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 at the monster’s

“Haaa…, haaa….”

Jung Soo felt his

This crazy monster

Soo’s face was filled with venomous aura as he glared

It was too strong.

didn’t know how

He looked around.

“…This crazy!”

of his teammates were already

others were injured

they would all die if

needed to run in

at that

are

Flinch.

Jung Soo’s body

‘What is this voice?

Who is it?’

respond to him. It only

lost all sense of reality because of this unfamiliar voice. I will let you

felt as if his heart was

started to pay attention to that

to let him live. However, you need to go to a different world. That

‘What is it saying?’

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

recalled what his grandfather had told him after hearing the voice mention his ancestors. His grandfather had told him about the sorrows of their family once he got older

We never heard from them again. How did our household

something as he recalled his grandfather’s words and this unfamiliar

again. I will let you live. I

‘I can live.’

struck Choi Jung Soo's mind like

at

Baaaaang!

explosion filled

up a metal board to block the

could see

“Ugh!”

was a

and glared at

“Hey! Choi Jung Soo!”

“…Kim Rok Soo.”

it! Do you want to die?!

‘Ah.’

he

You’re in grave

a

Soo's sense of reality

monster launched another attack at

“Ugh!”

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

up as a temporary piece of defensive equipment

arm had twisted in

Snap

Kim Rok Soo grabbing his injured arm and shout

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

snapped out of

died again. What do

Slap!

Jung Soo slapped his

reached

“What the hell?”

you punk. Just support us from

him by the collar before jumping up with

Baaaaaang!

charged past the

you pushing?! You made me fall! Can’t you

while listening to

to come all

said something he did not

Jung Soo knew what had happened. Kim Rok Soo had

He looked around.

were fighting while putting

wanted to

Wouldn't that be enough?

to live the way I want to live.

onto the sword in his hand

Attack and get hit.

get

the sword again

“…Huff… huff. Huff……”

Soo finally

slowly started to be unable to

harder to breathe. He had no strength or feeling in

was slowly losing his sight as he faintly made out his

died with their body intact while

‘…The team leader too……’

Lee Soo Hyuk was in a similar condition as

see

‘I'm relieved.’

at least one of

Soo’s face before. He usually had a grumbling face that always talked in

on Kim Rok Soo's face.

‘It's happening again.’

to return to your hometown and

He wanted to laugh.

wanted to laugh out loud after hearing that. However,

I said, just something I said

want to do once

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

and the team leader discussed making

come to visit in the summer and help them harvest in the fall

all just

great if it happened, but they were sharing their

was all it

was becoming difficult

see

Kim Rok Soo’s

didn't sound like crying, Kim Rok Soo was not someone

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

‘My decision?

like this can happen

course, I do want to

live, but

Soo could not

Rok Soo was the one who was supposed to

Rok Soo, that punk. I hope he lives