Ron Molan

Manhwa

**Ron Molan** is a former assassin and the father of Beacrox, and is currently the butler of Cale Henituse. He was originally the fifth generation patriarch of the Molan Family, one of the five assassin households in the Eastern continent's underworld that resided in a valley deep inside a dangerous mountain range in the Molden Kingdom on the Eastern Continent. The residence of the former Eastern continent's greatest underworld household is currently being occupied by Arm as their secret base.He was someone with enough skills to get rid of the Five Assassin Households and create just one household.

After Arm nearly wiped out the Molan family, Ron took his young son Beacrox and fled to the Western Continent, eventually managing to make a life for himself and his son as servants of the Henituse Family.

## **Appearance**

Over half of his hair has gone white with age. He has brown eyes and looks kind, though according to Cale, he could appear rather terrifying at times, especially when smiling or oozing killer intent.

## **Personality**

Ron is a mysterious character who does what he wishes to do, and is also very violent. At the beginning of the story, he doesn't care much for Cale and often compares him to a little puppy that needs to be taken care of. But after Cale's personality changes (due to the transmigration of Kim Rok Soo), he starts to get interested in Cale.

## **Story**

### Original Plot

In the original storyline of The Birth of a Hero, Ron was a companion of Choi Han. He left his employment with Henituse Family to follow Choi Han because his son Beacrox wished to. Their relationship was more of a contractual one than a friendship.

### Current Plot

At the beginning of the novel, Ron Molan's story followed quite similarly as it did in "The Birth of a Hero"—hailing from a family of assassins that were attacked by Arm, and was then forced to flee the Eastern Continent alongside his son, Beacrox. They then eventually arrived at the Western Continent, where Ron became the butler of the Henituse family, while his son became a chef. Only he was able to escape with his son.

After parting from his young master, Cale Henituse, to hunt down trails of the organization that destroyed his family, Ron ended up losing one arm to mermaid poison, but with the help of the necromancer Mary, he was able to obtain a replacement undead arm that acted no different from his original one.

Ron currently follows Cale Henituse and helps him take care of any necessary stealth operations. Eventually, he takes on the ostracized Cat Tribe children, On and Hong, as his successors to the Molan Family's stealth and assassination techniques.

## **Abilities**

Ron's specialties lay in assassination and stealth.

He practices a double daggers style that used both hands and his physique is well developed—that was why losing one of his arms to mermaid poison after chasing after traces of Arm was a severe hit to his strength. Creating a new arm for him wasn't a simple task for Mary, but eventually, she was able to succeed, and Ron was able to regain an arm.

Most probably due to his occupation as an assassin, Ron also has immunity to several different types of poisons.

## **Relationships**

### Cale Henituse

After Cale saves him from mermaid poison and trade precious dead dragon mana so Ron could get his arm back, they become allies and Ron truly starts caring for Cale's well-being and protects him (as well as getting angry after seeing him hurt). Ron becomes the person that Cale could trust the most and the one that best understands him.

He often gives Cale lemonade though well-aware of Cale's distaste for anything bitter. This started as a test to challenge the "new" Cale's personality because he realized Kim Rok Soo's Cale was intimidated by him. It evolved, however, into Ron's trademark sign of twisted affection for the new Cale. If he can't find lemons, he will find another bitter drink.

Ron's comparison of Cale as a puppy was initially a comparison of a sense that varies between dislike and pity. Later on, Ron compares Cale to a tiger but still thinks of him as a puppy young master however by then, it becomes a term with affection.

## **Trivia**

* Ron finds Cale's scared expression when he describes cutting up rabbits funny.
* Ron would threaten to "chat" with people that did something to bother him (such as Cale hurting himself).
* Holding, sharpening, or cleaning his dagger calms him down (this trait gets picked up by his son).
* Has a tendency to compare people that are his targets or those he doesn't see as human to animals (Cale becomes the exception).
* Ron dated and got married to his wife much later than the norm.
* Ron is often described as a vicious person.
* Ron is extremely skilled in stealth.
* Ron was more experienced in military knowledge than Cale.

## **Quotes**

* "...I need to make them cough up blood and starve to death."
* "Young master-nim, please leave the island with the densest forest to me. I will stealthily kill all of them." (To Cale)
* "The past does not necessarily continue to the present." (To Cale)
* "You can't say our young master's name as you please."
* "Young master-nim, I am very proud of you." (To Cale)
* "It is not respectful to turn away when our young master-nim is looking at you."
* "We return grace at a hundred times the value of what we received, while we get our revenge by bringing death to our enemies."
* "Our young master-nim, it looks like you wish to have a long and deep conversation with your servant Ron. Is that the case?" (To Cale)
* "I am your servant, young master-nim. Tending to your needs by your side is my role." (To Cale)
* "Beacrox, kill as many of those bastards as possible."
* "...The Molan household kills the one who look like they're about to run away first."
* "You don't need that neck since you just say useless things with it, right?"
* "Such crude sneak attacks won't work on someone my age."
* "For those who believe that they were born strong... It is something that those who are drunk on that power could never understand. They will never understand how people like us grow stronger."

## **Gallery**

Concept artRon looks at CaleRon drinks lemon teaRon sits on a treeRon fixes Cale's clothingRon smiles at Cale

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 344
2. ↑ Chapter 455
3. ↑ Chapter 671
4. ↑ Chapter 90
5. ↑ Chapter 457
6. ↑ Chapter 196
7. ↑ Chapter 119
8. ↑ Chapter 148
9. ↑ Chapter 182
10. ↑ Chapter 183
11. ↑ Chapter 184
12. ↑ Chapter 206
13. ↑ Chapter 230
14. ↑ Chapter 354
15. ↑ Chapter 359
16. ↑ Chapter 380
17. ↑ Chapter 381
18. ↑ Chapter 607
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Chapter 641