Trash of the Count’s Family

weak.

They didnt know what it was, but the twist and the strength of the power were weak.

Rasheel and Dodori chose to watch for now.

But one being… the black Dragon that was clenching his front paws so tightly that they were getting sweaty… The young Dragons instincts told him what was moving right now.

‘Time……!

Something that was not visible in the sky or the ground… Something that had less presence than the air but definitely continued to flow and absolutely abided by the laws of nature…

Raon could feel this existence oftime twisting with the red tree at its center.

‘No! This is not time!

Raon had a feeling that this great existence was not just time.

Something even greater than time was hiding inside this twist.

It was something that could be impacted even less than time.

A single word popped into Raons mind. Raon could somewhat make out the true nature of this twist that nobody, not even the other Dragons that were here, were able to decipher.

He could not make it out completely because he was still young and inexperienced, but the word seemed to embed itself in his mind.

‘…Fate……!

The power heading toward Cale Henituse right now was fate.

It was extremely small and weak, but Raon thought that it was a more dangerous power than anything else.

‘Itll be dangerous if that power reaches the human……!

Boom. Boom.

Raons heart started beating wildly. Something that existed inside him started to squirm. It was like the smallest of embers that landed on a handful of dry leaves. A small amount of power similar to the ember that was so small but had the power to completely swallow those dry leaves in flame was squirming inside Raon.

Raon had not noticed it because he was too busy thinking about how Cale could be in danger.

Boom. Booboom.

That power slowly started to aim for that small amount offate on the red tree without Raon noticing.

It seemed to be the only power that could get rid of this omnipotent force.

This was the only moment to break the restrictions of fate given to a life form… Thepresent was the only time to do it.

Paaaaat-!

A red light covered Rasheel, Dodori, and everyones eyes.

There was a gentle breeze as everything looked to be covered in blood.

The blood-red light seemed to be swept up by the breeze, and they could see Cale Henituse floating up to the top of this red tree.

“Ah.”

Raon gasped while seeing the smirk on Cales face.

The small amount of power that had been rising up without Raons knowledge sunk back deep inside Raons body.

“Human!”

Raon subconsciously called out to Cale.

The blood-red lights headed toward Cale at that moment.

The red light tried to crash into Cale like an angry wave or a tsunami.

“Thats odd.”

But Cale was focused on something else.

‘Its warm.

Although the red light looked extremely destructive, Cale could feel a type of warmth he had never felt before.

Swoooooooosh-

Cale pulled back the whirlwinds that had been surrounding him and moved toward the red wave, the wood attribute ancient power,annual rings of life.

“No-!”

“Shit!”

Cale could not really hear the shouts of people underneath the tree.

He just closed his eyes and focused. He then called forth an ability that existed inside him.

At that moment…

– …Hey cutie, you are my kin?

Drew Thames sounded confused before she continued in a slightly happy tone.

– I just need to go in here, right?

Cale opened his eyes at that moment.

There was a diary in his hand.

It was the item that Drew Thames had left behind.

This diary…

Cales Embrace ability was used on the diary.

“Yes, maam. Please go in here.”

Cale severely lacked the plate space to absorb any more ancient powers.

That was why he used Embrace to put his new power into this diary.

– Thats a relief. I let you pass because you look so cute, but you need to be a part of the Thames household to use this power properly.

This ordinary brown diary… The red light slammed down into it and Cale closed his eyes for a moment because it was so bright before opening them back.

It was just a short moment, but he could feel the power going into the diary.

“It changed.”

Once he opened his eyes, he could see that the diary was gently surrounded by the red leaves and had turned red. He could not hear Drew Thamess voice anymore.

Cale touched the pages of the diary with an odd gaze in his eyes.

Now there were multiple powers he used Embrace on, including the earth attribute ancient power from before.

‘Theres also the black World Tree.

It wouldnt be bad to discuss the future of the fake World Tree heEmbraced at the underground labyrinth of the Molden Palace when he went to see the World Tree after this.

Cale organized his thoughts in his mind.

“Mm!”

Cale suddenly flinched and his eyes opened wide.

Chhhhhhhhhhh—

The diary left his hand and flipped pages on its own.

It opened to an empty page and red words started to appear.

< ...Are the contents of this diary true? >

Cale could tell that Drew Thames he had justEmbraced was the one writing in here.

“Yes, maam. They are true.”

Nothing appeared in the diary for a moment.

Cale quietly looked at the diary and the diary must have felt his gaze as more words appeared, albeit in a much smaller font as if she was mumbling.

< ...I guess I really did end up on my own. >

He could not understand what she meant, however, the handwriting looked weak and full of sorrow.

Based on what Cale knew, the Thames family had perished and Drew Thames had been the only one of the Thames bloodline by the time Deruth met her at the academy. He hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.

He was going to ask about the Thames family, the issue that he had tried not to pay any attention to at all.

< Hey, cutie. >

But Drew Thames started writing again before Cale could say anything.

< ...I 'm relieved that you are a soul who ended up here because of a transmigrator. >

She then wrote something else.

< You would have been hunted the moment someone found out if you were a single-lifer. >

Cales expression stiffened up.

“Human, is it done now?”

Raon fluttered his wings and flew up next to Cale. However, Cale could not answer that question as he could only stare at the diary.

There was someone Cale believed to be a single-lifer.

It was Choi Han.

* * *

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, your highness.”

Tap. Tap.

Alberu was tapping on the long circular table in the meeting room of the Puzzle City City Hall.

“Should we do it?”

“What are you talking about, your highness?”

Choi Han and Alberu looked into each others eyes.

The corners of Alberus lips twisted up.

“Pretending to be dead.”

“…Excuse me?”

Choi Hans expression became visibly distraught but Alberu was smiling brightly.

“First was Cale Henituse.”

He was currently said to be between life and death.

“Second was the majestic gold Dragon, Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu then pointed at Choi Han and himself.

“Third is me. And fourth will be my instructor-nim.”

Alberu brightly continued after seeing Choi Hans expression turn odd.

“Choi Han, do you want to try dying once?”

I had such a laugh translating the last part and taking it out of context to show people…hohoho

What will happen next?