Trash of the Count's Family

After coming out of the prison, Cale put the dragon down in front of the two kittens.

“That looks like it hurts.”

“So sad.”

On and Hong circled around the still silent dragon. The dragon started to show its teeth and growl at them. This was probably the first time in its life it ever saw anything other than humans.

Cale verified the time on his watch. It looked like they had just enough time to escape.

“It looks like it hurts.”

On approached Cale and tapped his leg. She seemed to be thinking about the potion Cale brought in his magic box. She couldn’t ask him for it, so she could only act this way.

“Hold on.”

Cale had brought that potion to use it. However, he needed to wait until the mana restriction chains were off. The potion would only work properly if the mana, which was practically as important as a dragon’s heart, was no longer restricted.

Cale started to head toward the opposite side of the prison, the location the torturer seemed to be guarding. It wasn’t very loud, but he could hear Choi Han fighting in the distance. Cale presumed that Choi Han’s battle would end soon as well.

“Let’s see.”

Cale started to pat the cave wall with his hands. He kicked the torturer with his foot to get him out of the way, and continued to pat every aspect of the wall. The dragon growled after seeing the torturer, but stayed still and continued to focus on Cale.

‘Venion’s last line of defense should be around here somewhere.’

Like all of the members of Marquis Stan’s family, Venion was extremely worried about someone intruding while he was inside. He had created a secret tunnel to use as an escape route if something like that ever happened. If the torturer knew about it, he probably would have used it to escape earlier, but, sadly, even the torturer did not know about this escape route.

‘The novel said there was a flat area on this bumpy wall-, ah here it is.’

There was a flat area about the size of a person’s hand on this bumpy cave wall. Although Venion looked like he had OCD and would never do anything like training, everyone in the Marquis’s family had learned martial arts.

‘If you use a strong enough force on that location, the wall will open.’

It was not a magic device. Instead, the force of the impact made the device move. Cale turned his head to look toward the person who entered and asked.

“All done?”

“Yes.”

Choi Han lightly swung his sword in the air to get rid of the blood on it and then approached Cale. His gaze soon turned toward the dragon, and started to frown. It was a natural reaction to seeing such a small creature being covered in blood. The glare in Choi Han’s eyes as he stared at the torturer was vicious.

“Choi Han.”

That was why Cale had called out to Choi Han. Choi Han was still glaring at the torturer as he reported.

“As you ordered, I left the escaping workers alone. I also made sure that all of the strong individuals would not be able to fight.”

“Good job.”

Cale praised Choi Han before pointing to the flat area on the wall.

“Punch this spot.”

“As strong as I can?”

‘Are you planning on destroying the cave?’

“No. Control your strength. Just pretend you are creating a 10cm dent in this wall.”

“Mm. So, very lightly.”

“Sure.”

Very lightly? Cale quickly stepped away from Choi Han after hearing Choi Han call something that was impossible for Cale to do as only using a tiny bit of his strength.

Choi Han understood that to be Cale telling him to hurry, and immediately punched the wall with his fist.

Boom!

“Wow.”

“Oh.”

Cale picked the dragon back up while the kitten siblings were admiring what happened.

Screeeeeeeech-

A chilling screeching noise came out of the wall, and an area the size of an adult male appeared to one side of the cave wall. Choi Han quickly picked up the torch.

“Let’s go.”

At Cale’s command, the kittens got on Choi Han’s back, as Choi Han stepped into the tunnel first. Cale followed behind him. The dragon remained quiet in Cale’s arms, with only the sound of its breathing coming out of it. However, the eyes that were staring at Cale were still extremely vicious.

Rather than any gratitude for saving him, it seemed to be filled with thoughts of terror about being tortured by someone else, as well as anger and resentment toward humans.

“Stop staring at me like that.”

Cale casually talked to the dragon in his arms.

‘Ah, I’m a bit out of breath.’

of breath as he tried to keep up with Choi Han, who seemed

have made Choi Han

1 meter long dragon was pretty heavy. It would not be this hard if he was able to

his arms, so that he would not throw it away in anger. There was no way he could leave

watch him. Cale’s black clothes started

dark and narrow tunnel for a few minutes,

a wall in

the wall with your fist with the same strength as before. Then we

“I understand!”

Choi Han’s shoulder and started to run. Choi Han put some strength into his fist and hit the center of the

Boom!

instantly collapsed, and they could see the night sky. They were outside the

they needed the Mana Disturbance Tool to work on the entire mountain. Venion had put a magic recording device on this secret tunnel entrance as well. He

didn’t know exactly where this entrance was located, necessitating the Mana Disturbance Tool

out of the range of the magic recording device in the next one or two

After surviving in the Forest of Darkness on his own for so long, he was

“Stop.”

alarms that were going off in the area suddenly stopped blarring. The Mana Disturbance Tool had stopped

“Huuuu~.”

his rapidly beating heart. The Indestructible Shield around his heart was gathering strength every time his heart beat like that, just in case an emergency situation

to use it right

Cale was not planning on using this shield just yet. After freeing this dragon and saying goodbye to Choi Han in the next city, he

that he had the time to look around, Cale looked down toward the dragon. He

was the first time the dragon saw anything other than the cave walls in its four years of life. Cale understood what the dragon was feeling, and wanted to give it some more

dragon looked right back at him. Its eyes were once again filled with anger and resentment, as it curled its body up and

get tortured for

this dragon. It was different from himself. Growing up being abused as an orphan, Cale, well, Kim Rok Soo, had given in. After that, he didn’t want to be the main character of a story, like Choi Han. After giving in at

“Hey.”

made sure the dragon was looking at him, then took out a pair of gloves and some scissors-shaped cutting tool. There

rented in

need this, but, young master,

think I’m going

is that you

‘…Shut up.’

realizing that his surroundings suddenly became extremely quiet. Choi Han was looking at the cutter with chaotic eyes, while the kitten siblings had moved away from

still just staring at

“Tsk.”

clicked his tongue at their response and approached the dragon. The mana restriction chain was made with something similar to rubber. If it

then grabbed the dragon’s

“Gasp.”

better to do this as fast as possible. The cutter headed for the dragon’s neck. The sharp blade shone under the moonlight, and the dragon just paid attention

dragon closed its

moment, they all heard the snapping noise

Sizzle. Sizzle.

restriction chain was

are you

opened its eyes back to look at him and took off one of the gloves and handed it to Choi Han. Choi Han put the glove on and Cale handed

grade potion. Even this cost quite a bit to purchase. It made Cale feel bad for asking for an

much money I

he heard quite often. He had heard it almost every day since he was born. Why do you not listen to me when I spent so much money on you? Guess you need to be beaten some more. Then he was beaten. They

However.

spent so much money on you, you better

not

the potion onto the dragon’s back, and poured the rest into its mouth. Thankfully, the dragon did

which was the equivalent to the

injuries on the dragon’s body instantly disappeared, and a blue aura that seemed

Cale think about just how scary

“Hey.”

The smart dragon seemed to understand what had happened to its

up while continuing to observe Cale. Cale ignored the

you want

to smile while looking at

you can speak the human language. You are a dragon. The smartest and

Cale asked once more.

you want to do once you

“…I.”

much smarter than humans. There was no way it did not learn the human language in the last four

“I.”

the

to himself over and over for the last four

“I will live.”

no matter what

“I will go away.”

was going to go away from

revealed his inner

will not be

“Yes. You are right.”

was saying the dragon was

A DRAGON. You have the right

normally, dragons were extremely independent and prideful. They generally wanted to create their own lair once they turned about two years old. It was completely worlds apart than

eyes of the dragon, that still did not trust

not take

not have a reason to look after something that was stronger than him. There were also too many potential headaches to keep him around to pay back for Cale’s help. It was different from the children