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.

just ignored Raon as usual and pushed the glass

“Don’t you need it?”

came clean with

It will make me stronger. It is clean as well. There are no traces

is

he said next was

it is a dead

“…What?”

shock. He then let out a sigh after seeing the

“You’re driving me crazy.”

not really want to do so today. Instead, he was speaking

no plans to say anything

difficult to find dead mana these days. But it was a

bottle was minimal. However, the fact that it was a dragon’s dead mana would make Alberu become at

not understand why Cale would give him something so precious, even for a compensation. He thought Cale was someone similar to him, but now it was difficult to understand

asking something

after hearing

it really was the obvious answer for

Kingdom needs to become

and Roan Kingdom were at the bottom.

was slowly regaining its strength after putting out the fire earlier than in the novel. They all probably respected Litana even more after she

was planning their invasion as well. Alberu was gathering the Whipper Kingdom’s mages in order to

was not

also the Wyvern Knights Brigade

know what happened after volume

‘It’s obvious.’

his hand out to

the strength to defend itself in order for him to live a peaceful life. In order to do that,

poisonous for me, I might as well

did not want them

crown prince was already stronger than he was in the novel. The Stan family was now

One more thing.

more thing

need the

be hard to speak like that when you

prince, as well as the speed at which they

Tower’s liege’s summoning device. That

Alberu one of the items he found in the hidden room on the 21st floor of the Magic Tower. It was an item that belonged to the liege of the tower, allowing the holder to send multiple

liege was the person who rose to the highest spot amongst the Whipper Kingdom’s mages and guarded the Magic

item because it was hidden

to Alberu through Billos, and Alberu immediately sent a single message to all of the living

future ruler

move the Magic Tower to somewhere in the Roan Kingdom

think I can give you an order or command.

do not have a plan to restore the

he was trying to slowly convince Cale since he knew that Cale did not

I can eventually give you a part of the blueprints to build the Magic

face with his

“What do you want?”

to beat around the bush

need something to

status in addition to money in order to live that

because you didn’t need to

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

the contents of the document. Alberu was looking at it with confusion before his expression turned into a frown and ended with shock

the

a short

for you to

Sigh.

could not help but

leave the

never felt so iffy after signing something that was beneficial to

since it is a win-win for

secret, give him the bottle of a dragon’s dead mana, as well as a portion

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

a field of flowers all

on

“Hurry up and leave.”

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

the

in asking for something that was neither money nor

got back on his carriage after accomplishing his reason for coming to the capital. There was no reason for him to stay in the capital any