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-”

for it would be the fact that it is not Kim Rok Soo in this

Soo Hyuk blanked out for

“…What?”

a nonchalant voice respond

I'm saying that the Kim Rok Soo you know is not the one possessing

Click.

Hyuk placed his hand

removed his scabbard

looked back

“Explain.”

the

“I.”

Cale started to speak.

Kim Rok Soo you don’t

was still young, the Lee Soo Hyuk here was much younger than the final memory Cale

thirty-six years old. No. I guess I'm

Cale chuckled.

actually the

looked away from Lee Soo Hyuk whose eyebrows had slightly

was now

morning breeze brushed past his

to

my world, once I turned thirty-six years

the area

started to

a team leader Lee Soo

“Mm.”

Soo Hyuk let out a small

siblings, Park Jin Tae, none of you

Cale stopped talking again.

just

the difference he had felt from Kim

had used very odd

had seemed sharper than before and had a way of drawing people to him

they were both

‘Those eyes.’

the enemy that might show up at

of a twenty-year-old, even if they had become deeper because

too deep to say that it was just

were a lot of

had dreamt of becoming an action

he could tell that there were numerous emotions behind Kim Rok

They were always there.

He finally realized it.

finally started to speak

am the only one

Everybody had died.

am still

looked extremely tired as

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

Kim Rok Soo's true age for

much older than

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

to share the pieces of emotions that remained in his mind with Lee Soo

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

place was

not the past but a different

“…A parallel universe?”

parallel universe. This is a different Earth. It is different

was thinking that

I could do since

That sentence…

heavy weight of

was because he had seen, heard, or experienced everything Kim Rok

‘Anyway.’

explain the

‘Everything I could do.’

to

this first unranked monster… I think that I

pointed toward his

the real Rok Soo is in here. He’ll return later. He’s also seeing and hearing this

Soo Hyuk stopped

like Lee Soo

telling you about all of this

quietly

looking right at Cale

“I see.”

got back

whether I

“Rok Soo.”

Hyuk walked over to

Plop.

then placed his hand on

was quite

was your hyung in that

“…Yes.”

team leader, role

this

appeared on

It’s rude to call your

“Ha!”

out a short

• expected of Soo Hyuk

‘I know, right?’

world’s Kim

Soo Hyuk continued to speak

things are happening in this world. Something

his sword

how much you’ve struggled. Not just me, everybody saw it. How could we suspect you after all of

Hyuk had seen the despair

something anybody could

Such a person…

I would question someone who tried to save not just

Soo Hyuk

“I can't do that.”

how you are,

Hyuk nodded his head with satisfaction after seeing that Cale had returned

nonchalantly made

I die in

Cale nonchalantly responded back.

“Saving my life.”

Soo Hyuk

our team members and other people as well. You saved people left and right before leaving the world before I

“Sounds exactly like you.”

“…Me?”

exactly how you look right now. You look like you would

take care of yourself