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 Sui Khan’s lips

are

his head at

“Ah!”

headed toward the

could see Sui Khan close the curtains as soon

Chhh.

closed and the only light was from the candles in the

Ooooooooong---!

gathered in the

after sensing this

here! It’s

Paaaat-!

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

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

coordinates

“Of course.”

confirming their movements, and making it so that they

Kim Rok Soo and Lee Soo

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heck is going

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

had been sleeping for a bit but an attendant would

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

you determined the cause

power not too long ago, had

said that they detected some faint

yet, we have yet to determine the

“Tell them to hurry!”

had been temporary but it had definitely happened quite far from the

were in the basement located at the center of the

stronger vibration at the center

What could

Helson was getting

that it felt as if

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

was known as the

of the top executives were currently disguised as aides to

difficult to dispatch a team

“...Mm.”

and was deep in thought for a moment before she shook her

be possible 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 cause a

want to send a team past the wall. In fact, she wanted

We have a lot of individuals

why I

The past half year...

Elves, black mages, and scouts they had sent out

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

“Fuck!”

down on the table

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

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

calmly continued

the current situation because the candidates are here. It will become

“…….”

political neutrality. 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 was going on

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

candidate

Prince and

"They are quiet.”

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

the level of surveillance on

Marquis was not thinking about only getting information

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

‘And one more thing.’

strong candidate who could keep the

was planning on secretly

to be with me as

responsible for the defense of the Empire were all from

Empire. There had been quite a lot of support from the center for them as

‘...It’s weird.’

the intentions of the center, the intentions of the Imperial

they really trying to protect

have had and they were currently suspicious of

saw them as people who did

had their own reasons for suspecting the House of

had a reason to be suspicious

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

His grandfather had believed in the Church of

was a member of the church because any members would be

church is not a

Helson had seen the Pope's

dead mana, that

‘Red?’

jumped up

Bang-!

had been sitting

“Marquis-nim?”

called out to him but the Marquis didn't even look at his niece’s

headed toward

red pillar

fire. There was a reason the

as if a thunderbolt was shooting up from the ground toward

definitely that kind of

that clear red pillar had been so

darkness retreated temporarily

mana had avoided that red pillar of

‘Perhaps-’

his grandfather, the person he loved and

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

in his pocket.

a note he had been keeping on

are

Wishrop. The note