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 to the wooden pillar

giant pillar of fire that looked as if it could easily decimate this plaza had scared

recalled the red thunderbolt that had just descended onto

It was as if-

“…God.”

be a god's

hand

the god left from start to

he could not

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

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

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

noble was not

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

see vapor starting

on the wooden

the fire being put out made people stop moving. The mages had poured water

was amplified with magic echoed

can be put

his head to the

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

He was standing on a terrace and speaking to the crowd down in the plaza.

current Duke, Rock Sekka, was still known as the, ‘Guardian Knight,’ to the people. Rock started to speak with a

Fire cannot defeat

Paerun Kingdom was located in the coldest part

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

cannot win against

Rock pointed to

to the knights. The fire will soon

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

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

was a bit

didn't know that the current

a noble to calm

expected it to

makes it

been looking at Cale almost obsessively, started to

you smiling

he could imagine how Cale

He had no choice because of the

in front of the crowd as if it was

will soon be put

‘Soon?’

was speaking

they do. They will only think about the Empire’s alchemy after a few days. They should know about the pillar of fire that the Empire used on Maple Castle since they are in

will not be able to keep his promise to

was satisfied at this unexpected situation as he looked, not at the

The Paerun Castle.

was where Guardian Knight

on the castle. Duke Rock was also looking

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

with his people. He was confident that his

of the castle opened as if it was responding to the Duke's

Screeeech-

was a

“Let’s go.”

quickly heading toward the

looking toward the brightly lit plaza. However, a red thunderbolt suddenly shot down to the ground

good for Clopeh, who was planning on moving south

was beating fast even though he looked

What was going on?

hair fluttering in the wind. That made him recall

white-haired priest he had met a few

the priest had said were dominating

he had been presented had ended up being a fake. The priest

lake

something while listening to

seemed to be full of

it, his gaze had been full of certainty.

visible

to the humans and left because of

that were holding the

his head up. He needed to

“Woah, woah-”

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

could not say anything about the sight

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 up toward the sky. Looking

Anger.

beat wildly. The mages who had been with him

“Captain-nim!”

an order with a stoic

nearby trees and bring over large