Trash of the Count's Family

Choi Han had lost consciousness while watching Eruhaben catching his falling body with a shocked expression.

Tons of memories had flown into his mind.

He had then become Choi Jung Soo.

“Hey, Jung Soo.”

Choi Han had become Choi Jung Soo, starting with Choi Jung Soo’s mom smiling and telling him something.

“Our family has stayed here for generations. We cannot leave.”

“Why not?”

His grandfather had faintly smiled and answered Choi Jung Soo’s question.

“I had a nephew…I guess he would be your uncle once removed. Anyway, it is because there is someone who needs to come back. There’s my younger brother as well… what would happen if they came back here thinking that they were back home only to not find anyone here?”

The young Choi Jung Soo had nodded at his grandfather’s explanation and smiled.

The largest tile-roofed house in the neighborhood. He liked this house and enjoyed watching his older cousins, his mom, and his dad moving around while punching or swinging wooden swords.

Choi Jung Soo slowly got older.

Choi Han had experienced everything as Choi Jung Soo.

Then one day as he finished his studies and prepared to take the exam to enter college in the physical education department…

The world turned into chaos.

Something that seemed straight out of a movie happened.

A terrible horror movie at that.

Once the first part of that movie ended…

“…I promise I will return.”

Choi Jung Soo had kowtowed twice while looking at the destroyed tile-roofed house.

Nobody lived in this house now. He worked hard while trying to repair it as much as possible, but the grandeur of this upright place was long gone.

“I will return… and turn this place back to how it used to be.”

Choi Jung Soo, the only survivor from this house, made a promise with everyone.

He then started to work for a company.

It was a company in an awkward position as it was neither a guild nor a government entity, but it was able to take on all sorts of jobs because of this ambiguous status.

“Oh! Are you the only other rookie? My name is Choi Jung Soo! Nice to meet you!”

“…Kim Rok Soo. Nice to meet you.”

Choi Jung Soo had warmly greeted his new colleague.

“Time to go on a business trip.”

“Team-leader-nim, you mean to go to work, right?”

“Same difference.”

Choi Jung Soo started to do all sorts of jobs with his fellow rookie Kim Rok Soo, team leader Lee Soo Hyuk, and the others on their team.

He was always getting hurt and doing the hard tasks because he was responsible for fighting in the vanguard.

It was still bearable.

It was because he had people who were like family, no, because he had a new family.

Choi Jung Soo's memories had continued.

‘I hope peace returns to Earth and we can all live happily ever after.’

He had looked at his teammates and started to think.

‘I'm going to take everyone to my hometown. The tile-roofed house is large, and it looks like I already convinced the team leader-nim and Kim Rok Soo!’

He could smile while thinking about the future every so often as they completed their missions.

It was a pure smile that was not forced.

However, he was always worried.

This world was one where he never knew when he would die.

‘Looks like that time is finally here.’

Choi Jung Soo had to face a time when his concerns had become reality.

“…Choi Jung Soo.”

“I'm okay, team leader-nim.”

He smiled and responded to Lee Soo Hyuk. However, his gaze could not move away from the large monster.

It was the appearance of the monster that Kim Rok Soo had predicted.

That monster was beyond their wildest imaginations.

‘I might die.’

He couldn't help but have that thought.

“Pfft.”

He could hear team leader Lee Soo Hyuk laughing. Jung Soo turned his head to see Lee Soo Hyuk stoically start to speak while pointing at his hand that was holding the sword.

“You can talk like that while your hand is shaking that much?”

Jung Soo could see his shaking hand. He then started to smile and asked as if nothing was wrong.

“Hyung, is it that obvious?”

“Yes. Very obvious.”

“Ay, that’s too bad.”

The team leader had shaken his head at Jung Soo’s response. He then sent the signal.

“Attack! Use the paths that Kim Rok Soo predicted!”

All of their teammates had started to charge toward the monster.

“Team leader, the three o’clock direction! Two of you head North while three go Northwest!”

Choi Jung Soo listened to Kim Rok Soo's support from the back as he pulled out his sword.

Baaaaaang!

by slamming away

“Haaa…, haaa….”

Jung Soo felt his body

it! This crazy monster

Soo’s face was filled with venomous aura as

It was too strong.

how

He looked around.

“…This crazy!”

of his teammates

were injured badly like

if they would all die

needed to run in order to

at that

heard an unfamiliar voice. Death is not fated for you. Why are you trying to die? He had ended up intervening earlier because of

Flinch.

Jung Soo’s body

‘What is this voice?

Who is it?’

voice. However, the unfamiliar voice did not respond to him.

Soo had lost all sense of reality because of this unfamiliar voice. I

if his

to pay

him live. However, you need to go to a different world. That world will welcome you. You'll meet a

‘What is it saying?’

lost because of these sudden statements. This situation is so unique that I am giving you a

mention his ancestors. His grandfather had told him about the sorrows of their family once he

disappeared. It was like magic. We never heard from them again. How did our household end up

realized something as he recalled his grandfather’s

speak again. I will let you live. I

‘I can live.’

Choi Jung

was at that

Baaaaang!

explosion

teammates holding up a metal board to block the piece of a

could see his

“Ugh!”

up the metal board as if it was a shield, however, he was pushed back and rammed

turned around and glared at Choi

“Hey! Choi Jung Soo!”

“…Kim Rok Soo.”

Do you want to

‘Ah.’

that he had blanked out

see? You’re in grave danger. Don't you want to

was a tempting

Soo's sense of

launched another attack at

“Ugh!”

body was flung aside and

up as a temporary piece of defensive equipment was

had twisted in an

bastard! Snap out of

Kim Rok Soo grabbing his

he had used too much of his power, the punk who had no offensive strength at all, was shouting at

snapped

reality had returned once again. You almost died again. What do you think, do you want to

Slap!

Soo slapped his

reached his hand

“What the hell?”

are you so shocked, you punk. Just support us from the

to him by the collar before

Baaaaaang!

attack charged past the spot

fall! Can’t you see that my

while listening to the grumbling Kim Rok Soo’s energetic

told the rear support to come all

then said something he did

Jung Soo knew what had happened. Kim Rok Soo

He looked around.

putting half, no, almost

wanted to

Wouldn't that be enough?

I want to live. Isn’t

onto the sword in his

Attack and get hit.

and get

the sword again and

“…Huff… huff. Huff……”

Soo

to be unable to

He

his sight as he faintly made out his

body intact

‘…The team leader too……’

leader Lee Soo Hyuk was in a similar

see

‘I'm relieved.’

at least

face before. He usually had a grumbling face that always talked in such an annoying

seeing this expression on Kim Rok

‘It's happening again.’

hearing that voice again. Choi Jung Soo, wasn’t your dream to return to your hometown and live as a farmer? Is it okay to die

He wanted to laugh.

Jung Soo wanted to laugh out loud after hearing that. However, he

I said, just something

did he want to do

and being farmers. He would have an orchard and save a plot of land to farm. He would also take this Kim Rok

he was bound to go cause trouble somewhere. He and the team leader discussed

they would come to visit in the summer and help them harvest in the fall as long as they fed them

were all just

the type of thing you talked about because you never knew when you would die. It would be great if it happened, but they were sharing their dreams as if they were

all it

thinking was becoming difficult for

see much anymore

Kim Rok Soo’s

sound like crying, Kim Rok Soo was not someone who

be calling for him. But why did it sound

‘My decision?

this can

I do want to

want to live, but

could not

voice was getting quieter. Kim Rok Soo was the one who was

Rok Soo, that punk. I hope he