Trash of the Count's Family

TCF2-25

“My liege.”

Cale approached Mary.

"Are you okay?”

On the outside, Mary looked pretty much the same as she had looked when she left this morning.

The only difference was that the robe she was wearing was different.

“Yes. I'm okay. I took care of my clothes outside.”

“Great decision, my liege.”

Robes or armor worn on the outside were disinfected or destroyed before walking into the wall.

- Human, I made sure to give Mary a spatial pocket bag with a robe in it!

‘Yes, yes. Good job.’

Cale nodded his head to praise Raon and looked up.

“Should I get rid of the umbrella?”

"Whatever you would like, my liege.”

“Okay.”

Mary confirmed that no more black rain was seeping in and got rid of her bone umbrella after hearing Cale's response.

The bones disappeared into her spatial pocket bag once again.

Cale’s gaze moved. Beyond Mary’s shoulder...

- Cale, that bastard has been following behind Mary since earlier.

Eruhaben was looking at the First Imperial Prince with a suspicious gaze.

- I asked Mary and she said that he followed her around outside as well.

‘Hmm.’

First Imperial Prince Sanders.

‘Where are his helpers and why is he moving around alone?’

Cale and Eruhaben were warily looking at the First Imperial Prince but Sanders didn't even give these helpers a glance.

“How can you use your ability so flexibly?”

He simply asked Mary a question.

“I don't want to tell you. It just works when I do it.”

- Good job, Mary! Just answer like that!

Of course, Mary treated the First Imperial Prince coldly.

‘Hmm.

The First Imperial Prince is probably one of the two puppets that Second Imperial Princess Olivia mentioned.

The Black Bloods... Does it mean he is the puppet of the House of Huayans?’

Cale debated how he could use this situation to his advantage but did not put much thought into it.

The reason was simple.

‘It’s not that big of a variable.’

There was that individual whom they couldn’t determine if she was a Dragon, but there was nobody participating in this test who was strong enough to be an obstacle to Cale’s group.

‘They’ll need to at least be at the Emperor or that patriarch’s level.’

Cale felt a presence and turned his head.

“Umm, mister.”

Cale looked at Choi Han with shock.

‘What is up with this sudden mister business?’

Cale soon realized the answer after seeing Choi Han looking quite anxious and tense.

‘Ah. We didn’t determine how we were going to address each other.’

Choi Han seemed to have done his best to come up with something as he could not call Cale Cale-nim. The team leader dangling on Choi Han’s shoulder shook his head while looking at Choi Han.

- Human. Why is Choi Han calling you so awkwardly?

‘I know, right?’

"What is it?”

“That......”

Choi Han peeked to the side with his eyes.

“Quite the attention is focused here.”

Cale looked around with Choi Han before thinking that he understood what Choi Han was trying to say.

The edge village.

Precinct 9.

Most of the people here were people who were here to stop the erosion and defend against it. However, there were a decent number of civilians as well.

Click.

One of the slightly opened windows of a house closed once Cale looked at it.

However, Cale had seen the gaze of the person who had been looking at him before the window closed.

‘...There’s no light.’

There was no strength in the gaze.

There was no shock, anticipation, or even excitement even though the test for the future Emperor was being completed, the candidates appeared, and one of those candidates had used their powers.

It felt completely different from the capital.

- It must be that they have no hope.

He heard Eruhaben's voice in his mind.

- They have nowhere to return to.

At first, Cale had found it odd that there were quite a lot of civilians living in this edge village and the ten precincts, but he felt sorrow after realizing the reason.

‘Usually the people living in the edge village are people who escaped from the eroded land.’

They were people who had to leave their homes and move away from the slowly eroding land at the western border.

They could go find a place themselves at the capital, but only a select few would have the abilities to do so.

Most lived in empty houses or tents as if they were nomads.

- Cale!

Did he understand Cale's thoughts?

- Let’s burn it up! We just need to purify it!

The cheapskate strongly aired his opinion.

the entirety of this

...Then Cale

is no joke in this world! Even if he just uses one percent of his power, it’ll have the effect of ten, no,

- ...Haaaaaaaa.

either!

ignoring the cheapskate's conversation with the Super

won't do it. He would have already been shaking his head if he really wasn’t going to do anything! But he's just standing there? That means that

...Cale, he’s not

Cale just ignored them.

please consider

moment at Cale’s

Human, you’re so good at pretending to be nice too. But why don’t

that the Dark Elves were stopping the black rain cloud properly

next to Cale and spoke quietly so that only he

the rain clouds came from, young

‘I knew it.’

corners of Cale’s lips curled

wall and go for a walk. Mary seemed to have used that

that the Second

so,

“Yes si...mm. Yes.”

hesitated for a moment before adding

Princess's team has

group was silent

and the Second Imperial Princess's team had plenty of

they still had this unexplainable ominous

* * *

Olivia's team had returned even after the sun

Knock knock knock.

dyed red... Only about half of the sunset was still

open

his head at Choi Han’s

currently in the meeting room for the nineteenth candidate and Mary, Eruhaben, and Sui Khan were not

“Hello sir.”

room. She approached Cale, who was seated at the head of

it a response to the

‘Mm.’

bit as Cale got down to business without

The Marquis-nim asks

"That is not possible.”

Cale shook his head.

"Excuse me?”

expected Heni Wishrop’s subordinate to

know his identity, he’s probably a

the superior one here. The Margrave was a Marquis of the Empire and had

We will deliver the

say anything to go against the subordinate's

them as

uncle... The Margrave had told her

“Then see you tomorrow.”

said that as if he wanted Eaen

I will

without being

Click.

the meeting room door as soon as she left

heading

“Yeah.”

looked out

wall... It already looked like

here and go out when

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

few hours later,

* * *

can I please

“Not today.”

shook his

going to investigate today. That is why you guys stay here and protect the

puffed their cheeks and pouted but Cale

the capital and brought On

and Shawn were still at the capital continuing the investigation of the Imperial Palace and the Black Bloods

The outside is not dangerous if

nya! It’s

not say anything else and retreated once On came over and

fastened the button of his

from the Pope at the capital. The Church’s forces were hiding near

Fire of Purification is in these clothes. You should be able to walk around without any issues over most of the ground polluted

standing there with an odd look on his face instead of

please make sure to

have to stay

kid as

“Ha.”

Sui Khan scoffed.

am

himself as if he was quite shocked but Cale had no time to pay attention

"Cale, I'm ready.”

“Yes, Eruhaben-nim.”

rising up

destroy everything if any of you get hurt or sick!

“He sounds serious, nya!”

“Please be safe.”

team leader sat down and waved after the children averaging nine-years-old said

“Eruhaben-nim.”

“Okay.”

immediately cast his spell once Cale called

moving to an alley near the

immediately teleported to the coordinates

Paaaat-!

could see Mary’s stiff face through the

Imperial Princess had

in the Lord’s Castle was quite chaotic

rain cloud came from the southwest

Paaaat-!

eyes because of the gold light

is a

it is. Nobody lives around

to a dead end at the far end of an alley and they were covered by the ruins of some abandoned houses around

“Is it over there?”

toward the wall past

go right over if there

and Mary

the First Imperial Prince noticing when I was

of them all said what they needed to say before looking at

Han, do you sense anybody

“I don’t, Cale-nim.”

as soon as he heard

Choi Han, and Eruhaben did the

Flap.

the plain

was an elegant

the Pope and it was a robe that would automatically create a barrier to protect the wearer from the polluted

power in this crest because

was simple for

Crack.

Cale’s hand and that current touched Cale’s

with the gold light and sparkled

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

them. The rose gold current left Cale’s hand and touched the

"This-”

feel the power rising from

a destructive yet

also feel a mysterious warmth and a cool and

if he was by a bonfire in the middle of a

“It’s a bit eye-catching.”

that a half-transparent barrier was surrounding his body

power seems to have mixed some gold into it