Cale explained the entire situation before coming out of Amiru's residence and looking at the three people behind him. Witira, Paseton, and Toonka.

He then made eye contact with Amiru, who was coming out behind them. She took a look at Cale before sternly speaking to Toonka. "You must leave by tomorrow. You should be thankful that all you are getting for punishment is being banished from our territory."

Amiru had demanded that Toonka leave her territory by tomorrow. It was because it became blatantly obvious that he was not a fisherman, as well as because he was the cause of the battle.

"The two of you will receive similar punishment if you cause any more issues within my territory."

The Whale siblings bowed toward Amiru with calm expressions. Cale observed the two siblings who were hiding that they were related to the Whale King, before turning his head.

"Young master Cale, you seem to be catching a cold, so please head on inside."

"Okay, I will." Cale nodded. 'I really need to train this body.'

Amiru's gaze became sharp as she turned back to look at Toonka. "You return our generosity with such actions."

Cale gently started to speak. "That is why you are banishing him."

Toonka's banishment. That was what Cale had told Amiru to do.

"Young master Cale, you really..." Amiru had heard from Paseton about how Cale had saved his life, as well as how Cale had no fault, but ended up getting dragged into the mess.

"Young lady Amiru, it was not much." Cale had a gentle expression on his face.

– Didn't you ask me if I could defeat Toonka?

As usual, Cale felt defeated by Raon's timely comments. 'It's so hard not being able to reply.'

After telling Amiru multiple times that he was okay, Cale turned his gaze toward Toonka. Toonka had been staring at Cale as well.

Toonka had a blank expression for a while now, no, it was more of a complicated expression.

Ancient power. It was the only type of power that the non-mages, who focused on physical strength, accepted as strength. It was because they considered it a blessing for someone's power to be passed down through generations.

Cale was looking at Toonka with no specific emotion. He was a crazy bastard who ended up becoming a hero, but also showed signs of self-destruction in volume 5 of [The Birth of a Hero].

The Whales approached Cale, and cautiously asked. "Is it really okay for us to go with you?"

"It's not like you have somewhere to go. I can give you a place to stay for a night. Didn't you say that you wanted to talk with me?"

Cale got on the carriage and asked the Whale siblings to follow. He then closed the carriage door and started to think. 'At least Toonka will be going back to the Whipper Kingdom.'

Cale, no, Kim Roksoo's style was to not create a relationship with someone he could not communicate with. It's sad but as Cale, he didn't have the issue of communication at all, since he was a total loner.

However, not having relationship with someone was different than avoiding someone because things could get complicated.

'Do I need to contact the crown prince?'

How would the crown prince react if Cale said they should bring back the honey-filled hive left in the Whipper Kingdom?

He could anticipate the crown prince's response because they were similar people. The crown prince would be very happy.

Cale was dreaming of bringing that hive back and used it to its fullest.

Cale had to greet deputy butler Hans, Beacrox, the Vice Captain, the ten Wolf children, On, and Hong once he got back.

Hans had originally approached Cale normally before dropping his jaws after seeing the Whale siblings. He then quickly caught himself and started to approach Cale again. "Young master-nim, are you okay? I heard about what happened."

"I'm okay. Oh, and show these two people to their room." Cale pushed the two Whale siblings to Hans before turning to look at Beacrox.

Beacrox, who was dressed flawlessly, as usual, started to frown once he took a look at Cale.

Seeing Cale looking like a mess with the boulder dust and dried sea water, Beacrox turned toward Maes and started to speak. "Heat up the water."

"Got it." Maes calmly responded before approaching Cale. "Young master-nim, I heard you were dragged into their battle and almost got hurt."

Cale looked toward Maes, as well as the other Wolf children who were watching him, and casually assured them. "Not at all. There was no chance that I would get hurt."

"... I understand." The extremely bright and pure Wolf children were calm, unlike their usual selves.

Cale smiled at the changes and continued to watch the children, who quickly rushed away to heat up the bath water, before looking back at Beacrox.

Beacrox started to speak a bit prickly as soon as they made eye contact. "Young master-nim, please wash up first."

Cale could see that Beacrox could not stand Cale's dirtiness, as well as the fact that he didn't look after himself well. So he just nodded his head obediently.

Cale tried to head to the bath but a voice called out to him. "Young master-nim."

"What is it?"

It was Paseton and Witira. Paseton was the one who called for him, but Witira was the first to speak. "May we visit you after you have rested for a bit?"

The Whale King. As they were his children, these two were pretty much of the same rank as the kingdom's royalty. However, the two of them were hiding the fact that they were related to the Whale King.

Honestly speaking, there was no reason to hide it. It wasn't like the humans would know that they were royalty. It was rare to find a person who even knew about the existence of Whale people.

"Please, come tomorrow. We're all need a rest." Cale answered decisively before turning around.

He could hear Raon's voice in his head. The little darling had become chatty since earlier.

– You sneezed! Will you be able to move tonight? Shouldn't you get some rest? Why are you so weak that I have to worry so much?! Human! It is so frustrating!

'Aww, he's worried. Let's take a bath and finish the job quickly so I can sleep like my dear child asked me to.'

Cale decided to use the fact that nobody believed that he was completely healthy to his advantage. He told everyone not to come to him tonight because he needed rest.

After he's done taking the warm bath to wash off the boulder dust on him, he turned to call Raon. "Let's go, Raon."

"I am so against this but...I'll still listen for now."

On and Hong sent them off as Cale headed to the Ubarr islands with Raon. Today was the day he needed to extend these whirlpools' lifespans to last for another year.

– I do not know why you are doing this when you are not well. This intelligent Dragon brain of mine cannot understand.

Cale warmly responded to the grumblings of a 4-year-old. "It has to be done today. Then I could rest peacefully."

The territory's mages would arrive tomorrow, making it more difficult to move. He had to take care of that puddle water and the whirlpool today.

Cale could see that there were still lights on the central island and landed on an island farther away. This was the location of the second strongest whirlpool, well, now the strongest whirlpool.

"Sigh." He then let out a sigh.

– Why is that punk swimming over here? Wait, why is that punk even here? I do not understand.

Cale could hear Raon's anxious voice. There was nobody on the island that Cale and Raon landed on.

However, there was someone in the whirlpool in front of the island. It was such a turbulent whirlpool that it was impossible to see the person inside while up in the air.

"He must really be a lunatic."

It was a dark night, as the moon had just finished its cycle. Cale started to think after seeing Toonka, who had jumped into the whirlpool on such a night. Cale wanted to know just what that crazy bastard was thinking.

At that moment, Toonka jumped out of the whirlpool and rushed over to the island. "I knew it! I knew it!"

Toonka kept his gaze on Cale as he approached closer. "I knew you weren't just an average person. I knew I smelled a strong person nearby. Are you a mage? How did you fly across the sky?"

Toonka's eyes started to shake after saying the word mage. His plan was to fight Cale if he said that he was a mage, and kill Cale if he was weak.

Toonka was someone who thought that mages were a poison to the world. He continued to quickly walk toward Cale. "Are you ignoring me because you are a fancy pants mage? Hmm?"

Toonka could see Cale letting out a sigh. Cale looked toward him before casually answering. "I am thinking."

Cale was thinking about how to deal with this stupid fool. 'Do I put him in place or put him to use?'

That was what Cale was thinking about. Cale observed Toonka, who seemed to want to rush over and attack him.

"What are you thinking about that you are ignoring me?"

Cale finished thinking the moment Toonka said those final words. He then immediately acted. 'Let's do both.'

Boom!

"Ugh!" Toonka, who was not prepared, got blown away and landed in the water. A whirlpool was surrounding Toonka's body.

"What is going on?!" Toonka, who had a high magic resistance, found it difficult to deal with this wind.

The endlessly swirling wind and water from the sea sucked Toonka in like a swamp. Cale created whirlpools in both of his hands as he approached Toonka.

Splash. Splash. The sound of Cale stepping into the water could be heard.

He then looked down at Toonka, who was sucked into the sea by the sudden attack. No matter how tall someone was, there would always be a chance to look down at them. "Mages cannot have ancient powers."

Toonka could feel the wind around him disappear as he looked up at Cale.

"Bob, a warrior like you should understand what I mean, right?" A power that was passed down from a human who created that power.

Toonka had heard about ancient powers, but this was his first time seeing one in action. He remained silent for a while before finally starting to speak. "...Then you are not a mage?"

"Correct."

Toonka asked another question after hearing Cale's stern, yet very clear response. "Then how do you know about the non-mage faction?"

Toonka found this noble in front of him to be weirder the more he ran into him. 'Yes. He's a weird one.'

This noble did not care that he was not using formal language with him. He was also someone who worked hard to save others when he was ill.

This was also the weirdo who had a scent of a strong person around him, even though he himself was not strong.

Someone who continued to reveal unique powers every time he saw him. He was also someone who tried to save him. This was Toonka's first time seeing such a person.

However, Cale's continued words shocked Toonka once more. Cale did not answer Toonka's question. Instead, he asked a question of his own. "Do you have any thoughts about destroying the Magic Tower?"

"What? What did you say?" Toonka's eyes opened widely in shock. His expression seemed to be asking how Cale knew about it.

Destroying the Magic Tower. That was one of the goals of the non-mage faction from the beginning.

Cale continued to speak. "If you plan to do so, please do not destroy it too much."

Toonka subconsciously let out his thoughts. "...Crazy bastard, what are you talking about?"

"Ah, but please kick out all of the mages."

Toonka could finally make a determination about Cale after hearing what Cale had to say. Cale started to smile while looking at Toonka.

The non-mages who win the Civil War lead the Whipper Kingdom to grow before it quickly breaks down. Although natural instincts took down the rationality known as magic, an existence without rationality would be no better than an animal.

Cale's plan was to take control of the benefits that those animals will end up missing. "I plan to purchase that Magic Tower. What do you think?"

Toonka started to smile as he looked up at Cale. "What a crazy bastard."

Toonka had made up his mind about Cale.

Cale responded to Toonka's words by pointing at Toonka and starting to speak. "Are you and your crews not also crazy for trying to flip everything over?"

Toonka's smile ended up turning into laughter. "Hahahaha-"

It was so loud that it echoed around the islands. Toonka finally stopped laughing after a while and started to shake his head as he responded to Cale. "No. Not at all."

Toonka's gaze was cold as he stopped laughing and glared at Cale. "We are not crazy at all."

Cale knew that Toonka would respond like that. Toonka was certain that the non-mages were the right choice for the future of the Whipper Kingdom. He was going to prove it with results.

"Of course. I am the same."

Toonka slowly observed Cale, who was saying that he was also not crazy. After observing Cale for a while, he finally started to speak. "Personally come to buy it."

Toonka did not say that he could not destroy the Magic Tower or that he had no plans on destroying it.

"That was always the plan."

Cale did not think that Toonka's subordinates would say anything about Toonka making the decision on his own for Cale to come to purchase the Magic Tower.

The Whipper Kingdom was the greatest source of magic devices in the Western Continent. That meant that it wouldn't be wrong to say that the kingdom's money came from the mages and the magic devices.

Money would be the biggest issue once the non-mage faction won the civil war. Furthermore, they desired to get rid of any and all traces of magic in the Whipper Kingdom.

Cale was aiming for that moment. 'The crown prince will like it for a different reason though.'

The Magic Tower that Toonka and crews would think had nothing left inside would actually hold the treasure that the non-mages were dying to obtain.

"But how did you know that I was part of the non-mage faction?"

"Haa..." Cale let out another long sigh at Toonka's question. That made Toonka flinch, and Cale did not miss that moment to answer. "You are someone from the Whipper Kingdom that is currently on the brink of a civil war. You then looked like you would kill me if I said I was a mage. Who wouldn't think of the non-mage faction?"

"...I guess?"

Cale just turned away from Toonka after hearing his response. Cale was thinking about how Toonka could be so stupid in general yet so sharp and naturally intelligent in battle.

However, Toonka seemed to have become even more interested, as he approached Cale.

"Why are you coming here?"

Toonka did not stop at Cale's blunt question. "Seems like you're about to do something fun. I want to watch."

'He really had stupidly great instincts.' Cale waved his hand as if he was talking with a kid. "Just go over there and play with the whirlpool. I'm busy."

"Are you really a noble?" Toonka continued to be amazed by Cale.

Toonka thought that the noble named Amiru was quite relaxed for a noble, but it was nothing compared to this punk in front of him right now.

Talking so informally to a noble would usually lead to a lot of trouble, but Toonka could not help but speak informally to the noble in front of him.

"I am indeed a noble. Just like you are a warrior." Cale casually responded and looked around. There was a lot that he needed to do today.

At the same time, he heard Toonka's voice coming from behind him. "Interesting."

Cale just frowned and pretended to not hear Toonka. He then released his silver shield.

At that moment, Raon's voice rang in Cale's head.

– I am very sharp.

Cale's body started to float. Raon had used his magic right on cue. Cale decided to take care of the other whirlpools first.

"Bob." Cale called out Toonka's alias. Bob was still Toonka's official name for everyone right now.

"What?"

"You know all this is a secret, right?"

"Of course. I prefer to keep all the fun things to myself." The smirking Toonka really seemed to be crazy. His physique, hair, and smile all made him look even scarier because it was dark.

Cale floated up into the air and started to speak. "I will find a ship and crew for you. Don't you need to quickly return home?"

"Oh? Thanks."

Cale waved his hand toward the confused Toonka and headed up into the clouds. "Win. You can do it."

That was the only way for Cale to benefit from it. Cale turned toward an island with another whirlpool.

At that moment, he could hear Toonka's loud laughter. It was louder than ever before. "Hahahaha!"

'Was that bastard always so full of laughter?' Cale wondered as he headed to another island.

Toonka watched Cale fly away for awhile before thinking that the whirlpools were no longer fun, and returning to his residence.

However, Cale had no way to know about what Toonka did. Instead, he started to teach a good lesson to Raon.

"Do you know when I am the angriest?"

– When?

Raon could see a relaxed smile on Cale's face, so he asked curiously.

"When I throw something away for cheap because I think it is trash, yet it ends up being gold. Especially when I really need that gold."

The corner of the Black Dragon's lips started to twitch.

– I learned something good, Human.

"No. There's more."

– More?

"Yes." Cale leisurely continued. "It is even worse when I need to pay even more than its worth to buy that gold back."

– ...That would suck.

Cale responded with a villainous smile and started to take care of what he needed to do. He landed on the next island.

"There is no one here."

Cale put both palms down on the ground once Raon confirmed that no one was here.

Boom. Cale could feel his heart beating wildly.

'The Vitality of the Heart really did strengthen the Sound of the Wind.' Cale could feel the strength of the wind rushing up from his feet to his palms. It took less than one second for that to happen.

Swiiiiiiiish. The winds were roaring in both of Cale's palms. Cale then combined the two whirlwinds into one.

Sizzle. The two whirlwinds combined with a sizzling noise and started to generate heat. However, because they shared the same master, they eventually became one and became a much bigger whirlwind orb.

Cale then floated that orb up into the air.

Boom! He then slammed down on the orb with the Indestructible Shield. The wind orb shot down into the whirlpool underneath the water.

Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish- The wind orb and the wind top inside the whirlpool started to mix together.

Cale looked away from the whirlpool as he floated back up with Raon's magic. The top would now last at least six months. The whirlpool was needed to prevent the mermaids from easily cross over.

Cale would be able to feel it if it disappeared in less than a year, and would determine what to do at that point.

"Let's go to the next island."

Raon's wings fluttered as he increased his speed. Cale continued to throw wind orbs into the whirlpools before moving to gather up the fateful encounter puddle water.

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Tsuki: Enjoy!