Trash of the Count’s Family - Chapter 127

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“A mage obsessed with blood? Who is that?”

The Jungle Queen Ritana was the first to react to Kale’s words. The Saint followed with a comment of his own.

“That’s quite a fearsome name. A mage obsessed with blood, no less. But Hana, would you like another potion? Your complexion looks terrible.”

The Sword Master Hana’s face had turned deathly pale. She kept her lips firmly sealed, yet the corners trembled visibly.
Kale casually handed a fresh handkerchief to the Saint.

“I should help wipe away Hana’s perspiration. My, there’s quite a bit of cold sweat on her forehead.”

Kale spoke kindly, then met Ritana’s gaze. Hana pretended not to notice, hiding her trembling fingertips.

“There was indeed such a mage—one obsessed with blood. I’ve only heard tales of this person, but in any case, they’re dead now.”
“Such a person existed?”
“Yes, I heard they died quite brutally.”

Kale shuddered as if reluctant even to contemplate it.

“They were slain by a comrade’s blade.”
“…Ah, how dreadful.”

At Ritana’s subordinate’s response, Kale nodded. Hana’s face grew even paler. The black mark of the dead mana’s blade and her ashen complexion created an even starker contrast.
Kale continued.

“Even hearing such stories makes my heart race. I simply cannot bear to witness death before my eyes.”
“Of course. I understand your heart well. Witnessing death must be difficult for you.”

The Jungle Queen agreed with Kale’s sentiment, yet posed a subtle question.

“Yet you help with revenge?”

Ritana found Kale’s words to the fake Saint Maiden inconsistent. Kale helping someone with revenge? She understood the twins’ grievance, yet Kale’s nature seemed incompatible with such cruelty.
She could see a gentle smile forming at the corners of Kale’s lips.

“Ritana, do you know what the greatest revenge truly is?”
“…The greatest revenge?”

I turned my gaze away from Ritana’s bewildered expression and looked toward Hana, whose face had gone deathly pale.

“Hana.”

I spoke in a measured yet thoughtful tone.

“I may be overstepping my bounds, but I’d like to say one thing.”

What else could he possibly say?
I could sense the confusion and anxiety swirling in Hana’s eyes, but I continued with what I needed to say.

“Hana, living long and happily—that is true revenge. You should live happily with your brother.”

Living happily as true revenge? That made no sense.
True revenge meant repaying suffering with suffering, and only through revenge could one sleep soundly without lingering resentment. Yet I spoke words that contradicted my true thoughts.

Ritana was impressed.

“Ah, that’s what I meant. Unlike me, Confucius has a bigger vessel.”

The saint slightly wiped tears from his eyes.

Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

On broke free from Cale’s arms, landed on the floor, and cried. Ritana affectionately stroked On’s head.

“I agree with what Confucius said.”

Instead of agreeing, On just got so upset that he escaped Cale’s embrace and sighed. Choi Han had already turned away from the inside of the cave and was just looking outside the cave.

“That’s right. That’s revenge.”

And Ron agreed with Cale’s words.
I remained undeterred by the discord among my companions.

“It’s already dawn. Since there’s a patient here, how about getting some shuteye?”
“That sounds reasonable.”

Ritana answered while looking outside the cave. It was definitely late at night.

“Yes. Since the two twins will be having a hard time, how about our group and Lina’s group take turns patrolling the surrounding area?”
“Yes. Since the twins will be exhausted, wouldn’t it be better if our group and Ritana’s group took turns patrolling the perimeter?”

enemy. Ritana’s expression was stiff as she pointed at the imperial army.

“Yes, just in case.”
“Yes, just to be safe.”

In response to Ritana’s approval, Kale looked at the two twins, especially one, and spoke.

“You two, please sleep well.”
“You two should get some proper rest.”

The saint answered with a moved voice, and Hana’s face distorted.

“Hana, are you starting to cough again?”
“Hana, are you about to cough again?”

Hana’s mind seemed complicated as she received the saint’s utmost care. Anyway, Cale calmly spoke to Ritana.

“We’ll patrol first.”

The long conversation stopped for a moment and everyone decided to take a break.

Cale and his party went on patrol first, and when they returned, the saint and the saintess were deep asleep, probably because they were tired. Ritana and the others prepared to patrol the surrounding area with On, who controls the fog.

“Confucius, you’ve been patrolling for quite some time.”
“Young master, you patrolled for quite a long time.”
“We went all the way to the forest entrance.”
“We should do the same then. It’ll probably take an hour or two.”

Ritana smiled and greeted Cale, who was getting ready to sleep as if he was tired, and went on patrol outside the cave with On and his subordinates. Of course, I greeted Choi Han, who was standing guard at the cave entrance.

Shoot ahhh.
Whoooosh.

That was around the time when Ritana and the others became distant.

“Who are you?”

A voice rang out.

“That’s what I wanted to ask.”

Cale opened his closed eyes. He turned his head. One of the sword masters was standing up, leaning against the cave wall, and glaring at Cale and the others.

Cale sat up.
Kale sat up from where he lay.

“…Are you sure you are those guys?”

Hana looked at Cale with half-confident eyes.

“What are those guys?”

She answered Cale’s question with a very uncomfortable expression.

“…Secret group.”

The expression on her face as she uttered those words was quite strange. Well, Cale seemed to know how it felt to refer to another organization as a secret organization even though he was a member of a secret organization.
The expression on her face as she uttered those words was quite peculiar. I could understand her sentiment well enough—belonging to a Secret Organization herself while referring to another as such. It was an ironic position to be in.

“If you know that, you should run away. Why aren’t you running away?”

Cale smiled. But that smile was not friendly. Instead, one got goosebumps on his back.
I offered her a smile. But it was far from warm. Hana felt goosebumps rise along her spine.

The moment our eyes met, Cale asked.

“Are you worried about your brother?”
“You’re worried about your brother, aren’t you?”

An evil light appeared in her eyes. In an instant, the black marks on my body faded. A golden aura was forming on her skin.

It was then.

Sreung.

Choi Han slightly pulled out his sword from its sheath. And Ron got up and stood behind Cale.
Choi Han drew his sword slightly from its sheath. Ron rose from his seat and positioned himself behind Kale Heniatus.

‘What should I do?’

Her mind was so complicated that it felt like it was going to explode.

A cult that takes advantage of my brother and myself. The Pope who treats them like dogs. A group approached him while he was trying to avoid them.
The Religious Order that exploited her and her brother. The Pope who treated them like dogs. The organization that had approached her while she sought to escape them.
That organization had treated her like family.

And then I encountered another enemy in a dead end alley.
And now, in this dead end, she faced yet another enemy.
It felt maddening.

It was then.
That was when it happened.

“No threats.”
“I’m not threatening you.”

One laughed. It felt like the blood vessels in her body were about to burst due to the dead mana, but she raised her aura to the maximum.

“What you are doing now is not a threat?”

The momentum of Hana was ferocious, as if it was about to explode at any moment.
Hana’s momentum was ominous, as if she might explode at any moment.

“I think it’s a courtesy to you.”
“It’s more like a courtesy toward you.”

What are you talking about?
What was he talking about?

“Looking at it, haven’t we been betrayed by cancer as well?”

I knew the name cancer. One was surprised by the power of the information but remained silent.

“It looks like the Magician is looking for you and your brother.”

And at Cale’s next words, his face distorted. To the imperial army, to the church, to secret societies. She was out of breath. She glared at Cale with her face distorted.

“Why do you say that?”

She continued speaking with a sneer hanging from the corner of her mouth.

“You’re cornered, so you’re telling me to obey and spit out all the information? You’ve been treated like a hero in the kingdom, and you’ve been acting like you’re all kind.”

Although he pretended to be a polite Confucius, one felt that he was far from being polite and was rather evil. The double appearance gave me goosebumps.
Though he pretended to be a courteous noble, Hana sensed that he was far from courteous—rather, he was decidedly sinister. His duplicitous nature sent shivers down her spine.

“Don’t others know that you are this kind of guy? I don’t think even the Queen knows.”

She glared at Cale and sneered.
She glared at Kale Heniatus, forcing a sneer.

“You know.”
“You know.”
“…What?”

A carefree voice sounded as if she was telling her something insignificant.

“I think this is the basic courtesy I would show to you who was betrayed.”

For a moment she was speechless.

It’s like a courtesy to you.

For one thing, I finally understood what Cale had just said was not a threat.

Cale quietly watched as the evil spirit subsided. Intimidation wasn’t much of a hobby. Trading rather than blackmail was his hobby.
Kale Heniatus watched her menacing aura gradually subside. Threats weren’t really his preference. Negotiation was more to his taste than threats.

“…Do you want to talk to me?”
“…Do you want to talk with me?”

One could see him smiling at himself as he lost his momentum.

“Now I’m ready to talk.”

Unlike the creepy smile from before, it was a much softer smile. One of them unconsciously relaxed his clenched hands. It was then.

“I will not send you and your brother to the Eastern Continent.”
“I won’t be sending you and your brother to the Eastern Continent.”

Hearing his words again, Hana’s face distorted. I thought the atmosphere was improving, but ended up saying it was hindering my career path.
At his continued words, Hana’s face contorted. Just when she thought the atmosphere had improved, he was saying he’d obstruct her path after all.

“I really don’t know what you’re thinking.”
“I’m the one who doesn’t understand what you’re thinking.”
“What?”

Hana’s body froze for a moment. She couldn’t speak and looked at Cale with a shocked expression.
Hana’s body went rigid in an instant. She couldn’t even speak, her expression one of pure shock as she stared at Kale Heniatus.

“…I didn’t know. You know more.”

Hana was once again surprised by Cale’s intelligence. And he was angry at the fact that he didn’t know anything.

“They just told me it was a small group allied with the North.”

hmm?
Hmm?
Kale Heniatus paused for a moment.

One lowered his head. She pretended to know a lot about the world, but in the end, she had not yet experienced the world like her saintly brother. So I was kind of naive.

“I just said you would send my brother and me to the north. You said you would join hands with the northern kingdom. Now that we have been betrayed, I thought we would survive if we just went to the eastern continent.”

Cale slowly turned his head back.
Kale Heniatus glanced back slightly.

‘I heard right now, right?’

Ron nodded with a serious face.

‘I think so. master.’

Cale looked at Hana again. She lowered her head and slowly raised her head. No matter how much she was a sword master, she was just a pitiful human being who was cornered.

Cale looked at that face and gathered his thoughts.

It was definitely north.
She had definitely said the North.

Kale’s throat burned. But I looked her in the eyes and spoke casually.

“So, the Northern Kingdom of Faerne and Am have a cooperative relationship with each other.”

Cale waited for one reaction.
Kale Heniatus waited for Hana’s reaction.

Finally, an answer was heard.

“Yes. So there is no place to run to in the West Continent.”

oh.
Oh.
What in the blazes.

“Big, big!”

Choi Han cleared his throat, clearing his throat, as if he were in trouble.
Choi Han cleared his throat as though something had caught in his windpipe, his shoulders tensing.

At that moment, one word followed. She spit out the words as if she could barely swallow the pain.

“…But I never thought the North and the Empire would have a cooperative relationship.”

Hey.
Damn it.

In ‘Birth of a Hero’, the Empire knew information about the Wyvern Knights of the Northern Three Kingdoms Alliance. I thought it was just because he had excellent information, but that wasn’t the case.

‘I’m going crazy.’

However, he answered calmly to Hana who was looking at him.

“That’s right.”

Hana nodded in agreement.

“As expected, you knew everything. As for me, I didn’t know anything.”

She ran her hands down her face in pain. Cale spoke to her like that.

“I don’t know everything. I only know that much.”

It’s all the same.
As if that were true.
The Northern Three Kingdom Alliance, a Secret Organization, the Empire—

‘What should I do?’

Choi Han looked at me like that.

… What should I do?
What should we do, indeed.

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