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

are already

head

“Ah!”

headed toward the

the

Chhh.

the curtains closed and the only light

Ooooooooong---!

in the

after sensing

It’s

Paaaat-!

was a bright light and a total of five people appeared

was standing 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

you find the coordinates of

“Of course.”

location, always confirming their movements, and making it so that they could reach

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

* * *

heck

of the

because he had been sleeping for a bit but

“Eaen!”

“Yes, Marquis-nim!”

you determined the

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

said that they detected some faint vibrations after that

have yet

“Tell them to hurry!”

had been temporary but it had definitely happened quite far from

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

stronger vibration at the center

What could

was getting a

so complicated that it felt as if it

“...Chief!”

“Yes sir.”

was known as the

were currently disguised as

to dispatch a

“...Mm.”

and was deep in thought for a moment before

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

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

We have a lot of individuals

why I

The past half year...

scouts they had sent out

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

“Fuck!”

on the table

Second Imperial Princess didn’t come back either. I'm sure something must have

“Please calm down, Marquis-nim.”

calmly continued

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

“…….”

protecting the edge region, had accepted the candidates’ test

to our report

candidate and

Imperial Prince and the Fourth Imperial

"They are quiet.”

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 Prince does. He is with the young

have already increased the level

about

believed, so he

‘And one more thing.’

strong candidate who could keep the First

on

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

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

the edge precincts generation after generation to protect the Empire. There had been quite a lot of support from the center for them as

‘...It’s weird.’

of the Imperial Palace had been a bit suspicious

trying to protect the

had and they were currently suspicious of the House of

saw them as people who did not seek out power and protected the

own reasons for suspecting the

had a reason to

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

had believed in the Church of the Fire of

member of the church because any members would

is

Pope's abilities when

mana, that

‘Red?’

up from

Bang-!

had been sitting on

“Marquis-nim?”

to him but the

headed toward

red pillar just

was different from a pillar of fire. There was a reason

shooting up from the

it was definitely that kind of

pillar had been so

darkness retreated temporarily to

had avoided that red pillar

‘Perhaps-’

grandfather, the person he loved and respected

believe is said to have defeated darkness and death

his pocket. His hand was

had been keeping on him

I heard heretics are to be executed immediately?

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