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 lips

they are already

his head

“Ah!”

gaze headed toward the center

the curtains as

Chhh.

curtains closed and the only light was

Ooooooooong---!

gathered in the

smiled after sensing

It’s

Paaaat-!

total of five people appeared

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

the coordinates of

“Of course.”

their movements, and making it so

Kim Rok Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk used to do

* * *

heck is

Helson was seated at the center of the top

dressed lightly because he had been sleeping for a bit but an

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

you determined the

felt the fluctuation of a strong power not too long ago, had seen a red light shooting up from the distance through his bedroom

that they detected some faint vibrations after that

have yet to determine the

“Tell them to hurry!”

but it had definitely happened quite far from

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

a much stronger vibration at the

What could it

Helson was getting

it felt as if

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

as

the top executives were currently disguised as

dispatch

“...Mm.”

thought for a moment before she

be possible once the sun comes up but it is dangerous right now. We don’t know when the black rain cloud might

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

a

That’s why

The past half year...

they had sent out in the past half year had

Imperial Palace had ignored the reports about these missing individuals as mere accidents but the Margrave and his team had seen this as a sign

“Fuck!”

on the

Imperial Princess didn’t come back either. I'm sure something must

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

continued

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

“…….”

had accepted the candidates’ test being

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

candidate

the First Imperial Prince and the

"They are quiet.”

is highly likely that the two of them know what is going on beyond the wall. Of course the Fourth Imperial Prince might

have already increased the level of

thinking about

he believed, so he was thinking about stealing information from the First Imperial Prince who was being supported

‘And one more thing.’

could keep the First

on secretly contacting

of the North and East have agreed to be with me as well. The Margrave of the South agreed

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

edge precincts generation after generation to protect the Empire.

‘...It’s weird.’

intentions of the center, the intentions of

trying to protect the

thought that most of the Margraves have had and they were currently suspicious of the House

people saw them as people who did not seek out power and protected

respective Margraves had their own reasons

a reason to be suspicious as

most strongly emphasized a need to set the Church of the Fire of Purification as a heretic cult. They are basically the

in the

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

is

Pope's abilities when he

dead mana, that

‘Red?’

up from his

Bang-!

chair he had been sitting on fell

“Marquis-nim?”

him but the Marquis didn't even look at

headed toward the

red pillar

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

thunderbolt was shooting up

definitely that kind of

pillar

retreated temporarily to avoid

mana had avoided that

‘Perhaps-’

Marquis recalled something the former patriarch, his grandfather, the person

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

put his hand in his pocket. His hand

he had been keeping on him because he couldn’t

are to be executed

note from her