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 with Choi

made Choi

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

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

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

that dark and narrow tunnel for a few minutes, Choi

is a wall

with the same strength as before. Then we

“I understand!”

put some strength into

Boom!

They were outside the cave. This time, Cale took the lead

Tool to work on the entire mountain. Venion had

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

of the magic recording device in the next

Forest of Darkness on his own for so long, he was an expert at creating and following tracks. After running

“Stop.”

the area suddenly stopped blarring.

“Huuuu~.”

his rapidly beating heart. The Indestructible Shield around his heart was gathering strength every time his heart

plans to use

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

Cale looked down toward the dragon.

the dragon saw anything other than the cave walls

put the dragon down on the grass and continued to look at it. The dragon looked right back at him. Its eyes were once again filled with anger and resentment,

to get tortured for four years. It won’t

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 he called home, he didn’t think he had the strength

“Hey.”

looking at him, then took out a pair of gloves and some scissors-shaped cutting tool. There were a lot of magic seals on both of the blades for

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

need this, but, young master, I hope to see

I’m going

that you plan to cause

‘…Shut up.’

with Billos, before realizing that his surroundings suddenly became extremely quiet. Choi Han was looking at the cutter with chaotic eyes,

was still just

“Tsk.”

something similar to rubber. If it was made of metal, it would not

then grabbed the

“Gasp.”

ignored them as he continued onward, since it was 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

that moment, they all heard the snapping noise

Sizzle. Sizzle.

was causing

you looking

look at him and took off one of the gloves and handed it to Choi Han.

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

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 said that

However.

you, you better heal

not

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

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

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

think about just how scary and powerful of an existence dragons really

“Hey.”

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

baby dragon curled up while continuing to observe Cale. Cale

do you want to

smile while looking at

speak the human language. You are

Cale asked once more.

to do once

“…I.”

really did know how to speak the human language. It was much smarter than humans. There was no way it did not learn the human language in the last

“I.”

his current strength, he could easily kill the man in front of him. He was scared of the man in the back, but it

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

“I will live.”

will live, no matter

“I will go away.”

to go away from

his inner

will not be

“Yes. You are right.”

was saying the dragon was

A DRAGON. You have

its own, and, normally, dragons were extremely independent and prideful. They generally wanted to create their own lair once they turned

dragon, that still did

take care of

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