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

are

head at that

“Ah!”

headed toward the center of

see Sui Khan close the curtains as soon as Raon

Chhh.

the only light was from the candles in

Ooooooooong---!

gathered in the

sensing

It’s

Paaaat-!

total of five people appeared on top of the golden teleportation

circle, looked into Sui Khan's red eyes

coordinates

“Of course.”

out the enemy’s location, always confirming their movements, and making it so that they could

Soo and Lee

* * *

the heck

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

been sleeping for a bit but an attendant

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

you determined the cause

ago, had seen a red light shooting up from the distance through his bedroom

they detected some faint vibrations after

have yet to determine the cause,

“Tell them to hurry!”

red pillar of light had been temporary but

been detected by the black mages who were in the

a much stronger vibration at the

What could it

was getting a

mind was so complicated that it felt as

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

The true identity of this woman who was known as the top aide was actually

disguised as aides to observe some

dispatch

“...Mm.”

in thought for a

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

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

We have a lot of

know! That’s why I am

The past half year...

they had sent out in the past half year

accidents but the Margrave and his team had seen

“Fuck!”

on the table with his

sure something must have happened

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

calmly continued to

situation because the candidates are here. It will become possible to

“…….”

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

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

candidate and not

Imperial Prince and the Fourth

"They are quiet.”

the two of them know what is going on beyond the wall. Of course the Fourth Imperial Prince might not, but I'm sure the First Imperial

already increased the level

was not thinking about only getting

was what he believed, so he was thinking about

‘And one more thing.’

candidate who could keep the First Imperial Prince

planning on secretly contacting that

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

the Empire were all from families with deep histories

after generation to protect the Empire. There had been quite a lot of support from the center

‘...It’s weird.’

center, the intentions of the Imperial Palace had been

they really trying to protect the

have had and they were currently

did

reasons for suspecting

had a reason to

to set the Church of the Fire of Purification as a heretic cult. They

in the Church of

that his grandfather was a member of

is

the Pope's abilities

dead mana,

‘Red?’

up from

Bang-!

been sitting on fell

“Marquis-nim?”

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

headed toward the

red pillar

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

thunderbolt was shooting up from the ground toward

it was definitely that

that clear red pillar had

the darkness retreated temporarily to avoid

avoided that

‘Perhaps-’

his grandfather, the person he loved and respected the most, had once

defeated darkness

hand in his pocket.

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

heard heretics are to

The note from