Trash of the Count's Family

“I will lead you to your room first.”

“Thank you very much.”

Taylor smiled at Cale’s thank you before quickly leading them to another room.

They did not see anyone in the hallway as they left the underground room and moved to their room.

Screeeech.

The door opened and a place that was set up like a meeting room appeared in front of them.

“It’s over here.”

“Thank you very much.”

“It’s nothing, young master-nim. I will see you later.”

“Yes.”

Taylor stealthily walked away as he had done while guiding them here.

“Come in.”

Cale entered the room as if all of this was normal and everyone other than Choi Han and the invisible Raon followed behind him with suspicion on their faces.

Click.

Beacrox closed the door to isolate them from the outside and started to speak.

“Why are we not in the desert?”

He asked before seeing the usual expression on the now visible Raon's face and Choi Han's calm expression, making him nod his head with a bitter expression.

“Choi Han seems to know something as well. I guess there's a reason.”

“I don't really know either.”

“Is that so?”

Beacrox sat next to Choi Han at the table before speaking toward Cale who was at the head of the table.

“Young master-nim, I know you suspected that the final earth attribute power would be in the Roan Kingdom’s northwest region.”

The Dragon half-blood who was the only one here to hear this information for the first time flinched.

His mind was still a chaotic mess, but he realized that he was hearing some dangerous and secretive information and cautiously started to speak.

“…Is this okay for me to hear?”

Beacrox who received that gaze bluntly responded.

“Why wouldn't it be okay?”

“That’s right. It is as Beacrox mentioned.”

Cale agreed with it as well and the Dragon half-blood looked toward Cale with an even more confused expression. However, his gaze then headed toward the children averaging nine-years-old sitting around Cale.

To be more specific, his gaze moved toward Raon. He was fluttering his wings and tapping Cale’s arm with his tail as if he was happy and he was smiling.

The Dragon half-blood’s gaze could not move away from that smile.

‘Aigoo.’

Cale sighed internally while watching this.

The answer seemed obvious even without asking about it, however, Cale could not just keep standing there observing the Dragon half-blood.

“Young master-nim, are we here at the Roan Kingdom's northwest region and not the desert because you located the earth attribute ancient power?”

He turned toward Beacrox who had asked the question. Beacrox who had asked in a pressing tone thought they were wasting precious time.

‘We don’t know when the White Star will return to the desert. He might have immediately returned there for all we know.’

That would mean it was likely for the White Star to notice Cale’s absence and turn his attention toward the Roan Kingdom’s northwest region.

“You see, I…”

Cale started to speak at that moment.

He looked toward his friends sitting around the table.

In addition to the children averaging nine-years-old and the Dragon half-blood, Beacrox, Choi Han, and Mercenary King Bud Illis were there.

“Yes, yes. You what?”

Bud looked toward Cale with an entertained expression.

Choi Han who was the only one other than Raon who knew that Cale would come here chose to be silent.

‘…Is the earth attribute ancient power located in the Stan territory?’

However, Choi Han did not know everything either.

He had no way of knowing whether Cale had found the earth attribute ancient power or not. He just waited for Cale to open his mouth which happened soon enough.

“Does anybody clearly remember the Henituse County's crest?”

“…Hmm?”

toward Cale with a

He knew that much, but he

would remember something like

was

"Cale-nim, I remember it.”

it! I will make a crest like that in the future

“I know it!”

Hans taught it to

averaging nine-years-old answered as if it

of course, I can draw

sounded annoyed to even answer such

of it even if I can't

Dragon half-blood cautiously nodded his

Bud at a loss for

Am I the

to speak as Bud stood there

know, the Henituse

“Young master-nim.”

who had gone off-topic from talking about the earth

had asked the question earlier to

“What is it?”

with a stoic expression

the Henituse Duchy now. Please use the proper

a

the reason Beacrox had cut Cale off, but the look of pride on Beacrox's

just stay

and Cale looked toward

is the golden turtle

you! I remember everything because I am great and

used magic to create the Henituse crest at the center of

golden turtle was at the

That is

crest he had seen

It was Cale.

the golden

something on the

I know the answer! It's a boulder, it's a stone

excitement and Hong chimed in

stone mountain on top of the golden turtle! He said that the mountain was made

right! You

too,

nodded his head after hearing the

a golden turtle with a marble mountain

for its marble. That was the reason it became so

to have their symbol

why does that

would

at

“Ah. So……!”

Bud wanted to ask, ‘what's wrong with him?’ after seeing Choi Han nodding

at the file about the northwest

was the day when the celebration had happened after the Henituse household was promoted to a Duke's household. Choi Han had gone to find Cale in the corner terrace where

documents were full of information about the northwest region's

at information on Marquis Stan’s household as well as all nobles

you

eyes were in the shape

earth attribute ancient power can be said to be a type of ‘stone’ based

name was

Bud was

Roan Kingdom with ‘boulder’ or 'stone’

found this to be

really only two

two noble households in this land of boulders has

Cale mentioned, the Roan Kingdom had been called the Land of Boulder since a

family, no organizations are using any kind

them have used any type of stone

you think this is a

out of his pocket as he asked. There was a crest drawn on this piece of paper that seemed to have been ripped

“…A snake?”

saw a red

“Ho!”

lightly slapped his knees

see the red snake as

was another

a stone mountain as it glared

only one family in the

been paying attention to the Roan Kingdom knew this crest because he had been paying attention to this household that was one of the strongest

household’s name as

“…The Stan March.”

Stan household and the Henituse household

Was this a coincidence?

thought passing through

“But you see…”

done

territory, but only the marble

focused on the Stan

this red snake was wrapped around a thicker and darker boulder.