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.

thinking that if the former was difficult to do,

“Vice Captain.”

“Yes, Duke-nim.”

took a

went to

to evacuate but I heard that they barely managed to convince him in the

that I

Hilsman gulped.

seem a bit too laissez-faire, but he was someone who found rules

person was releasing such a

master Cale-nim’s personality came from Duke

wondered at times whether Cale was more like Violan despite her not being his biological mother, but...

“Basen.”

“Yes, father?”

“Pack our bags.”

‘Hmm?’

nearby knights

be a need for us to pay attention to useless things like the state of the continent or whatnot. I'm going to go see your

without any

“Yes, father.”

started moving to inform Duchess Violan about

watched him leave before slowly moving

was headed to see his son's

into the temple with the

rubbed the back of his head after thinking that it

do I suddenly have the

nothing left

I sending them all up

at Raon's question once he

of them are in

are all exhausted from mana overuse.

a weak

There is no

speaking while hugging Dodori in

floating in the air without falling thanks to Raon's flight

she was

either

arms and Mila's pale

her as well. She did not have any injuries and her breathing

However...

“This is bad.”

was bad for

could not

smile on her face. Cale avoided her smile

and Miss Rosalyn to the Black Castle

run into some cumbersome situations or unnecessary gazes if they were taken to City

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

down with his

I'll be

Rosalyn to the Black Castle.

them looked as

and the

needed to be especially careful with

Let’s

“Mm.”

open his eyes at

“...Your highness?”

urgently crouched down by Alberu’s side and looked at him. That was why he had not seen Choi Han’s gaze of disbelief at him

“Haaaaa.”

deep sigh and finally opened

few more times before

“Move your face.”

sounds like your tongue is fine,

back from Alberu. Choi Han

Help me

up with Choi Han’s support. Cale was checking Mary’s

okay,

like I'm going to

lips twisted up

why did you overdo it

- It's all karma.

frowned as the Super Rock mumbled that

for you

He heard Alberu’s voice.

“Excuse me?”

confirmed that Mary fell asleep earlier. She looked like she was

want me to

feeling better than

some rest,

Smile.

smiled at that

a radiant

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

no attention to that bastard that he didn’t

- Cale.

Super Rock whispered to

The temple door is opened. Clopeh opened

sealed god’s territory, it was easy to open the temple door

hear someone’s voice

friend, are you

hear that stupid

was slowly

“Young master Cale!”

“Young master-nim!”

Saint Jack, priestess Cage, Sword master Hannah

all waited near the temple door instead of going

in an elegant voice at

to

“...But I'm fine?”

“We don’t have time.”

slightly raised

“Choi Han.”

let down his guard for a moment because this was

raised his

Tap.

down on one knee after feeling

perfect timing that Cale could see

"C, Cale Henituuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse----!”

if he could not breathe as he watched Cale weakly fall

not been able to see Cale clearly during

only able to see Cale now after the battle, and

almost inhumane; he knew that Cale always had messy hair and was covered

he was extremely pale, and the red and black blood mixed together above his chest

were a mess and his red hair was

person's eyes open wide while looking

he is happy

to the

he couldn't believe that

falling forward too

“Y, you stupid bastard--!!”

was both sad

just moment ago, but was falling like this once nobody was

fainting so how could this punk

for anybody to think that Cale could make it through

“Y, young master Cale!”

Litana subconsciously called out Cale's name almost in a

his body himself and was only able to avoid hitting the floor thanks to Choi

“Oh, dear lord!”

ran forward from the back without knowing what to

had already rushed forward to check Mary’s condition

to quickly

on his back.

“H, how is he?”

as Choi Han did not

very good person. The situation was so urgent that such

mean that Cale was