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.

not pay attention to

fire that looked as if it could

thunderbolt that had just descended onto

It was as if-

“…God.”

seemed to be a god's

hand started

that the god left from start to

could not finish

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

terrace. The people who had been shocked by this

were some who were running away and others who kneeled and started to pray. He could see people reacting in many different ways. People may end

the noble

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

see vapor

on the wooden pillar was put

stop moving. The mages

that moment, a loud voice that was amplified with

can be

his head to the

day. Duke Sekka was going to visit the

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

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

Fire

located in the coldest

fire. In fact, the fact that it was dry made it more susceptible to fires.

win against

Rock pointed to

The fire will soon be

well as the Sekka Estate's knights that Duke Rock had brought with him,

speak while watching all of this as they moved past the

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

was a bit shocked as

know that the current Duke would come to

there would be a noble

he never expected it to be the

it

at

are you smiling like that

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

that reaction. He had no choice because

of the crowd as if it

will soon be put

‘Soon?’

Duke was speaking

out no matter what they do. They will only think about the Empire’s alchemy after a few days. They should know

end, the Duke will not be

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

The Paerun Castle.

where Guardian Knight Clopeh was currently

who had his sights on the castle. Duke Rock was also looking toward the

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

his people. He was confident that his son

as if it was

Screeeech-

horseback appeared from within the castle. There was

“Let’s go.”

the short order before quickly heading

castle before taking a short break while looking toward the brightly lit plaza. However, a red thunderbolt suddenly shot down to

good for Clopeh, who was planning on moving

heart was beating fast even though he looked

What was going on?

in the wind. That

priest he had met

the priest had said were

who had disappeared into thin air. The identity card he had been presented had ended up being a fake. The priest had said the

that the lake fills back

thought of something while listening to

to

had been full of certainty.

visible in due

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

were

lifted his head up.

“Woah, woah-”

on its own. It just stood there without being able to move any farther. Clopeh quietly observed

sight of the lake in front

he could see was

“How could this-”

continued to shoot up toward the sky. Looking at this

Anger.

heart started to beat wildly. The mages who had

“Captain-nim!”

order with a stoic

the nearby trees and bring over large quantities of dirt.