Trash of the Count's Family

# The Birth of a Hero? (2)

“Cale-!”

As Cale clearly heard Duke Deruth's voice again...

The moment he heard Deruth’s shout through all of the noises he had been hearing while going through the plaza...

‘This is bad.’

Cale truly realized that he was in big trouble.

Cale felt that Deruth Henituse had become a very important person in his life.

The people in the plaza moved away to make way for Duke Deruth to get to Cale.

Duke Deruth had cast aside all elegance as a noble or a Duke and was running toward Cale without thinking about anything else.

Choi Han bit down on his lips as he watched.

The look on Duke Deruth's face was stabbing at Choi Han's heart.

“...It can’t go on like this.”

Cale wanted to nod his head at Choi Han’s mumbling.

‘I can’t meet my father like this!’

Cale knew that although he looked terrible on the outside, he was completely fine.

Of course, it was a bit of a burden when he used the shield and Embrace earlier. However, probably because he was not able to use that properly and because of this vitality that seemed to start from his heart and spread throughout his body, his body was quickly getting better.

‘Choi Han, let’s go!’

Choi Han did not move. Even Toonka had stopped as he was looking at Duke Deruth with pity on his savage face.

“Ugh.”

Toonka bit down on his lips as if he was suppressing his sorrow.

“Cale!”

Duke Deruth finally reached Cale. His shaking hand moved through the air and touched Cale's body.

The moment Cale felt the shaking, the moment he felt Deruth touch extremely carefully as If Cale might break...

‘...This isn't right.

What the heck am I doing right now?’

Those were the thoughts in his head.

Cale thought that he should slightly raise his head to show Deruth that he was fine. As Cale’s body twitched a bit to do that...

Grab!

Duke Deruth had hugged Cale while he was still on Choi Han’s back.

People could not easily start speaking as they watched. Nobody could cheer while looking at a parent hugging their injured child.

However, the silence did not last very long.

“...Oh no... he must really be seriously injured.”

The comment from a robed individual made people start whispering quietly.

“Hurry up and report to the kingdom. Cale Henituse, the crown prince, and others seem to be in critical condition. It’s so bad even the Saint is worried.”

“I understand.”

People started reporting to their respective kingdoms.

This was not an issue only for the foreign nations. The messengers of the different territories of the Roan Kingdom quickly started reporting to their territories as well.

However, all of this was done stealthily while most of the people at the center of the plaza were sharing words of concern or uneasiness while looking at Deruth who was hugging Cale without moving.

“Mm.”

Choi Han was basically frozen there with Cale on his back.

Choi Han was close enough that he could hear what Duke Deruth was whispering to Cale.

“You’re awake.”

Deruth spoke in a low voice. Choi Han could feel Cale twitching on his back. After having known Cale for a long time... Choi Han believed Cale was scared right now.

“...Fa”

“Shh.”

Deruth stopped Cale from talking and spoke in a vicious tone that Cale had never heard from him before.

“Yes. Let’s keep being hurt like this.”

‘Excuse me?’

Cale wanted to ask back but he listened to his father's order not to say anything.

He felt as if that was what he should do right now.

“Whether it is the Roan Kingdom or the temple or whatever... You just leave everything to your father and mother. Don't do anything.”

Cale wanted to respond.

‘I was planning on resting now anyway?’

Cale had nothing to do immediately. Of course, he was still uneasy about the Hunters and their organization, but-

‘It’s not like I will have to do anything about it.’

disappearance of the Flynn Merchant

nothing will happen right

rest for now and he

“Cale.”

stopped hugging him after making

do anything no matter what and

‘Something is weird.’

in Deruth’s voice for

was fine after seeing

you don’t sit tight and

Deruth continued speaking.

you down in

‘What?

Whaaaaat?’

felt his heart

meant by that. But he could not do that. He was

at Cale's eyelashes shaking through his messy hair and

as I

much sharper

“Sir Choi Han!”

stepped away from Cale and raised

hurry! I'm sorry for stopping

covered his face with both

“Oh, Cale!”

quickly came over and supported Duke

save young master Cale-nim! Sir

the fuck

anger and ran forward while looking at the

moving toward

“...M, miss Cage?”

Cage with a bewildered look on his face but Hannah stopped

you see the look on

out

Saint with his amazing healing power would have such a look on his face. Isn’t this a really big

“A really big deal?”

really bad. It makes no sense that anybody would be fine after stabbing themselves in the heart. Even if he lasted throughout the battle

at what he was saying while

A really big deal.

behind those words were things he did not

D, don’t have such thoughts. No.

soldier looked around before speaking sternly as if to scold the soldier who spoke. However, his hand that was holding a spear was

was the same for the others who heard their conversation as

especially true for the citizens of the Roan Kingdom, whose expressions were slowly getting worse and

they moved past the main entrance of City

could not see

City's City Hall Annex was guarded heavily and did not allow any outsiders to enter immediately after Cale’s group went

Commander Toonka and Queen Litana had to leave because they were outsiders. Thankfully, Saint Jack was

* * *

was getting worse as soon as they entered this extremely

really need

was a pair of pajamas in

“It's good.”

Han finished checking the temperature of the water in the bathtub and got

will be standing

“Wait-”

he looked elsewhere and

“Young master-nim.”

benign smile

‘His gaze-’

gaze was extremely

gaze in Ron's eyes before.

‘This vicious old man......’

as if he might be squeezed like a lemon if he said

had seen quite a lot of his friends once the temple walls broke after the illusion tests but

Ron had greeted them as soon as they

that. Ron had guided them to place Cale in one of the rooms on the top floor of the Annex and that room must have either been used as a bedroom or was modified, as it looked

“Young master-nim.”

“...Yeah?”

Ron’s benign

dirty. Please clean up

“Umm, Ron.”

spoke to Ron

should probably go see

Castle. He needed to go there to check

condition. Nobody will

what the crown prince was

for what happens while the main characters of this battle

was aiming to sweep away people aiming to grab

be because of

King

it should be fine as long as people think that I

a

use this ‘critical condition’ excuse to quietly take care of the things that were left to do. In some ways, this was great.

“Hoohoo.”

‘Hmm?’

and turned his

“Hoohoo.”

laughing. He

on the grotesque scar visible through Cale’s ripped shirt. The tattoo of

realized what Ron was looking at after hearing Ron’s

down at the grotesque scar before nonchalantly patting

medal of

“…….”

Ron was silent.

tub after looking at Ron's

“Ha!”

the bathroom door, stepping out, and speaking in a

be a time to release your fatigue, young

Tap.