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.

We will purify the entirety

Cale

this world! Even if he just uses one percent of his power, it’ll have the

- ...Haaaaaaaa.

isn’t here either! There’s nothing here to stop

cheapskate's conversation with the

lock, lock. Cale isn’t saying that he 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

he’s not

Cale just ignored them.

please consider going inside

flinched for a moment at Cale’s gentle demeanor

Human, you’re so good at pretending to be nice too. But why don’t you act like such a cool subordinate

stopping the black

Cale and spoke quietly so that only

confirmed the direction the rain

‘I knew it.’

of Cale’s lips

the wall and go for a walk.

same direction that the Second Imperial Princess

so,

“Yes si...mm. Yes.”

a moment before adding

the Second Imperial Princess's team has not

was silent

yet and the Second Imperial Princess's team had plenty of time to

had this unexplainable

* * *

Princess Olivia's team had

Knock knock knock.

the grey sky that was being dyed red... Only about half of the sunset was

I open

head at Choi Han’s

the nineteenth candidate and Mary, Eruhaben, and Sui

“Hello sir.”

the meeting room. She approached Cale, who was seated at the head of the table. Cale slowly got up from the chair to

response

‘Mm.’

hesitated for a bit as Cale got down to business without even greeting her but

The Marquis-nim asks to

"That is not possible.”

Cale shook his head.

"Excuse me?”

had not expected Heni Wishrop’s subordinate to

he’s probably

so calmly as if he was the superior one here. The Margrave was a Marquis of the Empire and had a large group of skilled knights

We will

say anything to go against

them as much as

uncle... The Margrave had told her

“Then see you tomorrow.”

that as if he wanted

will deliver the

without being able to say anything

Click.

closed the meeting room door as soon as she

we heading out tonight,

“Yeah.”

out

the wall... It already looked

out when

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

few hours later,

* * *

can I please go with

“Not today.”

shook

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

their cheeks and

teleported to the capital and brought On

capital continuing the investigation of the Imperial

can go! The outside is not dangerous if I wear the clothes

right, nya! It’s not

Hong did not say anything else and retreated once On came over and patted their

the

forces were hiding near the capital and waiting while the Pope was stealthily residing

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

contact with Sui Khan, who was standing there with an

make sure

have to stay here

a kid as

“Ha.”

Sui Khan scoffed.

am still a

talked to himself as if he was quite shocked but Cale had

"Cale, I'm ready.”

“Yes, Eruhaben-nim.”

was rising up around

am going to destroy everything if any of you get hurt

“He sounds serious, nya!”

“Please be safe.”

waved after

“Eruhaben-nim.”

“Okay.”

ancient Dragon immediately cast his spell once

to an alley near the

and Cale immediately teleported

Paaaat-!

could see Mary’s stiff

Second Imperial Princess

the Lord’s Castle was quite chaotic because of

the rain cloud came from

Paaaat-!

of the gold

a decent location,

Nobody lives

far end of an alley

“Is it over there?”

toward the wall past

We will go right over if there are

Mary started to

Imperial

them all said what they needed

you sense

“I don’t, Cale-nim.”

his robe buttons as soon as he heard

and Eruhaben did the

Flap.

the plain black

was an elegant

by the Pope and it was a robe that would automatically create a barrier to protect the

activate the power in this crest because it

was simple

Crack.

in Cale’s hand and that current touched Cale’s

mixed with the gold light and sparkled in

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

current left Cale’s hand and touched the other three

"This-”

could feel the

a destructive yet

mysterious warmth

he was by a bonfire in the middle of

“It’s a bit eye-catching.”

a half-transparent barrier was surrounding his body from head to

that it was red but your power seems