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.

Rok Soo's seat

to the lessons and the Kim Rok Soo of this time had

‘I was lazy?’

attention to his studies and his grades were

plans to go

leave the orphanage. He would start a part-time job on the weekends during the

been quite a tiring

nobody to take care of him

“You’re here?”

“Yeah.”

sat down and nonchalantly looked at the punks talking to

you were a bit later than

“Who cares?”

this

Rok Soo was always dressed sharply in his uniform and his

the middle. That was the

was how Cale remembered

‘That’s odd.’

he could not remember the names

at their name

‘Mm.

Now I remember.’

He did remember them.

Screech.

He recalled the teacher’s face after taking a

the teacher’s

recall it as the

not need to remember it because

homeroom teacher left and the lessons

‘Wow.’

couldn’t help but be

‘This isn’t bad.’

had not heard for twenty something

Cale did not have to recall much as he followed his body and some

“Hey, see you later.”

then naturally left

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

was

Ah.’

Cale realized something.

“Ah, that’s right.

couldn’t help

He realized it now.

his issue during this

finally realize how that he was in his mid to

keep anybody by my

Rok Soo’s relationship with his classmates were at a superficial level, saying hi in the classroom, eating together, and walking to

parents who were

dad’s distant cousin was quite warm at first

incidents, his school years

he tried to get close to at school would suddenly become distant. Some of them would even end up transferring to other schools. Even the people

despite trying to get to know

it was

White Star taking his body, forcing him to live a similar life to the White Star even

of this time had not

hurt

was because he knew that

that had happened to Kim Rok Soo, his parents’ car accident, abuse from his uncle, his friends transferring school, they were all things that just

gave short responses and was nonchalant with people

Why?

“...It was annoying.

Ah.”

Cale gasped.

he found to be

under sloth, but it was worth

his part-time job after his college exams in his senior year allowed Cale

then I lost them

reaching his thirties and becoming Cale Henituse, he had made

to

care of this sealed god’s temple, end the White Star’s reincarnation, and

need to

of it was

resolve again and

his feet lead him somewhere and looked

< Raon Library >

Raon.

about someone while looking at the joyful library before he flinched. A yellow light roamed

‘Hmm?

Ah, right.

Raon.

The children averaging nine-years-old.

of the children who will

that individual and nodded

Screech.

and walked

It was from this

stopped

bit peculiar. This school library

Raon High School had a lot of fantasy novels. The 17 years old Kim Rok Soo frequently visited both the school and public libraries as he didn't

some of the money he earned through his part-time jobs to read

‘They were quite fun.’

their difficult childhoods and fought against the world. However, Cale had no intentions of fighting against the world starting from the moment he chose to live as the invisible person who couldn’t

he didn't have the strength

responsibility for and take care of