Trash of the Count's Family

TCF 720

# The method to enduring memories (3)

“I never even imagined this.”

Cale looked around. He could see a high school located on top of a steep uphill road.

This was his high school, Raon High School. The uphill road to this school was quite famous.

“Haaa, can’t they just like cut up this uphill road?”

“That's crazy. Do you even hear what you're saying?”

“My calves are on fire!”

Cale could see many students walking past him.

They were climbing this uphill road that made them swear on their way up every summer and winter. Many students grumbled about how Raon was not a fitting name for this school as forget joy, they felt as if they would die every time they had to climb this hill.

“Mm.”

The current time was 7:45am according to his watch.

He was certain that his memory was not wrong to remember that he needed to be in the classroom within 15 minutes to not be late.

“Haaaa.”

Cale was in disbelief the more he thought about it.

‘I did think that it may come up at some point.’

He had thought that his past prior to the cataclysm would pop up at least once between these five emotion illusion tests.

However, he presumed it would be based not during his high school days but much farther back, during a time when everything in his life seemed to be full of darkness.

He had been full of indignity, wrath, and failure at that time for sure.

In fact, his life as Kim Rok Soo as a freshman in high school was one of his few peaceful moments after having lived in the orphanage for a few years by then.

Unlike his mother who was the only child of her generation, his father had a distant relative who became Kim Rok Soo’s guardian after his parents died from an accident.

He had a decent job and was a pretty good person.

At that time that is...

He enjoyed small amounts of drinking and gambling at that time but he ended up getting extremely addicted to them not long after taking Kim Rok Soo in.

Kim Rok Soo had to deal with that bastard as he became crazier and suffered all sorts of indignity as he figured out how to survive on his own.

However, he was able to survive through it all and made it to an orphanage.

Of course, he had not done it on his own.

What could a child do on his own? The only thing he knew how to do was to submit to his uncle and do whatever he could do to survive. A lot of people helped him and the systems set in society helped him get out and be relieved that he did not have to get beaten anymore.

The fact that he didn't need to curl in fear underneath his blanket or hold his pee because he was not allowed to leave the room simply made him think that he could now live in peace.

He had stayed in the orphanage until his last year of high school.

His life in the orphanage was not that bad. In fact, he was having an average but good time. It was great in all aspects of food, clothes, and shelter.

“Hey, hurry up! Do you want to be late?!”

“Ow! This rotten uphill road!”

Cale observed the backs of the students running past him.

Cale had to start walking up this hill if he didn’t want to be late either. He started to walk.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

He felt a gust of wind.

Raon High School's uphill road was famous for another reason in addition to its infamy for its steep slope. There were cherry blossoms on either side of the road during spring.

“Mm.”

Cale felt his breath getting heavier and held back a chuckle. His health had been terrible at this time.

‘What issues did I have during this time?’

There should be a clear reason as to why this was the illusion.

He followed the memories of his past and walked through the main gate of Raon High School and headed for his classroom.

‘What class was I in during my freshman year?

Ah, I remember.

Class 4.’

His feet naturally headed toward Class 4.

It was the end of March. The classroom during this time when the cherry blossoms were slowly starting to bloom was just so-so.

Blissful memories?

Emotional moments?

‘There’s no way I would have those.’

His school years were nothing to Cale. They were simply a few peaceful days.

headed toward his seat. Kim Rok Soo's seat was the third seat in

to listen to the lessons and the Kim Rok Soo

‘I was lazy?’

attention to his studies and his grades

plans to

orphanage. He would start a part-time job on the weekends during the second semester of his freshman year and slowly increase his part- time jobs while studying

had been quite a tiring and fierce

take care of him

“You’re here?”

“Yeah.”

and nonchalantly looked at the punks

Rok Soo, you were a bit later

“Who cares?”

to this little

his uniform and his

in the middle. That was

that was

‘That’s odd.’

not remember the names

peeked at their

‘Mm.

Now I remember.’

He did remember them.

Screech.

walked into the room. He recalled the teacher’s face

was the teacher’s

it as the teacher did not have a

I not need to remember it because

teacher left

‘Wow.’

but be wowed

‘This isn’t bad.’

he had not

as he followed his body and some of his classmates

“Hey, see you later.”

was then

split into groups of two or three and went to exercise or to the classroom. It was extremely natural as if

was I left

Ah.’

Cale realized something.

“Ah, that’s right.

He couldn’t help but

He realized it now.

his issue during this

could finally realize how that he was

anybody by my

were at a superficial level, saying hi in the classroom, eating together, and walking to the bus

parents who were

dad’s distant cousin was quite warm at

remembered only these big incidents, his

them would even end up transferring to other schools. Even the people who became close to him and tried to look after him at

not be close to anyone despite

sure it was the

Cale could tell that all of that was because of the reincarnated White Star taking his body, forcing him to live a similar life to the White

of this time had not

hurt a lot

he knew that none

to Kim Rok Soo, his parents’ car accident, abuse from his uncle, his

responses and was nonchalant with people

Why?

“...It was annoying.

Ah.”

Cale gasped.

he

would qualify under

the cataclysm that happened during his part-time job after his college exams in his

I lost them

made a lot of connections

to protect them

sealed god’s temple, end the

need

it

his resolve again and

let his feet lead him somewhere and looked up at the plaque

< Raon Library >

Raon.

looking at the joyful library before he flinched. A yellow light

‘Hmm?

Ah, right.

Raon.

The children averaging nine-years-old.

Miru, the youngest of the children who will average ten-years-old

individual and nodded

Screech.

carefully opened the door and walked in without

was

soon stopped and

a bit peculiar. This

a lot of fantasy novels. The 17 years old Kim Rok Soo frequently visited

some of the money he earned through

‘They were quite fun.’

difficult childhoods and fought against the world. However, Cale had no intentions

be more specific, he didn't have the strength to do

to take responsibility for and take care of