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.

attention to

could easily

that

It was as if-

“…God.”

be a god's

noble's hand started to

the god left from start

could not

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

down below the terrace. The people who had been shocked by this

others who kneeled and started to pray. He could see people reacting in many different ways. People may end up getting hurt

the noble was not

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

could see vapor starting to

fire on the wooden pillar

moving. The mages had poured water onto the wooden pillar,

a loud voice that was amplified with

can be put

turned his

Sekka

speaking to the crowd down in the plaza. The citizens could finally see the

was still known as the, ‘Guardian Knight,’ to the

the Paerun Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat our

was located in the coldest part of the

it was

cannot win against

Rock pointed to the

listen to the knights. The fire will soon be

at the plaza, as well as the Sekka Estate's knights that

watching all of this as they

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

bit shocked

that the current Duke would

noble to calm the

it to be the

it quite

looking at Cale almost

are you

It was because he could imagine how Cale was smiling by simply listening to Raon's

just ignored that reaction. He had no

said it in front of the crowd as if it was

fire will soon be

‘Soon?’

Duke was speaking

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

the Duke will not be able to keep his promise

unexpected situation as he looked, not at the Sekka Estate, but

The Paerun Castle.

Guardian Knight

only one who had his sights on the castle.

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

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

main gates of the castle opened as if it was

Screeeech-

as knights on horseback appeared from within the castle. There was a knight

“Let’s go.”

short order before quickly heading toward the

before taking a short break while looking toward the brightly lit plaza. However, a red

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

though he looked calm

What was going on?

white hair fluttering in the wind. That made him

priest he had met a few days

the priest had said were

had been presented

the lake

thought of something while listening to the

seemed to be full of

priest said he was praying for it, his gaze had been full of certainty. Clopeh

visible in

the humans and left because of human greed. He never showed

hands that were holding

up. He needed

“Woah, woah-”

not need to do anything. The horse stopped on its own. It just stood there without being able to move any farther. Clopeh quietly observed the situation

not say anything about the sight of the lake

see was the pillar of

“How could this-”

fire did not extend beyond the lake and just continued to shoot up toward the sky. Looking at this

Anger.

heart started to beat wildly. The mages who had been

“Captain-nim!”

an order

units focus on putting out the fire. Knights, cut the nearby trees and bring over large quantities of dirt. Mages, start to use