness?”

“You think I'm crazy enough to accept it right away? I said it is too much that they are not allowing us to investigate for three days when we are only here for a week.”

Honestly speaking, Alberu did not have any reason to complain.This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

The investigation was not a big deal. It was just a small portion of the reason he came to the Empire.

“Your highness, what if you asked them to reduce the number of administrators observing us in the remaining time in return for not being able to investigate for three days?”

“That is exactly what I asked for.”

Alberu’s frown loosened up a bit. The two of them made eye contact and started to sigh.

It would be easier for Cale and the Dark Elves to loot the Vatican if the Empire lessened the number of people observing their movements.

Alberu picked his teacup back up and started to speak.

“I guess you don’t plan on talking.”

Cale shrugged his shoulders. Normally, Alberu should get angry as the crown prince when someone refuses to answer his question like this, however, there was no need to do that.

“Your highness, it will be a benefit for the Roan Kingdom.”

Cale Henituse. He never said anything that he did not mean. Although he caused a lot of incidents, he never did anything to harm the Roan Kingdom.

‘In fact, he has helped the kingdom quite a bit.’

Cale Henituse was someone who did anything and everything to help and protect the Roan Kingdom.

That was why Alberu let it go without saying anything.

‘...He is a trustworthy punk.’

Trust was slowly developing between the two of them. Alberu looked toward Cale with a slightly more relaxed expression. There was curiosity in his gaze.

Although the first floor of the library was open to foreigners, all of the books were in the Empire’s language. Although they were proclaiming that it was open to foreigners, they were still saying that you can’t read anything if you don't learn our language.

However, Cale had Raon.

- Human, information about the Vatican is three shelves down from where you are.

Cale slowly looked through random books until he got there.

Flip. Flip.

Raon's clear voice echoed in his mind.

- There is a palace that was created when the Vatican was being built.

Cale covered his mouth with the book as he quietly started to speak.

“Tell me more.”

Cale opened the book.

- There is no information about the burning of a palace since the Vatican was built. However, there is only one palace that was built during that time.

They had not seen any area that showed any signs of having been burnt in the past.

- A garden was created next to that palace.

A palace and a garden that was built as the Vatican was created.

- They are called the, ‘Sun Palace,’ and the, ‘Sun Garden.’ The names were said to have been created by the Imperial Prince and the Pope.

Flip. Flip.

Cale quickly turned the pages. Of course, Raon quickly read through the information. Raon started to speak to Cale, who had been turning the pages for three hours.

- The early information is all the useful information that is in the book.

Plop.

Cale closed the book. He then started to speak to Choi Han.

“Let’s go.”

There was no need to read anymore.

The Sun Palace.

Cale knew where the Sun Palace was.

He also knew the famous Sun Garden next to it.

That was the location of the end of year celebration.

Cale headed out of the library and started to walk. He could soon see the fancy palace and the just-as-beautiful garden next to it.

They shined like the sun.

Once he got closer to the two locations...

Boom! Boom! Boom!

His heart was beating wildly.

And his fingers became itchy.

An invisible wind rustled by Cale's side.

The last day of the investigation.

Alberu spoke to Cale before getting off of the carriage.

“See you at the celebration afterward.”

Alberu was planning on acting like a proper crown prince as he walked around the building with the Empire’s administrators in order to give Cale the opening to go into the eastern Annex.

The number of administrators watching them was cut in half. However, they were no longer allowed to investigate the rear garden of the tower with the spire.

“Ah.”

Alberu suddenly seemed to have realized something.

“A sword master is supposedly coming to the celebration.”

“The Empire’s sword master?”

“Yes.”

Sword master.

There was one sword master in the Empire, one in the Caro Kingdom, and one in the North.

That was what was known to the public.

“Mm.”

Cale started to frown. Alberu seemed to understand what was on Cale's mind as he started to speak.

“You shouldn’t need to worry. The Empire probably plans on showing off their might by having the sword master show up to the celebration. He is showing up tomorrow in order to immediately take part in it. We don't need to pay any attention.”

The existence of a sword master raised a nation's status and increased the morale of the knights.

The highest level of the sword.

There was a lot of meaning in reaching that level.

That was why Alberu started to speak while looking at Cale’s stiff expression that seemed to be worrying about the Roan Kingdom that did not have any sword masters.

“Although they are our enemy, there is no need to be afraid of them right now.”

“Your highness.”

“Yes?”

“Choi Han is a sword master. Do you think that they would be able to tell each other’s levels if he goes to the celebration?”

Alberu’s mind blanked out for a moment. Cale then added on.

“Umm, Vice Captain Hilsman is also a highest-grade knight. That should be okay, right?”

Cale felt disappointed at Alberu’s blank expression. It looked like only he and Raon would be able to look for the divine item in the Sun Palace.

‘Should I take Eruhaben-nim? I need to tell Raon to hide his presence as well.’

Cale looked toward the crown prince.

Alberu said just one thing.

“...Ho.”

Cale called out to Alberu after hearing that.

“Your highness?”

Alberu finally started to speak after a while.

“Crazy bastard.”

Those words were naturally directed at Cale.

He then took a magic bag out of his pocket and almost threw it at Cale.

“Loot it all.”

Cale started to smile as he put the magic bag away.

A moment later at the Vatican’s eastern Annex.

“This is also a library.”

Cale reached his hand out toward the library door.

“I leave it to you, young master-nim.”

The high-grade Dark Elf mage spoke as Cale opened the library door.

The secret room was in here.

And the secret table was within that room.

The treasure was there.

Screeeech-

The library door opened.

He heard the voice at that moment.

- Are you trying to sacrifice yourself?

‘What?’

It was the Scary Giant Cobblestone.

1. (PR: Cale is an innocent lil child.)

2. This is an idiom for something rare. You wouldn’t normally find a Dragon coming out of a river. (PR: A-Are dragons common in other places then?)

3. (PR: Oh if only he knew Cale’s party’s full strength...)