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!

final battle started by slamming away at the

“Haaa…, haaa….”

his body slowly

it! This crazy monster

was filled with venomous aura as

It was too strong.

didn’t know how they would

He looked around.

“…This crazy!”

of his teammates were

were injured

if they would all die if they didn’t run

to run in

at that

Death is not fated for you. Why are

Flinch.

Soo’s body started

‘What is this voice?

Who is it?’

voice did not respond to him. It

reality because of this unfamiliar voice. I will let you

felt as if

subconsciously started to

you need to go to a different world.

‘What is it saying?’

situation is

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

heard from them again. How did our household end up

fantasy novels, realized something as he recalled his

it started to speak again. I will let you live. I can promise you

‘I can live.’

Jung Soo's

was at

Baaaaang!

loud explosion filled the

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

see his teammate's

“Ugh!”

if it was a shield, however, he was pushed back and rammed into Choi

then turned around and glared at Choi Jung

“Hey! Choi Jung Soo!”

“…Kim Rok Soo.”

want to die?!

‘Ah.’

realized that he

voice continued to speak. You see? You’re in

was a

Jung Soo's sense of

monster launched another attack at that

“Ugh!”

Kim Rok Soo’s body was flung aside and

metal board he had picked up as a temporary

had twisted in an odd

Snap out

grabbing

his mouth because he had used too much of his power,

finally completely snapped

returned once again. You almost died again. What

Slap!

Soo slapped his

reached his hand

“What the hell?”

you punk. Just

him by

Baaaaaang!

attack charged past the spot

You made me fall! Can’t you

to the grumbling Kim Rok Soo’s

support to come all the

something

Choi Jung Soo knew what had happened. Kim Rok

He looked around.

fighting while putting half, no,

wanted to

Wouldn't that be enough?

to live the way I want to

onto the sword in his hand and charged toward the

Attack and get hit.

and get back

sword again

“…Huff… huff. Huff……”

Soo

started to be unable

He had no strength or feeling in

his sight as he faintly made out his dead

their body intact while others

‘…The team leader too……’

Soo Hyuk was

also see

‘I'm relieved.’

looked like at least one of them

such an expression on Kim Rok Soo’s face before. He usually had a grumbling face that always talked in such an annoying

like seeing this expression on Kim Rok Soo's

‘It's happening again.’

Soo, wasn’t your dream to return to your hometown and live as a farmer? Is

He wanted to laugh.

laugh out loud after hearing that. However, he responded internally as he had no

said, just something I

he want to do once everything was

team leader Lee Soo Hyuk about going down to the countryside and being farmers. He would have an orchard and save a plot of land to farm. He would also

go cause trouble somewhere. He and the team leader discussed making him farm with them, so that they

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

all just

great if it happened, but they were sharing

all

was becoming difficult for Choi

couldn’t see much anymore

could hear Kim

Kim Rok Soo was not someone who

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

‘My decision?

can happen as you

I do want to live

to live, but I can't

Jung Soo could not

weird voice was getting quieter. Kim Rok Soo was the one who was supposed to

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