Trash of the Count's Family

TCF S5-2

“Gasp.”

Lock covered his mouth with both hands.

“Haaaaa.”

Choi Han sighed deeply before speaking.

“I'm pretty sure the vague plan you gave before is exactly what you just told us?”

“That’s it.”

Rosalyn responded refreshingly and Choi Han looked at her for a bit before nodding her head.

“I see.”

“That’s right.”

Lock watched the calm Choi Han and the smiling Rosalyn and quietly lowered his head. He then nodded his head after a bit.

‘I see.

Mm... I guess that’s it if hyung and noona says it is.’

Lock decided not to think deeply about it. He looked down at his hands instead.

‘I need to get stronger.’

He thought about someone. He fixed his thoughts while recalling that person's back.

‘No. It’s not getting stronger.’

That person did not seem strong at all. He did not have some exceptional powers.

But looking at that person's back oddly made his anxiety disappear.

‘I need to become like that too.’

He needed to do that so that somebody, his young siblings, could look at his back and have the same thoughts.

Lock closed his eyes as he firmed his resolve. Although he didn’t know what was going to happen in the Breck Kingdom, he knew that it would go well because he was with his hyung and noona.

Furthermore, it should help him grow stronger as well.

* * *

The Breck Kingdom had many secret passages for potential emergency situations.

One of those secret passages was in an isolated house in a part of the forest that doesn't get much traffic.

The door to the basement of that house opened.

“...Noonim.”

“John, long time no see.”

John stopped walking out of the basement for a moment to look at Rosalyn.

‘She really is alive.’

John's heart was finally at peace. He had trusted that she was alive, but it was different being able to confirm his sister’s health with his own eyes. However, his face did not show that relief.

‘Who is it?’

The kitchen was connected to the basement.

There was a four person dining table in the kitchen. Rosalyn was sitting down at the table, pointing to the seat across from her for John.

And behind her...

“H, hello.”

There was a feeble but quite tall guy. The face that was visible thanks to the magic light on top of the dining table and the voice he heard let John know that this guy was a young boy.

‘Mm.’

However, there was someone who was more eye-catching than that young boy.

It was the person who was seated on the kitchen window ledge looking outside. He bowed his head when he and John made eye contact.

He then looked outside again.

‘...Something is odd.’

This person seemed a bit older than the other tall young boy. But he seemed too young to be called a young man. However, the person's expression that was visible thanks to the moonlight shining into the window was bleak unlike his oddly innocent looking face.

Was it because John kept looking at him?

is

“Ah, I see.”

himself as Choi

is Lock. They are

“Ah. Hello, Prince John.”

Lock and Lock awkwardly greeted John with the Breck Kingdom's style of

sat across

sit down as well,

waved his hand as

t, there is no

not true, Lock-nim. You are

“...Thank you very much.”

smiled before moving to Choi Han's

to look at Rosalyn. This was his sister, whose red hair was even more splendid than the

Was it

“Yeah.”

twisted smile appeared

did

the only Archduke's household in the

time had two children. The second child, who had shown special talent, was made king

first child accepted that situation at the time, however, the situation

current Archduke's House of Richardson was the leader of the noble faction and was always in

as if the head of the Ministry

Royal Father must have

of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was one of the

lit by the magic light

really desire the king's position. However, it is not a position he could get

trust his child

John. John looked at the magic

only second to you, Noonim. At least when it

sentence as John

for my death in a foreign

“That’s right.”

it would be much more difficult to find an opening to take the throne if Rosalyn became

because he believed that if Rosalyn was not there, there were only average candidates for the throne, making

failed because he wasn’t fully aware of your magic abilities. He’s probably extremely anxious

Archduke is probably uncertain as to whether

eyes after hearing

with me either died

“Mm.”

John only looked

‘Noonim, she...’

sister was angry right

She was also sad.

were with me was

“...Was it the diplomat?”

you truly

“Not at all.”

knew that he was

from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be the traitor since the head was serving the

few people accompanying Rosalyn to the Whipper Kingdom. The king’s shadows, a diplomat, an attendant, and a few knights were with her so that

Rosalyn and the king felt that

my food and the food of some of the shadows. It wasn't too strong, but we were unable to properly react to the sudden

recalled the moment

had recalled this memory tens, no,

suddenly surrounded their carriage and

about the people who protected

bastards the

not leave even one bastard alive. The few who started running away to inform the Archduke about Rosalyn’s

dark night. Rosalyn, who was thinking about that time when she thoroughly searched through the

household broke the fundamental

rule that had been in place

"The Archduke’s household...”

deny the existence of the Archduke's household if they broke

The Archduke’s household...

allowed to

having troops because he was worried that it might hinder or threaten the second child.

rival to the royal family at that time. The Archduke gathered the opinions of the nobles and scholars to make suggestions or confront the royal family in politics or

Kingdom was able to be maintained so well until now.

Rosalyn calmly commented.

broke the fundamental

what the king

didn't want us to reveal that Rosalyn was missing. The Archduke's side wanted to find Rosalyn first. They wanted to

forget the wrath on the king's face

take

“...Noonim.”

a low voice after hearing what he thought she might say. However, Rosalyn’s gaze was that of someone

the Breck Kingdom if we leave the Archduke's household as is. But this is not the time

the Roan Kingdom's capital... The attack and Magic Bomb Terror Incident that happened in the

behind it

‘The peace was long.’

Western continent had been too long and

she was almost certain about

such a situation would only be cutting away at the