A new life for a new problem

Chapter 9

The last two days had passed peacefully, contrary to what he thought. Most of the time, he just rested, the others took care of everything, he had nothing else to do but think about what he was going to do with the dragon.

He was in his bed looking at the ceiling, the two kittens had approached him, they were with him on his bed but not stuck to him. They were still a little wary.

His gaze passed over them when he remembered the age of the dragon, he too was a young child, but he had ended up preferring to die rather than continue to live in torture after many years of suffering it. The executioner was Marquis Stan, well rather men under his orders, he was just there enjoying the torture. This madman had locked up the dragon and beaten it to try to tame it, but he had never succeeded after all it was a dragon. It was impossible to try to control, it destroyed an entire village while causing an explosion of mana, it managed to free itself but ended up dying at the hands of Choi han. Even without his intervention he would have still ended up dying, when you voluntarily or not cause an explosion of mana death is assured...

"*Sigh* How can I escape it? Go around the village or maybe try to free it... *sigh* ah we'll see when the time comes..." He finally gave up.

Two days later, he was outside, ready to get in the carriage. A final wave to their parents and they're off.

Cale was sitting in the carriage next to his brother with the kittens, Ron was in the front with the driver while Choi Han was with the knights.

Basen tried to talk to his brother, even though he always answered briefly, it was still better compared to the silence of the last years it was already an improvement.

Aside from a few small conversations, the journey went rather calmly until...

"As expected, they were really there."

As they crossed a mountain range, dozens of people appeared on their path.

"Pay the toll if you want to cross this mountain!"

"Take out everything you have! If we find anything after you claimed to have taken everything, it will be 1 slap for each bronze found!"

Yes, it was the bandits.

Basen seemed a little worried while Cale was very calm, even the kittens did not move from their seats.

A noise surprised Basen. It came from the small window near the driver's seat before the window opened slightly and Ron looked inside.

"Don't worry young masters, the knights will take care of it."

Cale paid attention to Basen next to him to see him relax with his butler's words. They were protected by someone more frightening than the bandits. He listened to the sound of the bandits' screams coming from outside the carriage, as he began to calculate the time.

In about a day and a half, they would arrive at the area where the Black Dragon was being tortured, he must find a solution for this big problem as soon as possible.

In order to get the desired results, They had to choose to camp in the open air. There were no villages along the way to the village near the Black Dragon's hidden cave.

Once the camp was set up, it was now meal time, a delicious smell of food filled the area.

As Cale ate, he could then hear Choi Han and Basen talking about the bandits' attack.

"Are you okay, young master? Is this your first time experiencing something like this?"

Basen nodded shyly. Then Choi Han's gaze turned to Cale. Asking him the same question.

"No, I'm used to it." Cale spoke without thinking, his words sending a chill through the entire camp.

Of course, everyone had heard about the latest rumors about the young master who was sick and hiding his illness from others by making them stay away from him. People were easily able to connect all the dots, the trashy young master did it on purpose. He hid the abuse he had suffered, and it ended up affecting him badly, making him sick.

They weren't afraid of the young master anymore, they were rather sad that a child had to go through all this. Just by looking at his complexion they could already see that it was the truth. They only wanted to protect him now after all these years where they knew nothing about everything he had been through. Ron and Choi han thought the same thing, their expressions also became serious. Even Basen was looking at his brother with a worried look, the kittens had gotten closer to him and were rubbing their heads against his shoes to try to cheer him up much to Cale's dismay.

"Is there a problem?" Cale asked innocently.

"Cale-nim... rest, I'm going to train a little..." Choi Han said so and left with a determined look.

The other knights nodded when Ron came back with tea. Cale was already afraid that there would be lemon, but he could smell a sweet smell, he looked at Ron in surprise, who simply smiled at him. He immediately looked away while accepting the tea happily.

The dark atmosphere had disappeared when they could see the young master smiling while drinking his tea.

"A simple tea can make him smile like that..." Many had these thoughts, especially his brother. He promised himself to try to get closer to him and always bring him tea when he came to see him from now on. He would take advantage of his time in the capital to find him the best teas possible, he now had a determined look too.

Cale didn't pay attention to anyone around him, he simply enjoyed the pleasant and sweet taste in his mouth.