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?”

stopped Sima Pyeong before

“Xia Ryeong.”

owner of this peaceful-looking name was

who led the 72 Green Forests and the 18 Yangtze

did you

cup of alcohol in his hand as he looked up at Sima

His gaze was vicious.

Mun is doing

have lost contact with Xia Mun. Right after he met with your kids, Coalition

started to get

the second in command of Green Forest

same last name and treated them not just as

was bound to be quite

Didn’t Xia Mun fall

in an inn

could see Sima Pyeong quietly observing

himself to Xia Ryeong, who

is

I asked you

said he was

Xia Ryeong flinched.

smile appeared on Sima Pyeong’s

that he is doing well. Xia Ryeong, you know me. You know that I

was still going despite

the listeners think of Spring

was just the

dared to

“Pfft.”

was

low until now but you are

Xia Ryeong stood

‘Wow.’

Cale was amazed.

about Toonka’s

such a tall person in

Shhh.

quiet sound of chairs moving back as

the two people seated on the other side of Xia

and

Sima Tae. They stood up and stared at

as if an explosive situation

“True colors?”

Pyeong was still

true colors are you saying I am

Ryeong looked at

young master

slightly nodded his

Xia Ryeong continued.

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

glared at Sima

one as if to

clothes were different colors but they

faction trained and developed under strict rules or within the fences of

Cult grew their strength through thorough training and competition following

Unorthodox faction was

far from things like learning or protecting. They learned martial arts

“Coalition leader!”

Xia Ryeong shouted.

here mean that you

Pyeong stood

Ryeong shouted in

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

Crack.

the cup in

our only answer! But what?

Ryeong’s side started heating

had a thought while

‘What fucking nonsense.’

through if they pay a toll. He also knew that the bandits and pirates absolutely did not

offered bribes to

was an everyday occurrence for the Unorthodox faction to be wary of the government because they

Black Dao Gang that ripped merchants of money by calling

And then what?

Fighting?

Cannot be bent?

some

Cale had that

some funny

thinking that he said his thoughts out loud before turning toward the

Pinnacle Demon. She was laughing while tilting her

“Senior Pinnacle Demon!”

at the comment

Pinnacle Demon

on despite how dirty and

She started

grotesque because she researched poison. That might explain why the old woman’s face looked like the scary villains in traditional

the thought of the Unorthodox faction bastards. Why do you talk about fighting and

Demon nonchalantly

Why are

heard Sima Pyeong quietly mumble something with the

as

as Cale was about to ask what he was

Demon continued

you aiming for by

say that I am acting like the Orthodox

head to the side while looking

were hesitating at

same for

truly

are 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

“Hooo.”

Cale quietly gasped.

to speak

you talked about fighting. You said that we must not be bent. Isn’t that what those Demon Cult bastards

She started chuckling.

stupid like the survival of the fittest? In our Unorthodox faction, it doesn’t matter if you use dirty or unfair methods or if you continue to stab your allies in the back.

looked

Why are you acting