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.”

everything out. He thought that this was the right moment to

be okay to say it now in front of these

there was no need to keep it

also came from a very far away place. I am probably the only one in this world who can read the words in

Han could see Cale looking at him without many

His expression changed sometimes when he was

expression quickly changed if something happened

other

was not just for

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

room for a moment before continuing

as pure as his

I came here when I was 17 and have lived alone for tens of years, for an uncountable number

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

as if he was contemplating something for

“…Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

his face, however, his emotions were neither

a small amount of fear on his mind as well. Although he had lived for

feel repulsed by

mind that had been relaxed until

complicated as if Cale knew what Choi

had been hesitating for a bit,

you want to be called,

“…Excuse me?”

grandpa? If not that, Choi

became more serious with every word while Choi Han’s expression turned even odder. He then started to smile again and responded in a serious

keep things as

“Sure, Choi Han.”

returned to his

Raon another piece of apple pie as

dropping

“…A, alright. H, human!”

of apple pie. He then approached Choi Han and took another apple pie out of

“Choi Han! Eat this!”

knew Raon's

took the apple pie from Raon and patted him on

great and mighty Raon Miru! Just trust

was the

after seeing Raon quickly returning to normal even after

had a relaxed expression before

tell him

thought the moment Choi Han told him about his

knowing what happened

have ended up in Kim Rok Soo’s

had no way of knowing

say anything in

and people related to

left as baggage to

toward Choi Han’s refreshed face with no

was different

any regrets about not having that refreshed expression

was nobody close to him left in

However.

of Kim Rok Soo who had been enjoying his first day off

location of the real Cale

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

small feelings of guilt, regrets, concerns, dilemmas,

those were recorded in Cale’s

while carrying all of these on him. He didn’t know whether this was the right decision, however,

that carried the clues to solve those issues was in Cale’s hand

you going to take the

“Yes.”

time because they

Choi Han away from the book for a while

in his spatial pocket bag before continuing to

please explain what you read to me

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

back toward the

faster to use this secret passage to return to where Lord Sheritt and the others

was at

“Human! What is it?”

Cale had stopped moving.

a

lips oddly started

voice of a Wind

I found some

was pretty sure it was one of the Wind Elementals that chased after the White Star's group, but it had returned earlier than

there was a reason this Elemental came back

Star's subordinates are standing at the end of the entrance to this village! Not the secret passage

had used when he left the village to smack the White Star from

would appear if

ground with white pebbles was located on the other side

that point to strike the White Star

“…He’s uselessly smart.”

about the secret passage from the white castle, however, he

the White Star said as he sent his subordinates here! He said to guard over this path to see if anybody comes out this

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

his subordinates would not be able to open the

the person with the crown controlled all of

White Star had the crown before Cale, he could not use it to

village was something

from breaking it

he had told his subordinates to guard around the

it for 100 days for all I care. I’m not

he started to

and Raon followed

them

“Ah.”

stopped walking and turned toward Choi Han as he started

that you