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.”

could see the corners of Sui Khan’s

they are already

head at that

“Ah!”

headed toward the center of the

could see Sui Khan close the curtains as soon as Raon

Chhh.

closed and the only light

Ooooooooong---!

gathered in the

smiled after sensing this familiar

here! It’s

Paaaat-!

a total of five people appeared on top of the golden

eyes

coordinates of the Margrave's

“Of course.”

location, always confirming their movements, and making it so that they could reach their target at

work Kim Rok Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk used to do for

* * *

heck is

Helson was seated at the center of the top executives’ meeting room

for a bit but an attendant would soon bring

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

you determined the

fluctuation of a strong power not too long ago,

they detected some faint vibrations

have yet to determine the

“Tell them to hurry!”

red pillar of light had been temporary but it had definitely happened

the vibrations had been detected by the black mages who were in the basement located

was probably a much stronger vibration at the center

could

Helson was getting a

was so complicated that it felt as if

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

as the top aide

the top executives were currently disguised as

to dispatch a

“...Mm.”

in thought for a moment before she shook her

dangerous right now. We don’t know when the black rain cloud might

Eaen didn’t want to send a team past the wall. In fact, she wanted to send people so that they might at least get a clue about

We have a lot

That’s why

The past half year...

Elves, black mages, and scouts they had sent out in the past half year had

ignored the reports about these missing individuals as mere accidents but the Margrave and his team

“Fuck!”

slammed down on the table with

either. I'm sure something must have happened beyond the wall. We shouldn't have

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

calmly continued to

the current situation because the candidates are here. It will become possible to figure out what

“…….”

life to protecting the edge region, had accepted

sure that the Imperial Palace will pay attention to our

candidate and

Prince and the Fourth

"They are quiet.”

them know what is going on beyond the wall. Of course the Fourth Imperial

already increased the level of

thinking about only getting

was certain that the Imperial Palace had some knowledge of what was going on beyond the ten edge villages. That was what he believed, so he was thinking

‘And one more thing.’

who could keep the

was planning on secretly contacting

agreed to be with me as well. The Margrave of

for the defense of the Empire were all from families with deep histories that have continued on

the edge precincts generation after generation to protect the Empire. There had been quite a lot of support from the center for them

‘...It’s weird.’

of the Imperial Palace

really trying to protect the

had and they

did not seek out power and protected the

Margraves had their own reasons for

reason

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

His grandfather had believed in the Church

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

is

Helson had seen the Pope's abilities when

dead mana, that

‘Red?’

up from

Bang-!

chair he had been sitting

“Marquis-nim?”

to him but the Marquis

toward

red pillar just

was different from a pillar of fire. There was a reason

a thunderbolt was shooting

it was definitely that

that clear red pillar had been so so

was because the darkness retreated temporarily to avoid that

avoided that red pillar

‘Perhaps-’

patriarch, his grandfather, the person he loved and

god that I believe is said to have defeated darkness and

his pocket. His hand was

keeping on him because he couldn’t let

heard heretics are

note