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.

could not pay attention to

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

thunderbolt that had just descended onto the

It was as if-

“…God.”

be

hand started

that the god

he could not finish his

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

down below the terrace. The people who had been shocked

others who kneeled and started to pray. He could see people reacting in many different ways. People may end up getting hurt if the plaza ended up in

noble was

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

see vapor starting to

the wooden pillar was

mages had poured water onto

was amplified

can be

noble turned his head to

Sekka was going to visit the wooden pillar in

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

Knight,’ to the people. Rock

Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat our

in

the fire. In fact, the fact that it was dry made it more

cannot win against

pointed to

to the knights. The fire will soon be put

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

to speak while watching all of this as they moved

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

bit shocked as

that the current Duke would come to the

be a noble to

he never expected it

makes it

who had been looking at Cale almost obsessively, started

you smiling like that

could

had no

of the crowd as if it was the

soon

‘Soon?’

Duke was

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

be able to keep his

was satisfied at this unexpected situation as he looked, not

The Paerun Castle.

Knight Clopeh was currently

one who had his sights on the

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

be heading toward the lake with his people. He

the castle opened as if it was

Screeeech-

gate opened 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.”

gave the short order before quickly heading toward the lake

break while looking toward the brightly

was not good for Clopeh, who was planning

heart was beating fast even though he looked calm on the

What was going on?

the wind. That made him recall the events

had met a few days

that the priest had said were dominating his

card he had been presented had ended up

the lake fills back up

thought of something while listening to the

to be full of

praying for it, his gaze had been full of certainty. Clopeh remembered all of the

visible in

and left because of human

were holding

his head up. He

“Woah, woah-”

It just stood there

say anything about the sight

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

“How could this-”

pillar of fire did not extend beyond the lake and just continued to shoot

Anger.

The mages who had been with him

“Captain-nim!”

gave an order with a stoic

units focus on putting out the fire. Knights, cut the nearby trees and bring over large quantities of dirt. Mages, start