Trash of the Count's Family - TCF Part 2 - Chapter 70

Raon exclaimed that he liked the pretty carriage and would ask his mom to create more of this kind of carriage back home. Cale ignored Raon as he waved his hand mechanically. He had never done something like this in Roan. He had put up with it because he was in priest disguise today. If it had been his original self, he would have run away already. Cale resolved to himself again that he would never return to this world.
Olivia sat beside him as the crowd cheered. The church members the carriage passed by were chanting, “O Esteemed Purifier!” and knelt down as a group. Eruhaben sent a telepathy to Cale’s mind, but only to say, “Pfft.” Cale desperately wanted to ignore everything. Olivia said that she had decided to execute the emperor. Cale asked if she was fine with that since the emperor was her father.
She replied that someone had to take responsibility. As the head of the family, the emperor was the best person for that. Cale consoled her, saying that she was going through a lot, but she shot back that it could not compare to what the Purifier had done. Cale said that the path he took was not that difficult. She continued that she had sent Sanders and Noi to exile.
The two princes wanted to be on the frontlines, so she sent them to the frontlines to deal with the monsters. But after her position as the empress regnant had been solidified, she would call them back. Cale told her that there was no need to report that to him, but Olivia continued with her words. The Agents of Destruction would work with the church to gather information about the situation on the continent.
And the people who worked with the Huayans in the past would be sent to the heavily polluted lands to face their crimes. She wanted to continue, but Cale stopped her. She thanked him and said that the reward they gave him was not enough compared to what Cale had done. She earnestly pleaded to him to say here for just a year or two more.
Cale avoided her gaze, replying that he had received enough. The empire had gifted him the entire catacombs. Eruhaben and Appe had stolen all the treasures there when they took the Jiangshi. But Olivia had only asked for the Jiangshi and told him to keep the rest. Eruhaben had praised Olivia for her generosity, as the catacombs was filled with rare gems, gold coins, weapons, and highest-grade magic stones.
Olivia did not care much about those treasures, reasoning that those were unofficial items. She only wanted to use the official items for rejuvenating the continent. Cale recalled Raon getting excited about the gems in the catacombs. He was convinced that Xiaolen did indeed have many mines upon seeing that. Cale was looking forward to the time when Xiaolen would contact him.
But he strangely felt awkward that he would receive so much when he had not worked hard to the point of fainting or coughing up blood. Olivia could tell that Cale felt burdened with the rewards. She thought that for someone like the Purifier, wealth was like the blowing wind. But she wanted to look good in front of him, hoping that they would meet again someday.
She recognized that Cale was not fond of events like this. Nevertheless, he received the greetings of the people with a friendly smile. There was warmth in his actions, far from the dominating aura he once gave off. She wondered if he had some affection and interest for the world he had saved. She kept having that expectation.
She remembered that Cale received the divine item of the church. Olivia knew that if Cale had wanted it, he would not have seriously purified the Jiangshi and just leave this world once his time was up even if not all the Jiangshi had been purified. But he had purified all the Jiangshi to the point that he had stumbled. She thought that he had lived in seclusion in the succeeding days because he was trying to hide the aftermath of his power use.
In addition, he had given them a World Tree which was essential to this world. So she expressed her gratitude to him again. Cale averted his gaze, and she thought that he was shyer than he looked. She hoped that after seeing the people cheering and thanking him, he would wish to stop by this land again. However, Cale wanted to go home as he waved his hand.
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Cale was at the place where they had first arrived in Xiaolen. His group was present, and Shawn said that he was embarrassed that they would be returning with him not doing much. Cale denied that, and Sui patted Shawn in the arm, saying that he had done a lot. Cale nodded as he glanced at Shawn and Jezna. The two had mostly done intelligence gathering in the capital and assisted with collecting the Jiangshi from the other areas.
He thought that things would have been more complicated without those two. Jezna asked Cale if she had done a good job. Duke Fredo had told her to a good job back then. Cale replied that she had done well, and Jezna smiled. But that smile made Cale uncomfortable as it reminded him of the smile Ron had when he brought lemonade.
He felt like he would soon see Jezna’s smile in the future, but shook it off, thinking that it would not happen in the future. Appe approached Cale after talking to the kids and Eruhaben. She was still timid, but Cale thought that once the situation stabilized, her original temperament as a dragon would naturally be revealed.
Appe had originally wanted to go with Cale’s group, but after meeting the WT, she chose to stay. The WT had told her that while there were a lot of people in Cale’s world that had dead mana, they were still not widely accepted. Appe bid him farewell, and Cale told her to take care. She replied that she would take care of herself until they would meet again.
Cale thought that he had heard something strange, but Appe had already turned her back to head towards Mary. He did not hear Raon say to Appe that he would wait for her and that he would study enough to create those divine items too since they were great dragons. Appe agreed with studying hard. Sui asked Cale what he was looking for.
Cale replied that he was looking for the captives, so Sui pointed to the two black sacks. Number Seven and the Chief of Staff were there unconscious. But when Number Seven woke up, CH knocked him out for the nth time again. Cale thought that CH was a vicious bastard as Number Seven was so traumatized of CH that he looked like he would vomit at the sight of CH’s face.
Durst came in his priest uniform while carrying a huge backpack. The group headed to their positions, and Cale took out the divine item. He pressed Yes to the Return Invitation, and the space shook. Darkness gradually covered their vision as they heard Olivia, Zero, and the pope bade them farewell.
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Cale was back at the temple of the GoD in the Roan Kingdom. But he stepped back and had a very disgusted expression when he saw someone approaching him with open arms. It was Alberu who strode to Cale with a bright and friendly face, saying “Dongsaeng! My dongsaeng! Welcome back!” Cale’s expression darkened as he wondered what was wrong with Alberu. Raon just remarked that they were indeed home. 2