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.”

corners of

they are

head at

“Ah!”

headed toward the center

close the curtains as soon as Raon did

Chhh.

the curtains closed and the only light was

Ooooooooong---!

gathered in the

sensing

It’s

Paaaat-!

total of five people appeared on top

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

find the coordinates

“Of course.”

their movements, and making it so

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

* * *

heck

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

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

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

you determined the cause of that

power not too long ago, had seen a red light

that they detected some faint vibrations

have yet to determine

“Tell them to hurry!”

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

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

at

could

was getting a

it felt as if it would

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

as the top

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

dispatch a team beyond the

“...Mm.”

was deep in thought for a moment

know when the black rain cloud might come and suddenly dispatching

wall. In fact, she wanted to send

have a lot of individuals

why

The past half year...

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

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

“Fuck!”

on the table

something must have happened beyond the wall. We shouldn't have accepted the

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

continued to

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

“…….”

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 beyond

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

said candidate and not

First Imperial Prince and the Fourth

"They are quiet.”

Of course the Fourth Imperial Prince might not, but I'm sure the First Imperial Prince does. He is with the young

have already increased the level of surveillance on them

Marquis was not thinking about only

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

‘And one more thing.’

keep the First Imperial Prince

was planning on secretly contacting

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

and West. The Margraves responsible for the defense of the Empire were all from families with deep histories that have

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 Imperial Palace had been

really trying to protect the

was a thought that most of the Margraves have had and they were

as people who did

reasons for suspecting the House

had a reason to be suspicious as

Huayans was the ones who most strongly emphasized a need to set the Church of the Fire of Purification

believed in the Church of the

a member of the church because

church is

the Pope's abilities

dead mana,

‘Red?’

Marquis jumped up from

Bang-!

been sitting on fell

“Marquis-nim?”

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

toward

pillar

was different from a pillar of fire. There was a

a thunderbolt was shooting up from the ground toward

it was definitely that

clear red pillar had been

darkness retreated temporarily to

mana had avoided that

‘Perhaps-’

person he loved and respected the

said to have defeated darkness and death with a fire imbued

his pocket.

he had been keeping on him because he

heretics are to be executed immediately?

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