Trash of the Count's Family

“…You're going to go through all of these?”

The Mercenary King urgently chased behind Cale, who was heading toward the center of the area that was full of thousands of books. He seemed to be nervous.

“Cale, I remember what you told me when you made me the offer.”

Bud Illis recalled the things Cale told him the first time they met.

“You asked me to show you the Directory.”

The Directory was not a file that even the Mercenary King could easily show others. However, he still brought Cale here, even acting stealthily in the process.

There was a simple reason for it.

“You said you needed to know the White Star’s history.”

Cale turned his head and looked toward the Mercenary King.

The Mercenary King flinched.

It was because Cale’s eyes did not look human for a moment.

They were cold and emotionless. It was as if he was looking at an object.

However, those thoughts quickly disappeared once Cale started to speak.

Cale had not told the Mercenary King much information about the White Star. However, it was time to share some details.

“The White Star is a reincarnator who has gone through many lives for approximately 1,000 years.”

That was enough.

Cale confirmed the Mercenary King's expression changing before turning back around and heading toward the records.

Bud just blankly stared at Cale’s back.

Pat. Pat.

He only returned to his senses and started to speak after the ancient Dragon patted his shoulders before walking past him. The ancient Dragon was approaching Cale.

“…Eruhaben-nim, are you saying the White Star is someone who repeatedly died and was born again?”

“Yes. He reincarnated over and over.”

Eruhaben looked toward Cale who stopped in front of a desk and was looking around before continuing to speak.

“That is why we came here to look for records about him. He should have left traces throughout the Eastern and Western continents during his reincarnations.”

Bud quickly responded back.

“…There’s no way that we have no records on such a strong individual.”

However, Bud's lips opened and closed a few times without saying anything before he stopped hesitating and continued to speak.

“However, it is close to impossible to find traces of him in these tens of thousands of books.”

As the current Mercenary King, he had the most knowledge about these records than any other living being.

“Each book has hundreds of people listed in it. It is … Almost not realistic to go through hundreds of thousands of individuals.”

He peeked toward Ron Molan before continuing to speak.

“Of course, I have a good knowledge of all of the strong individuals in the past fifty years. Those are considered the, ‘currently recording,’ information.”

Ron Molan was an example of a strong individual from the Eastern continent whose traces had disappeared.

That was why the Mercenaries Guild was keeping his record under the, ‘currently recording,’ status.

“…Around two hundred years might be doable, but a thousand years is just-”

“Bud.”

Someone cut him off.

It was Cale.

"Where is the first-ever record?”

“Haaaaaaaaa.”

Bud sighed at Cale who seemed ready to start looking from the first-ever record. He quickly walked over to Cale.

“Cale, are you planning on spending the next few years in here? Hmm?”

Bud was getting frustrated.

He didn't understand why such a smart person would pick such a method.

“I'm sure it will be helpful to look up his past since the White Star is a reincarnator. However, there are 1,000 years worth of records.”

Bud picked up a book from the bookshelf and opened it up.

“It has each strong individual's birth, date, and general information about their lives. Furthermore, we also record the powers they use. Each book has hundreds of such records.”

Bud had felt like he was going to suffocate when he first became the Mercenary King and came in here.

He was overwhelmed by the information.

At the same time, it helped him understand how the Mercenaries Guild was able to remain a strong force in the Eastern continent without having any land of their own.

They had records that were just as valuable as land.

In some aspects, this was the scariest power.

That was the overwhelming nature of these records.

Bud started to point out the issues in Cale's plans one by one.

“Even if you start reading from the first record, it would be difficult to remember the first strong individual in the book by the time you are only a third of the way through it.”

Even a person with a good memory would find it difficult to remember over thirty people’s information.

Just looking through three of the books would make it confusing to remember which information belonged to whom.

“Furthermore, how do you plan on finding traces of the White Star? How will you be able to tell which strong individual was the White Star's first incarnation?”

number of scents

ancient powers like Cale

are trying to do will require a bunch of people

to just read and remember all

to divide up the task

said the thing that confused him the

about this fact more than anybody else. So

the book that Bud

Shhh.

pages that were stiff like new books thanks to the preservation magic quickly turned one

could not help but

“Cale Henituse, this-”

“It’s fine for me.”

Bud flinched.

was not the

rest of the group who were busy

the calm Cale

“…What?”

did he just

of doing

But how?

smell such an ability on

Cale stopped looking at the book and turned back toward

“First, one week.”

on staying here for a

the first within that

be the first incarnation of

person's birth and death, then he just needed to look for

group knew about the White Star’s Dragon Slayer powers and ancient powers. Of course, Bud did not know the details because

had a decent amount of knowledge

was why it was possible to find the

will you

at Bud who was standing there with a blank

similar to the expressions people had when Kim Rok Soo

Kill or be killed.

Live or let live.

between monsters and

between humans

a world full of destruction because

in such a world, an

power allowed Kim Rok Soo to

answered the

“Take a look.”

He then asked.

“Where is it?”

there quietly for a

shelf. The first book

location Bud had pointed

is the

behind him as he pulled out the first book from the bookshelf. He then started to

Flip, flip.

of pages turning could be

stood

“…Ho.”

at Cale's actions. However, he made eye contact with

to help

couldn’t just stand there and do

of people heading toward Cale

the

Eruhaben, Choi Han, Ron, and

children averaging nine-years-old

Flip, flip, flip.

just heard the sound of pages

why they felt

Flip, flip, flip.

was quiet around

just quietly

was the weird

choice but

up

Flip. Flip.

it didn't seem very

pages at a reasonable

he was reading a

it had been weird from the

Flip. Flip. Flip.

and faster. It seemed as if he was just taking a peek before

even had this kind of

and remembering the details about

just

giving off did not

seemed to be thoroughly

“Cale.”

his head after

an odd expression on his face. Cale's expression was

questions. He used his

all

it, you

answered the

“Of course.”

nonchalant way before resuming reading. His reddish brown eyes looked at the text inside

Flip.

He turned a page.

became recorded in his mind. The speed continued

only quietly watch

‘…What a scary ability.’

that this ability was

even the different types of ancient

even realize that he was using an ability if you did

that this ability was really the

be recorded in the user’s

could only gulp and

he soon

“Cale-nim.”

the cautious calling. Choi Han was looking

“What is it?”