Trash of the Count's Family

TCF 762

# It’s Karma (1)

The rumbling shaking the temple suddenly stopped.

Red light no longer shot out of the sculpture on the wall.

Choi Han's hand holding the sword relaxed. The sword hung down toward the ground.

Tap. Tap.

Cale was picking up the red diary.

There was silence for a moment.

However, during that short instant... Choi Han’s eyes quickly inspected Cale’s condition.

‘...The injury-’

He was certain that he saw the dagger stab deep into Cale’s chest.

There was a large hole on the left side of Cale’s shirt, however, his body underneath was bloodied but fine.

‘...Tattoo.’

Cale had said that the ancient powers become tattooed on your body when you obtain them. He mentioned that he had one such design on his chest over his heart, but that tattoo and a grotesque injury mixed together to look disgusting.

Cale was laughing right now while looking like that.

He was laughing while looking at the sculpture that Choi Han presumed the sealed god was sealed within.

Plop.

Something round rolled over and touched Choi Han’s foot. He looked down to see an orb.

‘...An automatic video recording device?

There was that video recording device earlier too. Why are these automatic video recording devices here?’

Choi Han was confused for a moment before he thought of someone and turned his head.

Cale, the sealed god... And the now dead and disappeared White Star.

Clopeh was quietly moving during this short moment of silence.

The temple shook violently and was destroyed in many places because of the battle.

Clopeh was quickly doing something within this debris.

Choi Han frowned after realizing what Clopeh was doing.

‘...Did he install some automatic video recording devices?

That crazy bastard.’

Choi Han filled with rage. It was because Clopeh's green eyes were sparkling as if they were green leaves covered in morning dew receiving sunlight.

He had a thought at the same time.

‘I need to make sure that the children do not see that.’

Forget the chaos that would ensue if Raon, On, or Hong saw that... the children would be so sad.

He also had another thought.

‘I will need to show it to Eruhaben-nim and his highness though.’

Choi Han had not thought about it until now because of the shocking sight, but he knew that what Cale stabbed his heart with was a dagger. That let him know that Cale had not told them everything until now.

He did tell them that this dagger from the World Tree was the tool to kill the White Star but he had never expected the method to be something like this.

Of course, this method did allow them to delete the White Star from this world easier than expected.

‘...That and this are two different things.’

Choi Han made up his mind to never completely believe the things Cale said from now on. He told himself that he would look into things without Cale knowing if something seemed iffy or it felt as if Cale was hiding something.

He made eye contact with Mary at that moment.

He had no idea what she was thinking, but Mary’s gaze was no joke either.

The fact that such an innocent girl could have this kind of gaze meant that she had received quite the shock.

The two of them looked at each other and nodded their heads before turning away.

Step step.

Cale’s footsteps broke through the silence and echoed in the temple.

He had already put the white half-mask and the diary back in his pocket and was headed toward the wall with the sculpture.

To be more specific, he was headed toward the altar in front of that wall.

“Is it this?”

Cale stopped walking and quietly looked down at the key on top of the altar.

This was the original way to get out of this temple and make it disappear.

This was something Ahn Roh Man, the man from another world, had told them. The person who manages to complete all of the illusion tests gets to the end of the temple, grabs this white key, and returns to the temple door that serves as both the entrance and the exit.

‘I can’t do that.’

Cale had no intentions of using that method.

He showed his true thoughts without any hesitation.

“How...”

He looked into the eyes of the beautiful sculpture on the wall as he asked.

“How can I kill you?”

Smile.

The moment the corners of Cale’s lips curled up...

“Cale-nim!”

Choi Han urgently called out to him while Rosalyn grabbed Mary’s arm and shouted.

“Sit!”

Booooooooooooooooooooooooom---

There was another loud explosion in the temple and the entire thing started shaking again.

However, the strength of the rumbling was completely different from earlier.

The marble floor of the temple bobbed up and down as if they were waves.

It was as if the angry god’s mind was being reflected in here.

“Ugh!”

Cale's body tilted.

maintain my balance when the ground is moving so

only been prepared for a rumbling at the same level as

damn god only know

was all he

a good amount of the despair

that he was trying to use the White Star or Cale to

since everything he did became

two arms flailed in the

‘Fuck!’

his body tilted toward the

running toward him in shock. Choi Han

“Mm.”

"Are you okay, sir?”

could see Clopeh smiling brightly while supporting him. Clopeh was supporting Cale’s back with

so radiant. It was because he saw the

‘At least it's bro-hmm?’

video recording devices in Clopeh's

‘...This punk?’

aloofly and nodded his head despite the emotions raging

“I recorded everything, Cale-nim.”

wanted to smack

not have

“Ugh!”

floor fluctuated even stronger and was shooting

Tatap!

Choi Han kicked off

‘Shit.’

caught an eerie

‘...Hands-’

on the wall he

on the wall underneath the sculpture

Crack, crack-

wall and started charging toward Cale and

wrists that appeared after the hands left the wall

this is a

numerous hands reaching out was a bit scary. As

Another image of the legend might

him away, and stood

“Choi Han!”

Baaaaaang---!

out toward the hands at

the still numerous remaining

were heading toward

Cale was the target of those

“I will block them.”

voice as two robes moved in front of

and started grasping the hands. Rosalyn's red hair was fluttering and her

“Choi Han, Miss Rosalyn!”

at

“The left!”

at Cale. Cale looked more relaxed than she had expected. Mary heard Cale’s voice just as she was about to stop being

was loud and

hole on the

plan was to Embrace the sealed god and reseal him so that

that thought changed at

wanted Cale

Cale to make a deal with him and to Embrace him so that he could escape from the temple. That was when Cale

case, what could

I can't do it on my

don’t know the

just need to think about it

at least flexible enough to do

much the sealed god could

Why?

like

this white key for the temple to

about it in

if we don’t open the door with this

That must mean that...

find a way

to shout that he gave up. But that meant that he would need

absolutely not

if I ask Eruhaben-nim or have Miss Cage ask the God

threatened or annoyed the God of Death, he would spill the beans since he

if that

took down the White

task that he couldn't show the

could all take

had many strong

shouted at that

work on the temple and that they won't even leave

any power other than for communication would not

that no attacks worked

“No, Rosalyn!”

turned toward

“It's breaking right now!”

“Ah.”

that she did not notice

Mary’s attacks had crumbled

pretty small compared to the scale of the attacks they had cast,

heard Cale’s calm voice

lost a lot of

of the power he

the prison for the sealed god but

temple has gotten

“That’s great.”

toward a spot as she said

“Choi Han!”

who was already running forward, channeled his black

Ooooooooong-

a small rumbling as the black yong rose from the shining black

The black yong

You stop the

“I understand.”

shot out of Mary’s hand and

Squeeze.

her fist and the threads became taut and stopped the hands from advancing.

“...Ah.”

Clopeh gasped.

behind her. No, it was the aura

Crackle. Crack.

was using his ancient powers

while Cale was feeling refreshed as he

is in the

last time it was like

he was struggling to recall as

yong and the red mana crashed into the left

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang---!

loud explosion made

did not miss that

and Choi Han were already

to make a

Cale was planning on helping out as

the Super Rock, water, he had plenty