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 wooden pillar

of fire that looked as if it could easily decimate this plaza

the red thunderbolt that had just descended onto the

It was as if-

“…God.”

be a god's

hand started

the

not finish

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

people who had

see people reacting in many

the noble was

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

could see vapor starting

fire on the wooden pillar was put

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

was amplified

be

noble turned his head

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

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

the, ‘Guardian Knight,’ to the people. Rock started to speak with

the Paerun Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat our Paerun

Kingdom was located in the coldest part

fact that it was dry made

win against

to the wooden

The fire will soon be

soldiers 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 the

watching all of this as they moved past the

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

was a bit shocked as

the current Duke would come to the

there would be a noble to calm the crowd in

he never expected it to be the Duke

makes it quite

looking at Cale almost obsessively,

you smiling like

was because he could imagine

just ignored that reaction. He had

in front of the crowd as if

soon be put

‘Soon?’

was speaking

a few days. They should know about the pillar

the Duke will not be able to keep

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

The Paerun Castle.

where Guardian Knight

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

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

toward the lake with his people.

opened as if

Screeeech-

appeared from within the castle. There was a knight holding a white flag

“Let’s go.”

gave the short order before quickly

business in the castle before taking a short break while looking toward the brightly lit plaza. However, a red

not good for Clopeh, who was planning

beating fast even though he

What was going on?

wind. That made him recall the events of

had

words that the priest had said were

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

pray that the lake fills back

of something while listening

to be

his gaze had been full of certainty. Clopeh remembered all

will be visible in due

gathered up his gift to the humans and left

hands that were

his head up. He needed to stop his

“Woah, woah-”

anything. The horse stopped on its own. It just stood there without

the sight of the lake in front

could see was the pillar of fire filling

“How could this-”

of fire did not extend beyond the lake and just continued to shoot up toward the sky. Looking at

Anger.

started to beat wildly. The mages who had been with

“Captain-nim!”

gave an order with

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