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 the

looked as if it could

the red thunderbolt that had just

It was as if-

“…God.”

be a god's

noble's hand started

the lake that the god left from start

not finish his

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

down below the terrace. The people who had

people reacting in many different

the noble was

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

vapor

the wooden pillar was put

out made people stop moving. The mages had poured

voice that was amplified with magic echoed throughout

be put

noble turned his head to the

some information earlier in the day. Duke Sekka was

terrace and speaking to the

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

Fire cannot defeat our

was located in the coldest part of the

it was dry made it more susceptible to fires. However, people started to calm down after hearing

cannot win

to

listen to the knights. The fire will soon be

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 the plaza and settled

of this as they moved

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

was a bit shocked

that the current Duke

that there would be a noble

expected it to

makes it quite

who had been looking at Cale almost

are you

comment made Choi Han flinch. It was because he could imagine how Cale was smiling by simply

ignored that reaction. He had no

of the crowd as if it was the

will soon

‘Soon?’

was

do. They will only think about the Empire’s alchemy after a few days. They should

be able to keep his promise to

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

The Paerun Castle.

Guardian Knight Clopeh was

only one who had his sights on the castle. Duke

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

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

opened as if it was responding to the Duke's

Screeeech-

as knights on horseback appeared from within the castle. There was a knight holding a white flag in the front with Guardian Knight

“Let’s go.”

order before quickly heading toward

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

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

beating fast even though

What was going on?

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

had met a

that the priest had said

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

the lake

something while listening to the

gaze seemed to be full of

it, his gaze had been full of certainty. Clopeh remembered all of the things that the priest had

will be visible in

humans and

that were holding

then lifted his head up. He needed to stop his

“Woah, woah-”

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

anything about the sight of

see was the pillar of fire filling the

“How could this-”

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

Anger.

mages who

“Captain-nim!”

an order with a stoic

fire. Knights, cut the nearby trees and bring over large quantities of