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.”

Maes and the Wolf children

“No response?”

“...Y, yes!”

“Yes!”

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

Maes started to speak.

“...Let’s all grow strong.”

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.

determinations as he tapped on the Stone

“It’s quite thick.”

the Forest of Darkness. Of course, Choi Han did

the Forest of Darkness

“Correct.”

him. Her blue hair and pupils were both dyed brown with magic, and

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

wall with her index finger. However, that

“...Haha.”

awkwardly started to

really are

and turned away. These two long-haired siblings were still not used to controlling their strength on land. Cale

“It’s similar.”

“Hmm? What is?”

wall. You said

“Ah.”

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

Forest of Darkness is a regular forest,

him and was walking at the same pace

the thing inside

the Forest 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 for the plants. Although they might look similar, a mutated version of an

that are generally

it was one of the Forbidden Regions. It was the one place on

“Young master-nim!”

Vice Captain Hilsman, who had called out to him, before turning back

take care of

a

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

“Let’s go.”

“Yes sir.”

as they headed to a

“Here it is.”

graves were located here. This was where Choi Han had buried all of the villagers of the

from Cale and 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 carriage

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

he didn’t go crazy is

that Choi Han remained

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. Cale counted the

Han had personally buried all

had an interesting thought every so often. The reason behind the death of the Harris Village villagers that had remained a mystery

feel like there is more to

feeling that there was more to the story these

Darkness, mermaids, and the

share with Choi Han or, if Choi Han ended up

was not Cale’s problem

“Hilsman.”

“Yes, young master.”

was what he needed to do as a member of the

to give them proper graves in the future. This is too

“...Yes sir!”

who responded more energetically than usual, on the shoulder before looking toward the soldiers. The soldiers slowly moved back and Cale kept his hand on

know what

what had happened two nights ago. They were camping