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.”

of Sui

they are already

raised his head at that

“Ah!”

toward the center

close the curtains as

Chhh.

the only light

Ooooooooong---!

gathered in

sensing this

here! It’s Goldie

Paaaat-!

total of five people appeared on top of the golden teleportation magic

was standing at the center of the magic circle, looked into Sui Khan's red eyes as

you find the coordinates

“Of course.”

and making it so that they could reach their target at

was the basics of the work Kim Rok Soo and Lee

* * *

heck

at the center of the

lightly because he had been sleeping for

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

determined the cause

the fluctuation of a strong power not too long ago, had seen a red light shooting up from

detected some faint vibrations after that as

yet to determine the

“Tell them to hurry!”

been temporary but

been detected by the black mages who were in the basement located at the center

vibration at the center of

could

was getting

that it felt as if it

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

as the top aide was

disguised

dispatch a team beyond

“...Mm.”

in thought for a

up but it is dangerous right now. We don’t know when the black rain cloud might come and suddenly dispatching people

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

a lot of individuals

why I am

The past half year...

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

about these missing individuals as mere accidents but the Margrave and his team had seen

“Fuck!”

slammed down on the

either. I'm sure something must

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

continued

I'm certain that the Imperial Palace will pay attention to the current situation because the candidates are here. It will become possible to figure out what is going on

“…….”

dedicated his life to protecting the edge region, had accepted the candidates’ test being in his

I'm sure that the Imperial Palace will pay attention to our report this time. They

Marquis said candidate and not

the First Imperial Prince and the Fourth

"They are quiet.”

the wall. Of course the Fourth Imperial Prince might not, but I'm

already increased the level of

was not thinking about only getting information through the

on beyond the ten edge villages. That was what he believed, so he was thinking about stealing information

‘And one more thing.’

could keep

was planning on secretly

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

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

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

‘...It’s weird.’

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

really trying to protect

the Margraves have had and

who did not seek out power and protected the Empire as the

own reasons for suspecting the House

reason to be

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

believed in the Church

member of the church

is not a

Helson had seen the Pope's abilities when

mana, that

‘Red?’

jumped up from his

Bang-!

he had been sitting on fell

“Marquis-nim?”

called out to him but the

toward the

pillar

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

shooting up from the ground toward the

it was definitely

red pillar

darkness retreated temporarily

avoided that red pillar

‘Perhaps-’

the former patriarch, his grandfather, the person

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

hand in his pocket.

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

I heard heretics are to

Wishrop. The note