Trash of the Count's Family

TCF 767

# The Birth of a Hero? (1)

The eyes of the knight who had been protecting the entrance of the Puzzle City City Hall were sparkling.

The radiant shield slowly became dimmer as it disappeared from the sky. In its place was the blue sky looking extremely clear.

“Woooooooooooooooo--!”

"We're alive!”

The cheering soldiers... Their shouts made it feel real.

This long battle was finally over.

They never expected to see such a clear sky afterward.

A gentle smile appeared on the knight’s face.

Although it was a day in winter and not much time was left in this year... The sun in the sky felt oddly warm and the wind felt refreshing instead of cold.

“It’s over.”

His mumbling made the senior knight standing next to him laugh out loud and nod his head.

“Looks like it. Finally... finally-”

The senior knight could not say anything else and raised his head to look at the person standing in the sky.

Cale Henituse. He was standing firm.

“The shield truly does not break.”

“Definitely.”

The knight nodded his head vigorously at his senior’s comment to show his agreement.

“I knew that the Commander-nim would persist to the end.”

Although this god was sealed, they were told that an attack with the power of a god would soon envelope Puzzle City.

‘It gave me chills.’

Loud explosions that sounded as if his ears would explode rang endlessly and gusts of wind from the impact rushed against them.

They could not see the different powers mixed together because of the large shield surrounding Puzzle City and Cale’s half-transparent silver shield, but they knew that there was quite the clash in there.

‘Yes. But the shield still persisted.’

The thing that remained in the end, the thing that persisted through everything, was the shield.

It was the Commander of the Roan Kingdom.

The knight smiled and he did not share his emotions.

“The shield did not even budge just as I expected!”

The knight saw the senior knight’s face stiffen at that moment.

He got chills on the back of his neck.

“Really?”

He heard a low voice.

The knight urgently turned his head and froze in spot after seeing the two people in front of the group.

“The shield did not even budge you say......”

This person was from the noble household that was said to have the most influence in the Roan Kingdom right now.

The Duke's House of Henituse.

The master of the household, Deruth Henituse, was smiling while being supported by his second son, Basen Henituse. Basen had rushed over to Puzzle City after hearing that the Duke had fainted.

Duke Deruth’s eyes were not smiling.

The knight subconsciously gulped.

He recalled the information about how Duke Deruth had fainted from shock after seeing former Commander Cale Henituse stab himself in the chest with a dagger.

“Okay.”

The Duke nodded his head and asked in a low voice.

“That blood-covered look, that messy look seems perfect without any issues to you?”

Duke Deruth was known as someone who had a lot of money, cared a lot for his family and his territory, and for having a good personality. He was just known as a typical noble when he was a Count.

However, the Henituse territory defeating the Indomitable Alliance and his territory being known as the hometown of Cale, Choi Han, and other distinguished individuals changed the way people looked at him.

However, the majority opinion still remained that Duke Deruth was a gentle person.

‘...H, his gaze-’

The knight subconsciously lowered his head.

Deruth's gaze was quite vicious unlike the smile on his face.

No, it was cold.

Unlike his body which looked tired and made it seem as if his condition was terrible, his eyes were extremely frigid.

“I, I'm sorry, sir.”

The knight subconsciously apologized.

“For what? It’s understandable that you would think that way. There is no need to apology.”

Duke Deruth walked past the knight and patted him on the shoulder.

“I just hope that you remember that I am Cale’s father. What kind of parent would be able to brush aside their child looking like this?”

The knight’s tense shoulders relaxed after hearing Deruth's gentle voice.

Pat, pat. Deruth patted the knight's shoulder and walked past him. He walked for a while before stopping for a moment and looking around.

“...Basen.”

“Yes, father.”

Basen’s expression looked almost identical to Deruth’s.

“My son.”

“Yes, father.”

“...It looks like there are some people who can’t see the injured because they managed to survive.”

Vice Captain Hilsman and the others from the House of Henituse who were with Deruth and Basen did not have any emotions visible on their faces.

“Basen.”

“Yes, father?”

"What kind of House is the House of Henituse?”

Basen responded without any hesitation.

“There is no reason to be recorded in history. Live for peace and happiness instead.”

“Yes. That is the House of Henituse.”

Deruth watched people coming out from different parts of Puzzle City cheering, people moving quickly to deliver the message to other places, and people hugging each other in relief. Finally, he looked toward the person that most of the people were looking at. He looked up at his son Cale and continued speaking.

“It looks like we may have the first person in the House of Henituse to have their name recorded in history. Then we should at least keep the second part of our creed.”

There is no reason to be recorded in history. Live for peace and happiness.

Deruth was thinking that if the former was difficult to do, he should at least

“Vice Captain.”

“Yes, Duke-nim.”

took a

Majesty went to

evacuate but I heard that they barely

I wish for

Hilsman gulped.

might even seem a bit too laissez-faire, but he was

was releasing such a

knew young master Cale-nim’s personality

her not being his biological mother, but... He truly was

“Basen.”

“Yes, father?”

“Pack our bags.”

‘Hmm?’

nearby knights flinched and looked at

need for us to pay attention to useless things like the state

responded without

“Yes, father.”

to

leave

headed to see his son's

eyes observed Cale moving into the temple

back

suddenly

be nothing left to do

sending them all up to

nodded his head at Raon's question once he entered

them are in

they are all exhausted from mana overuse. All of them

a weak voice at

is no

while hugging Dodori in her

air without falling thanks to

she was

were either

arms and Mila's pale face and opened his

as well. She did not have any injuries

However...

“This is bad.”

bad

could not stop

had a faint smile on her face.

Dragons and Miss

to run into some cumbersome situations or unnecessary

if his highness was here, but I can't control all

toward Alberu who was still lying down with his eyes closed and

I'll be right

the Dragons and Rosalyn to the Black Castle. Cale walked over

looked as if

them to Tasha and the Dark Elves instead of the Black

careful with Alberu so that nobody

Han. Let’s each carry

“Mm.”

to open his

“...Your highness?”

was why he had not seen Choi Han’s gaze

“Haaaaa.”

a deep sigh and finally

and blinked a few

“Move your face.”

tongue

Choi Han could see the corners

Han. Help me

stood up with Choi Han’s support. Cale was

okay,

I'm going

corner of Cale's lips twisted up

why did you overdo

- It's all karma.

the Super Rock

you to

He heard Alberu’s voice.

“Excuse me?”

like she was going to faint so I told

me

was feeling better than

who should get some rest, your highness. I'll take

Smile.

smiled at

a

an ominous feeling. It was then that he realized that he could not

that bastard that

- Cale.

Super Rock whispered

The temple door is opened. Clopeh

easy to open the

hear someone’s voice in

close friend, are

could hear

was slowly

“Young master Cale!”

“Young master-nim!”

then heard Queen Litana, Saint Jack, priestess Cage, Sword master

all waited near the temple door instead of going down to

elegant voice at that

time to

“...But I'm fine?”

“We don’t have time.”

raised

“Choi Han.”

let down his guard for a moment because this was

Han raised

Tap.

after feeling a push

that Cale could see Toonka watching him crumble

"C, Cale Henituuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse----!”

he could not breathe as he watched

see Cale clearly

to see Cale now after the battle, and Cale looked even more gruesome than he

almost inhumane; he knew

it was easy to see that he was extremely pale, and the red and black blood mixed together above his chest made the grotesque scar even more

clothes were a mess and his red hair was covered in blood and

person's eyes open wide while looking at

must be because he is happy to see

Cale was falling to the ground at

face looked as if he couldn't believe that he

falling forward too

“Y, you stupid bastard--!!”

both sad and

in the air just moment ago, but was falling like this

fainting so how could this

stupid for anybody to think that Cale could make it through

“Y, young master Cale!”

subconsciously called out Cale's name almost in a

was only able to

“Oh, dear lord!”

ran forward from the back without knowing what

forward to check Mary’s

to

carried Cale on

“H, how is he?”

next to them now, felt her fingertips shaking as Choi Han

Han was usually respectful and a very good person. The situation was so urgent that such a person

must mean that Cale was in dire