Truth Shall Set You Free

Chapter 62

"Young master Cale fought during the first day," Witira answered her counterpart's question. "The children decided it would be too much for him to fight after that."

"That was a good decision on their part," Eruhaben stated. "His plate wasn't balanced then, so overdoing it would have been even worse for him at that time."

"Hear that, human?" Raon asked as he flew over to get into Cale's face. "We did good not letting you fight then, so whatever silly thoughts you had about fighting with us then were wrong."

"I know," Cale reassured Roan. "You all did very well to keep me from fighting. Although, I didn't mind not doing any fighting then. I just thought it was a relatively safe opportunity for me to build up experience with my ancient powers and the various ways I could use them. I didn't know yet how dangerous it actually was for me."

Cale gave the little dragon a pat on the head before Raon turned to head back to his siblings. Halfway there, he stopped and changed his direction to group 2 before plopping himself down into Rok Soo's* lap.

"Hello uncle," Raon said with a smile.

Rok Soo* froze for a second before reaching up to rub the little dragon's head.

"Hello Raon," Rok Soo* replied. "It's nice to officially meet you."

"You are too skinny," Raon declared as he presented his uncle with a slice of apple pie. "This is my human's favorite. It's very sweet and doesn't taste sour at all like lemons. Is it your favorite too? I think maybe it would be since you are sort of the same, but not the same, so I'm not sure if it's your favorite."

Raon's family smiled at the adorable child as he rambled. On, Hong, and Dodum^ all headed over to join their brother in visiting more family members they were meeting for the first time.

"Thank you very much, Raon," Rok Soo* responded as he took the slice of pie and tried a bite. "You are right. It is very sweet and not at all sour. I can see why Cale enjoys it so much and I think it may end up being my favorite as well. Especially the ones you give me."

The soft smile on Rok Soo's* face looked so much like the small smiles Cale would show the children that everyone watching almost forgot the pale, dark haired young man wasn't actually Cale.

"Hello Uncle Rok Soo*. My name is Hong."

"H-hello. This great and mighty dragon is Dodam Miru^."

"It's nice to meet you Uncle Rok Soo*, Uncle Lee Soo Hyuk*, and Uncle Choi Jung Soo*. I'm On."

As the kids piled on the three of them, Soo Hyuk*, Jung Soo*, and Rok Soo* smiled as they began a round of pats for the bunch.

"It's a pleasure to meet my dongsaeng's adorable children," Lee Soo Hyuk* told them all. "Before you all go back, should I tell you some stories about your father when he was younger?"

The sparkling eyes of the kids had a shudder running down Cale's (and Rok Soo's*) spine.

"Hyung," Cale called out. "You should remember that I have a better memory than you and know all your embarrassing stories. Even ones you haven't done yet."

"Hahaha.....that's even better," Lee Soo Hyuk* laughed. "You are quite welcome to share those ones since I'll be sure not to re-enact them and it'll give me something to tease Sui Khan over there with."

"Dongsaeng," Sui Khan warned. "If you share those, I'll tell everyone all about the times you behaved in a very reckless manner."

"Ahem....we should probably get back to the reason we are here," Cale muttered with an awkward cough.