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

Hyuk's time when people without families had gathered together, people with families to take care of had gathered when Kim Rok Soo had

Kim Rok Soo could not get close even

Sluuuuuuuurp.

up eating

‘…Did she say despair?’

to show Choi Han despair when she cast the illusion

she showed him his

that this was the

looked up

is it not the

He was asking himself.

not ended up at the

was it not showing

soon

met with Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk who he had

was still dead, but the moment Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk died no longer

“Heh.”

you suddenly laughing? Is my ramen so good that you can’t

probably

Cale started to laugh.

opened his eyes as Cale Henituse inside

had no regrets about the real

no cherished friends,

been a bit

would happen to his team

what he had been

work, and his subordinates such as Jung So Hoon and

would they have

been Kim Rok Soo’s

it have

curious, but that curiosity had not been enough to let

him to

However…

“I'm sorry.”

okay. It’s fine to laugh at

we had to

and Kim Min Ah each brushed aside Cale’s

quite

He realized it.

realized the despair that

at the car. Please come down once you're

I do the

Min Ah and Jung

and head down. You don’t need to

“Yes, sir!”

don’t need to rush so please feel

Screeeech.

of them opened the door

Cale quietly observed them.

door was

we will see you in a

“See you soon.”

Clack!

made an odd

left alone in the

He looked around.

the outfit he always

reached his hand toward the

the

to work? 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

“Fun my ass.”

lips

Tick. Tick. Tick.

while hearing a noise

the top of his track

it because it is an item

certain it was an illusion

Kim Min Ah and Jung So Hoon could not hear that

Tick. Tick. Tick.

the

in Kim Rok Soo’s track suit

Tick. Tick. Tick.

I head out that door when

was still telling him that his remaining time was going

why Cale realized the

was more of a fear

true identity

In this world…

“It doesn’t exist.”

Hero’ was not real in Kim Rok

just a story inside a

Rok Soo experienced as Cale was fake and just

I have a

sighed after

looked toward the closed

world was outside that

was why he would not head out

“I need to go.”

wake up

had a pretty good idea about

Kim Rok Soo

grabbed ‘The Birth of

he grabbed volume

Shhhh-

snorted as he

really is an

was

Cale

in

corner of the

Birth of a

held this back and

that the illusion would break with this

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

think a normal method would

it? Burn it?

debated before just

Flip. Flip.

quickly turned page after

at

the

after seeing the

“How boring.”

closed