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.

will purify the entirety of

...Then Cale

efficiency of my power is no joke in this world! Even if he just uses one

- ...Haaaaaaaa.

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

ignoring the cheapskate's

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

...Cale, he’s not

Cale just ignored them.

please consider going

at Cale’s gentle demeanor before

at pretending to be nice too. But why don’t you act like

were stopping the black

and spoke quietly so that only

direction the rain clouds came from,

‘I knew it.’

corners of Cale’s lips

the wall and go for a

was the same direction that the Second Imperial Princess went

so, my

“Yes si...mm. Yes.”

hesitated for a moment before adding

team has not

was silent for

sun wasn’t down yet and the Second Imperial Princess's team

still had this unexplainable ominous

* * *

Second Imperial Princess Olivia's team had

Knock knock knock.

dyed red... Only about

open

his head at Choi

for the nineteenth candidate and

“Hello sir.”

aide Eaen was the one who walked into the meeting room. She approached Cale, who was seated at the head of the table. Cale slowly got up from the chair to greet

it a response to

‘Mm.’

got down to business

The Marquis-nim asks to meet

"That is not possible.”

Cale shook his head.

"Excuse me?”

not expected Heni Wishrop’s subordinate to

don't know his identity, he’s probably a noble

request so calmly as if he was the superior one here. The Margrave

meet tomorrow. We will deliver the

could not say anything to

as

had told her to do

“Then see you tomorrow.”

if he wanted Eaen to

understand. I will deliver the

meeting room without being able to say anything

Click.

door as soon as she left and

we heading out

“Yeah.”

out

wall... It

out when Eruhaben-nim

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

few hours later, night

* * *

can I please

“Not today.”

sternly shook his

here

and Hong puffed their cheeks

capital and brought

capital continuing the investigation of the

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

right, nya! It’s not dangerous,

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

the

something Eruhaben had received from the Pope at the capital. The Church’s forces were hiding near the capital and waiting while

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

with an odd look on his face instead of wearing a robe like

sure to feed

have to stay here

a kid as well, team

“Ha.”

Sui Khan scoffed.

right. I am still

if he was quite shocked but Cale

"Cale, I'm ready.”

“Yes, Eruhaben-nim.”

was rising up

a safe trip! I am going to destroy everything if any of you get hurt or

“He sounds serious, nya!”

“Please be safe.”

and waved after the

“Eruhaben-nim.”

“Okay.”

his spell once

are moving to an alley

Mary, Eruhaben, and Cale immediately teleported to the coordinates Eruhaben had

Paaaat-!

Mary’s stiff face through the bright

Princess

in the Lord’s Castle was quite chaotic because of

master-nim, the rain cloud

Paaaat-!

of the gold light and then

is a

it is. Nobody lives around

teleported 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 the

We will go right over if there are

Mary

the First Imperial Prince

all said what they needed to

Han, do you

“I don’t, Cale-nim.”

robe buttons as soon as

Choi Han, and Eruhaben did the

Flap.

plain black

an elegant

personally by the Pope and it was a robe that would

in this crest because it was

was simple for

Crack.

rose gold current crackled in Cale’s hand and that current

the gold light and sparkled

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

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

"This-”

Han could feel the power

was a destructive yet pure

also feel a mysterious warmth and

he was by a bonfire in the middle of a

“It’s a bit eye-catching.”

half-transparent barrier was surrounding his body from head

was red but your power seems to