Trash of the Count's Family

TCF2-44

Shh. Shh.

White sand scattered as he walked.

Marquis Helson stopped walking and looked around.

This white desert had cut through the black sand and dark fog to appear.

He motioned toward the black mage standing next to me.

“...Please cancel it.”

“…….”

The black mage was blanking out looking up in the air before he responded.

“...Yes, Marquis-nim.”

Marquis Helson took a deep breath once the barrier that was preventing dead mana from getting to them was canceled.

In the decades he had spent in the edge region...

The air that he had breathed during that time... Air that was so clear and completely different from the air he was used to came in through his nose and spread throughout his body.

‘How refreshing.’

It had truly been a long time since he had felt something like this.

Just breathing in made him feel as if he wanted to cry.

‘...Marquis-nim.’

He called out to the former Marquis in his mind.

The place he was standing right now, this now white sand desert was, ironically, the location of his territory in the past.

‘For the black tree to have been planted in my hometown.’

Thinking about this made him angry, but seeing the blue sky washed away all of his anger.

He recalled what Chief Eaen had said.

‘Marquis-nim, dead mana was no longer able to approach the area with the white sand.’

Normally, the polluted land around the white sand should have tried to spread its demonic reach toward it, but for some reason, the dead mana did not approach the white sand. That was why there was no black fog here and they could see the blue sky.

He didn’t know the reason behind it.

Maybe it was normal that he didn't know the reason.

‘Everything here is what the esteemed Purifier-nim has achieved.’

The individual who had come after receiving the call of the world...

That existence had created this.

How could he decipher the deep thoughts of such a person?

‘I was so crazy.’

Marquis Helson got chills.

‘I tried to use such an esteemed individual.’

Marquis Helson wanted to slap his old self, the one who thought about working together with the Purifier to go against the Imperial Palace and the House of Huayans.

‘Hmm?’

He raised his head after sensing an odd feeling.

“Ah.”

The sun that had been hidden behind a white cloud revealed itself, shining down on Marquis Helson's face.

It’s warm.

It’s hot.

It’s too bright.

He was feeling such things in the middle of the polluted area.

“…….”

A single tear drop dripped down the side of Marquis Helson's face.

Coming here in person to see this purified landscape gave off a holiness that he had not felt while looking at it from the Lord’s Castle.

“Marquis-nim.”

He heard the Vice Chief's concerned voice next to him.

Marquis Helson opened his mouth.

“...Looking at this purified landscape-”

Of course, he had not forgotten his duty.

“It makes me think about the noble sacrifices of the people who have passed to create this. I too should have been here.”

His gaze moved toward the Huayans patriarch and his group.

‘They are shocked.’

The black mages and knights couldn’t hide their shock while looking at the same sight as Helson.

‘The reactions are varied. I'm sure some of them have heard about the black tree from the Huayans patriarch in the past.’

The subordinates who came here with the Huayans patriarch were basically his hands and feet.

That was why some of them would know how this place used to be.

‘But their reaction is not important.’

Marquis Helson’s gaze moved to the Huayans patriarch.

This was the current leader of the House of Huayans, the instructor of the current Emperor.

Reddock Huayans. (TL: In ch 18, the author named him Wallot. He is not suddenly Reddock. Blame the author.)

“…….”

Reddock Huayans reached his hand out and grabbed some white sand. He then quietly inspected it.

He closed his eyes.

‘!!’

Helson’s eyes opened wide in shock.

‘I didn’t know this person would act like this.’

Reddock Huayans had taken a deep breath just as Helson had done. He then let the breeze with the fresh air hit his face before opening his eyes and looking up at the blue sky.

His mouth opened and his voice was extremely low as he spoke. It also cracked.

“How beautiful.”

Reddock Huayans said that this place was beautiful.

He sounded honest.

makes me believe that there was indeed a

voice sounded submerged. No anger

“...Everything disappeared.”

was so empty that it sounded

he was

‘...Sad?’

sadness was felt

from the Purifier. He also heard

world had ended up

Helson could not understand the Huayans patriarch's

‘He’s a scary person.’

that the Huayans patriarch

“Marquis.”

“Yes sir.”

said that you lost your

“Yes sir.”

Eaen was reported

Huayans patriarch looked at Helson. Helson thought that it

Reddock’s mouth opened.

feel the same

“...I'm sure, sir.”

that you

two times. Once before we sent the black tree attack team and once after. Those were

“Marquis.”

“Yes sir.”

person who made it

make him pay for

Smirk.

smile appear on

“Marquis.”

“…….”

“Look at this sight.”

raised his wrinkled

is capable

one of the pillars of the Empire. Reddock was saying something fitting of a patriarch of such

we must recreate such a sight. You should know about it, don’t you, Marquis? The

as if he was talking

world is destroyed even

who was

will go take another look at the surroundings. It looks like I will have to walk quite a bit as it is so

escort

I am

walked through the

thought

‘...The mask is thick.’

the House of Huayans

was very good not just in the Empire but

that could topple

not even a

not help

is able to find something in the Huayans Estate that

that be necessary to flip

the disappearing Reddock Huayans as he thought to

what he is saying to his subordinate? Will

to the Huayans patriarch opened

us but he keeps looking at

“…….”

The patriarch was silent.

simply inspecting the now white

was by his side

“They are not dead.”

took out two small jewels from

qualities of these two jewels with extremely small magic circles were different, but they were both slowly

the First Imperial Prince and the Fourth Imperial Prince

find

need to

at the stern response.

his lack of abilities can do. Even I would find it

“......!”

shocked than when he had seen the white sand

the patriarch say that something would

of

chuckle. The subordinate got chills

“...Patriarch-nim.”

“Kill Marquis Helson.”

“…….”

Imperial Princess Olivia is still

“Yes sir.”

everything before you kill

“Yes sir.”

of

“...Yes sir.”

for the next generation's Emperor

at

of this destroyed

course, a meddling existence did appear right before the

difficult to handle but it

once he got rid

a greater offering of karma

future where he would play a central role in the

is moving quicker

that he had always been

at that

Piiiiiiiiiiii-- piiiiiii-

going off on the subordinate's

“Patriarch-nim.”

call from the

sound just as his eyes headed toward the black

Piiiiiiiiiiii-- piiiiiii-

with a

a call from

Palace

calls from the two

before connecting

the

Reddock Huayans at that

changes in the Huayans patriarch's face. The smile was just gone and his face

calm

‘Hmm?’

change on the patriarch’s face

appeared on

He started to frown.

message that was left on the black magic video

message from his

left it was

‘It’s a code.’

would not be able

soon as he saw

to

butler had left

was short even after it was

the secret area has

Reddock scowled.

is alive as

something else as

stole

looked around the white

The person hindering him...

household... Or the person aiming for

The Black Bloods household.