𝑹𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏

CH. 4 : Royal Banquet (1) 🌿

Cale was at the Capital of the Rowoon Kingdom, Huiss. He had arrived yesterday for the First Prince’s birthday banquet. After arriving at the Henituse Mansion, all Cale did was just eat and sleep all day. Ron had also come to him once to discuss the matters in the Eastern Continent.

Cale had brought a few novels with him. It was weird that he was reading novels more often now compared to before. He had always liked reading even as Kim Rok Soo, he just never had the time since he was always busy. 

Cale sat in the garden with his novel and sweet tea while he watched the children playing. Ohn was currently eight, Hong was five, and Raon was two. They looked so much smaller than he remembered from the previous timeline. Cale smiled as he watched them playing tag. 

Nothing much had happened during the tea party on the first day. The tea party was held in the garden of the Palace of Joy, the Crown Prince’s Palace. Cale, however, had become the center of attention. He stood out so much because of his suit. He was wearing a red maroon suit with black silks that Hong had chosen. He did not really like the suits the children had picked for him because it made him stand out so much. But he didn’t have the heart to say no to them. The kittens really wanted to join him, sadly there were strict rules about bringing pets to the Royal Palace. Hence, they could not come, only the invisible Dragon. 

The tea party was not that exciting. Cale had sat at the table with the other Northeast nobles, Eric, Gilbert and Amiru. Cale looked around as he could see Antonio Gyerre and Taylor Stan not so far away from him. He could also see the First Princess and the Young Lady Orsena gossiping in the corner. Even in this timeline Venion Stan and Neo Tolz had tried to cause trouble with him. Cale just stayed silent and ignored them.

Cale liked the tea the Palace was serving. It was sweet, nothing like Ron’s sour lemon tea. Cale was going to enjoy it while he was here. Cale had even gone through his records about the novels he was reading for the past few days since he was very bored. He really wanted to return to his bed. 

Cale then noticed another redhead across the garden and smiled a little. It was the Crown Princess Rosalyn. She had just entered the garden along with a certain blonde prince. The main character of today’s tea party. The Crown Prince Alver Crossman. Cale smiled seeing his hyung-nim and the future tower mage walking together. He had heard that they had been friends since they were young, though it was a little weird for him. 

Cale and the Northeast nobles then came up towards the Crown Prince to greet and congratulate him. When it was Cale’s turn, he could see the blonde prince slightly flinched and he had a weird face. There was nothing he could do about it. The invisible Raon was flying beside him, and he was sure that his hyung-nim could smell the strong scent of nature from him since he had strengthened his Ancient Powers.

When the Crown Prince had let him go back to his seat, he then bumped into the Breck Princess. Cale apologized, but then he had noticed that Rosalyn had accidentally bumped into him. She was a great actress, but so was him. He could tell from her facial expressions that she failed to hide, she was intrigued. Maybe it was the strong mana she had felt from Raon.

Both Rosalyn and Alver were very sensitive to mana, it would be impossible for Cale to not get noticed by them. Cale returned to his seat and acted like it did not bother him. 

Cale had done his best that day to avoid any unwanted attention. He did not want to cause any trouble for his family. He was still trash, but since his regression he had not drunk a single drop of alcohol. He was not in the mood, he had other priorities than to keep his reputation as trash. It was all going to be useless when he became Supreme Commander. He had tried to come up with a plan to avoid it, but the damn God of Death had told him that it was unavoidable. He had cursed God all the time since then. He just wanted his slacker life, was it too much to ask?