Trash of the Count's Family

Cale started to speak.

“Jung So Hoon.”

“Why are you suddenly calling my name? Are you still not fully awake, sir?”

The person grumbling back was sitting in a corner of the room eating cup ramen.

Cale just stared at him. That made Jung So Hoon frown as he put down the chopsticks in his hand.

“…Should I boil another one?”

“I want regular ramen instead. Make sure to add an egg.”

“Ow.”

Jung So Hoon who got up while grumbling slowly headed to the small kitchen.

“Team leader-nim! Is this the time to be eating ramen? Are you eating one too because that punk is eating one?”

A woman who seemed to be in her early thirties gathered the documents on the table before frowning toward Cale.

“Kim Min Ah.”

She was the one who had shaken Cale awake earlier. She had headed toward the documents once Cale had opened his eyes.

“Yes, yes sir. My name is Kim Min Ah and that punk’s name is Jung So Hoon.”

“Ah, come on, assistant leader-nim. Please stop saying punk this, punk that. It's not nice to hear.”

“Not nice to hear?”

Kim Min Ah snorted as Jung So Hoon, the man who seemed to be in his mid-twenties grumbled.

“Should I make one for you too, Assistant Leader-nim?”

“No egg for me.”

“Ah. Looks like I’ll need to use two pots.”

Jung So Hoon looked through the cabinet and pulled out a pot as he grumbled.

Cale blankly sat there watching this.

Assistant Leader Kim Min Ah.

Agent Jung So Hoon.

These two people were Cale, no, Kim Rok Soo’s team members. One was in charge of the support team while the other was in charge of the attack team.

Cale quietly sat there before starting to speak.

Kim Rok Soo’s voice had been coming out of his mouth since a few moments ago.

“I didn't come to work today?”

“Yes, sir. How about we go to work now?”

Assistant Leader Kim Min Ah was glaring at Cale.

Cale lowered his head to see that he was wearing a track suit.

He could see Kim Rok Soo’s messy bed hair when he looked at the single mirror in the room.

“Team leader-nim, I didn't even go to the morning Time Attack to come to wake you up. Do you understand? You know how much they pay for those!”

Assistant Leader Kim Min Ah was in charge of one of Cale’s team's attack squads.

She was one of the members of the vanguard.

“I have a lot of documents to organize as well.”

Agent Jung So Hoon grumbled while putting the noodles and seasoning into the boiling water.

He was a supporter with healing abilities who had come out of a guild that shut down about two years ago.

The pot with ramen was soon placed in front of Cale.

Tap.

Two pots of ramen were placed on the table that was mainly used for eating.

“Here’s some kimchi.”

Kimchi was placed between the two pots.

Agent Jung So Hoon had already gone through the fridge to find the location of the side dishes.

“…Ha.”

Cale gasped as if he was shocked.

The corners of Jung So Hoon's lips twitched in response.

“It's unbelievable, right? I am very good at making ramen.”

“Team leader-nim, we’ll eat quickly and head out. Okay?”

Cale listened to the two of them as he picked up his chopsticks.

He put some ramen in his mouth.

It was a familiar and nostalgic taste and just too good.

‘…This is an illusion?’

Cale was shocked because it seemed so real.

He slightly raised his head.

Agent Jung So Hoon had pushed his cup ramen to the side and was eating microwaved rice with kimchi. Assistant Leader Kim Min Ah was quickly gulping down ramen.

‘…The two of them are illusions as well?’

Once Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk, Choi Jung Soo, and the others had passed on, Cale had drawn a clearer line with his employees.

“Ah! Assistant Leader-nim, Eun Soo is coming back soon, right? She said she was going to her grandma’s house or something?”

“Yes, she’s coming back tonight with her dad. You have a day off next Friday, right?”

“Yes. It’s my dad’s birthday and he’s been nagging at me to come down for a while. I'll be heading home for it.”

“Ah, have fun. Did you get him a gift?”

“He says money is best. He wants cold hard cash.”

“Cash is indeed best.”

was because

families had gathered together, people with

Rok Soo could not get close even when his subordinates tried to get to know

Sluuuuuuuurp.

body warmed up eating

‘…Did she say despair?’

was going to show Choi

said that she showed him

meant that this was the worst moment for

eyes looked

is it not the

He was asking himself.

at the worst moment from

was it not showing him that

he soon realized

Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk who he

still dead, but the moment Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk

“Heh.”

why are you suddenly laughing? Is my ramen so good that

probably finds

Cale started to laugh.

eyes as Cale Henituse inside ‘The Birth of

no regrets about the real

cherished

had been

would happen to his team if he was not

what he had been

and his subordinates such as Jung So Hoon and Kim Min Ah

would they have

it have been Kim

have

been enough to let go of the new life he

for him to think

However…

“I'm sorry.”

It’s fine

not talk. Do you think the team leader-nim is sorry because of that? He means he’s sorry we had to come to get him. Team leader-nim, we’re fine. To

Kim Min

was quite serious for

He realized it.

realized the despair that came

the car. Please

do the

and Jung So Hoon

down. You

“Yes, sir!”

to rush so please feel free to take

Screeeech.

them opened the door and headed out of

Cale quietly observed them.

the door was Kim Rok Soo’s

see you in a

“See you soon.”

Clack!

and the automatic lock made an odd noise as it

left alone

He looked around.

the outfit

reached his hand toward

saw his scarred arm and felt the shirt with the tips of his rough

be fun to see the team members for the first time in a

“Fun my ass.”

Rok Soo’s lips twisted up and formed

Tick. Tick. Tick.

while hearing a noise that filled

the

is an item from a

was

after seeing that Kim Min Ah and Jung So Hoon could

Tick. Tick. Tick.

the God

in Kim Rok

Tick. Tick. Tick.

door

of Death was still telling him that his remaining time was

why Cale realized the identity of his

more of a fear

identity of his

In this world…

“It doesn’t exist.”

not real in Kim Rok Soo’s

was just a story inside a novel and

Kim Rok Soo experienced as Cale

a lot of

sighed after

then looked toward the closed

world was outside

he would not head out the

“I need to go.”

wake up

good idea about what he needed to

medium that connected Kim Rok

Birth of

be specific, he grabbed volume

Shhhh-

snorted as

It really

blank. There was nothing

sense since Cale had never

was not recorded in

threw the book at a corner of the couch and

Birth of a Hero

held this back

had a ‘feeling’ that the illusion would

needed to do with this book to

think a normal method would

rip it? Burn it?

just opening the

Flip. Flip.

turned page

arrived at the

the

laughed after seeing

“How boring.”

then closed the