Truth Shall Set You Free

Chapter 13

The laughter continued for a while until a quiet voice cut through the noise.

"Young master, you've run out of tea once again. This Ron has taken the liberty of bringing you some more," Ron said with his usual smile on his face.

"Ah, um...thanks," Cale lamely replied while begrudgingly accepting the cup and taking a sip.

Having delivered the weapon of taste bud destruction to his puppy young master, Ron discreetly nodded at the little girl beside his former puppy young master.

"Uncle! I brought you a drink since you look thirsty," she said with a devious grin.

'Fuck. We haven't even been here that long and the vicious old man has already corrupted my sweet niece. My sweet little girl, please don't learn anything else from that insidious old man.'

Despite his depressing thoughts, Kim Rok Soo took the cup from her with a bright smile that only looked somewhat forced.

"Thanks sweetheart," he said while hiding his grimace as the nasty beverage entered his mouth.

Ron* also used that moment to approach Cale* with his own cup of the dreadful poison.

"Here you are young master. This Ron* apologizes for taking so long to notice you also needed a fresh cup."

Cale* shuddered at the sudden voice beside him and took the cup by reflex.

"Hey, Rok Soo* here you go. We don't want you feeling left out when your siblings are all getting to enjoy such a tasty drink," Lee Soo Hyuk* said while trying to maintain his serious face.

Kim Rok Soo* took the cup, but his look promised revenge.

That look finally cracked Lee Soo Hyuk's* serious demeanor and he burst into laughter.

The two Cales and two Kim Rok Soos subtly nodded at each other. Revenge would be theirs eventually.

Chapter 13: Picked It Up (6)

But behind that satisfaction, Cale suddenly felt chills on the back of his neck. It was because Ron drank the lemon tea without any complaints.

"Seems like he got his revenge now," Bud* laughed and started another round of laughter from everyone else.

Cale figured at this point that the God of Death owed him and he would collect on that debt before they leave here. Such thoughts caused a smile to spread across Cale's face. Those that happened to see that smile felt chills up their spine and quickly stopped laughing.

Clack.

Why did the sound of the teacup being placed on the table feel so loud? Thankfully, it was not just Cale being paranoid. Choi Han, who had been quietly enjoying his tea, started to frown.

"Why don't you enjoy your tea a little more quietly?"

"Hyung, that was rather rude of you?" Lock* teased Choi Han*.

"Hey, that wasn't me. You should tell him that," Choi Han* defended himself while pointing at Choi Han.

Rosalyn* smiled at Lock* and gave him a discreet thumbs up at his efforts to cheer Choi Han* up.

"Well, technically you are both Choi Han, so I think it still counts," Lock* continued to tease.

"That's unfair, I've always been polite," Choi Han* complained.

"I'm not so sure about that. I didn't find you particularly polite during our first meeting," Cale* pointed out.

"Ah, I wasn't...that's not..." Choi Han* stuttered.