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

if it could easily decimate this plaza

red thunderbolt that had just

It was as if-

“…God.”

to be

noble's hand

the

could not

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

who had been shocked by

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

the noble was not

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

could see vapor starting to

fire on the wooden pillar was

sound of the fire being put out made people stop moving. The mages had

a loud voice that was amplified with magic echoed throughout the

be

noble turned his

heard some information earlier in the day. Duke Sekka was going

to the

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

Kingdom. Fire

located in the coldest part of the

that it was dry made it more susceptible to fires. However, people started to calm down after hearing

win

pointed to

listen to the knights. 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

to speak while watching all of

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

bit

that the current Duke would come to

knew that there would be a noble to calm

never expected it

it

been looking at Cale almost

why are you smiling like

could imagine how Cale was smiling by simply listening to Raon's

He had no choice because of the Duke's

said it in front of the crowd as

fire will soon be put

‘Soon?’

was speaking

the Empire’s alchemy after a few days. They

be able to keep his promise

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

The Paerun Castle.

where Guardian Knight Clopeh

one who had his sights on the castle. Duke Rock was also looking toward the

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

lake with his people.

main gates of the castle opened as if it was responding

Screeeech-

within the castle. There was a knight holding a white flag in the front with Guardian

“Let’s go.”

order before quickly heading toward the lake of God's

business in the castle before taking a short break while looking toward the brightly lit plaza. However, a red thunderbolt suddenly shot down to the ground

planning on

even though he looked

What was going on?

the wind. That made him recall

white-haired priest he had met a few days

the priest had said were dominating

air. The identity card he had been presented

pray that the lake fills back

thought of something while

seemed to be full of

the priest said he was praying for it, his gaze had been full of certainty. Clopeh

visible

humans and left because of human greed. He never

that were holding the

head up.

“Woah, woah-”

need to do anything. The horse stopped on its own. It just stood there without being able to move any farther. Clopeh

anything about the sight of the

could see was the

“How could this-”

not extend beyond the lake and just continued to shoot up toward the

Anger.

mages who had been with him soon caught

“Captain-nim!”

an order

nearby trees and bring over large quantities of dirt.