Trash of the Count's Family

“…A dragon?”

“Yes.”

“I’ve seen something similar once.”

‘Similar, my ass.’

Cale knew what Choi Han was talking about when he said something similar.

Forest of Darkness. He was talking about the vicious monsters deep inside the Forest of Darkness. Among those terrifying monsters were creatures that were somewhere between lizards and dragons.

Choi Han had killed that dragon-like monster as soon as he advanced from the middle stage to the final stage of his Dark Destruction Sword Art.

“You did? How was it?”

Cale pretended to not know about the event, and asked Choi Han. Choi Han was the only other person in Cale’s room right now.

“…It was a monster.”

“How so?”

“It’s appearance, it’s strength, everything. It was a monster in all aspects.”

“Is that so?”

Cale nodded his head and continued to speak. But his actions and his words were completely opposite.

“Then you have not seen a dragon.”

“Excuse me?”

“Dragons are like people.”

Clack. Cale put the cup with the lemonade that was both sweet and sour down on the table. He then responded to Choi Han, who was looking at him with curiosity.

“Dragons, Beast people, Dwarves, Elves, they are all like humans. Why? Because they also have emotions and lives.”

That aspect wasn’t important to Cale. His main point started from here.

“However.”

Choi Han might have noticed Cale’s sudden change in demeanor. He sat up straight and focused on what Cale had to say.

“Such an existence has fallen into darkness since it was born. The only thing currently lighting up the darkness in its life is torches, and it has never even seen the light of the sun. What kind of life do you think it is having?”

Tap.

Cale tapped the table with his index finger.

“It is being forced to become an existence without rationality.”

Tap.

He tapped on the table once again.

“It has had to suffer through its loneliness, without any family or anything to lean on.”

Tap.

Choi Han’s gaze fell every time Cale’s finger tapped the table. Choi Han’s fists were clenched underneath the table, to the point you could see his veins starting to flare up. Cale did not know about this, as he continued on.

“It is tortured and abused every day, and is only left alone when it is barely alive.”

Choi Han’s expression stiffened, and anger was in his eyes. Cale knew Choi Han would react this way. There was no way a good person like this would not get angry after hearing such a story. He should also have figured out why Cale brought up such a story in the first place.

Cale took another sip of his lemonade, before finishing up his story.

“And that existence is nearby.”

A short silence filled the room. Cale looked out the window, before slowly turning his gaze to look at Choi Han. He didn’t know what Choi Han was thinking about, but his whole body was surrounded by a bloody aura.

‘Is he getting angry at the fact that it is abused because he is a good person?’

Contrary to Cale’s hypothesis, Choi Han was currently recalling the tens of years he had to survive on his own in the Forest of Darkness.

a while. Finally, Choi Han made eye contact

you save it and try to

“Are you crazy?”

“Excuse me?”

in shock. Choi Han also

would I try to

his hand around

fact, it probably was full of hate and disgust for any and all

is a natural instinct for dragons, so, even without being in contact with any other Dragon in its whole life, it will still feel this

grow under humans. This attitude makes it impossible to domesticate and train Dragons without

arrogant. But, most importantly,

He felt like he would get wrapped up in some

were less than twenty total dragons in the Eastern and Western continents combined. Raise one of those dragons? That was pretty much the same as saying, ‘I will be at the center

was supposed to die. It would be better for it to go off into its

chains, this four year old dragon will live a much better life than Cale. Dragons weren’t

“Then?”

you asking such an

Choi Han’s

live a free and peaceful life. Shouldn’t

“…I see.”

clenched fists

we be

I need your

really will do anything to

worried that Choi Han would escalate

have no plans to kill anybody, if possible, either.

“Cale-nim, you really-”

speak with admiration, but Cale looked at the clock, before cutting

some alcohol

“Are diff- what?”

prepared to

the day. Choi Han just sat there with confusion on his face while looking around. Everybody other

was Cale Henituse, drinking bottle after bottle. The growing flush on his face made anybody who was watching him

okay to let him drink so

asked. Deputy butler Hans was delivering food to On and Hong, who were in their

There is nothing in his hand. Thus, it is safe!

referring to themselves. Choi Han just shut up after seeing the conversation take an odd turn, and moved away from Hans. It was

Your alcohol tastes great! Much better than

for two hours

nervous for the

gather, as he would be drinking, the soldiers showed up with their helmets on. Cale couldn’t believe it, but told them

may be small, but there are a lot of mountains around it. The alcohol is a special alcohol I made with fruit

old man mentioned, the alcohol really did taste great. Cale admired the alcohol, and lifted the

a

“Yes. Quite a bit.”

get some more and send

master, you don’t need

hand. The rest of the soldiers were looking at the same thing. Naturally, Cale was aware of what they

telling you to drink.

were present all started to sparkle. It was the first time they became excited to see

the excited inn owner bring alcohol and snacks

a strong alcohol tolerance. Everybody thought he had a low tolerance because his face flushed easily and he caused a ruckus

perfectly clear right now. He drank for another thirty minutes or so before looking toward Choi Han and starting

support me. I’m going up

master, I will

of the soldiers as well. Didn’t you fight in a battle yesterday? This is not a dangerous area, and I feel bad for the soldiers

“Young master-”

“I’m tired. Bye.”

them approached after seeing Choi Han supporting him. It was probably because Choi Han did not drink at all, and was also the strongest person there. They had nothing to worry about since

‘Just one person left.’

in. However, the difference between the two was that Hans was not skilled enough to know if Cale was still in the room, while Ron was

old man will

how he had been until now. However, Cale didn’t want things to get

Choi Han,

out to play. It’s

man liked to drink, but did not drink a single drop tonight. Instead, he was just staring at Cale all night. He really was a scary person. This benign smile that Ron

understand. I will be waiting for

“Don’t.”