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.”

the Wolf children and

“No response?”

“...Y, yes!”

“Yes!”

satisfied with the children’s answer and started to walk away. Maes looked toward Cale, who was walking toward the wall, before turning

Maes started to speak.

“...Let’s all grow strong.”

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 did

They were all Wolves.

about the Wolves’ determinations as he tapped

“It’s quite thick.”

head to see the only gate on the wall. 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

of Darkness past

“Correct.”

him. Her blue hair and pupils were both dyed brown with magic, and her face was also

past the wall, but it should be pretty unique seeing as how it is one of

lightly pressed onto the wall with her index

“...Haha.”

started

are a scary

were still not used to controlling their strength on land. Cale quickly

“It’s similar.”

“Hmm? What is?”

wall. You said it probably looks

“Ah.”

a small gasp and Cale just shrugged his shoulders. He turned away

a regular forest, just like any

and was walking at the same pace

thing inside of it is

because they looked different, but it was more difficult for the plants. Although they might look similar, a mutated version of an herb used for healing could end up

generally found in the

was one of the Forbidden Regions. It was the one

“Young master-nim!”

Hilsman, who had called out to him,

take care of

quite a lot

expression at her statement. Cale then turned around

“Let’s go.”

“Yes sir.”

only had Hilsman with him as

“Here it is.”

This was where Choi Han had buried all of the villagers

moved away from Cale and went to stand with the soldiers before looking toward Cale. The fact that Cale Henituse came to this village was surprising,

Of course, Cale didn’t even

didn’t go crazy

fact that Choi Han remained sane after

they were mostly just made with dirt. In addition, they

personally buried all of the

The reason behind the death of the Harris Village villagers that had remained a mystery in

like there is more to

feeling that there was more to the story

and the

was a problem he would tell Lock to share with Choi Han or, if Choi Han

Cale’s problem but

“Hilsman.”

“Yes, young master.”

what he needed to do as a member of

to give them proper graves in

“...Yes sir!”

usual, on the shoulder before looking toward the soldiers.

what to

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