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.”

the corners of Sui

they are

raised his head

“Ah!”

the center

could see Sui Khan close the curtains as soon as Raon

Chhh.

only light was from

Ooooooooong---!

in the

after sensing

It’s Goldie

Paaaat-!

a bright light and a total of five people appeared on top of the golden

Sui Khan's red eyes

find the coordinates of the

“Of course.”

the enemy’s location, always confirming their movements, and making it

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

* * *

heck is

Marquis Helson was seated at the center of the top executives’

been sleeping for a bit

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

determined the

ago, had seen a red

had said that they detected some

yet to determine

“Tell them to hurry!”

had been temporary but it had definitely happened quite far from

the black mages who were

was probably a much stronger vibration at the

could it

Helson was getting

so complicated that it

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

who was known as the top aide was actually the Chief of the top

the top executives were currently disguised as aides to observe some of

to dispatch a team beyond the

“...Mm.”

for

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 this may

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

We have a lot of

why

The past half year...

they had sent

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

“Fuck!”

Marquis slammed down on the table with his

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

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

continued to

situation because the candidates are here. It will become possible to figure out what is going on past

“…….”

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 was going on beyond

I'm sure that the Imperial Palace will pay attention to our report

Marquis said candidate

Imperial Prince and the Fourth

"They are quiet.”

highly likely that the two of them know what is going on beyond the wall. Of course the Fourth Imperial Prince might not, but

level of surveillance on them

not thinking about only

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

‘And one more thing.’

could keep the

on

to be with me as well.

West. The Margraves responsible for the defense of the Empire were all from families

generation after generation to protect the Empire. There had

‘...It’s weird.’

the intentions of the Imperial Palace had

they really trying

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

them as people who did

had their own reasons for

had a reason to be suspicious as

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

had believed in the Church of

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

is

Pope's abilities when he was

dead mana, that

‘Red?’

jumped up from his

Bang-!

chair he had been sitting on fell

“Marquis-nim?”

and called out to him but the Marquis didn't even look

toward

pillar just

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

felt as if a thunderbolt was shooting up from the

definitely

red pillar

because the darkness retreated temporarily to avoid that

avoided

‘Perhaps-’

former patriarch, his grandfather, the person he loved

that I believe is said to have defeated darkness and death

put his hand in his pocket. His hand

keeping on him because

heard heretics are

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