Trash of the Count's Family

“…How tiring.”

Cale patted his shoulder with his hand.

Harris Village.

Cale had traveled to Harris Village. He had left on his own without telling anybody, so there might be chaos at the Lord’s Castle right about now…

“It’s all fake. So, it doesn’t matter.”

‘Doesn’t matter.’

‘It is fake. It is not real.’

Cale repeated those phrases to himself as he looked in front of him.

He could see a tall stone wall in front of him.

This stone wall was created to separate the Forest of Darkness and Harris Village, as well as to protect the Henituse territory from the mutant monsters of the Forest of Darkness.

If.

If Raon was here right now.

‘Human, human! Are we going to our house? Are we going to see everyone? I want to see them all!’

Cale started to frown.

“I should buy him an apple pie.”

Cale thought about things he would do after finishing the test as he stood in front of the castle wall.

Crackle.

Cale quietly observed the small rose gold thunderbolt on top of his palm.

“…How odd.”

The cheapskate.

The rose gold light of the Fire of Destruction was definitely on Cale's palm, however, he could not hear the cheapskate’s voice no matter how hard he tried.

This was the same for the Indestructible Shield, the Scary Giant Cobblestone, and the Sound of the Wind.

None of them were responding to Cale.

Cale lifted his head up.

Swoooooosh- Swooooooosh-

Wind gathered at the tips of his feet.

His body soon shot up into the air. He could see the lush forest once he flew up to the top of the stone wall.

The Forest of Darkness.

Cale let out a sigh as soon as he saw the green forest.

“This place is the same.”

Cale could see the Forest of Darkness that was almost exactly like the one in his memories.

His body quickly started to move.

He was moving toward the cave entrance.

He got rid of the Sound of the Wind once he got there and slowly started to walk into the cave.

The book was still in his hand.

Cale started to speak.

“…The first place the White Star personally appeared during the final battle was the Henituse territory, and then, and then-”

“Shit.”

Cale couldn’t help but cuss.

He opened the book.

He could not remember the contents.

He made a guess and turned to a page.

< The White Star started in the Henituse territory as they invaded the Roan Kingdom and the entire Western continent’s northeast region. There were many casualties during this time, and numerous heroes lost their lives as well. >

Cale's former team leader Lee Soo Hyuk’s voice popped up in his mind.

‘Hey, rookie. How come you can remember anything you want to remember after seeing it once, but never remember anything you don't want to remember as if you have amnesia?’

Cale walked through the cave path that was lit up by a magic light as he looked through the book.

He could not read this book well.

He could not remember the contents of this book very well.

Rustle.

A page crumpled again. Cale was starting to get angry.

“That crazy thief.”

‘How can she make a test like this?’

Cale's gaze calmed down a bit.

Tap. Tap.

Only his footsteps could be heard in this cave.

His footsteps slowed down as he continued to walk.

He had run from the Lord’s Castle to the Forest of Darkness and even to this cave entrance faster than anybody else.

However, when heading to the place that should be at the end of this cave… Cale's footsteps heading toward the Super Rock Villa continued to slow down.

He kept thinking about what would be waiting for him there.

Of course, Cale knew he needed to go.

He knew he needed to finish this test as soon as possible.

He knew that there were people waiting for him in the real world.

“…But still.”

Cale stopped walking.

His voice was calm.

“I can’t be like this.”

Cale clenched his fists. His face did not have any emotions on it. He slammed down with a closed fist.

Pow!

Cale slammed down on his thighs and legs that had stopped moving.

He then continued to talk to himself.

“I can’t be like this.”

He was slowing down.

He was slowing down when every moment was pressing. He was slowing down when there was a mountain load of things to do. How could he stop here?

This was not something that Cale Henituse, no, Kim Rok Soo should be doing.

Pow, pow!

He continued to slam down on his tired thighs that did not want to keep walking. However, his expression remained stoic.

‘Kim Rok Soo, I…I.’

He heard his former team leader Lee Soo Hyuk’s voice in his mind.

It was something he remembered even though he hated it.

‘Will you shut your trap?’

‘Shut what? Well, looks like I’ll be shutting up for all eternity in a moment.’

‘…Please don't speak nonsense either.’

‘I’ll say what I want to say. Kim Rok Soo, hey Rok Soo.’

‘…What is it?’

‘I leave it to you. Got it?’

thought you told me to be a

to go? You, cough! Anyway…I, I leave it to you, Rok Soo. Hey Rock Soo. Take care of

‘Damn it.’

up straight

then started to walk once

that had slowed down before coming to a halt had returned to their normal speed once

speaking without knowing he was there were going

Rok Soo didn’t even cry when the person who saved his life died. How can someone be

Hyuk picked a good successor

but at

emotionless Cale walked toward

he feared the

knew what that was, however,

is why it

said that to himself

Tap. Tap.

cadence as he continued without

than the dim magic lights located periodically

walked into the

“It looks the same.”

exactly

looked exactly like the last time Cale saw the Super Rock

able to walk into the villa

then opened the room doors

“Ha, haha-”

started to

“…Ha, my goodness.”

He couldn’t believe it.

an

prayer

Sword master Hannah’s bedroom.

laboratory and

Rosalyn’s laboratory.

Click. Click.

laughter became louder each time he

It was the same.

exactly as

there were slight

the Sun on top of Saint Jack’s desk.

master Hannah’s sword was gently placed on top of her

black robes and a black wyvern bone were in

highest-grade magic stone that Cale had given her but she didn’t get to finish using were on top of her

stopped for a moment and looked

who were hit by the formidable attack of the White Star and his subordinates

why it was difficult to create graves for

“Ha, haha-”

echoed throughout the

his mouth to

"This is their grave.”

large plaza located underneath the Forest of Darkness.

Click.

door to another

his siblings had stayed in

King's diary that he had given to

Click. Click.

Beacrox and Ron.

scary father-son

“Ha!”

looked on top of Ron's bed. An arm was resting on it. It was the fake arm that

closed his eyes before

continued

Click.

then entered

After that…

Click.

he opened the door. The sword was broken and only a part

head-on and was leading the White Star away from the innocent citizens when he disappeared without a trace

thing that remained was the hilt of his

investigated the past of this hero,

Flip. Flip.

continued to turn the

Kingdom’s capital Plaza Terror Incident where Cale

came into existence along

Of course, this is merely the

Pat. Pat.

tapped his thighs with

He was feeling frustrated.

possible to find out the pasts of most of the heroes who accompanied

and Raon

his mouth to

the hell wrote

is

wanted to say those things. However, nothing was

“Haaaa.”

took a

that he could breathe

Bang.

slammed the book shut before continuing

one room left

‘My room.’

Villa. He had to walk upstairs because he

in front

“Haaaaa.”

a

Pat. Pat.

his fists

the fountain pen and the sword he had gifted to Basen and

saw belonged to Count

seemed to have

why only their

world seemed to have

Cale understood that feeling.

was somewhere that only

he planned to stay with everyone once things

that Cale would turn

This is here

video communication device he

against the White Star who was aiming for the capital

Pat. Pat.

patted his thighs

that

he soon stopped

looked on top

is driving

like he was

three piggy banks on

didn’t need to ask who’s these

Raon, On, and Hong.

three children’s piggy banks were on top

that had been patting his

“… Fuck.”

were

half full. Cale looked through his

do I

fill their piggy banks,

sat down at the edge of the

Pat. Pat.

patted the pages of the book this

I need to do to get out of

calm as he asked that

were bloodshot and

moment he feared the

he would pass the test once he faced that

the Henituse Estate and come to the Super

looked through all of

would be the way he could

to go to the people who

at

Swoooooooosh- Swooooooosh-

of the wind. Cale turned his

wind was tapping on the

walked over and opened the

Swoooooooooooosh- Swoooooooosh-

hear the sound of the

brushed past his

Cale's expression turned odd.

tell the flow

was blowing from top to

to be telling him to

similar to the tired expression on Kim Rok Soo's face that made his team members worry about

me to

was at that

‘Can you hear me?’

Cale flinched.