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

of fire that looked as if it could easily decimate this plaza had scared the shit out

recalled the red thunderbolt that

It was as if-

“…God.”

be a god's

noble's hand

would the lake that the

could not finish

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

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

started to pray. He could see people reacting in many different ways. People may end up getting hurt if the plaza ended up

noble was not

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

see vapor starting to

wooden pillar

out made people stop moving. The mages

loud voice that was amplified with magic

can be put

his head to the

in the day. Duke Sekka was going

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

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

the Paerun Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat our

Kingdom was located in the coldest part of

the fact that it was dry made it more susceptible to fires. However, people started to calm down after hearing the Guardian Knight

win

Rock pointed to

The fire will

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

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

a bit

didn't know that the current

there would be a noble to calm the

he never expected it to

makes it

looking at

you smiling

comment made Choi Han flinch. It was because he could imagine

that reaction. He had no choice because of

in front of the crowd as if

fire will soon be put

‘Soon?’

Duke was

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

Duke will not be

unexpected situation as he looked,

The Paerun Castle.

Knight Clopeh was currently

only one who had his sights on the

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

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

castle opened as if it was responding to

Screeeech-

was a knight holding a white flag

“Let’s go.”

quickly heading toward the lake

in the castle before taking a short break while looking toward the brightly

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

though he looked calm

What was going on?

hair fluttering in the wind. That made him recall the events

priest he had met a few

the priest had said were dominating

had

the lake fills back up

of something while listening

to

been full

be visible

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

hands that were holding

his head up. He needed

“Woah, woah-”

The horse stopped on its own. It just stood there without being able to move any farther.

the sight of the

he could see was

“How could this-”

the lake and just continued to shoot

Anger.

started to beat wildly. The mages who had been with him

“Captain-nim!”

order with a

putting out the fire. Knights, cut the nearby trees and