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.’

as he tried to keep up

Choi Han carry

not be this hard if he was able to get his hands on the ancient power called the ‘Vitality

held the dragon tightly in his arms, so that he would not throw it away in anger. There was

just continued to watch him. Cale’s black clothes started to become covered

for a few

wall in

of the wall with your fist with the same

“I understand!”

shoulder and started to run. Choi Han put some strength

Boom!

see the night sky. They were outside the cave. This

reason they needed the Mana Disturbance Tool to work on the entire mountain. Venion had put

was located, necessitating the

of the magic recording device

or erased some traces as they passed. After surviving in the Forest of Darkness on his own for so long,

“Stop.”

that were going off in the area suddenly stopped blarring. The

“Huuuu~.”

deep breath, calming his rapidly beating heart. The Indestructible Shield around his heart was gathering strength every time

plans to use it

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 was planning on gaining the ancient power, ‘Vitality of the Heart,’

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

the dragon was looking up at the night sky in admiration. This 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 time, but he

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

continued to get tortured for four

why Cale personally liked 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

“Hey.”

dragon was looking at him, then took out a pair of gloves and some scissors-shaped cutting tool. There were a lot of magic seals

to be rented in Billos’s name. This was not something you

know why you need this, but, young master, I hope to

I’m

that you plan to cause

‘…Shut up.’

about the conversation he had with Billos, before 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

was still

“Tsk.”

his tongue at their response and approached the dragon. The mana restriction chain was made with something similar to rubber. If it was made of metal, it would not have fit the growing

then grabbed

“Gasp.”

do this as fast as possible. The cutter headed for the dragon’s

dragon closed

the snapping noise

Sizzle. Sizzle.

restriction chain was

are you

at him and took off one of the gloves and handed it

potion. Even this cost quite a bit to purchase. It made Cale feel bad for asking for an allowance the last few days before he left.

how much money I spent

me when I spent so much money on you? Guess you need to be beaten some more. Then he was beaten. They said that he needed to stop thinking for himself and listen to them as they continued to

However.

so much money on you, you better heal properly, you stupid

not feel

poured the rest

was a dragon. The mana, which was the equivalent to the dragon’s heart and the source of all of its power, started to move in

injuries on the dragon’s body instantly disappeared, and a blue aura that seemed to be the dragon’s mana surrounded its

Cale think about just how scary and powerful of an existence dragons really were in this

“Hey.”

injured anymore. The smart dragon seemed to understand what had happened

baby dragon curled up while continuing to observe Cale. Cale ignored the dragon and

you want to do

started to smile while looking at the dragon

language. You are a dragon. The smartest and strongest

Cale asked once more.

did you want to

“…I.”

The dragon really did know how to speak the human language. It was much

“I.”

his heart. With his current strength, he could easily kill the man in front of him. He was scared of the man in the back, but it would be possible for him to escape alive. He had gained the strength he had waited for so long to

was why the dragon finally said the thing he had thought to himself over and over for the last four years. However, this was the first time he had ever he said it out

“I will live.”

will live, no matter

“I will go away.”

going to

his inner

will not

“Yes. You are right.”

was saying the dragon was

A DRAGON. You have the

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

into the eyes of the dragon, that still did not trust humans, and sternly started to

will not take

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 from the Cat