Trash of the Count's Family

Cale looked out through the small window on the boat. [1] The color of the violent water was not transparent at all. It was white and blue as it reflected the bottom of the sea, and became a darker and darker shade of blue as it got closer to the center of the whirlpool.

‘You’d probably die if you get caught in it.’

Cale thought about the new magic bombs in the magic box back in his residence. He then turned his gaze toward the front and looked toward the smallest island of the cluster of islands in front of him.

“Young master-nim, it is that island over there! The whirlpool in front of that island is the worst! You’ll need to say goodbye to this world immediately if you get caught in that one! Hahaha!”

The fisherman was really gutsy. He didn’t even see the Vice Captain’s face turn paler as he continued to speak.

Cale held back the feeling of needing to vomit and paid attention to the fisherman’s words.

“There is a legend that says that the whirlpool appeared because of a thief who stole something from a god, but, aiya!”

The boat leaned to one side. Cale gulped after seeing the water crash against the boat’s window.

“Aigoo, the boat almost tipped over. Hey punk, row properly!”

“Sorry dad!”

The fishing dad and son duo really were gutsy.

“That is why, young master-nim.”

“Hey.”

In the end, Cale raised his hand to stop the old man and sternly started to speak.

“Let’s talk after making it to that island first.”

“That is what lady Amiru said as well! We are almost there.”

The old man skillfully started to row. The boat that was moving as he continued to row somehow twisted and turned to avoid all of the whirlpools. Cale observed each and every one of the whirlpools they passed.

‘The marks of the wind vomited out by the Sound of the Wind.’

The ancient power called, ‘The Sound of the Wind,’ created wind, ‘tops,’ and spun them as strong as it could. And, as time went on, those tops created new tops, leading to the numerous whirlpools visible today.

“Y, young master, I, I’m supposed to be protecting you.. Ugh.”

Cale ignored the Vice Captain’s words as he clenched onto the boat’s handles. He did not want to drown to death.

Finally, the boat arrived at an island and Cale could once again feel the ground underneath his feet.

“We have arrived. It was easier than usual.”

The fisherman’s son nodded at his father’s words. Cale looked past the two of them to see the Vice Captain leaning over.

“Baaaarf.”

The Vice Captain was suffering from such severe seasickness that Cale wondered if he may end up dying. Cale tapped Beacrox’s arm as Beacrox walked by him and pointed to the Vice Captain. Beacrox frowned before taking out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and putting them on as he headed over to the Vice Captain.

Cale flinched a bit once he saw the white gloves.

‘Aren’t those the gloves that he uses for torture to keep himself clean?’

Beacrox seemed to have an endless supply of those white gloves. After observing the existence of these white gloves for the first time, Cale stopped looking at Beacrox and the Vice Captain and looked around the island.

There was no sand on this island, instead, it was surrounded by rocks. If you looked a bit farther in from the shoreline, you could see a small forest as well. Well, it is probably more accurate to call it a garden than a forest since they said you should be able to walk all around it in less than an hour.

“Old man.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

“Continue your story from earlier, the one about the thief.”

The old man stopped watching his son anchor the boat and pointed to the path they took to get here. He was pointing at the large whirlpool in front of this island.

“A long time ago, there was a thief who was faster than anybody else. The thief’s steps were so light and cautious that, supposedly, he could walk on water without causing the smallest of ripples.”

the Wind. Of course, walking on water was a bit of an

belonged to a god. The legend says that the thief jumped off the Cliff of Winds with the items. You know which cliff that is, right? That was how the god’s item and the thief disappeared from this world, as well as how the

man smiled as gently as the

there used to be sacrifices in the

“Not anymore?”

item, why would that god bother us humans instead of taking

agreed with the

a god’s item. It was a human’s power.

I will look

I will be waiting

his son

master-nim, me

curled back down. Cale clicked his tongue and motioned for Beacrox to come over. Once Beacrox arrived, Cale

are Ron’s son, I’m sure you

“And?”

not even slightly nervous Beacrox’s shoulder and continued

hold the Vice Captain

be okay on

here?

“Please be safe.”

with him. He needed someone around him for the time being, someone who was strong, but did not feel

was why

“I’ll be back soon.”

forest at

into the air if you are

I will be right

Vice Captain as he walked into the forest. He then quietly spoke

“What do you think?”

Black Dragon

there is something underneath that whirlpool in front of this island. It was similar to the power from that cave from

the forest. There was no reason to look inside. He really just came here to look at

the terrain, since we will

one

“There’s nobody here, right?”

“None.”

other than Cale’s group on the island. Cale could finally sigh in relief. He had been worried about the pod of whales

is

“What?”

up. He started to frown and looked up into the sky. The Black Dragon

were three corpses on the other

feeling that something unlucky would happen if he continued to walk toward the other side of the

the corpses were not

hands up to cover his eyes. If it was not human, that meant that they had

similar to humans, but

only

hands

Black Dragon energetically nodded his

right! The hand and feet were weird. They looked

was the symbol of

of doubt. The

‘No.’

and the mermaids had a history that was even longer than the oldest human wars. However, the moment when this was revealed in the novel

toward

“Hey, you.”

not call me

what should I call

soon find

is he talking

would pick a name for himself, so he

you sure there is nobody

It is

“Then lead the way.”

out the mermaid corpses. Just to verify and

be in

of him as they headed toward the other side of the island. He then started to frown as soon as