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.’

up with Choi

I have made Choi Han

heavy. It would not be this hard if he was able to get his hands on the

he would not throw it away in anger. There was no way

black clothes started to become covered in

tunnel for a few

wall in front of

fist with the same strength as before. Then we will

“I understand!”

Choi Han put some strength into his fist and hit the

Boom!

wall almost instantly collapsed, and they could see the night sky. They were outside the cave. This time, Cale

Tool to work on the entire mountain. Venion had put a magic recording device on this secret tunnel entrance as well. He was a very thorough

exactly where this entrance was located, necessitating the

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

new traces of their presence, or erased some traces as they passed. After surviving in the Forest of Darkness on his own for so long, he was an expert at creating and following tracks. After running away from the secret tunnel entrance for about two

“Stop.”

suddenly stopped blarring. The Mana Disturbance Tool had stopped

“Huuuu~.”

his heart was gathering strength every time his heart beat like that, just in case an

no plans to use it right

yet. After freeing this dragon and saying goodbye to Choi Han in the next city, he was planning on gaining the

around, Cale looked down toward the dragon. He then

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 could

put the dragon down on the grass and continued to look at it. The dragon looked right back at him. Its

it continued to get tortured for four

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 a story, like Choi Han. After giving in at a place

“Hey.”

scissors-shaped cutting tool. There were a lot of magic seals on both of the

items that had to be rented in Billos’s name. This was not something

master, I hope to see you alive in

think I’m going

I know is that you plan

‘…Shut up.’

quiet. Choi Han was looking

dragon was still

“Tsk.”

dragon. The mana restriction chain was made with something similar to rubber. If it was made of metal, it

then grabbed the

“Gasp.”

them as he continued onward, since it was better to do this as fast as possible. The cutter

dragon closed its

all heard the snapping

Sizzle. Sizzle.

mana restriction chain was causing sparks in

are you looking

that had 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 the chain to him before taking the potion out of

quite a bit to purchase. It made Cale feel bad for asking for an allowance the last few days before he left. Cale clicked his tongue

much money

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 said that he needed to stop thinking for himself and listen to them as they continued to

However.

much money on you, you better heal

did not feel any

potion onto the dragon’s back, and poured the

few minutes, Cale could only think that it really was a dragon. The mana, which was the

disappeared, and a blue aura that seemed

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

“Hey.”

to get injured anymore. The smart dragon seemed to understand what had happened to its body, as its eyes came completely back

toward the dragon. The baby dragon curled up while continuing to observe Cale.

do you want to

looking at

You are

Cale asked once more.

did you want to

“…I.”

language. It was much smarter than humans. There was no

“I.”

him. He was scared of the man in the

had thought to himself over and over for the last four years. However, this was the first

“I will live.”

will live, no matter what

“I will go away.”

going to

his inner

will not be

“Yes. You are right.”

saying the

are a dragon. A DRAGON. You have the

and, normally, dragons were extremely independent and prideful. They generally wanted to

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

will not take

were also too many potential headaches to keep him around to pay back for Cale’s help. It