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

start to frown.

‘…This is weird.’

him, but rather than frowning, Antonio had

‘Why is he smiling?’

was relieved while

grandmother

uses your weakness in order to request something on behalf of the kingdom is a, ‘true

are a noble, young master

“Of course?”

see that Antonio had understood

I

Antonio had called him a noble meant that Antonio had a

prince will take care of the

to keep Antonio in check as soon as

felt satisfied that things

was something that went a bit different than he

are busy, so I will be on my way

voice as he was about to walk out of the guest

much, young master

“…Excuse me?”

around in

you for many

to be giving off a sense of vitality. Cale

threatened him

the Gyerre household in order to act like a proper noble. He

much done with his tasks for

still one

could not do it

the comfortable bed and

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

chewing on some meat before turning his gaze toward the

Young master Cale.

naturally talking to

to the crown prince. It was always necessary to report in after creating

prince Alberu was

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

who had filled his stomach with

he

“Your highness-”

him off. Alberu was frowning as he started to speak, almost

not the kingdom's star but the

‘…What the…’

Cale’s expression stiffened up.

he used his glib tongue for the

even afraid of the darkness. You are not just

is he acting like

get annoyed even though

highness, shall I

to stop leaning on the

need to do

Someone might even think that he

was somewhere even better than a flower

almost fainted while trying to capture human traffickers in the Gyerre

part of

up

in order to capture the human traffickers, destroyed their buildings with the silver shield, and rescued

“…I suppose so?”

was indeed

seemed to

observed the human traffickers through a restaurant window before confidently taking them on with just one

“…Could you please stop?”

Alberu started to smirk. Alberu seemed to be feeling good even though

was no need to go into

already heard about most of it, your

that one of the crown’s informants would be in

crown prince was a meticulous

had not expected that much information to

me about

version Alberu discussed was what was quickly spreading throughout the Gyerre territory. The Duke's Estate had no way of

come to a

A good crazy bastard.

did not enjoy seeing Cale smirking at

other information he had received said that he did not cough up much blood but that there was only

be why he was laying down to

in the morning, but he was uselessly proper and waited until past

the easiest

because Cale

you need to

a recovering person. Furthermore, this bastard was the

traded with the Chryshi household is from the

a

a short

Gyerre household will contact you soon. I put the chain

…I suddenly feel tired.