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

“Ah!”

toward the center

see Sui Khan close the curtains as soon as Raon did

Chhh.

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

Ooooooooong---!

in

sensing this

here! It’s Goldie

Paaaat-!

bright light and a total of five people appeared on

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

the coordinates of the

“Of course.”

their movements, and making it

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

* * *

the heck is

of the top executives’ meeting room connected

for

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

you determined the cause of that

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

black mages had said that they detected some faint vibrations after

we have yet to determine the

“Tell them to hurry!”

had been temporary but it had definitely happened quite far from

by the black mages who were in the basement located at the center of the Lord’s

vibration at the center of that pillar

What could

was

it felt

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

known as the

top executives were currently disguised as aides

to dispatch a team beyond

“...Mm.”

thought for a moment before she shook her

when

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

We have a lot

That’s why

The past half year...

they had sent out

individuals as mere accidents but the Margrave

“Fuck!”

down on the table with

I'm sure something must have happened beyond the wall. We

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

calmly continued

situation because the candidates are here.

“…….”

life to protecting the edge region, had accepted the candidates’ test

Imperial Palace will pay attention to our report this time. They will want to save

Marquis said candidate and not

the First Imperial Prince and

"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

increased the level of surveillance on them

about only getting information through the

Palace had some knowledge of what was going on beyond the ten edge villages. That was what he believed, so he was thinking about stealing information from the First Imperial Prince who was being

‘And one more thing.’

candidate who could keep

on secretly contacting that

Margraves of the North and East have agreed to be with

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

to protect the Empire.

‘...It’s weird.’

intentions of the

really trying

of the Margraves have had and they were currently suspicious of the House

them as people who did not seek out power and

respective Margraves had their own reasons for suspecting the House

reason to be

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

believed in the Church

fact that his grandfather was a member of the church because any members would be executed on the

is

had seen the Pope's abilities when he

dead mana, that

‘Red?’

up from his

Bang-!

had been sitting on

“Marquis-nim?”

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

headed toward the

red pillar just

fire. There was a

felt as if a thunderbolt was shooting up from the ground

was definitely

clear red pillar had been so

was because the darkness retreated

mana had avoided that red pillar

‘Perhaps-’

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

said to have defeated darkness and death with a fire imbued

put his hand in his pocket. His hand was

been keeping on him because he couldn’t let

heretics are to be executed immediately?

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