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.”

because they

with families to

not get close even when his subordinates tried to get to know him

Sluuuuuuuurp.

body warmed up eating

‘…Did she say despair?’

had said she was going to show Choi Han despair when

had said that she showed him

that this was

looked

is it not

He was asking himself.

up at the worst moment from his

was it not showing him that

he soon

Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk who he

Team leader Lee Soo

“Heh.”

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

The Team leader-nim probably finds your

Cale started to laugh.

eyes as Cale Henituse inside ‘The

no regrets about the

cherished friends, family, nor

had been a bit

would happen to his team if he

what he

who did not show up for work, and his

have

have been Kim Rok

it have been something

had been curious, but that curiosity had not been enough to let go of the new

for him to think about

However…

“I'm sorry.”

It’s fine to laugh

you, you- really should 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 be honest with you, we’re happy we

So Hoon and Kim Min

was quite serious

He realized it.

the despair that

at the car. Please come

do

and Jung So Hoon once he was done

and head down. You don’t need to do

“Yes, sir!”

so please feel

Screeeech.

them opened the door and headed

Cale quietly observed them.

outside the door was

will see you in

“See you soon.”

Clack!

the automatic lock made an odd noise as it locked the

alone

He looked around.

the outfit he always

hand toward

arm and felt the shirt

It’s an illusion, but wouldn’t it be fun to see the team members for the first time in a long while and experience the difficult but bearable company work and relive the tiring work

“Fun my ass.”

Rok Soo’s lips twisted up and

Tick. Tick. Tick.

hearing a noise that filled the

hand headed inside the top of

because it is an

was an illusion

Min Ah and Jung So Hoon could not hear that

Tick. Tick. Tick.

letter from the God of

letter was in Kim Rok Soo’s

Tick. Tick. Tick.

out that door

the God of Death was still telling him that his remaining time was going

Cale realized the identity of his

more of a

true identity of

In this world…

“It doesn’t exist.”

not real in

inside a novel

everything Kim Rok Soo experienced as Cale was fake and just part

a

sighed after

toward

was outside that

why he would

“I need to go.”

to quickly wake up

had a pretty good idea about what he

that connected Kim

Birth of a

specific, he grabbed volume

Shhhh-

as

really is an

were blank. There was nothing written in

made sense since Cale

not recorded in Kim

corner of the couch and reached

Birth of a

this back and

a ‘feeling’ that the

needed to

think a normal method would

rip it? Burn it? Maybe

before just opening the

Flip. Flip.

turned page after

arrived at the

Continued in the next volume.

seeing the

“How boring.”

then closed the