Trash of the Count's Family

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Cale felt like he was coming out of a swamp as he came back to his senses. He tried to recall what had happened.

‘I fainted.’

He had no strength left and fainted. Cale realized that it was time for him to open his eyes. It was because he could hear a voice in his head.

• 3, 2, 1. Half, half of half … human, I will count back down from 100. Wake up before I reach 0, or I will destroy this continent. 100, 99, 98……

Cale heard Raon’s voice and immediately opened his eyes. He was shocked at what he saw.

‘A flower garden?’

There were flower petals floating in the air. Raon’s voice could be heard by his ear.

“N, ninety-five!”

The voice that was as quiet as a whisper seemed to be shocked.

Cale lowered his head. The voice had come from on top of his stomach. He raised his hand to feel something invisible on his stomach. It was Raon.

‘Has he been here the whole time?’

Cale got scared thinking about how this Black Dragon would have been reciting his countdown the entire time. Cale felt the naturally cold reptilian skin as he patted Raon’s back. Other people would think that he was patting thin air.

He then turned his gaze.

‘Mm.’

Why did the first face he saw have to be Ron’s? Ron, whose benign smile was missing, looked stiff as he stopped what he was doing and focused on Cale. What Ron was doing made Cale become scared.

‘…Why is he sharpening his blade?’

Ron was sharpening his dagger at the boundaries of the flower garden. He seemed to have removed all of the blood off the dagger, as it was shining under the blue sky. Cale felt like just touching it would cut his skin.

Cale blankly stared until he turned his gaze after hearing Raon’s voice.

• Human! Why did you faint for three days?! I can make hundreds of thunderbolts like that! Do not do that ever again! Weaklings should live like weaklings!

‘3 days? I fainted for 3 days? Me?’

“Cale-nim!”

“He woke up! He finally woke up!”

“Meeeeeeeow!”

Cale could see Choi Han, On, Hong, and the rest of the group all running toward him. Cale started to frown as soon as he saw them.

‘Why are they still in a mess?’

Raon had said that it had been three days. Cale looked at Choi Han and Lock, who were still wearing the black outfits and looked like they did not even clean the dry blood off of their bodies. He then looked down at himself and was relieved.

Although he was wearing the black outfit as well, there was no blood or dirt on him.

• I cleaned you up with my magic! I am a clean dragon!

Raon really was the best. Cale could see that even On and Hong still had the black dye on their bodies. However, he did not get up, as it was annoying to even get up.

“Finally, finally! You finally woke up.”

Choi Han spoke on behalf of everyone. His voice was a mix of relief and admiration.

For the past three days, Choi Han and the rest stayed by his side without leaving. The Elves had told them that this was a safe location and to trust them, however, neither Choi Han nor the rest could trust them easily. After all, all of them had grown up with some sort of trust issue.

Choi Han made eye contact with Cale. Cale’s gaze seemed to be asking where they were located. That was correct. Cale definitely had that on his mind as he looked at Choi Han.

‘Why am I here looking like this?’

Choi Han started to speak in order to answer Cale’s question.

“This is said to be the place with the strongest amount of life force and natural power. The Elves told us this was the best place for recovery.”

Cale quickly understood that this was the Elf Village’s flower garden that was described in the novel. The branch of the World Tree was nearby this flower garden. Cale moved his still weak hand to touch his head.

He was curious about what was on his head. It seemed to be a crown made of the World Tree’s leaves. Cale started to smile once he felt the leaves on his head.

‘They’re giving me the best possible treatment.’

The Elves had provided a human a crown made of the World Tree’s leaves and placed them at the location closest to the branch of the World Tree. This was beyond the treatment they would give him for helping them. There was only one answer.

Cale remembered the shocked voice he heard right before he fainted.

‘A great and mighty being’s protection……!’

The Chief of the Elf Village seemed to have realized the existence of a Dragon. The problem was whether it was just her that knew of Raon or if everyone else knew as well.

his stomach. Choi Han

garden as he

nobody has seen Raon, but the Chief and the Guardian Knight know about that

Choi Han

the two of

at Cale, turned his gaze away

probably suspect

hear Raon mumbling in his

• I quietly stayed next to you, human! I even ignored the Chief when she tried to

looked past Choi Han, who wouldn’t make eye contact with him, and took the time to look at each person, starting with On and Hong, then Lock and Beacrox, and finally ending with

master-nim, do you have the strength to

up blood. They knew that Cale was a good person who really liked to

that

was his usual indifferent

“Nobody got hurt?”

started to smile. On and Hong meowed as they started to rub their faces on Cale’s body. All of the black dye on their bodies

sir. Nobody got hurt. You do not need

‘Worry?’

Cale answered with shock.

“It’s only natural.”

Cale started to get annoyed while looking at Choi Han, who was smirking. He was also annoyed while looking

“Ahem.”

back toward Choi Han after hearing his fake cough. He needed to get up. He felt like he had recovered enough strength, however, this flower garden

“Cale-nim.”

a fake cough before starting to speak. He needed to report the results of the battle from three days ago to Cale. They had taken

to not make eye contact with

after the battle three days ago. Number 1, the assassin, is dead, while the magic spearman will not be able to move his lower body in the future. As for

face. Choi Han stopped talking at this gesture that was telling him to stop talking and looked toward Cale. Cale’s face seemed healthy, but

“I’m hungry.”

“…Excuse me?”

“Meat.”

“Huh?”

vegetables. He had hoped for a piece of bread before he fainted, but now, he felt like he needed

responded back to the confused Choi Han. His voice was cracking after not being used

to bring out some

stood up at that

go get some

expected of the

put on a new pair of gloves and heading

Plop.

the World Tree’s leaves was now green, just like normal leaves. If there was a color to describe the color of an aurora, this would

thinking about how he had been laying here while wearing this fancy and holy-looking crown of leaves for the past three days. That was why he picked the crown up with only two fingers as he looked toward the entrance of the

been there. However, a group of people arrived right as Beacrox

looked toward them and started to

wish to lay down on a

Elf Chief Canaria, who was a recurring character in the novel alongside Pendrick. Her white hair was combed up tidily and

will provide a house fitting for our esteemed guest who

an

this extremely respectful demeanor. Although they had helped the Elves, this level of respect seemed to be beyond what

this kind of demeanor, even at the palace. However, Choi Han could only keep his mouth

“Sure.”

crown in his hand as he casually answered like it was

“Lead the way.”

think that Cale was

accepted the situation as is. However, he felt a bit awkward

“Here it is.”

was a house made by carving a hole in the largest tree in

looked toward

“It is my house.”

him her house. This was the best house in the entire

a moment before confidently starting

“May I go in?”

was no reason to reject

what had happened in the last three days while he ate bread. Cale picked up the glass of fruit juice that

eyes and fainted before teleporting away

had repeated the results

his spear and injured his legs, so it is expected that he will not be able to use his lower body in the future. Only the two of them managed to run away, while the middle-aged swordsman and a few

were dead. The animals were dead

had a wise gaze that only someone who had lived for many

we can

they did not need

flinched and

“We need to reward-.”

beyond what the Elves had originally expected. However, Pendrick could see Cale raise

restoring the village and the boundaries, so how could I ask

started to shake. He had felt it last time as well, but how could there be such a good person? He had heard that nobles

Pendrick could hear the

you have a

The

make sense after hearing

believed that Dragons were gods that lived in the world with them. Cale was a person protected by a being that was a god

there is a reason Dragon-nim is roaming by your

Canaria was observing

had revealed his powers. Someone like her, who had lived for a

wants us to treat his person like we would treat

when Pendrick had said that a human was coming to help them. However, if it was someone who had the love and protection of a Dragon, especially a person like Cale, who had protected the

‘We can do that.’