Trash of the Count's Family

Cale got off the carriage once they got to Harris Village, the village closest to the Forest of Darkness. His thoughtss once he got there were simple.

“It’s black.”

It had been a little longer than two months, but Harris Village was still dark. Cale looked down toward his feet to see that there were still black ashes on the ground.

He then looked back forward and heard the Vice Captain’s bitter voice.

“Everything burned down.”

Cale turned around to look at Vice Captain Hilsman.

“Where did they say the graves were?”

“I will go find out.”

It had been a while since Cale had seen Vice Captain Hilsman being so calm, but it wasn't Hilsman’s fault.

A large stone wall. Harris Village, The village located outside of that wall heading into the Forest of Darkness, was no more. All that was left was the crumbling ruins of houses and dark ashes that served as signs that something once existed in this location.

“I feel a strong sensation of fire here.”

“You can feel something like that?”

“I am from a tribe of the sea after all.”

Witira lightly smiled and responded, but then she seemed to get emotional. However, Cale did not have time to pay attention to her. He headed over to the Wolf children who did not seem to be able to get off the carriage.

“Maes.”

“Young master-nim.”

The eldest Wolf, Maes, was stiff after seeing the remains of the village in front of him. Cale was pretty sure that they were currently thinking of their hometown.

“Do you know why I brought all of you here?”

Maes could not answer Cale's question. Cale had not told him why he brought all of them here. It was a small group such that even deputy butler Hans and Beacrox were not here, but they were included.

Maes looked toward Cale with uncertainty. The young master that Lock told them to serve leisurely started to speak with his arms crossed.

“A lot of money is about to fall into my hands.”

“Excuse me?”

The sudden talk about money confused Maes and the Wolf children. Cale just continued to speak without care. The Magic Tower and the Queen of the Jungle. He would have a ton of money after these two interactions. He was also going to bring the rights to a peaceful sea route to his territory.

“And I plan on using some of that money to rebuild this village.”

The term, ‘village,’ caught the children’s attention.

“I also plan on building a villa here for all of you, me, and the rest of the group to play together.”

“...I heard the Forest of Darkness is dangerous.”

“Are you being serious?”

Cale questioned Maes and looked around. On and Hong were getting off the carriage and the Black Dragon was probably flying around somewhere. The Whale siblings were approaching a well that was covered in ashes.

“Will they be stronger than all of you when you grow up?”

The blunt question reached the Wolf children's ears.

“I promised Lock that I would take good care of all of you. That means I also have to provide a place for you to live like the Wolves you are.”

The moment a smile that seemed to say that it was not hard to accomplish at all appeared on Cale's face, a cold wind passed by them. Once some of the black ashes flew away with the wind, Cale's voice once again filled the void.

“I will create that place for you. I will help you grow and develop into great Wolves before Lock gets back.”

looked toward Maes and the Wolf children

“No response?”

“...Y, yes!”

“Yes!”

was not satisfied with the children’s answer and started to walk away. Maes looked toward Cale, who was

Maes started to speak.

“...Let’s all grow strong.”

village. He was thinking about how this black village would one day become a warm place like the hometown in his mind. Maes could feel that his siblings were feeling the same way, even though

They were all Wolves.

about the Wolves’ determinations

“It’s quite thick.”

This Stone Gate was the only access point to the Forest of Darkness. Of course, Choi Han did not use this gate when he first arrived at Harris Village. He jumped over the

Forest of Darkness past this

“Correct.”

dyed brown with magic, and her face

seeing as how it is one of the

onto the wall with her index finger. However, that finger stabbed right into

“...Haha.”

started to

really are a

were still not used to controlling their

“It’s similar.”

“Hmm? What is?”

the wall. You said it probably looks

“Ah.”

shrugged his shoulders. He turned away from the wall as he continued to

Forest of Darkness is a regular forest, just like

him and was walking

inside of it is

of Darkness often had mutated plants and monsters. It was easy to tell the mutated monsters apart because they looked different, but it was more difficult

there are also monsters that are generally found

of the Forbidden Regions. It was the one place on this continent that they could find traces of the Eastern

“Young master-nim!”

who had called out to him, before turning back to speak

care

are quite a lot of young Beast

Cale who sighed with an annoyed expression at her statement. Cale then turned around

“Let’s go.”

“Yes sir.”

Hilsman with him as they

“Here it is.”

located here. This was where Choi Han had buried all

Henituse came to this village was surprising, but the fact that he looked for the graves

away to give Cale some alone time. Of course, Cale didn’t even realize or care about the Vice Captain’s action

that he didn’t go crazy is

Choi Han remained

lot of effort into these graves, but they were mostly just made with dirt. In addition, they did not have any gravestones, instead they just had their names written on flat pieces of rock.

Han had personally buried all of

had an interesting thought every so often. The reason behind the death of the Harris Village villagers that had remained a mystery in the novel. The novel made it sound like it was done for the main character to develop. But was that

like there is more to

more to the story these days. The

of Darkness, mermaids, and the destruction of Harris

problem he would tell Lock to share with Choi Han or, if Choi Han ended up coming back with Lock, he would pass it off

Village was not Cale’s problem but Choi

“Hilsman.”

“Yes, young master.”

needed to do as a member of the

them to give them proper graves in the future.

“...Yes sir!”

the soldiers. The soldiers slowly moved back and Cale kept his hand

know what to

face as he recalled what had happened two nights ago. They were camping out in the when Cale called him over to his