Trash of the Count's Family

Alberu urgently asked.

“Raon-nim, what about any other power? Maybe the shield-”

“None! None at all! I don’t feel any others!”

Raon pulled at the hems of Eruhaben's clothes.

“Goldie gramps! Go with me to confirm! Let’s also figure out where Choi Han, Rosalyn, Mary, and that crazy Clopeh are as well!”

“…Okay.”

Eruhaben, who moved closer to the orb as Raon wanted, soon frowned.

“I don’t feel anything.”

He could not sense anything from the orb.

“This is weird!”

Raon pointed to the yellow piece.

“I don’t feel anything from the other pieces that are not our human’s. I don’t feel the human’s presence from earlier either.”

Eruhaben did not dare to put his hand on the orb and could only glare at it as he started speaking.

“I don’t feel anything at all.”

Raon also could not touch the orb and just shook his head side to side.

“This is weird! The human’s presence, mm… I don’t feel it right now! But I'm sure I felt it a moment ago! It was the power that makes him seem strong! The power that uses when he's trying to scam people!”

Raon said that as he put one of his front paws over his chest.

One thing…

There was one thing Raon had not told Eruhaben about yet. He had ignored it for now because he thought that he should immediately tell the others about sensing Cale’s presence.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

His heart had settled down again.

‘That’s weird!’

Raon had felt his heart beating faster than usual when he felt Cale’s power earlier. Eruhaben was looking at Raon for a bit before he asked.

“Raon, your attribute was the present, right?”

“That’s right!”

Eruhaben frowned.

It was highly likely that Raon was not lying about sensing Cale’s power earlier. In that case, how was Raon capable of doing that? And why was it Cale of all people?

“Mm, it probably has nothing to do with your attribute.”

The present.

Raon's attribute had not manifested yet, but…

‘It is likely to be related to the present instance in time since it is called the present. But that should have nothing to do with sensing Cale's power from that piece.’

Eruhaben flew over to Raon who was still roaming around the orb and told him that they should go back down.

Alberu watched the two Dragons for a bit before turning toward the closed temple door.

“At least we know that Cale Henituse is currently in that test using an ancient power?”

It was also a power that had nothing to do with battle.

Alberu found it a bit odd that Cale was the last one remaining in the sloth test but he was certain about one thing.

‘I guess he’s doing something.’

That meant that Alberu could worry less about him.

* * *

5 Days.

That was how long Cale had spent in this place.

“What are you doing?”

He closed his notebook as he responded to the voice next to him.

“Nothing much.”

“Really?”

"Why?”

Cale finally turned to look at his classmate who smiled at him.

“You look more relaxed lately.”

you talking

the question aside. However, his friend was

Rok

was nice and

taking them for the first time in a long while and, although he was still feeble,

with him nor

was peaceful, quiet,

was what it

‘It’s also fun.’

was now Friday. The book club

with Choi Jung Gun

one day away,

period math today? I'm

and Cale heard his friend’s grumbling as he opened

was for

lunch at the Cafeteria before he leisurely looked toward

Shhhhhhh-

was surrounding him, no, it

and being absorbed into his body every time Cale

had no idea about this as he flipped a page in his notebook and

finished his classes and after school studying before returning to

“Rok Soo.”

“Hello, ma'am.”

counselor at the orphanage warmly welcomed Cale. They were not very close but she was someone who showed concern and

for a bit before speaking to him as he was about

“Rok Soo.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

puts me

“Excuse me?”

stopped walking to look at her. She smiled brightly and looked not at Cale

good fit for you.

“…Really?”

much more relaxed than before. It makes me so relieved to see that you have

made it seem as if he was annoyed at everything was now

really nice to

that I have

makes me feel even

“Yes, ma’am.”

go on in. I'm sure

room as she gestured for him to go inside. To be more specific, it was the two-person

Click.

the door and looked around his

it, but the room was not just covered in yellow dust, no, it was full of it. Cale had no idea

in and circulated the air in

breeze, changed clothes, and went toward his

not

spring breeze sure feels

put on the ground and put it on top

Ziiiiiiiiiiip.

Cale pulled out a reference book and some

“It’s so nice.”

out his notes and pulled something else

Tang, tang.

orb split into two that would have been a

Cale’s mouth opened.

just the

cold as he looked down at the two pieces

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

his notebook flipped from the breeze coming in through the

Shhh-

the page it stopped on… There were a lot of things

Roan, Puzzle City, Alberu Crossman, Rosalyn, Choi Han, Henituse territory, father, mother, Basen, Lily,

were numerous people's names, people’s titles,

things

commented while looking at

makes you forget about

of this so-called sloth test… Cale had long since

ready to get out of this test and move onto the next stage at

stayed in

“Pffft.”

cynical smile

bookshelf on the desk. He opened

Han, Roan. Flynn Merchant

might approach in the

after getting past the White Star and

have one

sealed god. He also wanted to finish the White Star off. It was

the ultimate goal of doing all of this was to get peace for the people around

information

“Choi Jung Gun.”

that Choi Jung Gun would have information about

and their relationship to the Hunters because this was the Choi Jung Gun during when Cale was a freshman in high

However…

to loot

looked down at

and then

Crackle.