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

“Haaa…, haaa….”

Soo felt his

it! This crazy

was filled with venomous aura as he glared at the

It was too strong.

know how they would defeat

He looked around.

“…This crazy!”

his teammates were already

others were injured badly

all die if they

needed to run in order to

was at

heard an unfamiliar voice. Death is not fated for you. Why are you trying to

Flinch.

Soo’s body started

‘What is this voice?

Who is it?’

However, the unfamiliar voice did not respond to him. It only said what it needed to say. I will

Soo had lost all sense of reality because of this

as if his

Soo subconsciously started to pay attention to that

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

‘What is it saying?’

This situation is so unique that I am giving you a choice, unlike your

voice mention his ancestors. His grandfather had told him about the sorrows of their family once he got older and became

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

read fantasy novels, realized something as he

started to speak again. I will

‘I can live.’

struck Choi Jung

at

Baaaaang!

loud explosion

could see one of his teammates holding up a metal board to block the piece of a building wall the

see

“Ugh!”

metal board as if it was a shield, however, he was pushed

and glared

“Hey! Choi Jung Soo!”

“…Kim Rok Soo.”

it! Do you want to die?! Why

‘Ah.’

Soo realized that he

You see? You’re

a tempting

sense of reality shook

launched another

“Ugh!”

teammate Kim Rok Soo’s body was flung aside and rolled on

metal board he had picked up as a temporary piece of defensive equipment was crushed

had twisted in an odd

crazy bastard! Snap

Kim Rok Soo grabbing his injured arm and shout toward him

mouth because he had used too much of his power, the punk who

completely snapped out

returned once again. You almost died again. What do you think, do

Slap!

Jung Soo slapped his

reached his

“What the hell?”

shocked, you punk. Just

him by the collar before jumping up

Baaaaaang!

monster’s attack charged past the spot they

fall! Can’t you see that my arm

chuckled while listening to the grumbling Kim Rok Soo’s energetic

the rear support to come all the way up

something he did

knew what had happened. Kim Rok Soo had come up here to

He looked around.

their teammates were fighting while putting

to

Wouldn't that be enough?

live the way I want to live. Isn’t that the

sword in

Attack and get hit.

get

the sword again

“…Huff… huff. Huff……”

Soo finally

started to

breathe. He had

his sight as he

their body intact

‘…The team leader too……’

leader Lee Soo Hyuk was in

also see Kim Rok

‘I'm relieved.’

at least

Soo’s face before. He usually had a grumbling face

Kim Rok Soo's face. You

‘It's happening again.’

hearing that voice again. Choi Jung Soo, wasn’t your dream to return to your hometown

He wanted to laugh.

loud after hearing that. However, he responded internally

said, just

did he want to

a plot of land to farm. He would also take this Kim Rok Soo who claimed he was going to

He and the team leader discussed making

they would come to visit in the summer and help them harvest in the

were all just

never knew when you would die. It would be great if it happened, but they were sharing their dreams

all

becoming difficult for Choi

couldn’t see

Kim Rok Soo’s

Rok Soo was not someone who would cry until

be calling for him. But why did it sound a shriek? Is this

‘My decision?

like this can happen as you

course, I do want to

live, but I can't leave

Jung Soo could

was the one who was supposed to

bit worried about Kim Rok Soo, that punk. I hope he lives