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.

could not pay attention to the wooden

it could easily decimate this plaza had

thunderbolt that had

It was as if-

“…God.”

seemed to be a god's

hand started

lake that the

not finish his

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

who had been shocked

started to pray. He could see people reacting in many different ways. People may end up getting

the noble was not

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

could see vapor starting to

fire on the wooden pillar

mages had poured water onto the wooden

that moment, a loud voice that was amplified with magic echoed throughout

can be

noble turned his

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

current Duke. He was standing on a terrace and speaking to

still known as the, ‘Guardian Knight,’ to the people. Rock started to speak with a

Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat

Kingdom was located in the coldest part

do with putting out the fire. In fact, the fact that it was dry made it more

cannot win against

Rock pointed to the wooden

The fire

Estate's knights that Duke Rock had brought

while watching all of this as they moved past

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

bit shocked as

that the current Duke would

there would be a noble to calm the crowd in the

he never expected it to

it

been looking at Cale almost obsessively, started

you smiling like

was because he could imagine how

reaction. He had

said it in front of the crowd as if it was the

fire will soon be

‘Soon?’

Duke was speaking

would not go out no matter what they do. They will only think about the Empire’s alchemy after a few days. They should know about the pillar of fire that the Empire used on Maple Castle since they

end, the Duke will not be

at this unexpected situation as he looked, not at

The Paerun Castle.

where Guardian Knight Clopeh was currently

one who had his sights on the

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

toward the lake with his people. He was confident that his son would

opened as if it was responding to the

Screeeech-

horseback appeared from within the castle. There was a knight holding a white flag in the front with

“Let’s go.”

the short order before quickly heading toward

while looking toward the brightly lit plaza. However, a red thunderbolt

was not good for Clopeh, who was planning

beating fast even though he looked calm on the

What was going on?

wind. That made him recall the events of the other day even

white-haired priest he had met a few

had said were

air. The identity card he had been presented had ended up

that the lake fills back up

something while

seemed to be full

gaze had been full of certainty. Clopeh remembered

visible

gift to the humans and left

were holding

up. He needed

“Woah, woah-”

just stood there without being able to move any

about the sight of the

be specific, all he could see was the pillar of fire filling

“How could this-”

and just continued to shoot up toward the sky. Looking at

Anger.

beat wildly. The mages who had been with him

“Captain-nim!”

an order

trees