Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 106: Forgot About It (3)

‘A former knight, an archer, and an assassin?’

‘Maybe I can just create my own camouflaged fighting brigade.’

How shocked would the enemy be if a Flying Skeletons Brigade and a group of cooks, artists, and sculptors, who are actually experts, showed up to fight them?

Cale slowly started to smile.

“They are all above average in ability?”

“Yes. All three of them are at about Vice Captain Hilsman-nim’s level.”

Human, why are you smiling like that? Is there something fun? Tell me, tell me!

Raon asked, but Cale did not answer. Instead, he looked toward Ron. Choi Han was dull when it came to things like this, but Ron was not. Ron started to smile as soon as they made eye contact.

“Young master-nim, isn’t this territory a better place to live than you expected?”

“Seems that way.”

Count Deruth was currently in the process of fortifying the castle wall ever since Cale told him about the Northern Alliance. It was a large-scale construction using Mueller’s blueprints.

Furthermore, his father was busy increasing the number of soldiers, as well as their skill level. Of course, he was not taxing the citizens of the territory to do that. If he was, would they all come here to celebrate like this?

Count Deruth was putting his own money to work. However, it did not seem like it was enough yet.

“Very good.”

Cale leaned his body into the very soft couch. He was in a position that would make it easy for him to fall asleep, however, such a position was fitting for Cale.

“Yes. That man over there is the archer.”

The art competition was currently underway. It was more like an event than a competition though.

The artwork went through a first round of judging before the second round was conducted in public to determine the winner. The qualifiers from the first round were showing off their artwork of the Stone Mountain and quarry behind the Henituse Castle.

There would be a winner from this event.

Cale turned his gaze to the archer artist that Choi Han had pointed out.

The short-haired man with a long beard jumped up and started to swing his brush in the form of an X on the easel.

“Not this! Why am I so terrible? How could I call such trash art?! My hands are crazy!”

The paint flew everywhere as the man clenched his hair.

“I am trash! Art is not something like this!”

Cale started to think while looking at the painting.

‘But it is really good.’

Cale looked toward Choi Han, who avoided his gaze. Choi Han could not make eye contact, but still started to speak.

“He is quite sensitive. He has been in the territory for the shortest amount of time, at only 3 months. They say that he built a house next to the white tree at the top of the slums, saying that it is the source of his inspiration.”

‘What is the source of his inspiration?’

Cale looked down to see On and Hong meowing in laughter.

The Man-Eating Tree located in the slums where Cale had earned his first ancient power, the, ‘Indestructible Shield.’ That tree had turned white with blue leaves thanks to Cale.

“This, this isn’t it! I can’t show this trash to people!”

Cale started to speak to Ron.

“Let’s pass on that guy.”

The White Tree in the slums reacted to Cale because he was the owner of the Indestructible Shield. So, what if the tree was to react to Cale when he went to visit that archer?

‘I may end up becoming his muse.’

He had a bad feeling that something like that would definitely happen.

“What about the sculptor? Will they come to the preliminaries tomorrow?”

“No, Cale-nim.”

“Then?”

“They did not make it through.”

Mm. Choi Han contemplated for a moment before continuing on.

“They came in last place. They seem to have no talent for sculpting.”

“But they are skilled in assassination.”

Ron interjected and asked Cale.

“Young master-nim, should I reserve a restaurant?”

“Yes.”

Cale debated whether he should go see the chef first as he leisurely watched the art competition. Of course, it didn’t need to be said that he sighed at the artist archer who called himself trash before running out of the area.

“Orabuni.”

Lily’s pupils were shaking. Cale just ignored this and entered the restaurant called, ‘A Place of Warmth.’

“Welcome young master Cale.”

The son of the territory’s lord had visited. It was only natural that the chef came out to respectfully greet him.

The old man in his seventies was fit, but the years had definitely taken a toll on his body. Cale was shocked when he had learned about this old man, but did not find it to be weird.

“I will guide you to your reserved room.”

The restaurants in front of the castle frequently prepared a separate room for when the staff at the castle brought guests over. Cale made eye contact with the old man, who could see Cale quietly looking directly at him.

Lily seemed very nervous as she looked back and forth between the chef and Cale.

Finally, Cale reached his hand out to the chef.

“It is my honor to meet my mother’s teacher.”

“What?”

was shocked as she looked at

you are mother’s teacher,

to roll her eyes around the room while trying to figure out what to say, when she saw that her brother was

was a secret

Countess Violan had known

I wanted to meet my mother’s teacher

as he observed Cale, before

do not deserve to be called the Countess’s teacher.

former captain

what Ron

for more than 15 years know about this man’s identity. He

from a fallen noble family. She had arrived at the Henituse

for keeping

the cruel world of merchants, he gave up his life as a Knight and turned into a mercenary in order to

be the Countess’s sword instructor when

were able to handle the sword, like most

dream to be a chef when the Countess married

Lily, and Basen did not know about this, as it had happened more than fifteen years ago. Apparently, his father had built this restaurant

the food here is wonderful. I came with

while Edro stiffened

was no trash worse

love after seeing Cale drinking and causing a ruckus. He was

be up

guiding Cale

meal with

while the rest of the group was in a different room. This was so that Raon, On, and Hong could eat in

“I will serve you.”

assassin. He was shocked at that fact, but shocked even more at the fact that Ron’s skill level was so

“You sly bastard.”

you are

saw Lily and Cale sitting in the room and slowly closed the door. He needed to

moment, Edro could hear what Cale

is a talented swordsman. Learn

Edro looked toward Ron.

master is all

Cale looking at him past Edro’s shoulder as Edro was closing the door. Cale did

Click.

door closed completely with a quiet noise and Ron started

master-nim wanted to see you because of Miss Lily, but also because he wanted to meet the person who used to serve the Countess. We did not inform the Countess of

what

seems to want to learn about

in his seventies who sacrificed everything he had for his liege and student, started to think deeply. He could still hear Cale and Lily’s

that you will become

orabuni. I will become the Guardian Knight who

Ahem.

kitchen. Ron followed behind him while recalling what Cale had told him to

in the future. It’ll be difficult for him to be in the frontlines due to his age, but having someone

sly. Of course, Ron liked

the bait for

time for

last person, since they

of people even though it is night time! It is

the things shining brightly in the

was wearing a brown robe while Mary, who was wearing a black robe, the invisible Raon, and Choi Han, who was holding On

was filled with people as Cale quietly walked by

smells delicious! I have 10 silver coins! Buy me that chicken skewer! I will give you

around. Deputy butler Hans was chasing

“Hans.”

“Yes sir!”

chicken

buy some chicken skewers for our lovely

things that they were going to eat back home. Cale shook his head at Hans’s

in front of one of

“W, welcome!”

jumped up and

‘This is serious.’

the mysterious sculptures. He

who they believed

true identity. Young

to one of

“Is this a devil?”

gentle woman who seemed to be in her forties, had

were

were, they all seemed cold and eerie. It made him

it is a flower. It

‘… Forsythia?’

this is definitely not

own. Cale truly believed that as he picked up the sculpture. Cale thought it was a growling

is a forsythia. I want to buy

“R, really?”

gift this

This process of building a relationship really was

Human, if you really want to give it to me, I will even accept that shocking

this one, a

is a lovely

give me this one

rabbit looked like the devil’s guard

“Thank you very much!”

these are

to

“They are my style.”

such praise before. I

were full of admiration. Cale was sure about one thing while looking at

is a good

was a sculptor who had no talent but loved to sculpt and be touched by her

Ron

she was not

is one

assassin or a

their investigation revealed that she was not a

territory, but she had pretended to be a sculptor here for the past three years. Ron said that he had never seen her before and that, even when he saw her, he was only able to

handed him. He took out some money from

not

poor sculptor did not

gift for all the toil you went

the first to recognize my

looking at the touched middle-aged woman. Cale Henituse, the face of the territory’s

“Huh? Y, young master-nim!”