Trash of the Count's Family

‘Is there any way I can not give this speech?’

Cale thought and thought again as he looked at the approaching Henituse Estate.

Honestly speaking, he had planned on firmly rejecting the request when he was first asked to speak at the Academy.

Whether it was the crown prince’s scheming or not, he thought that he could just ignore it, but!

‘Young master-nim, apparently young lady Lily is looking extremely forward to it.’

Hearing Ron’s report from the Henituse family made Cale feel as if he could not reject it.

‘Young master Basen, the Duke-nim, and the Duchess-nim are all talking about going to the capital together and they all seem extremely excited and happy.’

The way Ron smiled benignly as he said that made Cale obvious to the fact that this vicious old man was making fun of him. However, he could not ignore those comments.

Why? Because Ron was not someone who would lie about news from the Henituse Duchy.

That meant that the entire Henituse family was looking forward to Cale’s speech right now.

‘I’m sure they are most looking forward to Lily entering the Academy.’

Lily was the main character.

However, Cale had ended up as an important supporting character.

‘Shit.

I don’t want to give a speech!’

However, the problem was that Cale was quite aware of himself.

‘I’m a terrible son.

A terrible older brother to both of my siblings.’

Cale spent quite a bit of time away from the territory and did not spend much time with his family.

Nonetheless, the Henituse family continued to openly show affection and support for Cale.

He could not just ignore this when such people were looking forward to it.

‘Yeah, no matter how bad I am, I guess I can at least do small things like this.’

He wasn’t going to be the territory lord and he planned on being a slacker and doing nothing once he took care of the Hunters.

In the future, people will talk about how the eldest son of that family disregarded the territory and just wastes his time all day. Wouldn’t it be good to do little things like giving this speech to make them happy while he still could?

‘Yeah, a speech like this is nothing!

I just have to say a few things.’

“Haaaaa.”

Cale let out a sigh. The children averaging ten-years-old and Lock looked toward him.

He heard a benign voice at that moment.

“Young master-nim, are you concerned about the speech?”

Cale flinched.

That vicious old man, Ron, was in the carriage with them. He had forgotten about that for a moment.

After going through Xiaolen and past Central Plains to return back to Roan…

Ron was extremely attentive to Cale’s every need as if he was trying to fully complete his duties as his attendant.

That was why Cale was feeling relaxed.

‘I still need to have a moment of truth with him though.’

Neither Ron nor Beacrox were showing any signs of wanting to chat with him about it, so Cale was just feigning ignorance.

‘I also don’t have time for that.’

Aipotu.

Cale was quite busy with a trip to Aipotu right in front of him.

He looked at Ron’s benign smile and quickly answered.

“Not really.”

Ron’s gentle smile became even bigger.

“But it is still your first time giving a speech in front of students, young master-nim.”

Cale went through his memories after hearing that.

‘The first time-’

While Cale was Kim Rok Soo, he had received multiple requests to give lectures or speeches.

He had especially received a lot of requests to give a lecture during the training for new employees.

Kim Rok Soo had tried to say no because he was already extremely busy and didn’t want to do something so annoying, but…

‘They basically bribed me with the budget.’

Kim Rok Soo agreed to give the lectures after they told him that they would increase his department’s budget.

Cale recalled the memories of that time.

‘So the lecture-’

‘Huh?

I didn’t give any?’

Now that he thought about it, he had received a lot of requests for lectures.

These were not just from his own company but also from the government and large guilds.

He had agreed to give them.

However, he never actually gave any of those lectures.

Cale quickly recalled the reason for that.

‘Things always happened.’

Yes, something always happened whenever he was about to give a lecture.

A big incident would happen so he would not be able to go give the lecture, or…

A terrorist incident would happen at the lecture location, making the priority not the lecture but evacuating people.

‘The most frequent reason was that monsters would appear right around or a bit far away from the lecture location, making me have to go take care of it.’

For some odd reason, things like that happened whenever Kim Rok Soo tried to give a lecture.

the lecture requests disappeared at some

up at the air

“…Huh?”

“Young master-nim?”

low voice calling

never given a speech in front

Raon interjected at

why is your

Cale ignored him.

was quite unsettled,

‘Perhaps-

Nah, no way.

such things would happen

A terrorist attack?

Mogoru Empire… The Roan Kingdom is seen as the kingdom that

where all of the

a time when Young Master

No way.’

there were no more

Cale felt relaxed again.

things will happen here as

erased the thoughts in his

thought

like this to me

Crown prince Alberu Crossman.

was so

there no way to push this

I push the speech

a moment before his face

Crossman. If that guy ended up giving the

‘He’ll enjoy it.’

drag at least one person into the

“Huuuuuu.”

His sighing became deeper.

his lips as he watched before returning

I am heading to is called

‘Aipotu?’

a world ruled

Lock may be

extremely dangerous place. That is why I plan on taking the

Cale had looked extremely relaxed as he

you want to

had subconsciously answered out

I want

saw how his response

things through before

answered immediately once

wanted to go with you since a

and just nodded

who had been watching, quickly rushed toward

I can absorb

slowly walked over, hugged Hong, and quietly

and nodded his head

we

the kids and went to have a quiet conversation with

head out of the room with the Dragons who had been in the room from the start

contact with Eruhaben at

‘You-’

was about to say something but could not say

looked at him, making the ancient

grown taller and

Pat pat.

you looking so timid? Open up your

disappeared with Lord

you want some

want some candied fruits,

some candied fruits

an excited Raon and Hong chatted away. A faint smile appeared on his

could not

in a corner of his mind kept stabbing him

you want

Cale had asked

had answered

Because-

‘I’ve always felt apologetic.’

On, these kids that were younger than him were always working so hard. In contrast, he felt as if he was

envious while hearing about how Choi Han

he had always wanted to be by

waiting for such

that made him immediately answer,

someone like me to go

Aipotu.

was truly a dangerous

it

who can pull their weight needs to go for fights in such a dangerous

me

he had such thoughts and hated himself for

to become more confident.

these thoughts always held him

things were different from

fear stepping forward for his family

was ready to give his everything and fight

However-

my existence mean anything in

if I push myself forward to fight, will it mean

if I am not helpful and my lack

of fear and

he knew how

each

didn’t want to harm

want to be

truly was not

subconsciously held back

did his best to

want some

“They’re delicious, nya!”

Raon and Hong

two kids. The smile on his face seemed

quietly watching Lock’s

then suddenly felt a sense

Cale looking

On slightly smiled.

to have something

that Cale already knew about it

‘Hmm?’

On was looking at him and smiling was similar to

‘What a scary thought!’

quickly erased such rotten thoughts

then quickly alighted

“Young master-nim~~~~!”