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

as if it could easily decimate this plaza had scared

that had just

It was as if-

“…God.”

be

hand started

lake that the

could not finish his

“Aaaaaah!”

“F, f, fire!”

people who had

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

the noble

Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

could see vapor

fire on the wooden pillar

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

loud voice that was amplified with magic echoed throughout

be put

his head to

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

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

was still known as the, ‘Guardian Knight,’

is the Paerun Kingdom. Fire cannot defeat

Kingdom was located in the coldest part of

the fire. In fact, the fact that it was dry made it

win

Rock pointed to

knights. The fire will soon

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

while watching all of

“I'm relieved.”

He really meant it.

was a bit

know that the current Duke would come to

that there would be a noble to calm the crowd in

expected it to

makes it quite

who had been looking at Cale almost obsessively, started

are you smiling like

flinch. It was because he could imagine how Cale

reaction. He had no choice

it in front of the crowd

soon

‘Soon?’

Duke was speaking

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

Duke will not be able

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

The Paerun Castle.

Guardian Knight Clopeh was currently

the only one who had his sights on the castle.

His son, Clopeh Sekka.

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

gates of the castle opened as if it was responding

Screeeech-

as knights on horseback appeared from within the castle. There was

“Let’s go.”

quickly heading toward the lake of

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

good for Clopeh, who was planning on moving

even though he looked calm on

What was going on?

fluttering in the wind. That made him recall the events of

had met a few

had

magical priest who had disappeared into thin air. The identity card he had been presented had ended up being a fake. The priest had said the

that the lake fills back

thought of something while listening to

to be full of

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

be visible in

humans and left because of human greed.

hands that were holding the reins

his head up.

“Woah, woah-”

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

say anything about the sight of the

he could see was the pillar of fire

“How could this-”

shoot up

Anger.

heart started to beat wildly. The mages who

“Captain-nim!”

order with a stoic

focus on putting out the fire. Knights, cut the nearby trees and bring over large quantities of dirt. Mages, start