"To the liege's room."

That sentence made Mueller respond while still remaining curled up. "We need to first go to the 20th floor."

On and Hong jumped into Cale's arms. Mueller, On, and Hong all shared the space in Cale's arms. Mueller could feel Hong's front paw on his back and felt like he was going to die.

That made him develop the courage to say the following. "I-I can walk- aah!"

But before he could finish speaking, he needed to close his mouth because they were moving very quickly.

Cale had used the Sound of the Wind to quickly rush up to the 20th floor.

Mueller staggered before trying to stand once they got back up to the 20th floor. He needed some support as he seemed to be dizzy, leading On to give him some support.

"T-Thank you very much."

Meeeow. On gave him a smile.

But Mueller started to shake as he avoided eye contact with On. He then started to speak after seeing Cale's gaze that seemed to be telling him to explain how to get to the secret room. "There is actually another floor in the Magic Tower."

"Is the 21st floor the real liege's room?"

"No, we do not call it the 21st floor."

"Then what do you call it?"

The Magic Tower's liege's room. That was a room that the non-mage faction did not ever manage to find.

Cale only knew about it because of something that was written in the novel.

Cale heard Mueller's voice in his ear. "The 0th floor. We call it the 0th floor."

"Get it ready."

"Yes sir."

Cale watched the now quick and no longer crying Mueller with satisfaction. The moment a smile ended up on his face, Mueller's movements became even faster.

Although he looked like he was shaking a bit, he was fast after receiving the unique traits of both dwarves and Rats.

"Oh." Cale let out a small gasp of admiration.

Ooooong-

"I didn't expect it to be here."

Mueller moved some things on the floor of the liege's room. All sorts of devices popped up and Cale could hear the sounds of gears turning.

Finally, once Mueller used a magic stone, a pretty loud noise echoed in the liege's room. "Boom!"

Luckily, the loud noise of the celebration allowed Cale to not have to worries.

Nonetheless, he was soon full of confusion. "...Mueller, explain."

"Yes sir." There was no change at all. Mueller started to point, not at the room that still looked the same, but somewhere else. "It is over there."

"...Over there?" Cale looked toward where Mueller was pointing.

It was the window. It was the large window that Cale had looked out of earlier in the day.

"You just have to jump out."

"Out the window?"

"Yes sir. Then you will be at the 0th floor." Mueller raised his head to look at the owner of the shadow that covered him. He could see into Cale's eyes.

"...You know what happens if you've lied, right?"

The steel rod shined in the light. Cale looked toward the shaking Mueller, who nodded his head and started to smile. He then picked Mueller up.

"Aigo, what are you doing sir? You told me you would let, let me live!"

Cale ignored Mueller's cries, instead, he looked toward Raon and the kittens before looking out the window.

Cale sighed while looking at the three pairs of eyes that were staring at him. "You first."

"What!" Mueller was thrown out of the window.

However, they did not see Mueller fall to the ground. Cale quickly followed behind Mueller. Cale did not need to experience falling down twenty stories.

Tap. There was a platform right underneath his feet.

"I guess it is magic." The real liege's room appeared as Cale made his observation.

At the same time, he could hear the children's voices from behind him.

"Noona, I can't tell what I am looking at right now."

"Hong, my eyes are fine, but this is weird."

"Oh." Raon just had a single word of admiration.

Cale started to smile.

Gold. Jewels. Magic Devices. Money filled the very wide 0th floor. The entire room was shining and filled with things that would be worth a lot of money.

"It really makes you think about a Dragon's Lair." Cale headed toward a pile of magic devices.

None of the items in this room were cheap. All of the magic devices were decorated with jewels, making it obvious that they were made for nobles or royalty.

The entire room was filled with items like this.

The liege of the tower did not use these devices, even as they faced death. That was because using it like that would not be for himself, but for everyone in the Magic Tower.

Cale covered his face with both of his hands. Cale did not hold back his laughter. He let it all out. "Hahahaha!"

Mueller watched Cale for a bit before looking around the liege's room that he had known about for a while, but was seeing for the first time. He then stealthily reached out and grabbed the golden brooch that was closest to him.

Meeeow. But he heard a chilling sound as soon as he grabbed it.

On and Hong were wagging their tails while watching him. The Black Dragon also took a step toward him.

Mueller quickly let go of the golden brooch in his hand. The thirty-year-old Rat could not do anything.

On the other hand, Cale had a wide smile on his face as he looked toward the children. "We are rich."

Listening to Cale's calm voice that was very different than Cale's current expression, On, Hong, and Raon all started to smile. A jovial feeling, similar to the one down below in the celebration, filled the room.

They didn't really care about the riches as Cale had already provided them with whatever they needed in the best quality available. But it was nice to see their Human smile happily.

The Rat watched all this with fear in his eyes.

After safely getting out of the Magic Tower, Cale ran into Beacrox, who was still guarding his tent. Beacrox's eyes were scanning for possible injuries before pretending like Cale did not exist, and Cale also did not say anything as he stood still for Beacrox to finish before entering the tent.

Mueller was, naturally, with him. Cale let go of Mueller and sat down on the couch. Even without Cale saying anything, Mueller kneeled in front of Cale.

Although there was no need to do that, Cale didn't care and just got straight to the point. "I will give you a warm bed and a safe place where you will definitely not die. And, eventually, I will also give you your freedom."

"Really?"

"Yes." Cale crouched toward Mueller, who was still kneeling. "First, I will let you leave the Whipper Kingdom."

Mueller's pupils turned cloudy. He was afraid of both the citizens and other mages. Just leaving this place would make him happy.

Cale casually put a brooch on Mueller's collar. It was the golden brooch that Mueller tried to take earlier. There was no way Cale did not see it happen.

Mueller's face turned pale.

"I will also give you treasures like this. So, you'll be able to do a good job with whatever I ask, right?"

"Yes, yes sir! I will definitely do a good job!"

"Then create a blueprint for a castle and a ship."

"...Excuse me?" Mueller was said to have the potential to become the greatest developer.

What Cale wanted was for him to develop things. "Something along the lines of the Magic Tower is fine."

He needed a safe sweet home and a strong method of transportation.

"How should I make it?"

Mueller's question made Cale think of his family crest. The Golden Turtle.

There was something else that came to mind when he thought of a ship and a turtle.

Cale recalled the great Turtle Ship of Korea he saw as Kim Roksoo, but chose not to say anything about it. All he wanted was a ship for transporting and safety.

The Turtle Ship of Korea with all of its exciting history was not necessary for him.

"...Our family crest is the Golden Turtle. You figure it out from there."

Mueller will take care of it. Although he didn't know what the end result would be, Cale made sure to be stern with Mueller.

"Work hard, as if your life depends on it. On, Hong, keep an eye on him."

"Meeeow! Surveillance is fun!"

Mueller was weak against children. In fact, he was very weak against children. "I-I will work hard!"

Cale listened to his voice as he thought about how he was satisfied with today's operation.

He could hear the citizens singing by the bonfire. The celebration was still going on even though it was close to midnight. It was going to be a loud night.

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Tsuki: Short chapter since it's already had its title, lol. Let's get an extra chapter instead. Enjoy!