Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 167: Perhaps (2)

So vicious.

That was the thought in Cale’s mind as soon as he heard that phrase.

Flip.

The crazy priestess quickly flipped through the pages. She continued to speak after looking through all of the pages.

“All of them. Every single page says the same thing.”

“…It looked like a regular essay to the others and me.”

Of course, the original contents were not, ‘regular,’ per se, but it did not give off such an ominous aura.

Bang. Bang.

Cale, who had been trying to figure out what was going on, sighed after seeing Raon continue to banging on the window and opened it for him. Raon quickly entered and shouted out loud.

“I've got a bad feeling about this!”

He then sat down right next to Cale and stared at the book in Cage’s hand. Cage blankly watched Raon's actions before starting to speak again after seeing Cale’s gaze.

“To be honest with you, I cannot actually read what is on here. The collection of foreign characters makes me think of that statement in my mind.”

Cale asked once he saw that Cage had finished what she was trying to say.

“What does it mean to kill death?”

The priestess shook her head.

“I'm not sure. What a complicated book. The author’s name of, ‘A Heartfelt Death,’ is total bullshit though.”

Cage's words became rougher as she continued. She continued to swear before stopping herself, letting out a fake cough, and then continuing to speak.

“There is a book of the God of Death’s words in the Church of the God of Death. They have deciphered the words in the book and use it as the God of Death’s teachings.”

“Does that book have a similar phrase?”

Cage smiled at Cale, who always understood what she was trying to say, before continuing to speak.

“That is not the case. However, it is said that the God of Death said the following.”

She recalled the contents she was forced to memorize before she could go to bed as a child. The priests only let her sleep if she memorized all of it.

“Death is not the end.”

That was what the God of Death had said about life.

“We are given two choices after death. The right path and the twisted path.”

Shhhhhhh-

A black light surrounded the book again.

Both Cale and the priestess flinched, but she calmly continued to speak.

“The moment you enter the twisted path, you will be given another choice to make at the end of that path.”

Flip.

The book started to turn pages on its own before stopping on a specific page.

Cale opened his mouth to ask Cage what was written on the page. However, the rough words coming out of crazy priestess Cage's mouth made him close his mouth back up.

“You crazy god.”

Cale flinched while Cage started to speak.

“Are you curious about the method to kill death? It is asking that question again. Are you curious?”

Cale responded back.

“Not at all.”

He truly was not curious at all.

He thought that this would be a treasure, but it ended up just being a terrible item.

“Yes, human. There is no need to keep such a dangerous item.”

Raon patted Cale's arm with his short front paw and snickered as if he was telling Cale that he did a good job. Cale held back his sigh at Raon's action.

He had asked Eruhaben about divine items on their way back from the Empire. Eruhaben had shaken his head at that time.

‘There is no way to decipher the language of the gods. Only the qualified can listen to it or read it.’

Cale asked the crazy priestess.

“Miss Cage, are you curious about it?”

“I am not curious about it at all either.”

‘As expected.’

Cale pointed to the book after seeing that Cage always seemed to think the same way he did about things like this.

“Can you keep it safe for me?”

“Sure. I heard that most of the God of Death’s divine items were gone. I will keep it safe and hand it over to you when you need it, young master-nim.”

She started to tap on the book.

The way she tapped made it feel like she considered it more of an obnoxious item than a precious item.

“I think regular people will struggle and have nightmares because the book is full of an ominous aura.”

“That must be why I had a nightmare!”

Raon shouted in response before glaring at the book once again.

Cale tilted his head to one side.

‘Nightmare? Struggle?’

Cale had not had any issues sleeping. In fact, he probably slept better than ever.

‘… This is weird.’

Cale thought that it was weird, but turned his head after hearing a noise.

Clang. Clang.

The tea inside the teacup seemed like it would spill as the cup clanked against the plate underneath.

“…Saint-nim?”

Cale called out to him, but Jack just continued to shake without being able to answer.

The teacup in his hand looked as if it would fall down at any moment.

‘And why is he acting like this?’

no idea what was going on. Jack then finally managed

tea because it suddenly got cold.

‘Cold?’

Jack's hand while Cale

Clang!

the teacup on the

“It is a god.”

‘God?’

even

that is the aura of

had figured out what Jack was feeling. A cold and scary feeling that could not be resolved by something like

words of his god, but I guess he can

was

least feel it when the god was looking at him. She opened her mouth

a god is scary, chilling, and

she complained about how the God of Death was whining and swore all

as how being excommunicated did not stop her from living her life following her own

“…Miss Cage.”

a bit after a priestess serving the God of Death

what do you want

hand out at

reaching for

soon placed in his hand. Cale had

you

compact mirror

Click.

could see the

“Ah.”

eyes opened wide. He looked

there are letters

‘Letters here too?’

in

“What does it say?”

back at the mirror while continuing to

“Condemnation. It says condemnation.”

was as if the word was being etched

allowed them to be certain that this compact mirror was the,

Sun God was not a benevolent

god who acted

he was rational made

judgment made without being swayed

relieved after seeing the word

word, ‘condemnation,’ was

he was scared. He

feel anger coming

no confidence to hold

mirror back from Jack. He did not see anything written on the mirror. He also did not feel any scary aura coming from

will keep

Cale's response. However, the smile quickly disappeared after

to take this mirror with you when we go to the Empire,

then shared the information about Alchemist Rei and the Cat Knight Rex. Furthermore, he thoroughly explained the image

could only blankly stare at Cale after hearing all of this. Cale

to

words made

need to

and the crazy priestess

“Young master-nim.”

“Yes?”

“I respect you.”

continued to speak after seeing that

to save people like you do, young master-nim. I

He could

I think I

from his seat. He said

“Young master-nim.”

“Gasp.”

Cale gasped in shock.

pair of completely

was the Tiger shaman

“What, what is it?”

However, Gashan had a serious

power had come down.

It really

his head to show Gashan that it

you

“What?”

“Gasp.”

Cale gasped once again.

Raon raised his voice.

you see that our human is shocked? You might kill

‘…Kill?’

from saying anything scarier and awkwardly smiled toward

his lair since they

was at the entrance of the

I can't believe such a little kid is a

and looked at Raon with disbelief before turning

“Here you go.”

handed a bottle with a purple liquid to Cale. Raon's eyes started to

the Dragon's

Rage,’ however, Cale did not care as

the one from the

item they had

do you

magic bag as he responded to

the Empire and

flinched once again at Cale’s casual words. He felt as if he had

then heard Raon's

“Ah, I see!”

was also very casual

Gashan started to worry.

come under someone who is

was too

Cale asked Gashan.

Tigers good at climbing

“···Excuse me? Cliffs?”

is a pretty

honestly

“Well, the warriors can.”

Smirk.

Cale started to smile.

“Is that so?”

nature to tell him that this would be bad, however,

of Death when the

sir, huh? The Gorge of

of the Five Forbidden

in. Furthermore, it was so terrible that even plants could

gulped after hearing Cale talking about

will fall

“Ho.”

heard the ancient Dragon's

unlucky punk is quite