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 Khan’s lips

they are already

his head

“Ah!”

the

the

Chhh.

the curtains closed and the only light was from the candles in

Ooooooooong---!

in

sensing this

here! It’s

Paaaat-!

was a bright light and a total of five

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

the coordinates of the Margrave's

“Of course.”

always confirming their movements, and making it so that they

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

* * *

heck

the center of

lightly because he had been sleeping for a bit but

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

the

of a strong power not too long ago, had seen a red light shooting

black mages had said that they detected some faint vibrations after that as

have yet to determine the

“Tell them to hurry!”

red pillar of light had been temporary but it had definitely happened quite

the black mages who were

stronger vibration at the center

What could

Helson was getting

complicated that it felt as

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

known as the top aide was actually the Chief

were currently disguised as aides

it be difficult to dispatch a team beyond the

“...Mm.”

was deep in thought for a

up but it is dangerous right now. We don’t know when the

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

a lot of

That’s why

The past half year...

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

about these missing individuals as mere accidents but the

“Fuck!”

down on the

must

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

continued

certain that the Imperial Palace will pay attention to the current situation because the candidates

“…….”

protecting the edge region, had

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

Marquis said candidate and not

Imperial Prince and the Fourth

"They are quiet.”

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

increased the level of

was not thinking about

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

‘And one more thing.’

strong candidate who could keep the First Imperial Prince in

on secretly contacting that

to be with me as well. The Margrave of

for the defense of the Empire were all from families with deep histories that

valiantly in the edge precincts generation after generation to protect the Empire. There had been quite

‘...It’s weird.’

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

trying to protect the

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

of Huayans. Most people saw them as people who did not

reasons

Helson had a reason to be suspicious

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

in the Church of the Fire

was a member of the church because any members would be executed

church is

seen the Pope's abilities when

dead mana, that

‘Red?’

Marquis jumped up

Bang-!

been sitting

“Marquis-nim?”

approached and called out to him but the

toward the

pillar

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

felt as if a thunderbolt was shooting up from the ground toward

definitely that kind of

clear red pillar had been so so

the darkness retreated

avoided that red pillar

‘Perhaps-’

the former patriarch, his grandfather, the person he loved and respected the

believe is said to have defeated darkness and death with a fire

his pocket. His

keeping on him because

I heard heretics are to be

note from her