Trash of the Count's Family

“Yes, yes. You are indeed our benefactor.”

The Sword Saint mumbled to himself.

“Hmm… The benefactor of the Namgung Clan.”

He then nodded his head over and over again. He did that while not looking at Cale but up in the air.

‘Is this really okay?’

Cale wanted to ask Chief Eunuch Wi, the Central Plains expert. Unfortunately, he could use neither magic nor sound transmission.

He had no way to stealthily ask.

‘…Ah, whatever.’

Cale decided to not worry about it.

‘Yeah, it’s not like they are going to kill their benefactor.’

The Sword Saint’s vicious gaze from earlier was not filled with killing intent. He just felt oddly suspicious about the situation.

It was at that moment.

– As expected, you were drawing a big picture, young master Kim!

He heard Chief Eunuch Wi’s significantly happy sound transmission.

– I thought you were just going to have a cooperative relationship for shared interests, but benefactor, that is a great relationship! For generations, the Namgung Clan has treated their benefactors like members of their main branch. Now that you have been accepted as their benefactor, the Namgung Clan will treat you the way they treat the eldest senior of the family!

‘…Hmm?’

– Furthermore, as the Sword Saint’s benefactor, young master-nim, the Namgung Clan will treat you at minimum how they treat the Sword Saint, if not even better. This, this is very good!

‘…Hmm? …Uh… This… Is different from what I was thinking…?’

Cale made eye contact with Sui Khan. The team leader was shaking his head from side to side.

Cale suddenly recalled what Sui Khan had said to him.

The team leader definitely told Cale that there would be differences between the Central Plains that Cale knew and the Central Plains they were in.

In the wuxia novels that Cale knew, the Tang Clan of Sichuan was known for being thorough with their favors and grudges.

That Clan was usually skilled in poison and dagger arts.

They were a clan that frequently appeared in the novels alongside the Namgung Clan and the Zhuge Clan as part of the Five Great Clans.

‘Is it possible that in this world the Namgung Clan is at the Tang Clan’s level of focus on favors and grudges? Did… I make a mistake?’

Cale could not look at the Sword Saint, whose eyes seemed to be glowing.

The Sword Saint didn’t care as he continued to smile unlike before.

“Yes, what is it that our benefactor wants?”

The Sword Saint instantly changed to addressing Cale as ‘our benefactor.’

‘Is it okay for it to change so fast?’

Cale felt as if cold sweat would drip down his back.

However, he maintained his calm.

He then thought to himself. He debated how to respond.

‘Mmm.’

The Sword Saint looked at Cale and gulped internally.

‘He’s calm.’

The Namgung Clan had not had a benefactor for centuries.

The reason was simple.

As the Namgung Clan had made up their mind to stand at the peak of the Orthodox faction… They could be someone’s benefactor, but they had no plans to serve anybody as their benefactor.

And that thought had become the Namgung Clan’s attitude and mindset. That was the reason that the Namgung Clan was by far the strongest of the Five Great Clans in the current Martial Arts world. The Martial Arts Alliance and even the Unorthodox faction and the Demon Cult did not dare to wrong the Namgung Clan.

Maybe that was the reason.

‘We were too arrogant.’

That was how a gap for the Blood Cult to dig into had appeared.

‘I did not want to break our centuries of having no benefactors in my generation, with my own hands.’

However, the situation had changed.

‘Young master Kim.’

He didn’t even know this guy’s full alias.

He had absolutely no idea about this guy’s real name.

‘However, taking this guy as our benefactor means that there is a good chance that there won’t be a big issue even if people find out that a living jiangshi and the Blood Cult are mixed in with the Namgung Clan.’

This eldest senior of the Imperial family…

Someone whose martial arts seems to be in the Nature Realm…

Furthermore, that aura that seemed to rule over everything…

He was certain that this person would take care of the issues of the Blood Cult.

‘As long as this person remains a benefactor of the Namgung Clan, there will not be excessive reprimands toward the Namgung Clan.’

Honestly speaking, if Namgung Tae Wi was a living jiangshi, then the Namgung Clan was the victim.

However, reality was not like that.

There would be people who would fault the Namgung Clan for not taking care of their family properly.

The Martial Arts world was that kind of battlefield where you ate or got eaten.

“Haaaaa.”

Young master Kim sighed at that moment.

The Sword Saint sat up straight. The cracked chair squeaked.

‘I tensed up?’

He finally realized that he was tense.

This guy’s judgment could change the future of the Namgung Clan. His heart couldn’t help but beat wildly.

This sense of powerlessness…

felt this way. However, it was

an individual who was stronger than the

“Senior Sword Saint.”

thoughts and decided to take

all, don’t chase the

“…What did you say?”

Sword Saint’s

was nice

stop chasing the Sword

instantly scowled and

is falsely accused of being involved with the

stopped talking

“Ho.”

He then gasped.

figure him

to handle for different reasons than the

Demon is my close

“…!”

Saint’s

“Ho.”

let out a deep sigh

with his palms and let out a short

see, that

hell is up with

he thought would get

That is what happened!

laughing out

expression slowly

that was becoming even more

Sword Demon was involved

you mean

shouted in

why I rushed here to Huángshān with a Squad Leader of the Heavenly Guardians in

the room figured out what had happened after hearing

Tae Wi said that the Sword

Sword would end up

The Heavenly Demon.

was the leader of the Demon

was basically a

book had listed Choi Jung Soo, the Sword Demon, as

The Sword Demon chuckled.

They were able to fabricate such evidence and show it to me because the Blood Cult has living jiangshis planted all over the

for a moment before he

it that you did not inform the Martial Arts

as if he was wondering why Elder

for the name of our Namgung Clan to rise even higher, why would we inform the Martial

“Mm.”

groaned. He then

of the Namgung Clan

should have contacted the Martial Arts

but he ignored the other Five Great Clans

Ho suppressed the complaints

The Sword Saint continued.

Sky Sword martial arts as

hands in the

will stop as you say

was already the Sword Saint giving a

had been given the title of Sword Demon after defeating

give up on such a target like that, the Sword Saint had

are willing to

his head at Cale’s

nonchalantly commented as

me find

“…What?”

fight the Blood Cult for a bit

flinched and

need the Martial Arts Alliance’s cooperation. Elder Ho, please have the Beggars’ Gang represent the

Sword Saint’s

Cale smiled and commented before he could

least that much for the

He then added on.

Isn’t the Great Namgung Clan known for pursuing justice

He sounded calm.

terrible false charges of the Namgung Clan being the hands and feet of the Blood Cult. Don’t you

Cale’s smile became thicker.

to lean on Cale to stop all of the

to the Namgung

is a mountain after a

clenched his

calculations were

leader of the Orthodox faction and give our everything to all issues related to the Blood

“That sounds perfect.”

Cale smiled brightly.

us stop the Great

Blood Cult is going

“Yes, sir.”

son who recently said that they needed to stock up on supplies. He thought

“Senior.”

heard a nonchalant voice at

the Orthodox faction for once? Wouldn’t that truly be fitting of

corner of the Sword

a member of the Imperial family, but has no issues bringing up the Namgung Clan’s

Imperial family hated the name of the Namgung Clan’s sword arts. It was because

back at the

will happily play along with

Ho’s fists clenched as

pulled the Namgung Clan

Namgung Clan has agreed to lead the way to fight against the Demon Cult, Unorthodox faction, and the Blood Cult… It was basically established fact that the Five Great Clans would be moving in the same direction as

there is something I

Sword Saint’s sharp

your

see a smile appear on young master Kim’s

master Kim answered without any

“Messenger.”

‘An errand boy? No.’

of the

takes the souls of the dead to the afterlife. (TL: Remember, Messenger and grim

The Sword Demon chuckled.

better stay sharp if I don’t want my

did not say anything

Saint

bring Tae Wi

Eunuch Wi slightly

We should be able