The Place Where I Belong

Chapter 35

Previously...

Cale settled down in front of the kids huddling together. Softly, he read every word written in the paper.

"This is the name given to you by my father, Rock."

As of today, the black dragon received a beautiful and meaningful name that he is so grateful to.

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"I already found the water's ancient power." Is what Eruhaben said at the very few steps he took to enter the office. "Don't you think it is already the time to get the water before it gets taken by someone?"

Rock, think of it.

"Shall I?" 

"You will, if you don't want to die." Eruhaben responded frankly that made the other man look at him with a face saying 'Who the hell would want to die?'

'This bastard…!'

Eruhaben thought, before he argue with him, Cale already enter in their conversation.

"Can I come?"

"Whatever you want." Rock said. His attention turns again to the ancient dragon as the elder continues to talk.

"You don't need the water if you will not use the water you store on that necklace, but I assume you planned on using that in the future, am I right?"

"That's right."

Rock stood up from his seat to walk towards the ancient dragon. "Thank you for helping me, Eruhaben-nim. Shall we go now?"

They are about to go when someone voiced out a question.

"Hey! How about me?" Rasheel pointed to himself as he asked that question. 

Cale and Rock ignored him which left Eruhaben to answer the buzz cut dragon. 

"Just take care of the children." 

And then, three of them disappear, leaving the groaning dragon.

“The name of this forest is the Grey Eye Forest.”

Grey Eye.

The name alone was giving off an aura of mystery.

Eruhaben explained to them about this place. It was not what he had read in the ancient Dragon’s diary, but public knowledge about the forest.

“They’ve been calling it that for a while, but nobody knows the reason behind the name. Although there are still monsters in every region around Leeb-An City, there are no monsters in this Grey Eye Forest.”

Cale, who was listening to them, absorbed the scenery in front of him. It seemed to be a completely normal forest. It was even giving off the typical sounds you would hear from a forest.

“Since there are no monsters, mercenaries and merchants have no reason to come here. There are just a few people who come in during spring in order to pick some fruits.”

“Have any of them gone missing?” Rock asked.

The Water of Judgment was said to judge both humans and monsters.

“No.”

There were no more dead monsters nor missing people thanks to the dead ancient Dragon’s barrier.

Eruhaben looked toward the calm Rock and started to smile. Contrary to his voice, Rock's situation was not very good.

“Rock Thames, I don’t think you’re in a situation to be so calm.”