Trash of the Count's Family

TCF2-28

In the middle of the dark night... A red pillar shot up far beyond the wall.

The clear red color looked as if it would burn up all of the darkness around.

That light was clearly visible in this world where everything was dark.

“Hey Sui Khan! Look at that, do you see it?”

Raon, On, and Hong... The children averaging nine-years-old had their faces pressed against the window with their eyes wide open.

The black Dragon's blue eyes looked into Sui Khan’s red eyes.

"That red pillar! I'm certain that this light is our human using his power!”

On spoke next very calmly but also very quickly.

“It is pretty far but if we can see the fiery thunderbolt from here... It must mean that he used quite a lot of his power, nya.”

“That means something dangerous must have happened, nya!”

Hong became anxious and didn’t know what to do.

“We should have followed him!”

Raon clenched his cheeks with his front paws. The black Dragon looked toward Sui Khan who had been silently standing by another window.

“Hey Sui Khan! Why aren’t you saying anything?”

On slowly turned her gaze to observe Sui Khan. This was a new friend who had been with them since they came to this planet.

Based on Cale, Choi Han, and especially Alberu’s demeanor, he seemed like someone they could trust. Unlike Cale who frequently lacked a sense of vigilance, Choi Han followed by Alberu were the two most vigilant people in the group. Those two people had accepted Sui Khan as a part of their team.

‘Ah!’

On held back a gasp after checking what Sui Khan was observing out the window.

‘He’s observing the castle!’

While On’s gaze had been focused on the red light, Sui Khan was observing the inside of the castle.

No alarm had gone off in the castle.

But On knew.

‘I'm sure they saw what we saw as well.’

That was when On could finally see people moving in the darkness, especially by the distant wall out of the precinct. She could see soldiers, knights, and even black mages.

On, who was in her human form, opened the window.

Clunk.

She then looked out the window.

‘...The light in the Margrave's bedroom turned on!’

The room next to the Margrave’s bedroom was the office for his top executives and that room had the light on twenty four hours a day.

She was certain that the Margrave and the entire top executives team were on alert right now.

The castle seemed quiet but it was quite chaotic underneath the surface. That chaos would soon rise above the surface as well.

‘What do I do?’

They couldn’t let people figure out about Cale’s visit outside.

On’s mind quickly started to move.

It was at that moment.

“Hey On. Isn’t it cold?”

On heard a slow voice behind her.

“The night breeze is cold.”

Sui Khan was looking at her. He was petting Raon’s head with one hand while messing Hong's hair with his other hand.

Clunk.

On leaned back into the room and closed the window.

It was because she suddenly realized that someone might see her in her human form.

On heard Sui Khan's voice.

"Variables always come up.”

His voice was calm but it was different from Cale's calm voice. Cale sounded crude, cold, and indifferent but his voice held warmth within it.

Sui Khan spoke slowly as if everything was boring and there was warmth in his voice as he gently called her name, but...

"We also can’t be swept around by the variables.”

It oddly sounded cold and rational.

This was something she had felt back in the Empire’s capital.

Of course, that coldness was not directed at ‘me’ or my ‘little brothers.’

“I'm sure they are in more chaos than we are.”

Toward their enemies, toward their goal... Sui Khan did not hide that coldness.

“Hey Sui Khan! But what if our human comes back hurt? What about Mary? Goldie gramps? Choi Han?”

“That’s right! That’s what we are worried about, nya!”

On saw Sui Khan’s gaze heading somewhere outside the window as Raon and Hong could not hide their anxiety.

He was looking where Eruhaben had teleported them to before they crossed the wall.

“He’s smarter than I am so I'm sure they are heading back right now.”

corners of Sui Khan’s lips

are already

his head at that

“Ah!”

gaze headed toward the center

Khan close the curtains as soon as Raon

Chhh.

only light was from

Ooooooooong---!

gathered in the

after sensing this

here! It’s Goldie

Paaaat-!

a total of five people appeared on top of the

the magic circle, looked into Sui Khan's red eyes as soon as he confirmed that they were back in the

coordinates of

“Of course.”

out the enemy’s location, always confirming their movements, and making it so that they could reach their target

Kim Rok Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk used to do for

* * *

the heck

was seated at the center of the top executives’ meeting room connected to his

had been sleeping for a

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

determined the cause of

Helson, who had felt the fluctuation of a strong power not too long ago, had seen a red light shooting

black mages had said that they detected some

we have yet to

“Tell them to hurry!”

temporary but it had definitely happened quite far

by the black mages who were in the basement located at the center

a much stronger vibration at the center

could it

was getting

it

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

identity of this woman who was known as the top aide was actually the Chief

the top executives were currently disguised as aides to

difficult to dispatch a team beyond the

“...Mm.”

was deep in thought for a moment before she

sun comes up but it is dangerous right now. We don’t know when the black rain cloud might come and suddenly dispatching people like this may cause a different kind of

past the wall. In fact, she wanted to send

have a lot of individuals

know! That’s why I am

The past half year...

scouts they had sent out

as mere accidents but the Margrave and his team had seen this as a

“Fuck!”

slammed down on the

Second Imperial Princess didn’t come back either. I'm sure something must have happened beyond the wall. We shouldn't

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

continued

certain that the Imperial Palace will pay attention to the current situation because the candidates are here. It will become possible to figure out what is going on past the

“…….”

The reason this man, who had dedicated his life to protecting the edge region, had accepted the candidates’ test being in his precinct was to learn about what

will pay attention to our report this time. They will want to

Marquis said candidate and not

Imperial Prince and the Fourth

"They are quiet.”

wall. Of course the Fourth Imperial Prince might not, but I'm sure the First

have already increased the level

Marquis was not thinking about only

was going on beyond the ten edge villages. That was what he believed, so he

‘And one more thing.’

who could keep

planning on

and East have agreed to be with me

and West. The Margraves responsible for the defense of the Empire were all from families with deep histories that have continued on

protect the Empire. There had been quite a lot of support from

‘...It’s weird.’

center, the intentions of the Imperial Palace

they really trying to protect

had and they were currently

as people who did not seek out power and protected the Empire as the

respective Margraves had their own reasons for suspecting the House

had a reason

Church of the Fire of Purification as a heretic cult. They are basically

in the

that his grandfather was a member of the church because any members would be executed

is not

Pope's

mana, that

‘Red?’

Marquis jumped up

Bang-!

he had been

“Marquis-nim?”

shocked Eaen approached and called out to him but the Marquis didn't even look at his

toward the

red pillar just

a reason the Marquis

as if a thunderbolt was shooting up from the

was definitely that kind of

clear red pillar had been so so

darkness retreated temporarily to avoid

avoided that red pillar

‘Perhaps-’

former patriarch, his grandfather, the person he

god that I believe is said to have defeated darkness and death with a fire imbued with a

put his hand in his

been keeping on him because he

heretics are to be executed immediately?

note from her