Trash of the Count’s Family

ad thought that this Dragon would be scary, but it just ended up being a nice old man who continued to help them out, even as he grumbled.

“Human, I do not know why you are smiling like that again, but you need to hurry back.”
“I got it.
I’ll only take a few people and come back soon.”

Cale responded back to Raon’s repeated question, but suddenly felt nervous after thinking about the group that would go to the Jungle with him.

The next day, Cale figured out the source of that nervousness.

“Enjoy your trip, human! Don’t step in to take action and get hurt again!”

They were standing in front of Eruhaben’s lair.
Cale was not paying attention to any of Raon’s concerned statements, as he was currently deep in thought.

‘I knew that something was weird.’

Cale’s gaze turned toward the group that would be going with him.

First of all, in order to go through the, ‘Path of No Return,’ one of the Five Forbidden Regions, he needed On with him.
On was currently saying goodbye to Hong.
Cale walked past On and toward the others.

Choi Han, Beacrox, and Ron.

“Mm.”

It was a combination that he couldn’t help but groan about.

‘Should I have brought Hans instead?’

Cale thought about Hans, whom he had left back in the Ubarr territory.
An unknown coldness made Cale get the chills and start to shiver.

“Young master-nim, are you okay?”

Ron approached him and pretended to be a nice old man.

“…Yes, I’m okay.”
“I’m glad that you are okay.
Please let me know if you start to feel sick.”

Ron put on his usual benign smile.

“In a way, it’s nice to travel with only a few people like this.
It has been a while since we have done so.”

‘It’s not nice at all.’

Cale looked at Beacrox, who was putting on a pair of white gloves as usual, and started to contemplate about this member makeup.

‘It seems like the perfect team to go do some bad things.’

Beacrox must have noticed Cale’s look of uncertainty, as he brushed his hands off and approached Cale.

“Young master-nim, we should be able to head out now.”
“Sure, let’s go.”

Raon and the others said goodbye as Cale and the group headed toward Hoik Village, which was located at the southern end of the Whipper Kingdom.
This was the location of the entrance of the, ‘Path of No Return.’

It just had to be raining.

“It is similar to last time!”

The silver kitten On, who was in Cale’s arms, started to hum as she controlled the fog.
Cale’s group was currently walking inside the, ‘Path of No Return.’ Even the rain could not get rid of this odd fog.

Shaaaaaa-

The rain was so loud that Cale couldn’t even hear On’s humming.

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Drip.
Drip.
Drip.

Cale was starting to get annoyed by the rain falling on his raincoat.
Beacrox slowly walked up next to Cale.

“It is getting late and the rain is strong.
Young master-nim, I think it would be best to spend the night in the forest.”

Cale nodded his head.

“On, let’s head back to that cave from last time.”
“It’s nearby.”

Cale saw that On was controlling the fog again, and so he told the others to follow.

Ron, Choi Han, and Beacrox all clutched at the raincoats and followed behind Cale.
Choi Han walked up next to Cale and asked.

“Are you heading to the cave where you met Queen Litana-nim?”
“Yes, that one.”

It was a memorable location where Cale had pretended to be a good and benevolent person.
It was a place where he had acted like all sorts of things that he was not.

“I have some good memories in that place.”

On must have recalled that memory as well, as she shook her head and continued to control the fog.
Maybe it was because everybody was walking quickly, but they soon saw the cave up ahead.

“It’s over there! Hmm?”

On, who was pointing toward the cave, suddenly stopped.
Ron came up to Cale.

“There seems to be someone in there.”

A faint light was coming out of the cave.
Someone seemed to already be inside of the cave.
Cale debated it for a moment before starting to speak.

“It seems like it is too late to go elsewhere.
Let’s head there for now.”

It was annoying to go look for another location.
It was raining, it was dark, he was hungry, and he didn’t want to walk anymore.

Since there really wasn’t anywhere else to go, they might as well spend a night with some strangers.

“As you wish, Cale-nim.
Thankfully, I do not feel any strong auras in there.”

Cale quickly answered after hearing Choi Han’s comment.

“Let’s go.”

They didn’t have anything to lose.

Drip.
Drip.

The rain started to pummel their raincoats harder as they quickly headed to the cave.
The faint light started to get stronger and they could see the entrance of the cave.

‘I can finally rest.’

Cale was about to walk even faster with that thought in mind when he heard Choi Han’s voice.

“…It’s a familiar aura.”

‘What?’

Cale could see the entrance of the cave as he heard Choi Han’s comment.
He could see a small fire that lit up the inside of the cave.

There were two people inside.

‘Son of a…’

Cale rubbed his eyes.

“Who, who are you?”

One of the people inside asked in a shaking voice.
A weak and innocent looking man was looking at Cale and the others.
Not only were the man’s eyes pure, but they seemed to be teary as well, making him look very pitiful.

But that was not the problem.

‘Why is she over here?’

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There was a blonde woman lying on the ground next to the innocent-looking blonde man.

He had seen her before.

The blonde sword master.
The person from the secret organization who had killed the blood-crazy mage, Redika.

That woman was dyed black in multiple spots on her body and was lying there unconscious.

Clang-

A very quiet noise reached Cale’s ear.

Choi Han had started to take his sword out of the scabbard.

Cale felt like someone had thrown a punch at him.

‘What the hell is going on?’

At that moment, he made eye contact with Ron.

‘What’s wrong?’

That was what Ron’s gaze seemed to be asked.
At that moment, Cale’s mind became clear.

‘Oh, right.
That woman does not know my face.’

The blonde sword master did not know Cale’s face, or anybody else’s face for that matter.
She had only seen them with their masks on.

‘Perfect.’

Cale put a hand on Choi Han’s shoulder.

“Choi Han, put your sword away.”
“Excuse me? But!”

Cale whispered to Choi Han who asked with confusion.

“Hide your aura.”

The woman may feel Choi Han’s aura if she woke up later.
Instead of looking at the confused Choi Han, Cale looked toward the unconscious sword master and the blonde, innocent-looking man next to her.

Cale gently smiled at the man as On meowed in Cale’s arms.

Meeeeow.

She seemed to be saying that this was a repeat of what had happened last time.
However, Cale did not care about her opinion right now.

Choi Han definitely said that he did not feel any strong aura inside of the cave.
That meant that, unlike the blonde sword master, this man was weak.
Cale took off the hood of his raincoat and started to speak to the blonde man.

“I’m sorry.
Did we scare you?”

It was a gentle and sincere tone.

Choi Han flinched at that tone.
However, Ron stepped forward at that moment.
Ron, Beacrox, and On, the three of them did not interact with the enemy during the battle they fought alongside the Whale tribe.
That was why they didn’t know the face of the blonde sword master.
However, Cale was not worried about what Ron would say.

“I apologize.
Our young master-nim’s guard is very dedicated to his job.”

Ron spoke warmly, fitting his role as a servant masterfully.

Cale made eye contact with Ron and then Beacrox.
The father-son duo stealthily nodded their heads at Cale.

‘We don’t know what is going on, but we will play along for now.’

That seemed to be what they were saying.

‘How reliable.’

Cale suddenly felt like they were very reliable.
This was the first time Cale actually liked this member configuration.

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Yes, he uses hurry twice.