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 had

when people without families had gathered together, people with families to

get close even when his subordinates tried

Sluuuuuuuurp.

up

‘…Did she say despair?’

said she was going to show Choi Han despair when she cast the

that she

this was the

looked up

is it not the

He was asking himself.

at the worst

not showing

soon

met with Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk who he had

moment Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk died no longer pained him

“Heh.”

Team leader-nim, why are you suddenly laughing? Is my ramen so good

The Team leader-nim probably finds your reaction more

Cale started to laugh.

his eyes as Cale Henituse

had no regrets

no cherished friends,

had been

to his team if he

he had been

someone looking for Kim Rok Soo who did not show up for work, and his subordinates such as Jung So Hoon and Kim Min Ah would have been the ones

would they have seen once

been

it have

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

was just enough curiosity for him to think about it

However…

“I'm sorry.”

It’s fine to laugh at

sorry we had to come to

Kim Min Ah each

quite

He realized it.

realized the despair that came

be down at the car. Please come down once

do the

to Kim Min Ah and Jung So Hoon once he was

down.

“Yes, sir!”

so please feel free to take your

Screeeech.

door and headed out of his

Cale quietly observed them.

the door was Kim Rok Soo’s

see you

“See you soon.”

Clack!

made an

was left alone

He looked around.

outfit he always

reached his hand toward the black

scarred arm and felt the

I go to work? It’s an illusion, but wouldn’t it be fun to see the team members for the first

“Fun my ass.”

of Kim Rok Soo’s lips twisted up and formed a

Tick. Tick. Tick.

hearing a noise that filled the

hand headed inside the top of his

is an

had been certain it was an illusion

illusion after seeing that Kim Min Ah

Tick. Tick. Tick.

from the

letter was in Kim Rok Soo’s track

Tick. Tick. Tick.

that door

God of Death was still telling him

Cale realized the identity of

more of a fear

true identity of his

In this world…

“It doesn’t exist.”

was not real

a story inside a novel

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

I have a lot

after realizing his

toward the

world was outside

he would

“I need to go.”

to quickly wake up

a pretty good idea about what he needed

Kim Rok Soo and

grabbed ‘The Birth of

specific, he grabbed

Shhhh-

snorted as he

really is an

were blank. There was nothing

since Cale had never read

not recorded in

the book at a corner of the couch and reached toward a

a Hero Volume

this back and

that the illusion

didn't know what he needed to do with this book to break the

think a normal

rip it? Burn it? Maybe

just opening the

Flip. Flip.

quickly turned

quickly arrived at the last

in the next

laughed after seeing

“How boring.”

closed the