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.”

and the Wolf children and

“No response?”

“...Y, yes!”

“Yes!”

toward Cale, who was walking toward the wall, before turning around. His younger siblings were

Maes started to speak.

“...Let’s all grow strong.”

looked around the village. He was thinking about how this black village would one day become a warm place like the

They were all Wolves.

not know about the Wolves’ determinations as he tapped

“It’s quite thick.”

Gate was the only access point to the Forest of Darkness. Of course,

of Darkness past

“Correct.”

with magic, and her face was also magically changed to an average face. However, her voice was still just as

should be pretty unique seeing as how it is one of the Forbidden Regions, right? I wonder if

she lightly pressed onto the wall with her index finger. However, that finger

“...Haha.”

awkwardly started to

really are a

two long-haired siblings were still not

“It’s similar.”

“Hmm? What is?”

the wall. You said

“Ah.”

his shoulders. He turned

Forest of Darkness is a regular forest, just

was walking at the same pace as

the thing inside of

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

monsters that are generally found in the Eastern

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

“Young master-nim!”

toward Vice Captain Hilsman, who had called out to him,

take care of

are quite a lot of young Beast

with an annoyed expression at her statement. Cale

“Let’s go.”

“Yes sir.”

Hilsman with him as they

“Here it is.”

Choi Han had buried

went to stand with the soldiers before looking toward Cale. The fact that Cale Henituse came to this village was surprising, but the fact that he looked for the graves as soon as he got off the

Cale didn’t even realize

didn’t go

fact that Choi Han remained sane after this

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. Cale counted the number

all

villagers that had remained a mystery in the novel. The novel made it sound like

feel like there

that there was more to the story these days. The reason

mermaids, and the

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

Village was not Cale’s

“Hilsman.”

“Yes, young master.”

did was what he needed to do as a member of the Henituse

give them proper graves in the future. This

“...Yes sir!”

the shoulder before looking toward the soldiers. The soldiers slowly moved back and Cale

know what to

what had happened two nights ago. They were camping out in the