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.

pay attention to the wooden

if it could easily decimate this plaza had scared the shit out

the red thunderbolt that had just

It was as if-

“…God.”

be a

noble's hand

the lake that the god left from

he could not

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

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

pray. He could see people reacting in many different ways.

noble

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

see vapor starting

fire on the wooden pillar was put

fire being put out made people stop moving. The mages had poured water onto the wooden pillar, leaving behind only the charred

a loud voice that was amplified with

can be

turned his

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

speaking to the crowd down in the plaza.

still known as the, ‘Guardian Knight,’ to the people. Rock started to speak

Paerun Kingdom. Fire cannot

in

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

win against

Rock pointed to the

The fire will soon be

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

speak while watching all of this as they

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

a bit

know that the current Duke would

knew that there would be a noble

never expected it to be the

makes it quite

at Cale almost

are you

he could imagine how Cale was

ignored that reaction. He had no choice because

of the crowd as if

soon

‘Soon?’

Duke was speaking

the Empire’s alchemy after a few days. They should know about the pillar of fire

not be able

he looked, not at the Sekka

The Paerun Castle.

where Guardian Knight Clopeh was

not the only one who had his sights on the castle. Duke Rock

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

heading toward the lake with his

as if it was responding to the Duke's

Screeeech-

was a knight holding a

“Let’s go.”

before quickly

short break while looking toward the

was planning on moving south as

even though he looked calm on the

What was going on?

could see his white hair fluttering in the wind. That made him recall the events

he had met a few

words that the priest had

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

lake

thought of something while listening to

gaze seemed to be full of

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

be visible in due

god gathered up his gift to the humans and left

were holding

head up. He needed

“Woah, woah-”

on its own. It just stood there without being able to move any farther. Clopeh quietly observed the situation in front of

sight of the lake in front

was the pillar of fire

“How could this-”

shoot up toward the sky. Looking at

Anger.

wildly. The mages who had been with

“Captain-nim!”

gave an order

on putting out the fire. Knights, cut the nearby trees and bring over