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.”

see the corners of

are already

his head at

“Ah!”

headed toward the

the curtains

Chhh.

only light was from the candles

Ooooooooong---!

in the

smiled after sensing

It’s

Paaaat-!

five people appeared

of the magic circle, looked into Sui Khan's red eyes as soon as

the coordinates of the Margrave's

“Of course.”

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

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the heck is going

Margrave. Marquis Helson was seated at the center of the top executives’ meeting

he had been sleeping for a bit but an attendant would soon bring

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

you determined the cause of

not too long ago, had seen a red light shooting up

had said that they detected some

yet, we have yet to determine the

“Tell them to hurry!”

been temporary but it had definitely happened quite far from

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

at the center of that pillar

What could

was

mind was so complicated that it felt

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

woman who was known as the top aide

disguised as aides to observe

dispatch

“...Mm.”

deep in thought for a moment before

once the 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

a team past the wall. In fact, she wanted to send people so that they might at least get a

a lot of

That’s why

The past half year...

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

mere accidents but the Margrave

“Fuck!”

on the table

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

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

continued

will pay attention to the current situation because the candidates are here. It will become

“…….”

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

sure that the Imperial Palace will pay attention to our report this time. They will want to save

Marquis said candidate and

Prince and the

"They are quiet.”

Of course the Fourth Imperial Prince might not, but

have already increased the level of surveillance on them

thinking about only getting information through the

edge villages. That was what he believed, so he was thinking about stealing information from the First Imperial Prince who was being supported by the Imperial Palace and the

‘And one more thing.’

who could keep the First

was planning on secretly contacting

to be with me as

East, and West. The Margraves responsible for the defense of the Empire were all from

valiantly in the edge precincts generation after generation to protect the Empire. There had been quite a lot of support from

‘...It’s weird.’

intentions of the center, the intentions of the Imperial Palace had been a bit

trying

had and they were currently suspicious

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

Margraves had their own reasons for suspecting

Helson had a reason

Huayans was the ones who most strongly emphasized a need to set the Church of the Fire of Purification as a heretic cult. They are basically the reason the Church of the Fire of Purification became

patriarch... His grandfather had believed in the Church of the Fire

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

is

Helson had seen the Pope's abilities when he was

mana,

‘Red?’

up

Bang-!

chair he had been sitting

“Marquis-nim?”

and called out to him but the Marquis didn't

headed toward the

pillar just

was different from a pillar of fire. There was a reason the Marquis had been calling

a thunderbolt was shooting up from

was definitely that kind of

red pillar

because the darkness retreated temporarily to avoid

had avoided that red pillar

‘Perhaps-’

the person he loved and respected the most, had once

is said to have defeated darkness and death with a fire imbued with a

his pocket. His hand

was a note he had been keeping on him because he couldn’t let anybody

are to

note from her