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-”

fact that it

blanked

“…What?”

nonchalant voice respond to

Soo you know is not

Click.

placed his hand on his

him while Lee Soo Hyuk silently removed his scabbard from his hip. He then placed it on one

looked back

“Explain.”

unarmed himself to make the gesture that

“I.”

Cale started to speak.

Kim Rok Soo

the Kim Rok Soo of this world was still young, the Lee Soo Hyuk here was much younger

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

Cale chuckled.

actually the hyung

from Lee Soo

was now

cold morning breeze brushed

started to share

world, once I

the area

soon started to speak

is no longer a team leader Lee Soo

“Mm.”

Soo Hyuk let out

Kim. The Lee siblings, Park Jin Tae, none

Cale stopped talking again.

Hyuk just quietly stared at

realized what the difference he had felt from

it was because Kim Rok Soo had used very odd abilities to be considered

also thought that it was because Kim Rok Soo had seemed sharper than before and

they were

‘Those eyes.’

that were preparing for the future and the enemy that might show

that they were the eyes of a twenty-year-old, even if they had become deeper because he knew some things about

deep to say that it was just because

a lot

who had dreamt of becoming an action

was why he could tell that there were numerous emotions behind Kim Rok

They were always there.

He finally realized it.

started to

the only one

Everybody had died.

am still

looked extremely tired as he

quickly pushed that fatigue out of his eyes. A firm yet stoic gaze was directed at Lee Soo

felt this Kim Rok Soo's true age for the first

an adult. He’s much older than

didn’t know what Lee Soo Hyuk was thinking and just focused on explaining things to

to share the pieces of emotions

and I ended up in this world's Kim Rok Soo's body. I had thought that

was

was not the past but a different

“…A parallel universe?”

realized that it was a parallel universe. This is a different Earth. It

Soo Hyuk was thinking that Cale's voice

I could do

That sentence…

Hyuk could sense the heavy

because he had seen, heard, or experienced everything Kim

‘Anyway.’

not explain the time

‘Everything I could do.’

words were too trivial to

that

toward

later. He’s also seeing and hearing this conversation

Soo Hyuk

very much like Lee Soo

this was something that both of us decided

and quietly observed Lee

looking right at

“I see.”

back was

question whether I

“Rok Soo.”

Hyuk walked

Plop.

placed his hand on Cale's

was

Soo Hyuk was your hyung in

“…Yes.”

team

I am this world's

appeared on Lee

Soo, call me hyung. It’s rude to call your

“Ha!”

let out a

• of Soo Hyuk

‘I know, right?’

world’s Kim Rok Soo's

Hyuk continued to speak as if

happening in this world. Something like

picked his

just me, everybody saw it. How could we suspect you after all of

had seen the

not something

Such a person…

someone who tried to

Soo Hyuk shook

“I can't do that.”

you are,

Soo Hyuk nodded his head with satisfaction after seeing that Cale

then nonchalantly made a

did I die in the other

Cale nonchalantly responded back.

“Saving my life.”

Soo Hyuk

well. You

“Sounds exactly like you.”

“…Me?”

You look like you would even get yourself killed to save the

take care