Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 153: To the Empire (3)

However, things progressed smoothly despite Cale’s chilly neck.

Human, standing still is fun too.

Cale slightly nodded his head at Raon’s comment.

‘Of course. Standing still is the best.’

A mountain is a mountain and water is water. Cale followed the envoy around with the crown prince in the center like the water of a river running down the path. [1]

Naturally, the people who were taking the role of his guards moved around with him.

At that moment, a low ranking official approached them.

“Young master Cale-nim, we will soon move to the teleportation magic circle.”

‘Why did he come here to tell me this?’

Cale found it odd that this official came here to tell him this, but thanked him for his generosity nonetheless.

“I understand, thank you for letting me know.”

“Of course. That is why his highness is telling you to come to the front.”

“… Excuse me?”

“…Excuse me?”

Cale asked and the official asked back. The official looked at Cale, who was blinking in confusion, and continued to speak.

“Umm, did you not hear about it from his highness?”

“… I am not sure what you are talking about.”

The slightly flustered official looked to the front and Cale’s gaze headed to the front as well.

There was the Knights Brigade that was protecting the envoy with the main character, the crown prince, standing behind them. Alberu and Cale made eye contact.

Alberu was smiling brightly.

Cale flinched.

“Young master Cale, hurry and get up here!”

Alberu motioned for him to hurry, and the official let out a sigh of relief that he was not wrong as he looked toward Cale.

“… Let’s head up there for now.”

Cale and his guards slowly approached Alberu.

Alberu smiled while looking at Cale who was casually walking up to him even though the crown prince had called for him while being surrounded by high-ranked officials.

“… Your highness, did you call for me?”

“Yes. You will go to the teleportation magic circle with me.”

Cale held back his concern while seeing Alberu pretending to be nice and asked.

“To the palace’s teleportation magic circle?”

“No. This time, we will be heading to the teleportation magic circle by the castle wall. I plan to show the citizens the procession of our envoy.”

‘Haa, really?’

Alberu’s thoughts were obvious in Cale’s mind.

Alberu was currently known as the crown prince who would not let go of the investigation of the terror incident. Furthermore, every administrative task that he was involved in ended with positive results. Such a talented individual was also focused on justice.

That just crown prince was heading out at the Empire’s invitation.

He was heading out to find the truth.

Next to him was Cale Henituse, the hero of the terror incident. There was no way that the crown would let them go stealthily.

Cale was already starting to get annoyed.

However, Alberu pretended to not know what Cale was thinking as he started to speak.

“I’ll be able to see the citizens look for young master Silver Light again! Hahahaha!”

Young master Silver Light. Young master Shield.

Cale hated those nicknames.

However, Cale agreed that this was the right move by the crown. He responded to Alberu.

“I cannot compare to you, your highness, the star of our kingdom. Isn’t that so?”

Cale respectfully asked while looking at the other officials who nodded their heads.

“Of course. His highness is the star of the kingdom as you said, young master Cale!”

“Star! I really like that phrasing!”

Half of this envoy was made up of nobles who followed Alberu while the other half was a mix of lower ranking nobles who used to follow other princes and officials originally from neutral noble households.

The lower ranking nobles and neutral nobles could not help but be wary of Alberu as his power continued to grow, so they each added on at least a word of flattery toward him.

Cale had a smile of satisfaction on his face as he watched Alberu’s facade of a smile start to twitch. At that moment, the voice of one official reached his ear.

“Young master Cale, you seem to be someone his highness cherishes a lot.”

prying gazes reached him after hearing

Henituse, the man that the crown prince that was gaining power had personally summoned. This man was a

meanings as they looked at this son of a noble whom they didn’t know how they would end up interacting with in

and started to

they say was delicious

he did not plan to put

then ordered

“Let’s go.”

started to

magic circle in order to arrive

“Pfft, ahem, ahem.”

who was trying to hold back his

the child with the replica of your shield will probably grow up well! He will

before

there were voices in there shouting for young master Silver Light

‘Don’t they ever forget?’

part was when a young child shouted out, ‘I want to be a cool

in the air so that he could get a better

of them made eye contact and Cale subconsciously

be cool at all if you

shake, Cale realized what he had said, and Alberu was holding back his laughter. There was

father and said whatever

your father instead. Only your parents are cool enough to hug you and lift you up

was touched while the child became excited after hearing that

charge of the envoy was

followed the procession into

‘…That was hard.’

was not

was a

a respectful noble

their

our honor to meet with his highness,

was an old woman

in a bun without a single strand of hair sticking out, reminding him

was Sonata Gyerre, the almost eighty-year-old daughter of the founder of the Duchy and the current leader of the Dukedom. She

well as her only son and

Duke had lived a long

for a successor did not happen until his oldest children were in their fifties. As a result, all sorts

husband, her son, and her daughter-in-law all died in a carriage accident. The only ones to survive were Sonata and her grandson Antonio, who

incident that happened less than a year after Antonio was born was what gave her the nickname of

end, only Sonata was left

youngest of her siblings, was the last

of Duchess and, unlike the Stan family, she chose to embrace

to be the

time no see, Duchess

we have not met since you visited the Empire last

his head at Sonata’s words and looked

neat

suited Antonio very well. He slightly bowed

to see you again, your

young master

Sonata pointed to Antonio.

responsible for your highness and the

Alberu casually asked.

master Antonio

woman

natural to

was going to be responsible for Alberu, the crown prince. Her intentions were to give Antonio an important task and build relations with the crown prince in

had not let go of their

the way of

away from Alberu and Duchess Sonata and

‘Hmm?’

making eye contact with

is he

However, Cale smiled toward Antonio with a smile

are you

always ask that when

Raon’s question and looked toward Alberu, who was moving under

teleportation magic circle and prepared to move to

escorted by the Duchess, young master Antonio was responsible for the rest of

was with those officials, as well after being next

Henituse,

Cale Henituse after greeting the other officials. The normal Antonio would not take the initiative

on how people scored on his

Cale

had seemed quite noble-like when they

had an ancient power and

importantly, he is someone that the crown prince

many times that, although Alberu had an innocent smile on his face, he was

you will lose if you look down on him. Do you understand what your grandmother

was why Antonio had been

seemed to know Antonio’s thought as he reacted in a way that

respectful attitude as

meet you. I am happy to meet

someone from the Henituse family that protects the kingdom from the Forest

Henituse, the eldest son of the Henituse family, the strongest

the heir to the Gyerre family, the

knights who suddenly surrounded Cale made the others unable to hear what they

whispered

some time to chat

“… A chat?”

clouded over as his

with

“Yes, a fun conversation.”

a fun conversation. Only for me