Warning!!! ⚠️⚠️⚠️ This chapter contains quite disgusting scenes, please skip if you don't like them.

Quick note :

1. I'm so sorry but I want to make Cale understand that in this crazy vast world, anything bad can be a really shitty reality 🙏🙏

2. As always, please let me know your opinion if I write this wrong or something, I would love to hear your opinion or suggestion (❁´◡'❁)

3. Woah this chapter is the longest chapter I ever made  ヾ(＾-＾)ノ

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"So boy, do you mind introducing who he is?" The red-haired man Rayleigh called 'boy', Shanks had never refused that nickname since he was a kid.

"I don't think it's good to talk here, let's go back to your place first, I'm sure Shakky would love to see your old ass who hasn't been around for a few months"

"Sure thing"

The two legends of their respective eras continued on their way casually as if nothing had happened behind their backs, Shanks and Rayleigh totally ignoring the chaos caused by the burning of the human auction house behind.

Along the way Shanks welcomed Rayleigh's small questions about the adventures of Shanks and his Crew, the two chatted casually and relaxed without interruption. While the two men chatted, Cale was busy playing with a special nibbling toy for babies who were just growing teeth, the chewy doughnut-shaped toy was perfectly chewed on every side.

The sweet atmosphere between them continued until the two arrived in front of a small crowded bar, Cale could hear the whining of Yassop, the joyful laughter of Lucky and the mocking snickers of Bonk Punch, it seemed they had decided to visit here before their captain.

"They're too noisy" Rayleigh grumbled.

"They always are, old man" Shanks retorted with a smirk.

"Oh Ray-san! Long time no see! You know what, I'm quite confused that I don't see your old face everywhere, but apparently Shakky told us that you lost your sanity again! Mind to told us the story?" Lucky, as usual the man never stop his ungrateful tongue for once.

"He blow up a slave auction house this morning!" Shanks happily announced while Rayleigh sat between the drunk asses.

"Wonderful! Such a beautiful news for breakfast!" Rayleigh rolled his eyes as the Akagami crew laugh uncontrollably.

"My my, who is the etheral beauty right there Huh? Yes you are! Oh you such a cutie cherry jam" Shakky the beautiful wife of Rayleigh smiled softly when Shanks happily lifted Cale to her comfy embrace.

"Where did you get him, Shanks-kun?" Shakky asked as her hands moved to replace Cale's wet clothes with the thick, furry bear-shaped shirt that Shanks had just bought on his way home with Rayleigh.

"That's why I came here Shakky-san, I want to introduce him to you two" Realizing that Shanks' words were getting serious, the crew finally excused themselves to explore Sabaody while buying something they wanted, leaving Shanks with the couple that the man already considered as family and Cale, his son.

"Is that enough now? You can talk anytime brat" Rayleigh said lightening the burden on Shanks' shoulders.

Shanks took a slow breath and looked up to find two pairs of eyes looking at him with gentle understanding, waiting for him to speak without forcing him and Shanks liked that, he liked how understanding they were of his predicament even though both of them were equally ignorant of what his problem was.

"Shakky-san, Ray-san, I... That little baby over there is my son, my real son" Silence fell and it choked Shanks hard. Thoughts of 'what if' thoughts began to litter his brain, eating away at his sanity and Shanks felt that every second was like a knife scraping his neck.

On the other hand Cale looked at the three adults in turn, Cale was often considered as a man with emotional constipation problems when it came to himself but uniquely he was quite sensitive when it came to others, especially the closest people around him, hence Cale squirmed uncomfortably at the sight of his distressed father.

'Damn I'm nervous too' it's not like his thought was exist for no reason, Shanks probably had a deep connection with this couple emotionally, it felt like his relationship with Ron as well as Eruhaben. Revealing a big truth like having a child unexpectedly was frustrating, the fear of rejection, alienation and not being considered by your own family made anyone's stomach wobble.

Cale understood, really, he also didn't like how shaky and cold his body temperature was when telling the truth to his family, especially Ron and the Henituse family members. He didn't like seeing Deruth crying his eyes out and apologizing to him as well as to his son who had swapped bodies with him, Violan refused to talk to him for a few days and his younger brother took some time to accept the fact that their brother wasn't their brother.

It hurt but Cale couldn't do anything about it, not after hearing the bitter conversation between Rok-soo (og Cale), Ron and Deruth through Cintamani, not after Beacrox hadn't looked him in the eye for a few weeks.

Cale has always been weak with his family and always will be, the pain may make it hard for him to breathe but he doesn't want to see his family suffer any further. So he took it all in, the disbelief couple of word from Alberu, the disappointed looks from Ron and Eruhaben, a tearful debriefing session with all his party members and the awkwardness that came from a bunch of people he considered his own family for some time.

Cale knew very well that things would not be easy once he decided to tell everyone the truth, the truth that he was not the real Young Master of the Henituse family, he was not the son of Thames and he was definitely not Ron's favorite puppy, Kim Rok-soo was nobody to anyone here, for Ron, Beacrox and Henituse family, he is an absolut stranger who steal their Cale's body.

But not according to his low expectations, oh come on, he even packed all his necessities and a lot of money secretly just in case his family said they didn't need a thief among them! (Cale got an overly long lecture and was banned from leaving the house for few weeks after being caught). After going through a difficult time for a few months, everything changed for the better, it seemed that everyone had accepted his identity, saying that he was Young Master Cale Henituse no matter what, that all the identities he had in this world were his and would always be his.

His relationship with the Henituse family grew stronger, Violan cried until she was dizzy while apologizing to him after hearing about his past as Kim Rok-soo, Ron still called him Young Master, Eruhaben still greeted him with an unpleasant greeting every morning, Alberu still declared himself as his Hyung, all his party members accepted him and did not change their behavior towards him.

It was the most emotional moment for Cale in years, where he could finally relax and show who he was without fear of being found out, where he could finally cook Choi han food from their hometown every day (that forever young bastard was banned from every kitchen after burned down one of Beacrox favorite oven and the whole kitchen), where he can be a lazy farmer and the moment where Cale finally achieved his dream of being lazy and living a happy and peaceful life with his extended family, including his party members.

Based on his experiences and feelings as a parent of three children, Cale promised not to get angry with Shakky and Rayleigh if they showed their dissatisfaction and disappointment with Shanks. He learned that every human being is unique and extraordinary and Cale understood that everyone has an underlying reason for their spontaneous actions in response to something out of the ordinary.

It took about three minutes for the matched couple to look at each other then looked at Shanks as well as the baby in Shakky's arms, both sighed together then smiled.

"What's his name?" Rayleigh is the first who broke the silentness between them.

"Eh?" Shanks eyebrows up as his eyes wide out.

"His name dear, or you haven't give this adorable baby a name yet?" Shakky the rescue work amazingly to melt the akwardness between the two man.

"Uh-ah right.... Right, his name is Cale"

"That's a beautiful name, it suits you cherry" Shakky chukcled and kiss Cale's forehead.

"And then, who is the woman is Cale-kun's mother? She's not married, right? I will outlife your ass and not forgive you in my entire fucking tiring long life if you knock up a woman who is in relationship or married" Rayleigh word is said in serious tone, even Roger's beard know his principle to loyalty.

"Hahahaha... Ha... A-Actually I do not remember... It... When I do-"

"AGH!" Shanks screamed as he feels Rayleigh's rough fist smack his head.

"YOU MORON!" Rayleigh shouted spontaneously, he understood that his former shipmate was stupid in some ways but he didn't expect Shanks to be this stupid.

"Sit down and shut the hell up! Be nice and listen!" Shakky chuckled as Rayleigh went from a friendly old man to a 'demon mentor' who lectured Shanks for hours on end.

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Cale couldn't believe what he was seeing, his blood was boiling, memories of his dark past kept flowing and colliding with each other like tangled threads in his brain. Fortunately he could still feel Shakky's firm hands supporting his body as they prostrated themselves before a bastard, a scum of the earth who didn't deserve to breathe the world's air.

The atmosphere changed from pleasant to dark, gloomy, horrible and full of unspoken cries of despair. All the creatures who were unlucky enough to be present there prostrated themselves with bodies trembling in horror, all ages, from the elderly whose joints throbbed every second to babies who couldn't even talk yet, all bowed before a useless lump of fat in gaudy clothes that were not pleasing to the eye.

'I just wanted to enjoy the view of the city, why did something like this happen?' Cale was annoyed, why did trouble always come to his poor life?.

In short, in the middle of Rayleigh's lecture, Shakky said she would take Cale for a walk in the touristy area to pamper him with whatever her grandson? Wanted. And Cale was very sure that two men shouting at each other would not be able to hear Shakky's soft voice properly.

Well not that he cared, didn't a walk sound like fun? Cale unconsciously babbled happily the whole way. Cale had already lost the denial phase of his attention-hungry teenager, now he would proudly say that someday he wanted to explore the world with his two feet, see the hidden truth with his two eyes and hear the sound of civilization's development with his two ears.

And the island was spectacular! The relatively stable weather, the large tourist area, the bustling atmosphere and the warmth, it was perfect, if only Cale didn't have any bad luck ten minutes after admiring this island that turned out to be a lot of nonsense.

"Are you that happy? Does your father rarely take you out for walks? Poor you Cale-kun" Cale looked up and found a sweet smile from Shakky, Cale's brows furrowed because what Shakky said was true, Cale was rarely allowed to explore other than with his father and the Akagami crew rarely landed on an island except to replenish supplies.

They continued to walk slowly and Cale really appreciated Shakky's calm demeanor carrying him without making a fuss by lifting him high or twisting his little body like his stupid father.

"I can't believe they're selling them at half price! I'm glad I dragged my husband here and bought one" A woman said with a gray cat in her hands.

"You're right, look at this cat, my daughter would love to play with her" A friend said with a white cat in her arms.

Hearing this conversation made Cale curious, he made a sound to attract Shakky's attention and he succeeded, Shakky looked at him attentively.

"What's wrong, dear? Did you see something unique?" Cale immediately pointed to a crowd surrounding a man with a large cage containing various animals behind him.

"Oh, that guy is back I guess, I haven't seen him in a while" After saying that, Shakky smiled at him.

"Want to go and take a look? You might meet an animal you like as a friend" Cale nodded quickly and they approached the man who was shouting to offer his wares.

"Ah Onee-san! Long time no see! You look beautiful as always!" Cale was a bit surprised to see an human that have a shiny green hair. The man in front of him was a young male with bright smile and very long leg, which was unique side to see.

'This must be one of the uniqueness of this world' The curiosity in Cale's smart head just grow bigger and bigger.

"Fufu thank you dear, Can I see what you bring today?" Shakky asked the man.

"Of course! You see, for today I have an plenty beautiful furball" The man let Shakky and Cale take a look at the Big cage.

As the man said, Cale did see many types of animals that he had never seen and all of them looked cute and healthy. Shakky kindly explained that the green-haired man was a pureblood long-legged race who was fond of adventure and sometimes brought things to sell on this island.

No one could predict what the man would bring to sell, sometimes strange food, clothing, musical instruments, paintings or other unique things that were hard to come by or had their own uniqueness to attract collectors. Therefore, every time the man came, people would gather around him to see what he brought.

This time the adventurous man brought some unique and cute furry animals, such as a fox with more than one tail, a dog with wings, a shaggy otter and others. Straightforwardly the man offered his wares which he sold at half price because he couldn't accommodate all the animals any longer, he was afraid he couldn't take better care of them.

As the two adults chatted, Cale wandered around while his little hands were busy petting the cat that was stroking its head in his little hands. Cale originally didn't like cats or other animals considering as Kim Rok-soo he often saw them as monsters and rarely saw a real cat over the years.

It's just that after living as Cale Henituse and having many adopted children who are beast people, Cale finally became fond of petting cats and some animals that he found whenever and wherever in his random walk, even Cale once brought a lovely fat rabbit, he was a pet of one of the soldiers in his house to a state meeting with his Hyung and other members of the Roan Empire government.

On and Hong were always happy when he pampered them by combing their fur along with a lot of stroking in the process, the two of them had always been like that with their foster father even though they could no longer be considered kittens. Well Cale never protested with two adult cats attached to him for several hours in a day.

"Make way and bow your head! The Saint Family descends!" After the call was made, everyone prostrated themselves in an eerie silence.

No one dared to make a sound, no one dared to utter a word, no one was able to move not even blinking, all of them prostrated obediently as if their lives would disappear if they did not do so.

Cale gasped as Shakky's body was forced down by the trembling green-haired man. Shakky whispered an apology while covering his mouth, afraid that Cale would make a sound and endanger them, Shakky also hid Cale's red hair with a cloth, Cale did not know why the woman did it suddenly.

"Sorry Cherry, you have to calm down ok? As long as we stay quiet we'll be fine, I promise" Shakky's voice that remained calm even though everyone was shaking with fear made Cale a little relieved, just a little because Shakky's hands were shaking with panic, Cale thought Shakky was more worried about her grandson than herself.

The terrifying eternal silence was broken when the rough steps of an object walked in the middle of the many prostrating humans. Cale raised his eyes slightly and his blood instantly boiled with rage as his not-so-pure eyes caught the vile nonsense that was clearly displayed in front of him.

A woman, a beautiful brown-haired woman with lifeless empty eyes crawling slowly carrying a child with a tube on his head? On top of her body. Her two thin arms struggled to support herself, her legs wrapped in tight chains squeaked every time she walked forward, long cuts were clearly visible on her body and a hand-shaped scar formed on her no longer smooth neck.

Bitter memories swirling in his head, Cale instantly recalled the slavery of the families under Duchy Gyerre that he had destroyed in his youth, only this one was much worse than he remembered.

'Slavery? Is that a normal thing here? Why does everyone seem to be afraid of that fat pig? What the hell is going on? Is that bastard with the helmet on his rotten head someone to look up to? Is he a nobleman?' Question after question kept popping up in his clever head, Cale's brain automatically tried to solve the damn mystery he encountered today, how unlucky he was.

It didn't end there, apparently the son of a bitch brought his father who was also riding a large man in the exact same condition as the woman beside him, withered and with no will to live. The fat man with light brown hair wearing sunglasses was wearing the same glass helmet as his son, he was also wearing strange bulging clothes.

'Crazy freak' Cale thought spontaneously, regretting letting his eyes see such ugly things.

"Daddy, Daddy! I want those furry toys! Big sister must be happy with them too, give them to me!"

"Alright handsome, choose whichever one you like, don't forget the chain, pets sometimes like to be bad to their masters, don't you think? Don't you agree Emi-chan?" The older man got off his lively vehicle to lift the chin of the woman apparently named Emi on whose back his son was riding.

Emi just nodded her head and the bastard laughed loudly while ruffling the woman's hair like an obedient pet. Meanwhile his black-haired son, who was as ugly as his father, happily picked out a unique animal that the long-legged man was selling and told a servant who had followed them to put a chain around the neck of each of the animals he had seized with his dirty hands.

Cale cursed inwardly, what the hell is that bastard? Why didn't the salesman stop them? Who exactly is that father-son pair? Curiosity nibbled at his heart.

"Right, right, we Tenryuubito deserve only the best, you have chosen well my son" The man who called himself 'Tenryuubito' stroked his son's head affectionately, cih disgusting.

"Of course! I'll play poison with them! I want to see their reactions! This should be fun hehe" The boy swung a winged dog with a chain attached to its neck, then suddenly the dog bit the boy's hand hard.

"AGH! SHIT! HOW DARE YOU!" The boy threw the poor dog in all directions then pressed the small button given by the waiter.

"Brats are not needed in my house."

Boom!

With that, the chain wrapped around the dog's neck exploded, annihilating its owner in the process.

Fear was seen on everyone's face, Cale who was reborn in a baby body even started to feel short of breath, his poor little ears ached from the sound of the huge explosion while his brain recorded the scene and stored it, his damned recording ability.

"Disgusting, annoying bastards, no! Throw them all away, I don't want any of it anymore!" The boy slammed the remote in his hand and pointed at the poor animals.

"Don't! Please don't!" The adventurous man held the little boy's leg tightly, begging for the animals he was selling to be saved.

"Huh? What the hell is this asshole? That's ridiculous! Let go of my leg!" Saint Charlos was the name of the thick-lipped child. He kicked the adventurer and merchant brutally and mercilessly in the face.

Bugh

Bugh

Bugh

Bugh

Bugh

Kick after kick landed all over the green-haired man's body, unfortunately, the surface of the man's skin began to turn blue.

"Calm down dear, daddy will save you from that filth!" The light brown-haired man pointed his short pistol right at the green-haired adventurer's head.

"No... No! Please don't, I'm sorry! I'm sorry-"

"Ewh! Disgusting! Get off me you piece of trash!"

Dor!!!

Dor!!!

Dorr!!!

A red puddle formed, the poor man's last howl sounded sad and Cale's breathing was getting heavier. Shakky seemed to be sensitive to Cale's worsening condition, any person would have the same reaction when seeing a pool of blood, it was not a pleasant thing to see, plus Cale was just a baby. Shakky also quietly loosened the collar of Cale's bear suit and held him down so that the baby looked like a normal teddy bear.

"That sucks! I'm not in the mood anymore! Dad, let's go home! All this nonsense is making me sick!" Saint Charlos turned his body past the corpse as if it was not a human being.

"Whatever you say my son, as soon as we throw that trash into the middle of the ocean" His father ordered one of his servants to transfer the lifeless corpse into a wooden box.

"Eh why, just take it and make it into my cousin's shark dinner, he'll be happy with the extra feed for his favorite shark."

"Ah that's right, I heard that long legged race have tight muscles and bones, it would make a good chew toy for pets" It seemed that the father of Saint Charlos had already made his decision, he took the poor man's corpse with him.

After they were done with their business, the father-son duo got back on the slaves they had brought and left the place, as if they were just walking around and buying a few things for fun.

Two minutes after they left, Shakky lost her balance, fortunately she was a former pirate who was strong enough, Shakky was able to land safely even though she lost her balance.

'Can't... Tight... Don't like... Father...' Cale's pupils were slowly losing light, he was on his way to darkness.

"Cale-kun? Hey look at me baby, hey hey, Cale-" Shakky tried to call him frantically.

'Sorry Hongo-san, I think I'm going to faint again this time' Cale's mind withered as he remembered the Red Force ship's doctor who always kept him healthy.

"Bring him here! Hurry! I have a doctor!" Before completely closing, Cale's pupils caught the appearance of a black-haired woman with burn marks on her face, after that Cale did not remember what happened as his breathing became weaker and he passed out.