Trash of the Count's Family

# The method to enduring memories (5)

“...Uhh, yeah.”

Choi Jung Gun accepted Cale’s greeting in an extremely awkward voice.

Cale peeked toward the notepad on the table where Choi Jung Gun had been sitting.

‘Everything else was the same.’

Cale had not noticed anything special after finishing his evening lessons and following his memories back to the orphanage last night.

‘My room was a single room.’

The children at the orphanage usually stayed with a roommate until the end of their freshman year of high school. However, Cale’s situation was different because the kid who was sharing the room with him had left the orphanage. He had heard that the kid had come to the orphanage because his family’s financial situation was not good but had returned home with his dad once it got better.

‘It’s a good thing.’

Cale was relieved that he had time to think alone without any interruptions.

“It seems like you two know each other?”

Cale gave a simple response as the book club president looked back and forth at the two of them and asked.

“I come here to borrow books every day at lunch. I've seen this sunbae-nim a lot during that time. That’s how we've become familiar with each other.”

“Oh, is that so? Do you like books?”

“Yes, sunbae-nim.”

“Wow. I'm glad that we got someone who likes books. The book club's tasks are surprisingly hard and very repetitive.”

The club president walked over to the desk where Choi Jung Gun was standing and pulled out an application form.

“We need to record and barcode every book, organize books, and clean the library daily. Everybody seems to think that the book club is a reading club but our school's book club has a lot of things to do. We are even busy during festival season. Anyway!”

He smiled warmly to the new freshman whose name was visible on his uniform.

“What I am saying is that you need some level of affection for books to be able to enjoy the book club's duties. Does that change your mind about joining the book club?”

Cale gave a firm response with a smile on his face.

“No. Not at all. It makes me want to join the book club right away.”

"Okay. That’s the right attitude for a good club member.”

Smile. The second year president smiled mischievously before handing Cale a pen and the application form.

Use the inside of the desk over here to fill out your application. It doesn’t look like there is anybody here today.”

The library was oddly empty today.

“You see that chair next to Jung Gun hyung? You can sit there.”

“Okay, sunbae-nim.”

Cale responded and quickly headed toward the chair next to Choi Jung Gun.

“Ah.”

Choi Jung Gun blankly watched for a moment before he flinched and urgently sat down. He then hurriedly started cleaning up his open notebook and pens. The club president looked apologetic.

“Hyung, I'm sorry for bothering you while you are writing.”

“Huh? No, not at all.”

Choi Jung Gun closed his notebook as he peeked to the side. Cale was focused on filling out his application.

“Huuuuuu.”

A quiet sigh flowed out of Choi Jung Gun's mouth.

However, Cale had already seen it.

He had not missed that instant of opening to see a word as the notebook closed.

Choi Han, Rosalyn, Lock... It was not the name of any of the people in The Birth of a Hero.

However, it was a special word.

‘Roan.’

Cale couldn’t help but smile after seeing those four letters.

‘I'm right.’

This Choi Jung Gun was that Choi Jung Gun.

He was the first Dragon Slayer, and Nelan Barrow, the author of the novel, ‘The Birth of a Hero.’ It really was that punk.

Choi Jung Gun noticed Kim Rok Soo raise his head a bit and look toward him.

Smile.

Kim Rok Soo smiled at him. It was not the same bright smile he had seen until now; it was extremely different and looked as if he was plotting something.

Choi Jung Gun turned a bit pale and his pupils started shaking.

“What, what is it?”

He subconsciously asked and Kim Rok Soo commented as if he didn't mean anything by it.

“I want to write too.”

“R, really?”

No. It was a lie.

“Yes, sunbae-nim. I want to write a popular fiction novel.”

“...What kind?”

Cale looked at Choi Jung Gun as if this was new and unexpected.

‘He seems a bit clueless.’

The Choi Jung Gun who stole Taerang from Ahn Roh Man’s world was extremely skilled according to Ahn Roh Man. He needed to be in order to steal Taerang without any issues.

However, the Choi Jung Gun in front of Cale right now was a bit-

‘He seems a bit dopey.’

He didn't seem to be that skilled.

Cale returned to ‘nice mode’ toward Choi Jung Gun, someone who was much older than him and was Choi Han's elder, as he responded. Of course, the individual he referenced for his nice mode was-

‘Hmm?

Who was it again?

Who was I referencing?

Ah, right.’

Alberu Crossman with a deal to be made. Cale was referencing the crown prince.

Yellow dust was fluttering underneath Cale’s shoes at that moment. It decreased in size the moment Cale thought about Alberu Crossman before it started increasing again.

However, nobody was able to see it.

Cale responded to Choi Jung Gun who gulped as he waited for Cale’s response.

“Fantasy.”

Choi Jung Gun's eyes opened wide after hearing that Cale wanted to write a fantasy novel.

“Really?”

No. What would be the point of writing a fantasy novel when he already lived in a fantasy world? Cale’s true desire was to spend that time reading a fun book and rolling around the bed.

“Yes, sunbae-nim. I really do.”

be energetic as

“Mm.”

as if he was weird. Cale,

not this kind of

the gaze seemed

knew it was

was

Energetic?

like

Smiling?

lip was technically considered

only one reason he was doing

figure this

had organized his thoughts while lying on his bed and looking at the

able to come

for Choi Jung Gun to write The Birth of a

Rok Soo

Why?

Soo is alive right

Choi Jung Soo chose to die in Kim Rok Soo’s place and taking Cale was the God

observe me because I was affected by the aftershock of the

possible

the thing he

not The Birth

was how

Gun was right to

case, who was this guidebook

Choi Jung Soo

world right now. He was in the Forest of Darkness long before Cale Henituse

‘Hmm.’

could conclude one more

he was trying to do

a sort of

the club president’s voice at

“Are you done?”

“Ah, yes.”

see here.

president checked Cale’s application and patted his

“Please work hard.”

“Yes sir!”

Cale with satisfaction before turning his head toward the

Screech.

opened and a student peeked

“You were here?”

“What’s wrong?”

motioned

teacher is

“Oh, really?”

put him in an awkward position. He needed to inform Cale, who applied later than the others, the basics of

hesitated for a moment before looking

bit unique as he transferred right before winter break of his second year and immediately asked to join the book club. He had a slightly stoic expression at the club president’s desperate-looking

explain things

Thank you very much, hyung! Kim Rok Soo,

“I will, sunbae-nim.”

"See you later.”

a safe

“I will!”

the library with

silence for a moment but Cale simply looked around the desk as if he didn't notice. Choi Jung Gun was

didn’t think you

“Me?”

check out

responded as Choi Jung Gun was unable to say the last

“I seemed bratty?”

too

“A bit bratty?”

“No, no!”

was objecting intensely before he saw the

am interested in writing? That is why I am trying to talk to

“Ah.”

gasped before peeking

fantasy novel do you want

‘Mm.’

that had happened to him the last few years serving

a story about a guy who travels to a different dimension at around my age and

Jung Gun

up

Then they get involved with a Dragon. They also work with the

lips as

realized it at

is easy to

Choi Han and Choi Jung

They’re completely different.’

write a story like

main character

“Yes. A swordsman.”

held back a laugh

“In addition.”

Gun was visibly waiting to

his companions don't have to suffer a lot and easily takes care of the things they need to do and

at Cale at that moment and Cale smiled while making

always

mouth for a moment before closing it back. He avoided

those stories are the best. They

really are

the room

from Choi Jung Gun who seemed to have a lot to think about and rummaged through some documents on the desk. Shouldn’t he do his job as a book club member properly while he was here? It was his first time doing club activities like

of test isn't

dust roaming by the tips of

at

“You-”

Jung Gun opened my

Ding dong ding dong-

bell rang at the

after hearing the bell but said what

an e, event this weekend for

‘Event?

is he

and continued very cautiously while Cale was finding this to be

about the past martial arts of our country. There is a part on sword arts as

Sword Art.

of someone at

thought of a

The Choi family.

Soo who would be

you want to come? I should be able

not hold back and asked after hearing Choi Jung Gun

are

hell are you going

Gun's answer would be obvious but he had no choice but to

are some people I need to

Gun said that before looking at Cale

for

would be good.

nodded his head and responded as if he

for my writing. I didn't

as he said whatever came to

be bored this weekend so

being bored. In fact, Cale liked

a pitying gaze. Cale didn’t notice but Choi Jung Gun looked at the clean but extremely skinny Kim Rok Soo before clenching his eyes shut for a moment. He then quietly mumbled so

on his own without even

with a determined look on his face. He looked at Kim Rok Soo, whose gaze was quite bleak

spoke in a firm

you a few things that

Why is he suddenly

changed like this but he simply nodded his head as

that interested if it isn’t seeing Choi

had that