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

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

the red thunderbolt that had just descended

It was as if-

“…God.”

seemed to be a

hand

that the god

not finish

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

who had been shocked by this unexpected event finally started

away and others who kneeled and started to pray. He could see people reacting in many

noble

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

vapor starting

the wooden

The mages had poured

voice that was amplified

can be

noble turned his head to

Sekka was going to visit the wooden pillar in

Duke. He was standing on a terrace and speaking to the crowd down in the plaza. The citizens could finally see

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

is the Paerun Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat

Paerun Kingdom was located in the coldest part

actually did not have much to do with putting out the fire. In fact, the fact that it was dry made it more susceptible to fires. However, people

cannot win

Rock pointed to the wooden

listen to the knights. The fire will soon be put

at the plaza, as well as the Sekka Estate's knights that Duke Rock had brought

to speak while watching all of this

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

a bit

current Duke would

would be a noble to calm the crowd

never expected it to be the

it

at

you smiling like that

could imagine how Cale was smiling by simply listening

reaction. He had no

said it in front of the crowd as if it was

fire will soon

‘Soon?’

Duke was

Empire’s alchemy after a few

the Duke will not be able to keep his promise

was satisfied at this unexpected situation as he looked,

The Paerun Castle.

Guardian Knight Clopeh was currently

one who had his sights on

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

would be heading toward the lake with his people. He was confident

of the castle opened as if it was responding to the

Screeeech-

There was a knight holding a white flag in the front with Guardian Knight

“Let’s go.”

short order before quickly heading toward the lake

break while looking toward the brightly lit

was not good for Clopeh, who was planning

heart was beating fast even though he

What was going on?

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

priest he had met a few days

words that the priest had said were

The identity card he had been presented had

pray that the lake fills back up

had thought of something while listening to

to be

had been full of certainty. Clopeh remembered

will be visible

gift to the humans and left because of human greed.

that were holding

then lifted his head up. He

“Woah, woah-”

stopped on its own. It just stood there

anything about the sight

he could see was the pillar of fire filling the

“How could this-”

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

Anger.

beat wildly. The mages who had been with him

“Captain-nim!”

order with a stoic

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