Trash of the Count's Family

“Young master-nim, I, ugh, here, gaaag-”

“Yeah. You can wait here.”

Cale patted Durst’s back as Durst did his best to hold back his dry heaves and started walking.

‘Sima Pyeong’s tastes are not very good either.’

Should he phrase it as the Unorthodox faction’s people really seemed to fit the Unorthodox faction?

A beautiful pavilion surrounded by clear water. There was a path toward the highest seat surrounded by the beautiful music played by musicians.

There were feasts prepared on both sides of the path.

The people seated at the tables were all core members of the Divergent Coalition.

‘The right side has neutral and Sima Pyeong’s people.’

The left side was the opposing faction centered around the leader of the Green Forest.

‘How entertaining.’

Usually, the more ‘important’ people were seated closer to the top seat but everybody sat as they pleased in the Unorthodox faction.

They were looking at Cale through this odd silence.

Their gazes were quite hilarious.

– Human! That punk who looks even stupider than Toonka is glaring at you!

For reference, that punk was the leader of the Green Forest.

Why was it that all bandits looked so monotonous like a cliché?

Anybody would be able to tell that this guy was the leader of Green Forest.

– Human! This is weird, there are too many humans in the Unorthodox faction making weird expressions!

Raon’s assessment was accurate.

“Hehehe-”

A person chuckling as if they were drunk while winking toward Cale.

A person wiping a rough blade and wetting his lips with his tongue while looking at Cale.

Or a bastard looking at him as if he wanted to kill Cale.

There were all sorts of bastards here.

Cale walked past them before hearing a voice for the first time.

“That person is young master Kim.”

He turned toward the voice.

A person seated on the right side.

A major figure in the neutral faction of the Divergent Coalition…

It was the Pinnacle Demon.

As one of the Five Demons, she was the third Demon Cale had met after the Carnage Demon and the Sword Demon.

‘She looks exactly as I have heard.’

The Pinnacle Demon was the oldest of the Five Demons at the age of eighty and originally held a different title.

Her original title was Poison Demon.

She was the person whose name was best known in the Unorthodox faction for her use of poison.

However, a change happened to her martial arts at some point.

She decided to reach the pinnacle in the use of poison and gathered all martial arts compatible with poison, even the third-rate ones, to research them.

However, she was unable to find a martial art suitable for her poison after over twenty years and, as a result, said that she reached her limits and called herself the Pinnacle Demon.

‘I heard that she has a terrible relationship with the Emei Sect and the Sichuan Tang Clan?’

The Emei Sect was a sect of women that had started as a gathering of nuns to discuss arts and the Dao before turning into one of the Orthodox faction’s Nine Sects One Gang.

The Sichuan Tang Clan was one of the Orthodox faction’s Five Great Clans and famous for their poison and terrible tempers.

The Emei Sect’s current Sect leader and the Pinnacle Demon had clashed against each other quite often when they were younger, turning them into bitter enemies.

As for the Tang Clan, they couldn’t help but be wary of the Pinnacle Demon as they also studied poison and hidden weapons.

‘That is why the Sichuan region is quite messy they said?’

Normally, a region is usually controlled by one group. However, the confrontation between the Orthodox faction and the Unorthodox faction was firm in Sichuan without leaning in either direction.

The Orthodox faction had the Emei Sect, the Tang Clan, and the Qingcheng Sect.

The Unorthodox faction centered around the Iron Street Market and had the Black Dao Gang and the Pinnacle Demon.

There were no major conflicts but Sichuan maintained a tight and tense atmosphere.

That was also where the Pure Silver Merchant guild, which Cale presumed to be a branch or core part of the Blood Cult, existed as well.

‘It’s going to be quite the shitshow.’

Cale sighed thinking about that chaos but a smile soon appeared on his face.

– Human! You haven’t smiled like that in a while!

It was because Cale would be the one to create that shitshow.

He planned on completely flipping things over.

That was why he went all around purifying people and acting all polite until now.

Cale looked at the sharp eyes of the Pinnacle Demon within her wrinkled eyelids and smiled.

“Hoooo.”

As the Pinnacle Demon let out a short gasp of admiration…

“Coalition leader. Why did you suddenly call us together?”

before

“Xia Ryeong.”

was the leader of the Green

72 Green Forests and the 18

you leave

messier than Toonka’s held his cup of alcohol in his hand

His gaze was vicious.

is

have lost contact with Xia Mun. Right after he met

started

command of Green Forest who chased after

subordinates the same last name and treated them not just as sworn

quite the solidarity between

Human! Didn’t Xia Mun fall

knocked out in an inn

Pyeong

repeated himself to Xia Ryeong, who was growling while

is doing

I asked you where

he was doing

Xia Ryeong flinched.

a gentle smile appeared on Sima Pyeong’s

well. Xia Ryeong, you know me. You know that I hate saying something more than two

was still

that made the listeners think of Spring did

it was just the

dared to say

“Pfft.”

was

been laying low until now but you are finally going to

Xia Ryeong

‘Wow.’

Cale was amazed.

about

he saw such a tall person in the

Shhh.

was followed by the quiet sound of chairs moving back

two people seated on

and

They stood

an explosive

“True colors?”

Pyeong

are you

looked

young

nodded

Xia Ryeong continued.

member of the Imperial Palace, but… I do not like the Unorthodox faction cooperating with the Orthodox faction and the Demon Cult and I do not like bowing

glared at Sima

by one as if to

different colors but they were

and developed under strict rules

their strength through thorough training and

was different from

them grew up far from things like learning or protecting. They learned martial arts and trained to become stronger

“Coalition leader!”

Xia Ryeong shouted.

the Imperial Palace has come here mean that you want us to negotiate like how the Orthodox faction and

Pyeong stood

Ryeong shouted

not sit by and watch the Divergent Coalition being a dog with its tail tucked between

Crack.

the cup in his

place? Fighting! That was our only answer! But what? You want us to compromise? Absolutely not! We

started heating up in

had a thought while looking at

‘What fucking nonsense.’

bandits and pirates letting merchant guilds through if they pay a toll. He also knew that

even offered

wary of the government because they

Dao Gang that ripped merchants of money by calling

And then what?

Fighting?

Cannot be bent?

some funny

Cale had

some funny

flinched thinking that he said his thoughts out

Pinnacle Demon. She was laughing

“Senior Pinnacle Demon!”

his respects while also showing his anger at the

Demon

on despite how

started to

That might explain why the old woman’s face looked like the scary

is the thought of the Unorthodox faction bastards. Why do you talk about fighting and compromise as if there is something spectacular?

Demon nonchalantly

Why are you

Pyeong quietly mumble something with the smile

noticed as

to

Demon continued

you aiming for by acting like those Orthodox

I am acting like the Orthodox

to the side while

subordinates were hesitating at

was the same for

relaxed demeanor truly came with a questioning

talking about fighting and compromise to talk about ‘justification’ in an organization known as the Unorthodox faction. If that is not what those stuffy and frustrating Orthodox faction bastards do, then

“Hooo.”

Cale quietly gasped.

Pinnacle Demon continued to speak as

you talked about fighting. You said that we must not be bent. Isn’t that

She started chuckling.

use dirty or unfair methods or if you continue to stab your allies in the back. All that matters is that you survive. Why are you

then looked toward Sima

Why are you acting