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.”

are you talking

the question aside. However,

Rok

really was

classes were entertaining after taking them for the first time in a long while and, although

was also nobody messing with him nor any sort

was peaceful, quiet, and

made him think that this was what it

‘It’s also fun.’

book club he had joined during this time was the liveliest

my relationship with Choi Jung Gun is still

Jung Gun on Saturday and that was just one day away, but they only had a few simple conversations and

is first period math today? I'm

his friend’s grumbling

was for lunch

before he leisurely looked toward the

Shhhhhhh-

him, no,

dust was going in through his nose and being

this as he flipped a page in his notebook and moved his

classes and after school studying before returning to the

“Rok Soo.”

“Hello, ma'am.”

the orphanage warmly welcomed Cale. They were not very close but

to him as he was

“Rok Soo.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

truly puts me at

“Excuse me?”

brightly and looked not at Cale but the door he walked through as she

school seems to be a good

“…Really?”

relaxed than before. It makes me so

seem as if he was annoyed

was really nice to

that I

makes me feel

“Yes, ma’am.”

on in. I'm sure you’re

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

Click.

closed the door and looked around his

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

and circulated the air in the somewhat stuffy

the breeze, changed clothes, and went toward his

dust did not move despite the

spring breeze

his backpack that he had put on the ground

Ziiiiiiiiiiip.

opened and Cale pulled out a reference book and some

“It’s so nice.”

notes

Tang, tang.

an orb split into two that would have been a

Cale’s mouth opened.

still just

down at the

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

of his notebook flipped from the breeze

Shhh-

stopped on… There were

On, Hong, Roan, Puzzle City, Alberu Crossman, Rosalyn, Choi Han,

numerous people's names, people’s

written these things

while

makes you forget

of this so-called sloth test… Cale had

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

reason he still stayed

“Pffft.”

cynical smile appeared

toward the bookshelf on the desk. He opened

Han, Roan. Flynn Merchant Guild.

danger that might approach in the

past the White Star

only have

goal was to reseal the sealed god. He also wanted to finish

all of this was to get peace for the people around him

information for

“Choi Jung Gun.”

about

not be able to get any answers about the Flynn Merchant Guild, the Orsena Duchy, and their relationship to the Hunters because this was the Choi Jung

However…

need to loot

looked down at

then

Crackle.