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

it could easily decimate this plaza

red thunderbolt that had just descended onto the

It was as if-

“…God.”

be a

hand started

the god

he could not

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

who had

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

the noble

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

see vapor starting

wooden pillar was

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

that moment, a loud voice that was amplified with

be

turned his head to

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

and speaking to the crowd down

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

is the Paerun Kingdom. Fire

in the coldest part of the

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 started to calm down after

cannot win against

to the wooden

knights. The fire will soon

Sekka Estate's knights that Duke Rock had brought

while watching all of this as they moved past the

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

was a bit shocked as

know that the current Duke would come to

a noble

never expected it to

it

had been looking at Cale almost obsessively, started to

you smiling

made Choi Han flinch. It was because he could imagine how Cale was smiling by simply listening

just ignored that reaction. He had no choice because

said it in front of the crowd

soon be put

‘Soon?’

was

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

the Duke will not be able to keep his promise to the

situation as he looked, not

The Paerun Castle.

where Guardian Knight

his sights on

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

son would be heading toward the lake with his people. He was confident that his son would take care

as if it was responding

Screeeech-

on horseback appeared from 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

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

was not good for Clopeh, who was planning

even though he looked calm on

What was going on?

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

priest he had met a

that the priest had said were dominating his

air. The identity card he had been presented had ended

the lake fills back up

of something while listening

to be full of

for it, his gaze had been full of certainty.

will be visible in

and left because of human greed. He

were holding the reins

head up. He

“Woah, woah-”

stopped on its own. It just stood there without being able

sight of the lake

all he could see was the

“How could this-”

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

Anger.

beat wildly. The mages who had been with

“Captain-nim!”

an order

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