Trash of the Count's Family

“…A contract?”

The innkeeper’s grandson Sully sighed as he plopped down across from Cale.

Cale looked at Sully as he started to speak.

“You already know that it is an Elemental that is roaming around you.”

The last time he was at this inn, the innkeeper grandmother had said something while looking at the Fire Elemental roaming around Sully.

‘My husband told me when I said I could see them. He said that they were Elementals.’

‘I was relieved that my daughter could not see them. I worried that she would be like me and be able to see them.’

‘Because I was seduced by them. I settled down in this Land of Despair so that I could get glimpses of them when they appeared. But this damn lake seduced people even if they could not see the Elementals.’

The grandmother had said that she had built her home in this village because she fell for the Elementals.

Sully had heard her tell this story to Cale and the others.

“…Yes, I do.”

Sully continued to sigh. Cale continued to look at him before peeking away. Human! The old lady is smiling!

‘I know, right?’

Sully's grandmother was smiling while looking at Cale.

Cale heard the Wind Elemental's voice at that moment.

‘The baby Fire Elemental is sad. ‘Chaos, destruction, sorrow,’ is what he is saying.’

He naturally ignored the Wind Elemental's crazy comments.

“Do you not want to contract with the Elemental?”

Cale preferred to be blunt rather than beat around the bush. It was the same for Sully as well.

The innocent-looking young man with brown hair and freckles on his face started to speak.

“I, I thought it was messing with me!”

“…Hmm?”

He looked toward the fireball next to Cale with teary eyes.

“A red fire randomly passes by my window when I try to get some rest after work! Do you know how shocked I was the first time?! It scares me like that every night!”

He started to pull his hair with his hands.

Cale heard the Wind Elemental's urgent voice at that moment.

‘It’s not like that! The Fire Elemental said he waited until he was done with work and approached him to get closer! Please quickly deliver the message! Urgent, urgent!’

Cale opened his mouth to speak.

“Uhh…mm…the Fire Elemental says he waited until you were done with work before approaching you to get closer.”

“…Haaa. I see. I can understand that. But you see… Do you know what it does when I go to the kitchen to work? The fire in the kitchen forge suddenly shoots up! Do you know how much food I ended up burning because of it?”

Cale delivered the urgent response from the Wind Elemental.

“About that… Mm, the Fire Elemental wanted to contract with you and thought he should show you his powers to do that, and the only chance he had was when you came to the fire inside the kitchen.”

‘That’s right! He says he wanted to show the human the power of the fiery thunderbolt and the sea of fire!’

He did not share that part.

“…In addition.”

Sully still had more to say.

“It put some of the customers’ clothes on fire. It even lit their food on fire. That’s why there’s a rumor that the inn has a fire ghost possessing it!”

“Mm. He says those drunk people all cause a ruckus and made things difficult for you? That they even tried to mess with your grandmother?”

Sully's shoulders shook after hearing Cale’s response.

“…Now that I think about it, that was indeed the case.”

“Yes. He says he was trying to protect you. He also says he wasn’t really going to hurt them, he was just scaring them.”

Sully's voice slowly became quieter and weaker. He then started to frown as if he was trying to think about something before he started to quietly mumble.

“…But the bag of a customer who was attacked like that and left ended up burning. He said the fire ghost from here harmed him.”

“That customer said, ‘Just wait, I won't leave you alone.’ He was mumbling to himself that he was going to bring some adventurers he knew to cause a scene.”

“…Really?”

“Yes. That’s why he burnt his bag and turned him penniless.”

“Ah.”

Cale realized the odd atmosphere.

Sully was grumbling that he was harmed by the Fire Elemental and that it messed with him, but it was understandable after hearing the Fire Elemental’s side of the story.

‘He doesn’t seem to dislike the Fire Elemental.’

Cale started to speak again.

a baby Fire Elemental that is

“Oh, it's very young?”

Sully’s eyes opened wide.

He seems to

Fire Elemental says he

Elemental quickly

ignore the comments couldn't help but shake in

furball appearance, this young man is the same. He looks innocent on the outside, but he has the potential for a scary fiery thunderbolt

has something like

not

noticed Sully look toward his grandmother. He then bit

not interested in contracting or in

window open when it was snowing or raining and closed it when he came in! He also prepared a small furnace for the Fire Elemental to rest

expression turned even

you really not

to speak at

can’t

shoulders started

who needed to go on adventures to live. That punk’s gramps was an adventurer as

toward his grandmother. The grandmother smiled at

the inn because of your old granny. Did you

wide and

looked toward Sully with

ability to run this inn

had no way to survive in this cold place if she

grandson

punk

example, ignoring the

seen Sully peeking around for the Fire Elemental

knew her

thing this granny

He knew what his grandmother was going

die. And live your life doing

why he had avoided

could not hear its voice, but he remembered how the red furball had responded

Silence filled the area.

inn because it did not have many customers in general. Human! It feels a bit sad! It

in Cale’s mind. It was not just the young Dragon's

I and the baby Fire Elemental are crying. Sooooob. The baby Fire Elemental says his contractor truly is a warm person with

mind was full of noise noticed Choi Han. Choi Han was blankly standing there as if he was thinking

‘What’s up with him?’

Han had seemed to be

him at that moment and

“Cale-nim.”

him with a

speak as if he was

do

“…Huh?”

after seeing Choi

“…I.”

Sully started to speak.

would want to leave

“Then you can leave.”

The grandmother bluntly responded.

about

toward his grandmother.

“You see, I…”

see Cale smiling while shaking the chicken leg

lot

“Excuse me?”

enough for your grandmother to live peacefully. I will also hire your grandmother if she wishes. She

“…Excuse me?”

even the Elementals looked toward Cale with

an inn business.” That’s right! Human, there

Raon fluttered his

Cale continued to speak.

inn that hires employees who can take on most

Yes, yes indeed.

strong because they are originally from the famous Mount Leeb

language can be handled with a magic device.’ Either that or he could make Ron put the bandit employees through rigorous training in order for them to learn the

don’t have any locations on the Western continent, but we have inn number 1

grandmother-grandson duo who were looking at him with blank expressions. He then

There’s no need to worry about not making money. There’s potentially a way to bring

Cale started to smile.

the Elves who said that they were willing to do anything

people who had benefited a lot from Cale already or would benefit in the

benefit

make their presence known in the Western continent

imagined Hope and Adventure Loving Inn Number 2 as he

rent if you want as well.

asked

you want to

like a gold halo was flowing

in the air. It unraveled itself like yarn as it created letters

only Sully and his grandmother

want to be part

looked toward his grandmother before nodding his

with his grandmother and his deceased grandfather. He had seen numerous

that was the only thing that had not left his side

to be family with that

Ooooooooooong-

flashed in the inn's