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

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

the red thunderbolt that had just descended onto

It was as if-

“…God.”

to be

noble's hand started to

lake that the god left

not finish

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

down below the terrace. The people who had been shocked

see people reacting in many different ways.

noble

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

could see vapor

the wooden pillar was put

moving. The mages had poured water onto the wooden pillar, leaving behind

loud voice that was amplified with magic echoed

can be

noble turned his head

day. Duke Sekka was going to visit

Sekka Duchy’s current Duke. He was standing on a terrace and speaking to the crowd

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

the Paerun Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat our

located in the coldest part of

it was dry made it more susceptible to fires. However,

cannot win

Rock pointed to the

knights. The fire will soon be put

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 plaza

watching all of this as they moved past the

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

was a bit shocked

current Duke would come

a noble to

never expected it to

makes it quite

who had been looking at Cale

are you smiling

It was because he could imagine how Cale was smiling by

had no

had said it in front of the crowd as if it was

soon be put

‘Soon?’

Duke was speaking

Empire’s alchemy after a few days. They should know about the pillar of fire that the Empire used on Maple

the Duke will not be able to keep his

this unexpected situation as he looked,

The Paerun Castle.

Knight Clopeh was currently

not the only one who had his sights on the castle. Duke Rock was also looking toward the

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

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

as if it was

Screeeech-

from within the castle. There was a knight holding a white flag

“Let’s go.”

quickly heading toward the

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

was not good for Clopeh, who was planning on

even though he looked

What was going on?

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

white-haired priest he had met a

the priest had said were

had disappeared into thin air. The identity card he had been presented had ended up being

that the lake fills

of something

seemed to be full of

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

visible in due

to the humans and left because of human greed. He never showed any

were

up. He needed to

“Woah, woah-”

did not need to do anything. The horse stopped on its own. It just stood there without being able to move any farther.

say anything about the sight of the

see was the pillar

“How could this-”

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

Anger.

beat wildly. The mages who

“Captain-nim!”

gave an order with a

fire. Knights, cut the nearby trees and bring over large