Trash of the Count's Family

Silence filled the guest reception room.

Antonio looked down at his clenched fists before slowly unclenching them. He could see his empty palm.

He had realized something about himself through this chat.

Why did he think that Cale Henituse was looking to get something for him or try to take advantage of him when all he did was ask for a chat?

Antonio felt as if there was a mask in his empty palm. The name of that mask was, ‘noble.’ He too was wearing a fake noble mask.

He started to speak.

“What do you mean by open the gates?”

Antonio's nervousness showed as he asked the question.

‘Open the gates to the Empire when the kingdom asks for it.’

It was a pretty dangerous proclamation if you understood it in the wrong way. It could be interpreted as the Roan Kingdom raising their sword against the Empire.

“Young master Antonio.”

However, Cale just responded back with a question.

“Are you worried that his highness the crown prince would want to wage war against the Empire?”

This was indeed the case.

The crown prince might desire to go to war against the Empire or another foreign nation. That was what Antonio was worried about.

Antonio could see that a corner of Cale's lip had gone up a bit.

“I thought I was very clear.”

Cale repeated his words once again.

“When the kingdom asks for it.”

Not the crown prince but the kingdom.

There was a big difference between the two.

However, Antonio did not realize that difference until just now. Cale added on after realizing that Antonio had caught on.

“The Gyerre household that works for the kingdom should know what I mean, right?”

‘Works for the kingdom.’

Those words lingered in Antonio’s mind. His expression turned serious at the same time.

A situation where the entire Roan Kingdom would want them to open the gates to the Empire.

That would mean that the Empire did something terrible that the Roan Kingdom could not simply brush aside.

The kingdom meant that the crown, the nobles, and the citizens all wanted it.

‘…What did the Empire do?’

The Gyerre household was responsible for the southwest region that was the closest to the Empire. Although he was the heir of the family, Antonio could not figure out what the Empire could have done in order to cause such a situation.

He called out to Cale after realizing that his lack of information was a more serious issue.

“Young master Cale-”

“Figure it out yourself.”

Antonio could not ask about what the Empire did after hearing Cale's response that drew the line.

He could not say anything about it.

With his weakness in Cale's hands, he had to do whatever was asked of him without asking any questions. Furthermore, it was only proper for the Gyerre household to figure it out on their own if it was something the Empire did that was related to the kingdom.

It was either that he investigate it on his own, or, there was another option.

“…I will ask his highness, the crown prince.”

He needed to go above the Duke level to ask.

Antonio looked toward Cale, who accepted his response as the obvious answer and made up his mind to stealthily investigate the Empire and go through the southwest region’s defensive maneuvers once more.

That was the response that Cale had wanted.

He wanted Antonio to be wary.

He also wanted Antonio to stealthily investigate the Empire. In addition, Antonio would be interested in the flow of events in the kingdom without only seeking power.

It would be beneficial for Cale if a noble who held power in one region of the kingdom held such a demeanor. Cale sat up on the chair and made eye contact with Antonio.

“I hope that you make the right decision after thinking about it.”

Cale did not want to talk anymore.

All requests were best if they were presented in a short manner.

Of course, he didn’t forget to threaten Antonio in the process.

“These documents are all copies. I have the originals, so I hope that you make your decision without forgetting that your weakness is still in my hands.”

“Ha.”

a sigh

start to frown. Antonio was smiling after being

‘…This is weird.’

rather than frowning, Antonio had a

‘Why is he smiling?’

was relieved while

everything grandmother said

the kingdom is a, ‘true noble.’ Antonio felt

noble, young master

“Of course?”

could see that Antonio

guess I meet

that Antonio had called him a noble meant that Antonio had a very

crown prince will take care of

Antonio in check as soon as Cale handed over the

felt satisfied that things went

that went a bit

so I will be on my way

was about to

you very much, young master

“…Excuse me?”

around

for

off a sense of vitality. Cale started to feel odd after

him and taken something in the

order to act like a proper noble. He felt a bit disappointed, however, Cale forced a smile toward Antonio before walking out of

was pretty much done with his

there was still one

He could not do it

largest guest bedroom. Cale leaned back on the comfortable bed and looked toward

I connected it!

Wiiiiiiiiiiing.

turned on and Raon flew over to the corner where On and Hong were sitting. There was a lot of food in front of the

on some meat before turning his

Young master Cale.

was naturally talking

last task he had was to report to the crown prince.

prince Alberu

leaning on the bed. Who wouldn’t be angry after seeing someone relaxing on a bed when they had been working frantically

who had filled his stomach with food, felt bad

he started

“Your highness-”

cut him off. Alberu was frowning

are not the kingdom's

‘…What the…’

Cale’s expression stiffened up.

he used his glib tongue for the first time

not even afraid of the darkness. You are not just a star, but the

is he

to get annoyed even though he was full and

highness, shall I

stop leaning on the bed and

to do so. I heard

started to smile brightly. Someone might

if he was somewhere even

trying to capture human traffickers in the

of it

up

to capture the human traffickers, destroyed their buildings with

“…I suppose so?”

was indeed what had

seemed to

pretended to be drunk and observed the human traffickers through a restaurant window before confidently taking them on with

“…Could you please stop?”

Alberu seemed to be feeling good even though his face

realize that there was no need to go into details about today's event with

heard about most of it,

the crown’s informants would

crown prince was a

expected that much information

about the rumors spreading through the

Gyerre territory. The Duke's Estate had no way of stopping the rumors from

come to a conclusion after

A good crazy bastard.

seeing

had received said that he did not cough up much blood but that

he was laying down to

in the morning, but he was uselessly

to be the easiest to work with, even if he didn’t like

was because Cale was

you need

the cruel type to hold up a recovering person. Furthermore, this bastard was the one who would

is from the Empire, and there is also evidence of the Chryshi household

felt a headache

is a

your highness. The Gyerre household will contact you soon. I put the chain on them so

…I suddenly feel tired.