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?

name is

“Ah, I see.”

person introduced himself as

They

“Ah. Hello, Prince John.”

awkwardly greeted John with the Breck Kingdom's style

finally smiled and sat

down

rapidly waved his hand as

there

Lock-nim. You are my

“...Thank you very much.”

smiled before moving to

turning his head to look at Rosalyn. This was his sister, whose red

Was it the

“Yeah.”

appeared

Archduke did

of Richardson, the only Archduke's household in the

house's history could be traced back about 200 years. The king at the time had two children. The second child, who had shown special talent, was made king while the first child was given the title of

said that the first child accepted that situation at the time, however, the situation changed as the

was the leader of the

of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Father must have been

of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was one of

down at the table that was lit by the magic light and opened her

king's position. However, it is not a position

must trust his child and the

John. John looked at the magic light as he continued

is only second to you, Noonim. At least when it comes to administration and

sentence as

who was responsible for my death in a foreign kingdom... Even if the current Archduke cannot become king, his son

“That’s right.”

difficult to find an

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

because he wasn’t fully aware of your magic abilities.

is probably uncertain as to whether

at Rosalyn's eyes after hearing her cold

me either died

“Mm.”

groaned but John only looked at

‘Noonim, she...’

was

She was also sad.

people who were with me

“...Was it the diplomat?”

you truly

“Not at all.”

knew that he was not

simply guessed that someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be the

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

Rosalyn and the king felt that they were all

and the food of some of the shadows.

recalled the moment when she was

this memory tens,

suddenly surrounded their carriage and group. Then the

who

the bastards the

alive. The few who started running away to

thinking about that time when she thoroughly searched

broke

that had been in place since the birth

"The Archduke’s household...”

the existence of the Archduke's household if they broke

The Archduke’s household...

allowed

was worried that it might hinder

time. The Archduke gathered the opinions of the nobles and scholars to make suggestions or confront the royal family

be

Rosalyn calmly commented.

household broke the

the king had

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

the sentence as he couldn't forget the wrath on the king's face

take down

“...Noonim.”

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

be internal conflict in the Breck Kingdom if we leave the Archduke's household as is. But this is not the time to let something like

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

enemy behind it was an unknown

‘The peace was long.’

thought that the peace on the Western continent had been too long and that battles might happen

almost certain

in such a situation would only be