Trash of the Count’s Family

Han, and Lock saw them off. Cale looked at the three of them with a stoic expression.

“Cale-nim, if you think you see that mage bastard, please tell the dragon to kill him right away. All you have to tell him is to blow his head up so that he is not useless like me, who was only able to cut off an arm.”

Choi Han was spewing vicious things from early in the morning.

“I will definitely get stronger and come back! So make sure you listen to the young master while I am gone. Think seriously about the thing I told all of you last time. It is for your future. We all need to get stronger now.”

Lock was surrounded by his 10 younger siblings and telling them what was on his mind. Rosalyn was whispering with the Black Dragon inside of the carriage, and it was so quiet that even Cale could not hear.

“Dragon-nim, this is the textbook on Roan Kingdoms alphabet, and this is the one for the continents common language.”

“Thank you, human. I am great and mighty, so I will learn it quickly.”

“Absolutely. Dragon-nim is great and mighty. I pray that you come up with a cool name for yourself.”

“I will ask for him to come up with a name for me.”

“…Im sure Cale-nim will know what you mean by asking him.”

“Hmph.”

Cale didnt know what they were talking about, but he stared at Rosalyn, who was watching the Black Dragon with a satisfied smile on her face, and started to frown. He then turned toward Choi Han and started to speak. Choi Han was still going on about what Cale should do in order to stay alive without him.

“Cale-nim, your rate of survival goes up if you blast anything away in one hit and then run away. Also-.”

“Enough with the nonsense.”

Cale stoically continued speaking to Choi Han, who immediately shut up.

“Just make sure you dont get hurt.”

“…Yes. I will make sure to do that.”

Cale didnt want to see Choi Hans innocent smile anymore, so he got onto the carriage. Rosalyn got off as soon as Cale got on.

Cale felt the weight of the invisible Black Dragon, as well as On and Hong, on his lap as he looked out the window toward Hans.

“Lets go.”

The staff, who were all outside the residence to see them off, bade Cale goodbye. Cale did not understand why these staff members would delay their work and come out to see him off. He told them it was fine, but they all still wanted to come and see him off.

“Young master-nim, please return home safely!”

“It was our joy to serve you, young master-nim!”

“We look forward to seeing you again in the future!”

‘What terrible nonsense.

Cale had no plans to ever come back to the capital. He just casually waved at them and then closed the carriage curtains.

That action was the signal to go. Cales group had two more carriages than when they arrived, as they left the capital and headed to the Northeast.

Ubarr. Cale was headed to the sea that was filled with whirlpools for hundreds of years.

***

“Sniff! It smells salty! Is this the sea?”

The red kitten Hong looked out the open carriage window and sniffed the air. Cale nodded his head as he received a small round item that the Black Dragon handed to him.

“This is the condensed mana from the bomb?”

The Black Dragon nodded his head at Cales question and responded.

“Yes. We can make a new magic bomb now.”

Cale became jovial at this confirmation and opened the carriage window wide. The cool sea breeze entered the carriage as he looked out toward the Northeastern sea. There were many islands visible in the ocean. The Northeastern sea had quite a number of these small islands.

The silver kitten On was also quite excited.

“Oh! Look at that sharp cliff!”

The sharp cliff brought forth both awe and fear as they were riding across a path created on top of that cliff.

Cale looked toward the,Cliff of Winds, the most beautiful sight in the Ubarr territory. There were many small islands next to that cliff.

Between the cliff and the islands were multiple raging whirlpools. Those whirlpools were the culprit behind why the seas of the Ubarr territory were so dangerous.

‘The mage slayer ends up landing on one of those islands after being shipwrecked by the whirlpools, and ends up finding the,Sound of the Wind.

The mage slayer was known for being an intelligent barbarian. He was even stronger than Lock, the Blue Wolf Tribe member and the future Wolf King, and held the title of the strongest individual in the Western Continent. The mage slayers name was Toonka, known as Toonka the Tyrant.

‘I just need to get it before he does.

If things went as it did in the novel, it was still too early for Toonka to come here. Cale was thinking that there was no chance he would run into Toonka as he looked out to the sea with satisfaction. This journey would be smooth, as long as he avoided Toonka.

Cale, who had been looking out the window with satisfaction, could see something far in the horizon.

“Hmm?”

Cale rubbed his eyes a bit, but it was still the same.

“…Isnt that a whale?”

A pod of large whales were shooting water into the air as they crossed through the Northeastern Sea to head north. Cale suddenly had an ominous feeling, and clenched the magic bomb ingredients in his hand.

The whales tended to live in the Northern sea. This was true for the Whale Tribe as well. It was only during the war with the mermaids that the Whale Tribe came down south.

‘Im sure thats just a group of whales passing by. Tons of whales head north. Absolutely no way, right?

The Black Dragons voice echoed inside Cales ear.

“I feel a strong presence.”

That echo stabbed right into Cales brain.

That was why Cale was frowning when they arrived at a small village just outside the Cliff of Winds.

“Young master, did you get sick on the way?”

Cale shook his head at Hanss question.

“No, I just have a bad feeling.”

“Ah, it is scary because of the cliffs. However, our driver is a veteran, so you have nothing to worry about.”

Cale ignored the useless comments from Hans and reached his hand out to the person approaching him.

“Long time no see, young lady Amiru.”

“Hello, young master Cale.”

Amiru had her uniquely calm smile on her face as she welcomed Cale and crew.

This was a small seaside village in the Ubarr territory. This small village, that had nothing special and allowed the residents to live in peace and quiet until now, was suddenly busy with visitors.

The village was quickly changing every day. However, they would soon face an opportunity that will allow their village to change incomparably in the near future. Tomorrow night would be that moment. Tomorrow night, Cale was planning on blowing up a magic bomb deep inside the ocean.

However, something that, in Cales point of view, should have never happened had happened. This terrible situation began when one of Amirus knights came to report to Amiru. The knight urgently approached Amiru and quietly reported.

“My lady, the person we rescued has regained consciousness.”

“Oh, is that so?”

‘Rescue?

That word made Cale think of a single person.

As Cale started to frown with doubt on his mind, Amiru noticed Cales expression and started to explain.

“We were inspecting the shoreline and nearby islands for the new naval base when we rescued a shipwrecked person. It seems that he has regained consciousness.”

‘I have a bad feeling about this.

“We were debating what to do when we saw him unconscious and being dragged into the whirlpool, but I remembered what you did at the plaza and decided we needed to save him.”

Amiru continued to speak to Cale.

“Because a persons life is precious, right, young master Cale?”

Cale answered that question after a long moment of silence.

“…Of course.”

“I knew young master Cale would answer like that.”

Cale could not even think about Amirus smiling face right now. All that was on his mind right now were the details regarding how the novel described Toonkas situation.

1. Quotation for the Black Dragon when he is talking out loud, bullet/hyphen for when he is talking into Cales mind. Maso wanted me to clarify so you dont grill him about it 😉