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

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

that had

It was as if-

“…God.”

seemed to be

noble's hand

would the lake that the god left from

could not finish

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

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

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

noble was

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

vapor starting to

on the wooden

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

that moment, a loud voice that was amplified with

can be

noble turned his

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

and speaking to the crowd down in the plaza. The citizens could

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

Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat our Paerun

located in

out the fire. In fact, the fact that it was dry made it more susceptible to fires. However, people started

win against

Rock pointed to the

the knights. The fire will

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

while watching all of this as they moved

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

bit shocked as

didn't know that the current Duke would come to the

would be a noble to calm

expected it to be the

it quite

who had been looking at Cale almost

why are you smiling like

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

He had no choice because

the crowd as if it was

fire will soon

‘Soon?’

Duke was

alchemy after a few

Duke will not be able to keep

situation as he looked, not at

The Paerun Castle.

Knight Clopeh was currently

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

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

be heading toward the lake with his people. He

opened as if it

Screeeech-

on horseback appeared from within the castle. There was a

“Let’s go.”

short order before quickly heading

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

heart was beating fast even though he looked calm

What was going on?

That made him recall the

had met a few days

priest had

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

pray that the lake fills back up

something while listening to

gaze seemed to be

had been full of certainty. Clopeh remembered all of the things that the priest had

be visible in

god gathered up his gift to the humans and left because of

were holding the reins

then lifted his head up. He needed to stop

“Woah, woah-”

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

could not say anything about the sight of the lake in

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

“How could this-”

beyond the lake and just continued to shoot up toward the sky. Looking at this made him think of a

Anger.

The mages who had been

“Captain-nim!”

order with

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