Trash of the Count’s Family - Chapter 145

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Chapter 33. Grim

The waters before Ubar Territory.
Whirlpools still churned violently, with countless small islands scattered among them.
One of those islands, positioned at the outermost edge of the territory.

“Orca Arch! It’s been a while!”

Raon’s front paws drummed against Orca Arch’s slick back. Arch swallowed a sigh and turned his gaze toward me. His eyes were filled with considerable displeasure.

“Prince Kale.”
“What?”
“I will not carry that woman.”

That woman.
He was referring to Hana, dressed in a white robe.

“Arch.”
“Lord Paseton, this is non-negotiable.”

The small humpback whale Paseton had no choice but to offer an awkward smile to Kale in response to Arch’s firm refusal.

A Sword Master who had attacked the Whale Tribe and killed several whales.
Even though she had been betrayed by Dark and now stood as an ally, there were things that could not be forgiven.

Orca Arch had no intention of carrying upon his back one who had once been his enemy.
My lips parted.

“Do it that way. We’ll tie a boat between you and the other orca anyway, so she can ride in that.”

A boat was to be secured between Arch and another orca for the rest of the party to ride in. Though Arch’s expression remained displeased, he nodded at my words.

His gaze flickered toward the white-robed figure.

‘Tsk.’

Her appearance was ghastly.
Separate from the rising fury, I couldn’t help but click my tongue at her condition. Part of me thought she deserved it after being so thoroughly betrayed, yet anger flared at seeing her alive, and another part of me found her pitiful.

Kale approached Hana as he watched the others board the ships and climb onto the whales’ backs.

“You should take a ship.”
“Understood.”

Kale tossed out the question casually.

“The Whale Tribe’s anger will be directed at you as well. Are you alright with that?”

Hana turned the question back on him.

“Why are you asking that while smiling?”

At Hana’s question, Kale smoothed the corners of his raised lips and replied.

“Then why are you smiling?”

Sword Master Hana. She too wore a faint smile at the corners of her mouth. Kale knew that smile was one she had suppressed and restrained to the utmost. He could feel from her words just how long she had been waiting for this moment.
Kale could feel from Hana’s words just how long she had been waiting for this moment.

Hana caressed her sword sheath with a radiant smile. Her face, covered entirely in black lines, was graced with a refreshing expression.

“I’m going to stain the sea with blood.”

Kale observed her and thought to himself.

‘She’s definitely not normal.’

Of course, Kale preferred her that way.
Hana opened her mouth as she felt Kale’s gaze fixed upon her.

“Why are you staring so hard? Why are you covering your face?”

At some point, she revealed her face without covering it unless she had to avoid eye contact. Cale shrugged his shoulders and answered.

“Do whatever you want. Whether you cover it or not is none of my business.”

A strange light appeared in one eye and then disappeared.
A strange light flickered in Hana’s eyes and then vanished.

“It’s difficult and I’m curious. Maybe you’ll understand.”

No one heard her talking to herself.

Cale turned his attention to the whale people. And he opened his mouth as he saw the expressions on the whale people’s faces turn strange after hearing Sword Master Hana’s words.

“Go to Haith Island 9.”

Cale, Raon, Choi Han, Rosalyn, Ron, necromancer Mary, and a fake saint.
Kale, Raon, Choi Han, Rosalind, Ron, Necromancer Mary, and the fake saint Hana.

The ocean between the eastern and western continents.
The vast ocean between the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent.

“It’s been a while, Prince Cale.”
“It’s been a while, Prince Kale.”

When Cale and his party arrived at the coast of Haice Island 9, Witira was already there to welcome them.

“I heard you helped the Weeper Kingdom army greatly in the fall?”

Witty mentioned that Kale visited the Weeper Kingdom army.

Tunka had gained one Myple Castle and was not making any further progress.

After obtaining Myple Castle, the Weeper Kingdom army completed maintenance and advanced to another castle. However, unlike before, the imperial army showed strong military power.

Wizards and knights, soldiers and water-based weapons, etc. The power shown in the previous Myple Castle showed the true power of the empire, as if it were laughable.
Mages and Knights, soldiers and siege weapons—everything. The true power of the Empire was revealed, making the forces previously shown at Maple Castle seem laughable.

The Weeper Kingdom army fought tenaciously, but had to retreat in a lukewarm state.

Cale obeyed Witira’s words and acknowledged what he had done for the Weeper Kingdom army.

“That’s right. You did a great job.”

Seeing Cale not bothering to hide what he did, Wittyra asked with a smile.

“The Weeper Kingdom will stop after Myple Castle, right?”
“The Wipper Kingdom will stop at Maple Castle, won’t it?”

Cale continued speaking as he followed Witira’s guidance to the center of Haice Island 9.

“It’s winter soon. No matter how much money we have raised, other kingdoms are starting to feel the burden. Weeper needs to stop too.”

And this was appropriate.
And this point was appropriate.
Merely acquiring Maple Castle alone meant the Wipper Kingdom had achieved victory. The other three kingdoms were quite satisfied as well, since the Wipper Kingdom was tying down the Empire’s attention.

Witira said with a grin.

“So now that the weeper has stopped, it’s time for us to move?”
“Then, since the Wipper Kingdom has stopped, now it’s our turn to move, isn’t it?”

You may move more than we do.
Though you’ll likely move far more than we will.

“The cancer’s movement schedule is currently being monitored and confirmed using marine creatures.”
“We are currently monitoring Dark’s movement schedule using aquatic creatures to keep watch.”
“What’s the scale?”

Cale nodded and put the information into his head.

‘Am’, one of the secret organizations. When he heard that one group of their combat group was coming, Cale thought that the number would not be large.

However, it was said that several lower-level organizations, including Combat Group 1, were being moved at once, so the number was significant.

Cale opened his mouth again.

“Who said someone from the tiger tribe would come to our meeting today?”
“Who from the Tiger Tribe attended today’s meeting, did you say?”
“A shaman and three elite warriors came. The rest of the Tiger Tribe are on other islands.”

Cale roughly nodded at Witira’s words. Anyway, after this incident, the Tigers had nothing to do.
At Witira’s words, I nodded vaguely. After all, the Tiger Tribe was a group I wouldn’t need to deal with again after this matter concluded.

“…Yes. The shaman was quite, well, quite waiting for Mr. Kayle.”
“…Yes. The shaman was quite eager—very eager, actually—to wait for you, Kale.”
“…Me?”

Suddenly, Cale felt a chill on the back of his head. It was an uncomfortable feeling that I hadn’t felt in a long time. Cale’s steps on the way to meet the tiger tribe slowed down.

But they had already arrived at the center of Haice Island 9.
But we had already arrived at the center of Hise Island 9.

“Confucius, are you not going?”

Cale stopped in front of the three buildings.

“No, think for a moment-”

I’m sorry.

Cale frowned at the sound of the door opening.

‘Let me think about it!’

Why does something happen when I try to think? Cale didn’t even straighten his frown, but turned his gaze towards the building.

“hmm.”

And I was embarrassed.
And I was taken aback.

It’s huge.
Massive.
Even larger than Tunka.

‘… I think if I get hit for being rude, I’ll just go straight to Hwangcheon Road.’

It was a door that certainly looked quite large, but the people coming out of it made it seem small.

“Confucius, they are the tiger tribe.”

Kale got the feeling right without Witira having to explain it.

Strong.
Strong.

It was the back foot that said that.

“Master, this is my first time seeing a nobleman.”
“Young master, this is my first time seeing the Tiger Tribe.”

Ron and Raon’s voices pounded in Cale’s ears like background music.

“But man, that tiger is a little strange.”

Cale could feel without saying who the tiger tribe Raon was talking about was. Among the four tiger tribe members approaching Kale, he is the one walking from the middle.

The old man with a long white beard seemed to be the biggest of the four. It was a ruggedness that made Tunka look like a cute boy.

There were strange patterns drawn on the old man’s face. And in the old man’s hand was a very small cane.

Above all, the old man walked towards Cale from the front without hesitation with his eyes closed.

… That old man is definitely a witch doctor.

It didn’t match his size, but the tiger old man looked like he must be a shaman.
Though his physique didn’t match the image, the tiger elder was unmistakably a shaman.

The tiger tribe shaman and the three warriors behind him stood in front of Kayle. Kale stared into the shaman’s closed eyes. A ‘dominant aura’ was slowly flowing out of his body without his knowledge.

The old man’s mouth opened.

“I waited.”

With those words, the old man opened his eyes.

‘Oh my.’

Cale was shocked.
I flinched.

“…You knew who I was and waited for me?”

Just like what he said about Witty earlier, he felt uneasy about the nobleman who had been waiting for him. For a moment, Kale thought, ‘Did Witira tell the nobles that the Dark Forest was a good place to live?’

But the words that came out of the old man’s mouth were unexpected.

“Do you believe in the Tao?”

Cale was shocked once more.
I flinched once more.

‘… This old man looks strange too.’

A feeling of reluctance came over me. However, Cale answered faithfully.

“I don’t believe it.”

For now, Cale was satisfied with his calm answer. The old man answered after that.

“I have lived my life hearing that it is magical.”

… This feels like a shaman, not a shaman.
…This felt less like a shaman and more like a spiritual medium.

powwow.
A shaman.
You could think of them as the mages of the Eastern Continent.

Cale answered with a shocked face.

“…Okay, it looks like something magical.”

It was that moment.

thud!
Thud!
The shaman Elderly Man stamped his foot heavily.

At that time, the old man looked at Cale and shouted.

“Nature spoke! I heard!”

be surprised
I was startled.
I brushed my chest. What on earth had I just heard?

“A man with red hair from the West Continent. A man with a new life is coming to visit us.”

what?
What?
I faltered at those words—”the man who has begun a new life.”

Cale stared at the white eyes that were looking straight at me. The old man spoke in a more suppressed voice while his beard was trembling.

“He told me to turn it over.”

hmm?
Hm?
A chill ran through me, and I instinctively stroked my own arm.

“You said the man with red hair is the one who will overturn the boats of the secret society that will kill me!”

The small forest on the island seemed to resonate with that loud voice. Everyone’s eyes turned to Kayle and the shaman.
His resonant voice seemed to make the small forest on the Central Island ring out. All eyes turned toward me and the shaman.

“How did you know?”

How did you know what you were thinking?
How could he have known what I was thinking?

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