Trash of the Count's Family

Cale questioned it, but had no choice other than to ask the conclusion he came to in his mind.

“…I pass because of my looks?”

– My goodness!

The voice that sounded like a person in their mid to late teens shouted as if she didn’t know what to do.

– So cute! Look at how grumpy you look while asking if you pass because of your looks! You’re such a little cutie!

“…My goodness.”

Cale’s ‘my goodness’ as he sighed was for a very different reason than the Drew Thames of her teens. He heard the voices of the Super Rock and the other ancient powers in his mind.

– …Ho. I’ve never seen someone like this.

– She has a sharp eye.

– How amazing. She’s amazing in many ways. The first thing she noticed while looking at Cale Henituse was his face? Hohoho.

This was the first time that Cale had ever been told he was cute, whether in this world or during his life as Kim Rok Soo. He had never been called cute in his thirty-plus, almost forty years.

“Ha, haha-”

Cale couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

Someone came back to their senses after hearing him laugh.

Ron Molan. Ron had only been anxious about this sudden situation for a moment before walking over to Raon with a stiff expression on his face.

“Raon-nim.”

“Hmm? Good to see you again Grandpa Ron!”

Ron couldn’t put on his usual benign smile even at Raon’s bright greeting.

“Raon-nim, how did a tree end up growing here?”

The grave of Cale Henituse’s biological mother…

Ron had been thinking about a lot of things just from the fact that Cale came here. But a giant tree bursting through the grave and growing like this? The tree was beautiful, but Ron couldn’t get rid of the stiff expression on his face.

“Ha, haha-”

It was because Cale Henituse, the child of the owner of this grave that was now gone because of the tree, was laughing so emptily while being surrounded by these beautiful red leaves.

The laugh seemed somewhat full of disbelief but also as if there was nothing behind it. Ron slowly looked around.

Raon, Lily, and Hong were just watching the tree and Cale as if they were amazed. But everybody On and older were only shocked for a moment before they all looked at Cale with complicated expressions on their faces.

“Hmm?”

Ron’s gaze then landed on a punk.

“Mm, mmph! Mmph!”

This bastard’s face had turned into a mess after being pummeled by the buzz-cut Dragon Rasheel. Lion King Dorph’s eyes were wide open as he flailed while looking at the red tree. His face looked both astonished and shocked.

“Why is this son of a bitch whining like this without considering the situation?”

Rasheel raised his palm as if to say Dorph was being annoying.

Pow!

“Ugh!”

Rasheel smacked Dorph’s back extremely hard and Dorph’s head lowered while shaking intensely. Rasheel snorted before smirking.

“This is my first time seeing someone gain an ancient power. Truly fitting for a human this mighty Dragon has appro-, no, that’s not right. Hey! Is this okay?!”

Rasheel’s eyes opened wide.

“Is it okay for Cale Henituse to gain another ancient power? Is his plate okay?! Won’t it break again?”

Ron still looked calm, while some of the others stiffened up while hearing that.

“…What do you mean by… his plate breaking again?”

Basen quietly asked while Rasheel nonchalantly commented as if he couldn’t believe Basen didn’t even know that.

“Cale Henituse’s plate is wide but is pretty much completely full already. His plate will probably break into pieces if he takes in one more ancient power.”

“W, what would happen if it breaks?”

Lily quickly barged in. Rasheel was annoyed at these little pests but held back his anger and responded bluntly.

“What else? He’ll die if his plate breaks. I heard he’s been through this many times already? This time is probably really dangerous.”

“…Rasheel-nim.”

Ron tried to stop him, but Rasheel had already said it and Lily and Basen turned completely pale. Rasheel didn’t care as he looked toward the bottom of the hill.

“Who is that?”

“…She is the Duchess of the territory.”

Ron answered Rasheel’s question while looking at the pale expression on Duchess Violan’s face. She had just gotten here.

The Violan Ron knew would not have come here while Cale was here. However, she probably came over because she was worried after seeing this bright red tree and hearing Cale’s scream.

She had run over on her own. A lot of people probably wanted to come with her, but she probably came alone because she was worried that she might bother Cale who had wanted to go to his biological mother’s grave quietly.

And after rushing over on her own, the first thing she heard was what Rasheel had just said.

‘Tsk.’

internally before bowing toward Violan. Duchess Violan stopped walking and disappeared behind a tree

shaking

we

“Who knows?”

an odd expression on his face as if he had not been the

Cale Henituse knows the condition of his body. We

about Cale, a rare person he could easily converse with, but he did not have the authority

Basen were different. Basen subconsciously walked toward

He cannot keep doing this. Hyung-nim should not do this if

something he

“…Excuse me?”

around after hearing a

standing there

likely knows that this may be taxing on his body. He made this decision despite knowing what

as he let out

respect

closed

Hero.

title that was

many things the person has done… All of those things combined together and the results they created were what made

how a hero was

weight he is carrying on his shoulders, you should at least respect

young pink Dragon Dodori

will

siblings turned toward Hong and Raon, who looked confused,

‘Hmm?’

Dodori felt that

“…!”

turned toward

“What the……?!”

subconsciously rubbed his arm

Boom!

face slam to the ground, but Rasheel didn’t care. Rasheel pressed down on the

‘Something is getting twisted.’

Dragon.

even a great Dragon like himself could not detect was

happening at the center of these sparkling red leaves. It was happening where

is it? What is being

but could not tell what

did not step

is just a small amount

‘It is weak.’

didn’t know what it was, but the twist

Dodori chose to watch for

tightly that they were getting

‘Time……!’

had less presence than the air but

existence of ‘time’ twisting with the red tree at

This is not

that this

even greater than time was hiding inside

that could be impacted even

mind. Raon could somewhat make out the true nature of this twist that nobody, not even the other Dragons that were here,

out completely because he was still young and inexperienced, but the word seemed to embed itself in his

‘…Fate……!’

toward Cale

thought that it was a more dangerous

be dangerous if that power

Boom. Boom.

heart started beating wildly. Something that existed inside him started to squirm. It was like the smallest of embers that landed on a handful of dry leaves. A small amount of power similar to the ember that

it because he was too busy thinking about how Cale could be in

Boom. Booboom.

small amount of ‘fate’ on the red tree without Raon

be the only power that could get rid of this

given to a life form… The ‘present’ was the only time

Paaaaat-!

red light covered Rasheel, Dodori,

everything looked to be covered in

up by the breeze, and they could see Cale Henituse floating up to

“Ah.”

gasped while seeing the

up without Raon’s knowledge sunk back

“Human!”

called out to

toward

tried to crash into Cale like an angry

“That’s odd.”

Cale was focused on

‘It’s warm.’

the red light looked extremely destructive, Cale could feel

Swoooooooosh-

that had been surrounding him and moved toward the red wave, the wood attribute ancient power, ‘annual rings of

“No-!”

“Shit!”

the shouts of people underneath the

and focused. He then called forth an ability that existed inside

At that moment…

cutie, you are my

Thames sounded confused before she

I just need to

opened his eyes at

was a diary in his

the item that Drew

This diary…

Embrace ability was used on

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