Alberu started to frown as well.

�Why are you my instructor?�
�Excuse me?�
�Not you.�
�Ah.�

�I was shocked.�

Cale had gotten the chills thinking about becoming Alberu�s instructor. He then thought about Choi Han.

Choi Han was visibly younger than Alberu, but his skills were the greatest on the Western continent, so nobody should be able to complain nor oppose Choi Han becoming Alberu�s instructor.
Anybody would be able to see that Alberu was putting Choi Han in a position that would keep him out of the nobles� reach instead of actually taking him as an instructor.

�If you think about it, Choi Han is the oldest person in the Roan Kingdom.�

Alberu was looking at the thinking Cale before he offered Cale a cookie. Cale took the cookie as Alberu started to speak.

�Everything I am saying today is a suggestion, a proposal. Anyway, you�ll be my dongsaeng.�
�Ah, yes sir, a suggestion. I will ask Choi Han- excuse me?�

Cale stiffened.
Alberu didn�t� care as he continued to speak in a relaxed manner.

�You think the other nobles want to leave you alone? I thought you wanted to be a slacker. Then wouldn�t it be easier for you to not have a position or a title? But imagine if you didn�t have a position or a title. Do you really think the other nobles won�t try provoking you? Huh? Raon-nim, don�t you agree?�
�Mm! Hey crown prince, I think they would do that as you said! We are going to be busy farming, so we won�t have time to deal with them!�
�Farming? Well, anyway.�

Alberu handed Raon a piece of cake and a fork as he continued to speak to Cale.

�I�ve been reading a lot of children�s books about heroes and legends these days. I�ve also been reading novels and stories where the main characters meeting a fortuitous encounter during their teenage years to go on to become a hero which are popular right now.�

He had been looking into the world�s view of Choi Han, Cale, Mary and the others who were the focus of the Western continent right now and ended up reading a couple of popular novels in the process.

�I got an idea after reading one of those stories.�

It was a story of a powerless prince who had no other family and was neglected by the king and a swordsman who was ignored because he was weak until he met a fortuitous encounter and ended up becoming strong. It was a story about the two of their friendship and their growth.

The neglected prince who snuck out of the palace because he was curious about the outside world and the swordsman who was getting stronger because of the fortuitous encounter but still weak. They were both in their early teens and just happened to run into each other in a back alley while escaping from some thugs and ended up becoming close friends.
That story started to flow out of Alberu�s mouth.

�� In the end, the two people chose to become sworn siblings.�

The neglected prince ended up with the backing of a strong swordsman while the swordsman with no backing ended up with a reliable backer.

�They became each other�s supporting pillar, and everybody is said to have been in awe of their friendship.�

He looked toward Cale and asked. JrNovels.com