Trash of the Count's Family

“Rok Soo, is your body feeling okay?”

Cale started to think after hearing what Lee Soo Hyuk said to him as soon as he came up.

‘Is this the right time to tell him?’

The Kim Rok Soo of this world responded to him.

• You're probably thinking about telling him after taking care of the monster. But who knows when you will go back?

‘That is true. But what if his mind is a chaotic mess during the battle because I tell him the truth right now?’

• Soo Hyuk hyung already knows that you are different from before, doesn’t he?

Cale recalled what Lee Soo Hyuk had told him earlier in the night before they started the battle.

‘Kim Rok Soo, I know that you are hiding something.’

‘You are the same Kim Rok Soo I know from the past, but I know that something has changed.’

The Kim Rok Soo of this world calmly continued to speak.

• I understand why you are hesitating.

“Pffft.”

Cale subconsciously chuckled.

Although the Kim Rok Soo of this world was only twenty years old, Cale thought that the only one who could truly understand him was himself.

‘It is beneficial to tell him.’

• Yes. Plus, Soo Hyuk hyung isn’t the type to carry a chaotic mindset into battle.

‘That’s true.’

It was beneficial to tell him.

However, Cale couldn’t help but think about the Lee Soo Hyuk of his world who had left his side a long time ago.

‘I also need to think about your situation once I leave.’

• Yes.

The situation once Cale left this body.

It was possible that the Kim Rok Soo of this world would take over the body right away, but it was also possible that he might faint or something and take some time before he woke up in his body again.

It would be great to have at least one helper in case something like that happened.

“Rok Soo.”

Cale made up his mind.

“Yes, hyung?”

“Your body?”

Cale nodded his head after hearing the question again.

Lee Soo Hyuk felt relieved seeing Cale smiling and nodding his head unlike how he had been earlier.

Cale's condition was much better than earlier now.

‘Objectively speaking, it’s still not good though.’

He was still pale.

But the fact that he was no longer convulsing or coughing up blood was a relief.

Cale started to speak at that moment.

“My body is still not in a good condition.”

Flinch.

Lee Soo Hyuk's shoulders flinched.

‘…I thought he had been okay since our meeting in the grand assembly hall earlier.’

Had all of that been an act?

Had he pretended to be okay because he was concerned that the others would be worried?

Lee Soo Hyuk's face completely stiffened after hearing what Cale said next.

“Soo Hyuk hyung, to be honest with you, my body's condition has been terrible since before I met up with you here.”

Step step.

Cale slowly walked to the railing of the watchtower. He then looked far out in the distance.

It was morning.

Cale Henituse’s day would end in that world soon.

“Rok Soo.”

Cale could feel Lee Soo Hyuk moving over and standing next to him even without looking at him.

“What’s wrong with your body?”

“There are many issues.”

Lee Soo Hyuk had a rare frown on his face.

Lee Soo Hyuk and Kim Rok Soo. Lee Soo Hyuk brushed his hair back and started to speak again since only the two of them were up here right now.

“Okay, what kind-”

the fact that it is not Kim Rok Soo in

Soo Hyuk blanked

“…What?”

a nonchalant

Rok Soo you know is not the one possessing this

Click.

placed his hand

Lee Soo Hyuk silently removed his scabbard from his hip. He then placed it

then looked back toward

“Explain.”

Soo Hyuk, who unarmed himself to make the gesture that he would

“I.”

Cale started to speak.

a Kim Rok Soo you don’t

Rok Soo of this world was still young, the Lee Soo Hyuk here was much younger than the final memory Cale had of Lee Soo

No. I guess I'm thirty-eight now. Anyway, I'm older than you.

Cale chuckled.

actually the

Lee Soo Hyuk whose eyebrows had slightly

was now early

morning breeze brushed past

started to

once I

area for a

soon started

a team

“Mm.”

let out a small

Lee siblings, Park Jin Tae, none

Cale stopped talking again.

Soo Hyuk just quietly stared

realized what the difference he had felt from Kim Rok

had originally thought it was because Kim Rok Soo had used very odd abilities to

was because Kim Rok Soo had seemed sharper than before and had a way of drawing people to him

were

‘Those eyes.’

enemy that might show up at any moment

a twenty-year-old, even

too deep to say that it was just because he knew

lot of emotions in

had dreamt of

that there were numerous emotions behind Kim

They were always there.

He finally realized it.

finally started to

I am the only one who

Everybody had died.

am still

Cale looked extremely

A firm yet stoic gaze was directed at Lee Soo Hyuk once

felt this Kim Rok Soo's

an adult. He’s much older than

Lee Soo Hyuk was thinking and just focused on explaining things to Lee Soo

need to share the pieces of emotions

up one day and I ended up in this world's Kim Rok Soo's body. I had thought that I had returned to the past,

was not the

not the past but a different

“…A parallel universe?”

that it was a parallel universe. This is a different Earth. It is different from the place I

Soo Hyuk was thinking that

started to do everything I could do

That sentence…

the heavy weight of everything

seen, heard, or experienced everything Kim

‘Anyway.’

not explain the time that

‘Everything I could do.’

too trivial to explain

think that I will probably return to my own

pointed toward his

the way, the real Rok Soo is in here. He’ll return later. He’s also seeing

Hyuk

this was very much like Lee Soo Hyuk

you about all of this was something that both

there and quietly observed Lee

also looking right at

“I see.”

he got back was that short

don't question whether

“Rok Soo.”

Hyuk walked over to

Plop.

placed his hand

expression was

Soo Hyuk was your hyung in that world too,

“…Yes.”

hyung, team

this world's

appeared on Lee

me hyung. It’s rude to call your hyung, ‘you.’ Don't

“Ha!”

let out

• expected of

‘I know, right?’

this world’s Kim Rok Soo's

to speak

things are happening in this

then picked his

Not just me, everybody saw

Hyuk had seen the

was not something anybody

Such a person…

question someone who tried to

Soo Hyuk shook his

“I can't do that.”

you

satisfaction after seeing that Cale had returned to

then nonchalantly

die

Cale nonchalantly responded back.

“Saving my life.”

Hyuk turned toward

as well. You saved people left and right before leaving the

“Sounds exactly like you.”

“…Me?”

you would even get yourself killed to save the person next

take care of