Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 171: Perhaps (6)

Cale observed the Elf priestess while holding the gold and coins in his arms.

The young priestess who had rushed over let out a sigh of relief before flinching. She had finally seen the Black Dragon sitting down next to Cale.

“Gasp!”

They all heard her gasp.

The Black Dragon Raon spoke into Cale’s mind to share his first impression of this priestess.

She seems like a nice Elf.

He then peeked toward the large bag of coins in Cale's arm. On the other hand, the young priestess bowed toward Raon.

“It is an honor to meet you, Dragon-nim! My name is Adite, and I serve the World Tree-nim in this End Village.”

“Oh.”

Cale let out a quiet gasp.

He had never seen an Elf behav so calmly around a Dragon before. He remembered what Eruhaben had told him.

‘Talk to the Elf in charge of the World Tree if the other Elves do not understand. Then everything will be fine.’

The, ‘do not understand,’ was literally talking about the Elves not understanding what Cale was saying. It was just in case they were too busy revering the Dragon that they could not understand anything else.

“Yes. Nice to meet you, little Elf.”

Raon's bright greeting to the priestess made all of the other Elves start to smile.

All of their gazes were focused on Raon as they continued to nod their heads. They looked toward Cale who had come to deliver Eruhaben's message every so often, but it was rare.

That was why they would not be able to understand anything Cale needed to say. It wasn't that they were ignoring Cale on purpose. They just could not help but look at Raon.

Of course, there was something Cale did not know.

There was a reason that the Elves were nodding their heads and looking at him every so often.

It was because of the conversation that the beings that Cale could not see were having.

‘The World Tree called the priestess over to say something because of this red-haired human! I think it has been over a hundred years since the World Tree has talked about a human!’

‘This human has a strong aura of nature on him. He is probably the human with the most natural elements.’

‘No wonder he is with two Dragon-nims. This human smells really good.’

The Elementals were talking about Cale.

The Elves couldn’t help but peek over at him after hearing what the Elementals had to say.

“Hmm?”

Cale realized that the Elves were starting to look at him more and more often. Most importantly, the young priestess started to scrunch her freckled nose as she stood there with her hands clasped together.

‘… This is weird.’

Cale flinched after he started to realize something was weird.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaa-

It felt like there was a breeze. However, there was no actual breeze.

“…What is this?”

Cale became anxious.

One, two.

He could see many colorful and half-transparent Elemental.

That wasn’t weird. This was the case at the Elf Village in the Ten Finger Mountains as well.

There were a lot of Elementals.

That wasn’t weird either. The Elementals were born by the World Tree. This was their hometown.

The issue was elsewhere.

Where were all of these numerous Elementals gathered?

“Wow!”

Hong shouted in admiration.

“There’s so many of them!”

On was shocked as well.

All of the Elementals were by Cale's side.

Cale could see the Elementals flying around next to him. It sounded like they were saying something, but Cale could not understand any of it.

‘I smell a strong scent of wind! It is covert, but noticeable!’

‘This one is wood. Yes, the wood is small compared to the earth, wind, and other elements, but it is firm. I can feel that firmness! How wonderful!’

‘Mm, I also smell the fragrance of very sweet water. I feel like it will draw me in.’

The young priestess paid close attention to all of these comments. At that moment, something the Elementals said caught her attention.

‘There is an aura of fire as well. Yes, fire is greedy. That is why it is pure and beautiful. He has a very natural aura of fire.’

A sea of fire.

That phrase echoed in the young priestess’s mind. The priestess clasped her hands together and started to speak.

“Are you the one who has come to deliver Eruhaben-nim’s message?”

Cale was getting annoyed by the Elementals around him, but still did his best to smile and respond. However, Raon was faster than Cale.

good person! His name is Cale Henituse!

fly around Cale with

was stuck to his side, as well as the Elves who

My name is Cale

gave off the unique presence of a

looked

middle-aged Elf that had originally come to greet Cale

name is Dickle, and I

“Nice to meet you.”

and Dickle shared a respectful greeting with

with a blank expression.

“…What the…”

one of the most constant things in his life suddenly

understood what Cale meant when he said that

could not believe

However, Cale being surrounded by the Elementals shocked him

‘Is he really human?’

even though he knew that Cale was a

a

control of these lands due to their numbers, there were many Beast people and other races within these

to see a human getting along with so many

Han and Rosalyn's conversation

“As expected of Cale-nim.”

you say, ‘as expected of

“Am I wrong?”

master

like they were used to calling Cale unique. Archie

what must be going through the Whale's mind and started

amazing how young master

“Yes.”

Archie immediately answered.

about everything young master Cale has

listening to Rosalyn, let out

had

Rosalyn continued to speak.

has done all of that but never asked for a title or anything of influence. Although he has received some monetary rewards, I do

there was one reason she

He was not greedy.

He likes money?

power were worse

do merchants try to buy titles for themselves once they are overflowing with money? And why do kings of history who had enough money and power start

were many types of greed that were worse than

toward these things. In

also doesn’t use the money

the Henituse territory and all of their other actions had required

that Cale did use his money for

feed himself or to provide food and lodging for his

of person who

knew when to use money for the greater good while being satisfied with eating simple fruits

be okay for Cale to make

‘…Magic Tower.’

Rosalyn had not declined when Cale offered to invest in the

human mind, Cale’s past actions made her feel like she could understand why Cale wanted to invest in the

Magic Tower that helps to make the world

than the one that used to stand in the Whipper

create that type of Magic Tower and become the Tower Master. Cale turned around at that moment and the

same time, she realized that the Elves

the rest. He

smart Rosalyn. Over here is the

brightly every time

hands out first. It was the same with Choi Han and

had only heard about the Whale-nims. It is my first time meeting one in person. You

with a smile and shook

was starting to accept

getting along with the

“Priestess-nim.”

young girl had tears in her eyes and was looking at him as if he was a

not have any desire for material

gold in his arms. The priestess Adite responded

should not get too obsessed with worldly possessions, it told us that it would be

before informing Cale of

wishes to

if he accepted the coins and the gold, but

sounds great. I want to meet World Tree-nim as

took the lead

“Just follow me.”

following behind her as she listened to the

is imperfectly perfect and strongly weak.

interested in Elementalists. However, these Elementals

to keep up with her as they

then put on an odd

so

old Needle Leaf tree that you could

is the World

commonly seen tree

was shocked

the trees found in the Forest of Darkness. In

trees around it look more like they could be the World

if they were protecting it were

how the World Tree-nim

started to speak as if she had

been shocked at the World Tree’s

a bit before saying

things in things we only glance at, the truth may be hidden in an average

“…As I expected.”

who had calmed herself down on the way to the

around the area where only he, Raon, the young priestess, and the World Tree

was at that

Shhhhhhh-

started to

“Cale-nim!”