Trash of the Count's Family

Cale was about to look at the diary when he heard a voice that made him turn his head.

“Human! What does that mean?”

Raon, who could not see the diary, puffed up his cheeks as if was upset about what he had just heard.

“Human, you are not someone who would be affected by that white thing!”

It was based on what Cale had just mumbled.

‘I must have been one of the souls that was impacted by the reincarnator, the White Star.’

Raon waved both paws around as if to object to that statement.

Pfft. Cale let out a quiet chuckle.

But he didn’t respond and just patted Raon’s head before turning back toward the diary.

Reincarnators.

Existences that maintain their memories while getting new bodies unlike regular souls that would get new memories and new bodies with each new life. The variables that would affect other souls.

‘It is highly likely that I was the soul that was affected by this reincarnation of the White Star.’

The current White Star’s face was similar to Kim Rok Soo’s face.

Cale organized his thoughts.

‘Kim Rok Soo was living in a different dimension after being affected by a reincarnator. If he switches places with a transmigrator and is brought to this world…’

The simple answer was that this was the cleanest and most efficient way to take care of things.

Of course, this was a decision made by a god who did not want to impact numerous souls.

Single-lifers and Immortals, the ‘exceptions.’

Reincarnators and transmigrators, the ‘variables.’

Finally, the mysterious existence of the Regressors.

“…Ha.”

Cale couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

However, what he read next in the diary made his thoughts move in a different direction.

< I, well, my family, has been researching ‘time and life’ for generations. >

Cale’s gaze headed back to the headstone.

< Drew Thames >

Cale’s biological mother was from Baron Thames’s family.

Cale recalled the information he managed to sneakily get out of Duke Deruth before coming to this grave.

‘Cale Henituse’s biological mother’s household is said to have perished.’

Drew Thames had been the only surviving descendant.

‘Duke Deruth fell in love with Drew Thames when they met at the academy and asked her to marry him.’

There were no nobles with the family name of Thames in the present Roan Kingdom.

It was because Drew Thames, the only living descendant, chose not to continue her household. With nobody left to continue the family, the name was naturally removed from the list of nobles and eventually disappeared from people’s memories.

It was just the maternal family of an extra in ‘The Birth of a Hero,’ and the book didn’t even mention that extra’s biological mother’s name or her family.

“That’s odd.”

Cale felt that it was odd no matter how many times he thought about it.

“…It looks like they had been doing research without anybody knowing about it.”

Based on what he knew so far, the Thames household didn’t seem to share the results of their research with anyone.

Drew Thames, the only living descendant, didn’t even mention the details of her perished family’s research with Duke Deruth.

‘The research was conducted in secret but it is extremely valuable.’

The White Star would most definitely use this information for evil if this diary ever fell into his hands.

The research falling into the wrong hands might have been the reason they kept it a secret, but the problem was that the family that had been keeping this secret was no longer around.

“The only living descendant, huh?”

That meant that there was absolutely nobody else in the world. It meant that they were all dead.

“…It gets weirder the more I think about it.”

Drew Thames. She had an ancient power that allowed her to see the annual rings of all living beings.

She was skilled enough that she could tell that her own son was born with the variable life of a transmigrator.

Someone like that didn’t know how the other descendants of her family died?

Most importantly, even if they were just a Barons family, one of the Roan Kingdom’s noble households had slowly disappeared without a trace. But that descendant’s spouse didn’t even know the reason?

Her spouse just said that that had been the case from the moment they met.

“Mm.”

Now that Cale decided to live the rest of his life as Cale Henituse… He thought that he should look into some things as they related to the original Cale Henituse.

included learning more about his mother, Drew

“…This is really-”

‘It’s really fishy.’

some reason, just thinking about the Thames household gave him

get involved in some complicated mess while looking into this

and life.’ Just that alone made

was researching this in secret before

try

“…Something stinks.”

was definitely

“Human! I didn’t fart!”

that was about to turn serious instead turned into a frown. He looked toward Raon who

It doesn’t smell stinky! Human, where do you

“Haaaaaaaa.”

just sighed and shook his head.

of us reminds

was quite

similar not long after he first met Cale. He was remembering how the

firmed his resolve while looking at

“…Yeah.”

up

to take care of the

once they take down the White

‘I’ll rest!’

definitely get

relax

so small that it could barely

one day… Yes… one day…

the Thames household for later, much much

for

‘What could happen?’

nothing will happen but it

a feeling that something

some clues about what would happen in the future, but Cale chose to

happened with this White

White Star happens again… If the scale of that event was as

“That’s just wrong.”

Cale shook his head.

having a

a delusion from being unable to rest because

it not

household happened tens

not learned

Cale and his friends had not learned about it while sweeping around left and right, it was normal to

that happened a long time ago that people forgot

put

having that slacker life after taking care of the

just rest once this is all

can rest for about a year before we go see

overly sensitive because he had just been thinking about

with Raon might lead

trip

traveling the world having fun and relaxing as

to worry about and that he was

he frowned after reading the next sentence Drew Thames wrote

To the person who is living in

< I’m sorry. >

“Hmm?”

she

get some information or find the roots of this body you have possessed. You might also

I arranged something

arrangement that Drew Thames had

of Cale’s lips curled up. He was wondering why she was apologizing, but

“…It must be this.”

it would be the ancient

to read with a bit

called the Forest of

‘Hmm?’

could feel the power from the entrance. The other power is located in the lake within the forest. It is actually a swamp covered

Rock and

I already got those.’

to the Forest of Darkness. You will be able to easily get it if you

much the essence of my power and will allow you to see the flow of time in a living being’s past. You should be able to easily determine what those annual rings represent if you read the information I left you. If you see the annual rings without this information, you will just be able to tell if time has

White Star took

the essence

have this information and can only

“… Uhh…mm……”

do you have such an expression?

hands were shaking as they held

the person he would now live as, the original name of the

everything

then noticed some other

world is full of chaos and that the gods had

that I left you will help you achieve your wishes in the midst of that chaos.

body… I hope you can consider these my ‘gifts’ to you for the harm you may have received because of my child.

behalf of my child…

< I’m sorry. >

out

“Huuuuuu.”

for a while

“…Human, are you okay?”

face

“Huh?!”

then opened

“Human, this!”