Trash of the Count's Family

Cale and Alberu both just quietly observed each other.

“And?”

The crown prince’s response at the end of that silence was pretty confident. His face was not shaking at all. Cale shrugged his shoulders.

“Just that I can give this to you, but not for free.”

Alberu couldn’t believe Cale had nothing else to say after giving him such a strong blow.

“Ha, haha-”

Alberu started to laugh. It made Cale wonder what would have happened if there wasn’t soundproof magic in the office. Either that, or what would have happened if he hadn’t sent the servants and his subordinates out.

The atmosphere turned chilly in the room.

“I was planning on putting you to work. I shouldn’t have told you to come.”

Alberu was tired of that mug on Cale’s face that was as relaxed as usual. His gaze headed toward the bottle with the black liquid.

Mother.

The weight of that word pierced into Alberu’s heart.

Cale did not say anything else and just sat there observing the crown prince, who was staring at the bottle.

Dark Elf.

They were creatures of the dark that were chastised by the people of the continent because of their affinity to darkness. The base of their power was the dead mana flowing out of the dead.

In the past, Dark Elves tended to be found near graves or villages that were destroyed by illnesses.

That was why people hated Dark Elves, even though the Dark Elves never harmed people nor desecrated corpses.

This led to the Dark Elves living in hiding. They were hiding even better than the Elves.

Alberu moved his gaze from the glass bottle and looked toward Cale. Cale just smiled back at him.

“And you’ll keep your mouth shut?”

“Of course.”

“But not for free?”

“Naturally.”

Alberu spoke his honest feelings.

“You sly bastard.”

“Why thank you.”

Alberu hated how Cale didn’t even flinch at what he said. At the same time, he was relieved as well. Cale had come directly to him instead of going to the favored third prince or the second prince who were aiming for his position.

It meant that Cale wanted to make a deal with him.

That was why he was relieved. It was because Cale was similar to him.

However, he did have a question.

“Are you really not one of us?”

How could Cale know his identity if he was not a Dark Elf as well? Alberu could not figure this out.

The only people who knew his identity were his mother’s siblings. They had helped him so that his father, the king, would not find out his mother’s identity.

They were all on Alberu’s side.

Cale pointed to the glass bottle and answered Alberu’s question.

“I will die if I drink that.”

Dead mana was like an extremely deadly poison for humans.

• Do not worry, human. This mighty dragon will save you no matter what.

Raon as usual and pushed the glass bottle

“Don’t you need it?”

clean with

I have it. It will make me stronger. It is clean as well. There are no traces of

It is a very

what he

is a dead

“…What?”

hide his shock. He then let out a sigh after seeing the

“You’re driving me crazy.”

want to do so today.

to say anything

find dead mana these days.

amount of dead mana in the glass bottle was minimal. However, the fact that it was a dragon’s dead mana would make Alberu

so precious, even for a compensation. He thought Cale was someone similar to him, but now it was

are you asking something so

at a loss of words after hearing Cale say that it

really was the

Roan Kingdom needs to

and Roan Kingdom were at the bottom. The Whipper Kingdom was on a one-way train to hell under Toonka’s leadership, but

the Southern Jungle was slowly regaining its strength after putting out the fire earlier than in the novel. They

addition, the Northern Alliance was planning their invasion as well. Alberu was gathering the Whipper Kingdom’s mages in order to grow his own influence and prepare

that was

is also the Wyvern Knights Brigade and

what happened after volume 5. However, people had

‘It’s obvious.’

the Imperial Prince shows his greed and reaches his hand out to the Western Continent, the

stronger and have the strength to defend itself in order for him to live a peaceful life. In order to do that, they needed a strong leader

as

Cale did not want them to

than he was in the novel. The Stan family was now

One more thing.

one more

need

hard to speak like

coming under the crown prince, as well as the

Magic Tower’s liege’s summoning

It was an item that belonged to the liege of the tower,

Kingdom’s mages and guarded the Magic Tower. It wouldn’t make sense for such a

people never found the item because it was hidden on

sent a single message to all of the living mages in the Whipper

of Boulder’s future

Tower to somewhere in the Roan Kingdom or to restore it. However, he was not in a place to ask for

you an order or command. Maybe a

plan to

was what Cale would say. That was why he was trying to slowly convince

I can eventually give you a part of

face with his

“What do you want?”

beat around the bush anymore.

to

money in order to live

to be a slacker? It was because you didn’t

where he had to report to others. It didn’t matter if he was seen as trash,

as he read the contents of the document. Alberu was looking at it with confusion before his expression turned into a frown

what the hell is

short answer

believe that is for

Sigh.

could not help

Cale was able to leave the

signing something that

need to enjoy it since it is a win-win for

keep his identity a secret, give him the bottle of a dragon’s dead mana, as well

a worth that was almost impossible to evaluate in monetary value. It was because Cale was smiling too

was on a field of flowers

on my way, your

“Hurry up and leave.”

telling Cale to leave, but he really didn’t want to send Cale away. He wanted to hold Cale here and

of Darkness, the Northwestern route, and the

could not figure out Cale’s intentions in asking for something that was neither

back on his carriage after accomplishing his reason for coming to the capital. There was no reason for