Trash of the Count's Family

Ron turned his head.

He could see the rest of the group laying down on the ground.

Beacrox, Choi Han, and the children averaging nine-years-old looked especially tired.

Only Eruhaben was still by Cale’s side and looking through a book.

It was at that moment.

Someone entered through the library door.

“…It’s almost been a week.”

It was Bud Illis.

One week.

That was how long Cale had been in this area.

Cale had been reading through the books here while saving the smallest amounts of time for necessities.

“How about you take a break?”

Bud could see that Cale was reading even as he was talking. It would be exactly one week in about two or three hours.

Bud had no choice but to be brutally honest.

“You couldn’t find the first in the end.”

The first incarnation.

Everyone started to frown.

Even the ancient Dragon stopped reading the book.

The White Star was said to have reincarnated for about 1,000 years.

That was how he was able to create the Dragon half-blood who had lived for 900 years.

‘That means that the first incarnation should have appeared on the Eastern continent about 1,000 years ago.’

Eruhaben had already heard from Cale that the Dragon Slayer village was supposedly located in the Eastern continent's Castle of Light.

In that case, there was an extremely high chance that the first White Star would have been recorded in the Eastern continent's strong individuals directory.

‘We also looked two hundred years after that, just in case.’

However, there was nobody they suspected of being the first incarnation.

Of course, they looked at records of people who used ancient powers or earned them, but there was nobody in possession of any ancient powers with enough destructive powers like the White Star.

“Cale, think about it.”

Bud approached Cale.

“The White Star must have hidden his powers. He survived for 1,000 years by pretending to be weak. That is how he avoided the Directory.”

That was what Bud had proposed three days after they arrived here.

“Don't you agree? We only just learned about how he is a reincarnator or even his appearance for the first time in 1,000 years. I don't think looking through the Directory would help us learn about his past.”

However, what Bud heard back was not Cale's voice.

Shhhh. Shhh.

All he heard was the sound of pages turning.

The Mercenary King could also see Cale's red face and the sweat on Cale's forehead and back.

“…Crazy bastard.”

He ended up sharing his honest sentiments.

It could not be helped.

The Mercenary King had rubbed his arms that were covered in goosebumps quite often these past few days.

He could see the path that the quiet bastard had walked as he read.

He could see the large number of bookshelves behind Cale.

All of the books on these bookshelves had been read by Cale.

One week.

Cale had read 10,000 books while the others had managed to read two or three at max.

In fact, it looked more like turning the page was the thing taking the most toll on Cale.

‘Is he human?’

This was not a human's level of memory.

Nobody could have expected that Cale Henituse had such an ability.

However, Bud could not understand why Cale was using such an ability for such a useless task.

It was at that moment.

“Human-”

He could see others slowly approaching Cale.

It was On, Hong, and Raon.

“Human, isn’t it tiring? Should I give you an apple pie?”

“He’s sweating so much.”

“He can’t faint again.”

The children averaging nine-years-old roamed around Cale with concerned expressions. However, they could not get right up next to Cale.

They could not easily approach Cale, who was reading even as he sweated so much.

“Huh?! Human!”

However, Raon suddenly charged toward Cale.

reached his hand toward

started to

was about to faint as his entire

“Human, human!”

“Young master-nim.”

Cale stumble for the first time since they arrived here. Bud did

Cale looking at him as he stood

made him subconsciously

a

was an extremely cold gaze that was contrary to Cale’s

at Bud

records of the

head

We are

start

there is nobody here that is suspected of being the

told

up

think about the future!

“Mercenary King.”

Cale cut Bud off.

King? What about

Bud asked back.

the

“It's not there.”

“Huh?”

started to grow wider as he looked

figured out the identity of this

Directory had a record of the majority of strong individuals on the Eastern

been on this Directory the most

“The first Mercenary King.”

the Mercenaries Guild to

no record of the first Mercenary

grim after hearing

had been smacked on the

not something he

“…Perhaps?”

records of Bud and the

Cale quickly responded back.

Mercenary King. Who was he? What powers did he

Cale’s smile became bright.

White Star. Why is my intuition telling

Star would have come out into the world after destroying his village and killing his family and

strong that bastard was, he would

needed some sort

would also have needed a job that he could easily start

Being a mercenary.

was a job

for a strong individual to build a foundation

need to bring up his past or for

had no record whatsoever of the

The White Star.

tried

records of

on the current Mercenary King and the books behind

“…It is not here.”

could not hide his

there. It’s really not

to shake as he looked

that’s the only thing here when the Mercenaries Guild system he created is still

finally realized the

had not even thought much about it resurfaced in his

looked for

I first became the Mercenary King… I found it odd. The first Mercenary King was the only one whose powers and details of his life were

back his hair after feeling both frustration and a

That is why I! I contacted the city's library and libraries around the Eastern continent and asked

was calm unlike the

“You asked, and…?”

“Ha!”

out a gasp-like

you know what information I

a sword master and the Mercenary King, Bud had always liked books since he was young and enjoyed searching

was the information such a person had found about the

Great Mercenary King who created the large faction that managed to survive on the Eastern continent while many kingdoms rose and fell for 1,000 years. He was the role model for all mercenaries and the mercenaries did not hesitate

scoffed as

“That’s all I found.”

was all of the information on the first Mercenary

other records

this because he was a hero of

who was smiling with a tired expression and

did it

“Who knows?”

gave a short response

King is the White Star or not. I don't have any definite proof yet.

Han chimed in at that

The first Mercenary King is someone who suddenly appeared in

an odd smile on his face. Bud had a feeling

Pat. Pat.

Han on the

whether someone just suddenly appears in the world. Something like

Han’s smile disappeared as he looked toward Cale. However, Cale was looking at Bud

on that

turn his head to look

Cale had

the Henituse territory battle against

‘It’s your turn.’

was something for me to

all of

new history

Cale’s response to his question. He clearly remembered

your history that you will write

slowly started

then naturally

“In addition.”

was a mess because of the story

after seeing Cale trying to say something else.

all week to figure this out about the first

before continuing

out within 100 years worth of records, but you spent all week reading thousands of the record books.