Trash of the Count's Family

Choi Han looked as if he was running across a flat plain, even as he jumped across roofs with Cale on his back.

‘This is more comfortable than a carriage.’

Cale was admiring Choi Han’s extreme stability while enjoying the apple pie that was fed into his mouth every time he opened it.

The smell and texture of apples along with the sweetness. Cale licked his lips after finishing one slice of apple pie and felt more relaxed.

‘Much better.’

The only issue with the Fire of Destruction was this extreme hunger that came afterward.

‘But this time was much better than the time at the Ten Finger Mountains because I didn’t cough up blood-’

He could not finish his thought.

Cough.

Cale coughed, and blood seeped into Choi Han's clothes.

‘Damn it.’

Cale realized something after seeing that he was coughing up blood.

‘There’s always blood when the Vitality of the Heart moves with urgency.’

This was the case whether it was the Plaza Terror Incident, the Ten Finger Mountains incident, or the recent incident in the Empire when he used the shield again. Whenever he used a significant amount of strength, the Vitality of the Heart would urgently start to work in order to restore his health. It always made him let out one bloody cough.

‘But I feel so much better.’

It always made him feel better afterward.

Cale was relieved that something terrible like coughing up blood while eating apple pie did not happen and looked toward Raon.

“…What are you doing?”

“…Nothing, human.”

Cale could see a piece of apple pie flying away as dust. He could also see the poisonous fog starting to come out of On and Hong’s bodies.

He had an iffy feeling about it all as he patted Choi Han's back. Shouldn’t he at least apologize for getting blood on him?

“Sorry.”

“…It was not a problem.”

Choi Han responded after a while. That made Cale think that Choi Han was annoyed that there was blood on his back but had calmed himself down.

Even he would have been angry if it had happened to him.

Cale wanted to move away from the angry Choi Han. He had filled his belly with apple pie, so he could probably walk on his own now.

“I should be okay to get off now. Let’s start moving again once you put me down.”

“…It is not a problem.”

‘Not a problem?’

Cale found Choi Han’s response to be odd. Choi Han quickly added on.

“It is like moving with a broom on my back. You are lighter than a haystack. Furthermore, I can move more efficiently and stealthily than you can, Cale-nim.”

‘…Did he just compare me to a broom and a haystack?’

Cale knew that Choi Han was speaking honestly, but he couldn't help but feel upset. Raon shoved another piece of apple pie toward him at that moment and started to speak.

“Listen to Choi Han, weak human.”

“But-”

Raon shoved the apple pie in Cale’s mouth when he opened his mouth to speak. Cale looked toward Raon with shock, but the Black Dragon had a determined look on his face.

“Human, I don't care what you have to say. Listen to our will this time.”

‘What does he mean by our will?’

Cale was flabbergasted. However, he did not say what he was originally going to say. What he had planned to say was not different than this, ‘will,’ that Raon was talking about.

‘I don't mind, this makes it easier for me.’

It was relaxing to be carried and fed apple pie as they headed up the hill to the white Duke’s Estate.

However, the streets underneath them were becoming completely chaotic.

Cale looked down at the streets.

The streets were busy even though it was night time. The wooden pillar was still burning. However, neither laughter nor music could be heard.

All of them were looking in the same direction.

They were all looking toward the lake of legends. They could not see the lake itself, but they could see the tall pillar of fire that was shooting up toward the sky.

“T, there’s a pillar of fire at the l, lake……!”

One of the nobles who was enjoying his meal in a VIP room walked out onto the terrace in shock.

pay attention to the

if it could easily decimate this plaza had scared the shit out

the red thunderbolt that had

It was as if-

“…God.”

seemed to be a god's

hand started to

that the god left from start to

not

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

had

see people reacting in many different ways. People may end up getting

the noble was not

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

see vapor starting to

wooden pillar was put

mages had poured water onto the wooden pillar, leaving behind

was amplified with magic echoed

be put

noble turned his

some information earlier in the day. Duke Sekka was going to visit the wooden

was standing on a terrace and speaking to the crowd down in the plaza. The citizens could finally see

Duke, Rock Sekka, was still known as the, ‘Guardian Knight,’ to the people. Rock started to

is the Paerun Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat

located in

the fire. In fact, the fact that it was dry made it

win against

to the

knights. The fire

soldiers and knights who had been stationed at the plaza, as well as the Sekka Estate's knights that Duke Rock had brought with him, quickly headed into

watching all of this as

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

a bit shocked

know that the current Duke would come to the

knew that there would be a noble to calm the crowd in the

never expected it to

it

looking at Cale almost obsessively, started to

are you smiling

Choi Han flinch. It was because he could

He had no

of the crowd as if it was the

will soon be

‘Soon?’

was

alchemy after a few days. They should know about the pillar of fire that the Empire used

the end, the Duke will not be able to keep his promise to the

was satisfied at this unexpected situation as he looked,

The Paerun Castle.

where Guardian Knight Clopeh was

was not the only one who had his sights on the castle. Duke Rock was also

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

son would be heading toward the lake with his people. He was confident that his son would take care of this

main gates of the castle opened as if it was

Screeeech-

There was a knight holding a white

“Let’s go.”

gave the short order before quickly heading toward the lake of God's

the brightly lit plaza. However, a

was not good for Clopeh, who was planning on moving south as soon as

beating fast even though he looked

What was going on?

in the wind. That made him recall the events

he had met a few days

priest had said were

air. The identity card he had been presented had ended up being a fake. The priest

that the lake fills

had thought of something while

gaze seemed to be

praying for it, his gaze had been full of

will be visible in due

gathered up his gift to the humans and left because of human greed. He never showed

were holding the

lifted his head up. He needed to

“Woah, woah-”

stood there without being able to move any farther. Clopeh quietly observed the situation in front

say anything about the sight

he could see was the

“How could this-”

continued to shoot up toward the

Anger.

to beat wildly. The mages

“Captain-nim!”

gave an order with a stoic

units focus on putting out the fire. Knights, cut the nearby trees and bring