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 the wooden pillar

looked as if it could easily decimate this plaza had

red thunderbolt that

It was as if-

“…God.”

seemed to be a

hand started to

would the lake that the

he could not finish his

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

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

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

noble was not

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

vapor

wooden pillar

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

was amplified with magic echoed throughout

can be

turned his head to the

Sekka

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

‘Guardian Knight,’ to the people. Rock started

Paerun Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat our Paerun

Kingdom was located in the coldest part of the

with putting out the fire. In fact, the fact that it was dry made it

win

to

knights. The

the plaza, as well as the Sekka Estate's knights that Duke Rock had brought with him, quickly headed into the plaza

watching all of

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

a bit

the current Duke would come to

there would be a noble to calm the crowd in the

expected it to be the Duke

it quite

been looking at Cale almost obsessively, started

you smiling

flinch. It was because he could imagine how Cale was smiling by simply listening to

He had no choice because of the Duke's

said it in front of the crowd as if it

soon be put

‘Soon?’

Duke was

out no matter what they do. They will only think about the Empire’s alchemy after a few days. They should

not be able to keep

satisfied at this unexpected situation as he looked, not at

The Paerun Castle.

Guardian Knight Clopeh was

on the castle. Duke Rock was

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

lake with his people. He was confident

main gates of the castle opened as

Screeeech-

appeared from within the castle. There was a knight holding a white flag in the front with Guardian Knight Clopeh behind

“Let’s go.”

the short order before quickly heading toward

short break while looking toward the brightly lit plaza. However, a red thunderbolt suddenly shot

was not good for Clopeh, who was planning on moving south

beating fast even though he looked calm on the

What was going on?

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

priest he had met

that the priest had said were dominating his

priest who had disappeared into thin air. The identity card he had been presented

pray that the lake fills back up

something while

seemed to

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

be visible in due

humans and left

were holding the reins

up. He needed

“Woah, woah-”

own. It just stood there without being

could not say anything about the sight of the lake in

be specific, all he could see was the pillar of

“How could this-”

just continued to shoot up toward the sky. Looking at this

Anger.

started to beat wildly. The mages who had been with

“Captain-nim!”

gave an order with a stoic

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