Trash of the Count's Family

Choi Han looked refreshed after saying everything he needed to say. Strong passion could be felt coming from him.

He then waited for Cale’s response.

Cale opened his mouth to respond.

However, someone started to speak first.

“There is no way the smart Choi Han would say something like that!”

Choi Han and Cale both looked toward Raon after hearing the sudden shout.

Raon shook his head side to side before looking toward Choi Han the same way that he looks at Mercenary King Bud and continued to speak.

“We have all been fighting together since the beginning! Why do we need to combine our powers again when we have already been doing that?! Choi Han! You cannot become like the Mercenary King!”

Cale started to chuckle. He then responded in a serious tone.

“Choi Han is definitely smarter than Bud.”

“That is true! Human, you really are smart! You are sliiiiiiiiighty! Just slightly less smart than I am!”

“Yes, yes.”

Cale patted Raon's soft back.

He then realized something.

‘…Did he lose some weight?’

Raon's cheeks that had been chubby until they got to the Castle of Light were slightly less chubby. Cale started to frown.

He recalled Hong’s haggard face that had been shaking. He also thought about how On did not gain weight, unlike Hong and Raon.

Then those trashy bastards from the Cat tribe and the White Star popped up in his mind.

“…These damn bastards that need to be beaten to death.”

Choi Han and Raon flinched.

“Raon.”

“What is it, human?”

“Take out an apple pie.”

“Oh! Alright!”

Raon quickly took out an apple pie and pushed it toward Cale with sparkling eyes. Cale picked it up.

He then started to speak.

“Ah.”

“Ah?”

Raon, who repeated after Cale, felt a slice of an apple pie being pushed into his mouth. Raon closed his mouth with a part of the apple pie dangling outside.

“Eat up.”

Raon grabbed the slice of apple pie with both paws and started to eat even though he didn’t know what was going on. Cale mumbled to himself as he watched.

“…Can’t believe he lost some weight.”

Choi Han, who was watching this from the side, started to think.

‘Who?

Who lost weight?’

Choi Han blankly watched Raon’s chubby cheeks becoming extremely full because of the apple pie in his mouth.

He then started to laugh.

“Haha-”

It felt as if his heart was being tickled.

He really did choose the right path.

Everything was the same as usual and there was no despair, loneliness, or pain even though he said that they needed to all fight together against the White Star.

“Human, do you know why Choi Han is laughing by himself like that?”

“I don't know. How would I know? Well, I guess it is good to laugh.”

“Mm, that is true! It is good to laugh! Choi Han, laugh a lot! I will cancel the comment about you being similar to the Mercenary King!”

Choi Han started to laugh even louder.

Raon continued to nibble on the apple pie with wide eyes as he had never seen Choi Han laugh this loudly before.

However, Raon soon stopped eating and blankly stared at Choi Han.

Choi Han had started to speak after laughing for a while.

“To be honest with you, Cale-nim, I have been alive for a very long time.”

Plop.

The apple pie in Raon's two paws fell to the ground. Choi Han didn’t care as he continued to speak.

“That is why I am actually older than you, Cale-nim. I am older than Mr. Ron as well.”

Raon's eyes blinked a few times as he looked toward Choi Han.

Choi Han was still smiling as he continued to speak.

“I age very slowly. I think I will live for a very, very long time.”

out. He thought that this

it would be okay to say it now

tell them everything, but he thought that there was no need to keep it so tightly

from a very far away place. I am probably the only one in

Han could see Cale looking at him without many changes

this. His expression changed sometimes when he was scamming his enemies, but usually, it was always this

changed if something happened to

other than Cale

just for the people in their

at the beginning of the year, Cale's face was filled with emotion every time he activated his shield with his

Han felt the silence in the room for a moment before

voice was as pure as

family and friends are all in that far away place. I came here when I was 17 and have lived alone for tens of years,

still unable to pick up the piece of apple pie from the ground. Choi Han smiled at Raon before looking toward

could see Cale starting to frown. Cale looked as if he was contemplating something for

“…Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han responded gently with a smile on his face, however,

secrets. However, there was a small amount of fear on his mind as well. Although he had lived for tens of years, his appearance looked as if he had

feel repulsed by that

been relaxed until just now slowly started to become

Han could see Cale's expression becoming more complicated as if Cale

for a bit, started to

tell me you want to be called, ‘hyung,’ like his highness?

“…Excuse me?”

If not that,

Choi Han’s expression turned even odder. He then started to smile again and responded in a serious

keep things

“Sure, Choi Han.”

to his usual expression after

Choi Han and handed Raon another piece of

without dropping

“…A, alright. H, human!”

started to eat the piece of apple pie. He then approached Choi Han and took another

“Choi Han! Eat this!”

knew Raon's

happily took the apple pie from Raon

am the great and mighty Raon Miru! Just

was the same as

Raon quickly returning to normal

Choi Han had a relaxed expression

I tell

moment Choi Han

of knowing what happened to the

or he could have ended up

no way of knowing

anything in such a

and people related

certain things were better left as baggage to carry

toward Choi Han’s refreshed face with

was different

point in having any regrets about not having that

close to

However.

future of Kim Rok Soo who had been enjoying his first

of the real

Korea that was finally starting to adjust to the changes as well as his subordinates at

and small feelings of guilt, regrets,

of those were

walk on while carrying all of these on him. He didn’t know whether this was the right decision, however, there were too many other issues in front

clues to solve those issues was in Cale’s hand right

going to take

“Yes.”

the book here the first time because they had

speaking, it was so that he could keep Choi Han away from the book for

spatial pocket bag before continuing to

Han, please explain what you read to me as

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

toward the secret passage

passage to return to where Lord Sheritt and

was at

“Human! What is it?”

Cale had stopped moving.

a

lips oddly started to go

could hear the voice of a Wind

found some

pretty sure it was one of the Wind Elementals that chased after

reason

standing at the end of the entrance to this village! Not the secret passage from the white castle,

the exit that Cale had used when he left the village to smack the White

on the ceiling would appear if they followed

with white pebbles was located on

stealthily from that point to strike the

“…He’s uselessly smart.”

did not know about the secret passage from the white castle, however,

here! He said to guard

Star needed to find out how Cale's group had escaped from the castle to get behind him and so he sent

be able to open the door and

because only the person with the crown controlled all

the White Star had the crown before Cale, he

this village was something precious

death, the curse from breaking it would make it so

had told his subordinates to guard

for 100 days for all I care.

as he started to

Han and Raon

two of them soon stopped walking

“Ah.”

and turned toward Choi Han as he

words that you