Trash of the Count's Family

Cale left the arena with Choi Han.

“Hans, Ron. Guide the two people still in the Arena.”

Cale had Hans and Ron, who were waiting outside the first floor entrance, take care of Rosalyn and Lock while Cale was returning to his room with Choi Han.

The table which held the now cold food from earlier was between the two of them, as Cale started to speak.

“Tell me.”

“Yes.”

The two of them got right to the point without beating around the bush. Choi Han straightened up, as he started to speak.

“Everything was fine until I met Rosalyn.”

“Continue.”

“I arrived at the city Cale-nim mentioned. Once I got there, I found the merchant guild heading for the capital as you described. Well, it was just a small brigade of five people rather than a guild.”

That small group was better described as a merchant group rather than a merchant guild.

“They happened to be looking for two mercenaries to guard them. Their usual guard was injured.”

Choi Han and Rosalyn became the two mercenaries. That was how it went in the novel.

“That was where I met Rosalyn, who looked just like you described.”

Breck Kingdom was across the Northwest border of the Roan Kingdom. Rosalyn was originally heading from Breck Kingdom to the Magic Tower in the Whipper Kingdom, located beneath the Roan Kingdom, when someone tries to assassinate her as she crossed into the Roan Kingdom.

She had been hiding about half of her magic skills until that point and is able to escape from the danger by using all of her skills. She thought it would be smarter to go to the capital of the Roan Kingdom and get some information from the Information Guild rather than going straight back to the Breck Kingdom, since she did not know anything about the people who attacked her.

‘She then causes quite the scene when she gets back to Breck Kingdom.’

Choi Han, who just mentioned that he had met Rosalyn as a mercenary for the merchant group, continued on.

“She was also heading to the capital. Since we were heading to the same place, we were quite friendly with each other.”

‘Huh?’

“Hmm? Friendly?”

“Yes.”

Choi Han was speaking as if he was embarrassed.

“I’m generally not one to talk to people if they don’t talk to me, but I thought we might as well be friendly.”

“Not really. You just have to act like your usual self.”

Cale had a concerned expression on his face. In the novel, Rosalyn and Choi Han did not get close to each other until they met Lock. Rosalyn, who became wary of people after the assassination attempt, did not reach out to be friendly with anybody. Similarly, after the incidents in Harris Village, Choi Han was not the type to approach people to become friends.

Choi Han nodded his head at Cale’s words, before smiling and adding on.

“It definitely was not something I would normally do, but I wanted to do things properly since this was my way to pay you back.”

Ha. Cale let out a sigh and shook his head. Choi Han seemed to have expected it, as he brushed it aside and continued to speak with a stiff expression.

“That group was planning on staying at the village that Cale-nim mentioned I would find Lock residing in for a few days before continuing onward on their journey.”

That was indeed the case. That small merchant group of five people was made by someone who had been helped by the Blue Wolf Tribe. The injured guard was actually a warrior from the Blue Wolf Tribe.

The merchants deliberately chose to take the long way from Puzzle City to the capital to deliver daily necessities to the Blue Wolf Tribe and receive medicinal herbs in return.

Of course, it was extremely difficult, as well as a waste of even more time to go deep into the mountains to the Blue Wolf Village. That was why they met at a tiny village underneath the mountains. That merchant, who was now 60 years old, had continued this partnership for the last thirty years.

“But something happened once we arrived at that small village.”

Cale became alert. The story was important from here.

“Right around when we arrived at the village, I learned that the guard was a Beast Person. I also learned that the village they were planning to meet the Blue Wolf Tribe member to trade was the village that Cale-nim had mentioned as well.”

Cale nodded his head at Choi Han’s words. He knew Choi Han would easily recognize that much.

“That was why I believed that I just needed to follow the tribe member that was going to show up at the village to find Lock.”

that tribe member probably

up to make the trade. When that happened, the merchant asked us for some extra

about what that request

Blue Wolf Village with the injured Blue Wolf Tribe

go visit the Blue

“And you agreed?”

Rosalyn agreed

until this point. Just what could

at the Blue Wolf Village with the guard warrior, only to find the village destroyed and the secret organization’s assassins trying to leave. Choi Han recalls what happened to

learns of Choi

as a beginner mage, learns of Choi Han’s strength and officially asks him to escort her back to Breck Kingdom. Of course, the compensation

hiding in that

The Lock at that point is very much a coward, a weakling, and kind of slow. In simple terms, Lock easily took the position

rise to the top five in the novel

“Cale-nim.”

“Yeah?”

timing of the transformation be pulled

saw something I was familiar with

“What did you see?”

Han nodded his head at Cale’s question. The cold food was between the two of them, but it could probably

and five

expression stiffened. He could feel his heart sink. Choi Han was saying that, instead of the assassination team, official members of the secret organization showed up at the Blue Wolf Tribe. Cale could not

at Cale’s cold expression and recalled the past for a moment. He subconsciously started to clench his fists. His fists were shaking with

But all of them were destroyed. Most importantly, the corpses of the Wolf Tribe were completely black, as if they were burnt to a crisp on the floor. The black corpses, what smelled like burnt flesh, and the blood that was

destroyed when we got there. Many of the

for their strength, so how did the secret

herd, and friends before

hostages, before using divine items to weaken the adult wolves. After killing the adults, they then killed the young hostages. There were a few adult wolves that tried

a very strong organization, that even had access to divine items. They used the fact that the Wolf Tribe was disowned by the gods to their advantage. These

didn’t say which of the

would be able to get one step closer to the identity of the secret organization. Unfortunately, the novel only described how the Wolf Tribe became weak

Cale slowly asked.

“Were they all dead?”

his head. Cale’s expression stiffened again. Choi

to capture

would they

Choi Han made

dying when we arrived at the entrance of

were less than 100 members of the Blue Wolf

were trying to take 10 children with

becoming too different from

to fall, a young boy

“…Lock?”

“Yes. It was Lock.”

stayed hidden, even when the children were killed. Did he think killing and kidnapping were different? Was it his instinctual need to protect his family members and his younger siblings,

assassin. No, I tried to

did not show any emotions as he urged Choi Han

“Keep going.”

stars on their clothes used the same black

with

was the same power as the people who destroyed

“Yes.”

“…This.”

out a sigh. He was acting like it was his

one person who had the red star with five white stars on their chest. That person was the one

started to

human was drinking the

Cale closed his eyes.

lunatic who would lead the terror incident at the capital. He kept his eyes closed as

not capture or kill them. The ones I captured committed suicide, while the rest disappeared when the person with the stars used teleportation

and crazy for blood, try to kidnap the Blue Wolf Tribe children instead of killing all of them like in

could not figure it

something change drastically because

Cale could think about was the changes he has made so far

what

continued in an angry

as seeds. These young ones

what the mage meant by seed, but he kept the word on the back of his

“And the children?”

rest of the Wolf Tribe adults were dead. The only ones left were the 10 children and