Trash of the Count's Family

The bishop remained silent.

All he did was look at Cale up and down repeatedly.

They could hear the auctioneer's voice from beyond the curtain.

“The first item is a fountain pen with a beautiful feather. The feather is, as expected, the remains of a beautiful Beast person.”

The voice was loud enough to break the silence in terrace 1.

“How much do you want?”

A dry voice echoed inside the terrace. The servant almost arrogantly started to discuss the deal. It basically revealed that he was actually the bishop.

He asked his question and did not say anything else.

‘Who are you?’ or, ‘do you really have the item?’

Those kinds of questions were not important at all.

For the bishop, who had experienced all sorts of things throughout his life, the only thing that mattered was the single line in Cale's invitation.

< Do you wish to gain a divine item? >

The sentence written underneath that gave credibility to the reason for the invitation.

< I am in possession of the Night's Exultation that the pope had hidden away. Buy it from me. >

The bishop knew that the dead pope was a greedy man. That was the reason he had given the Night's Exultation as an offering.

He also knew that the pope had a secret area where he kept all of these treasures.

Wasn’t it possible that a divine item would be in such a location?

The bishop wanted to become the pope.

He was just waiting for the right opportunity to seize the position.

He continued to observe the man in the white mask in front of him.

The masked man had yet to answer his question about how much he wanted for the item. The masked man's uncovered mouth slowly started to open.

“They say that the Night's Exultation shines even brighter when it comes into contact with dead mana. This is different than how normal items react when they come into contact with dead mana.”

The bishop sighed and responded back to the masked man who was spewing nonsense.

“What is it? You want to take your Night's Exultation and experiment with the fake one in the temple?”

The bishop could hear the masked man scoff at him.

Cale shook his head while looking at the bishop.

“Old man, what a terrible personality you have.”

“This is normal as you get older.”

The priest in front of them flinched, however, he did not turn to look behind him.

The priest quietly stood there and pretended to not be aware of the bishop in servant's clothes and the intruder.

“How much do you want?”

The bishop asked for the price once again.

The Night's Exultation appeared in front of his eyes at that moment.

“I guess you don't suspect that I'm a spy from the Empire?”

The bishop bluntly responded back to the masked man’s question.

“Spy or not, the fact that you are a merchant trying to sell me an item does not change.”

‘This dude is quite smart.’

This was indeed the case. Whether he was a spy from the Empire or not, the bishop cared more about the chance to recover the Night's Exultation and purchase a divine item.

Cale liked this bishop quite a bit. However, he did not fix the error in the bishop's statement.

Merchant.

Cale was not a merchant.

In fact, he was a hunter.

He was planning on throwing out the baits one by one in order to draw in the prey in front of him into a trap.

The first bait was the divine item.

The bishop would definitely purchase the Night's Exultation in order to get his hands on a divine item.

He needed a way to remain connected to Cale.

Cale opened his mouth to speak.

“How much?”

“What? Ho!”

The bishop laughed in disbelief.

The punk in front of him was telling him to initiate a starting price. However, the bishop actually liked this.

Why?

It was because this merchant knew who held the upper hand.

control of this discussion. That was why he was trying to pressure the bishop. The bishop liked intelligent people like

The rational people were

“5.”

out

price for the Night's Exultation. This

how long ago it was discovered, it was

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately

“6.”

race in this negotiation. The auction

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

auctioneer's voice coming from beyond

we have 300 million counds! Any

at the

“How much?”

priest seemed to be getting anxious because of the two words Cale were repeating over and over. He seemed

“8.”

at the

bishop and the intruder were making it hard for him

“How much?”

the man in

“10.”

10 billion counds.

reached the 10

the original selling price, the bishop could tell something after looking

still is not

Cale could open his mouth once

“15.”

putting the value of the Night's Exultation as

He then added on.

you anything more

“How much?”

“Ho.”

not help but

to glare at the masked

that the only thing you know how to say? You're supposed to respect your

tone was gentle. In fact, it even sounded a bit affectionate, but Cale

tired of speaking and just asked

‘How much?’

his hands up as

“20.”

“Gasp.”

the priest gasping in front of them. He seemed to be shocked at

“That's the max.”

bishop shook his head with

to tell Cale that he was telling the truth. However, there was something

people one extra

had taught him everything about working had given him that advice

very sound

“How much?”

of a

bishop now started

swearing directed at him when he was

his eyes and started

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

face. However, Cale recalled something else his team leader had said during

are corrupt and they have a lot of money, try hitting them once more to see what

not plan to do

you can use them later, make sure to give them some room

bishop, there was no reason to rip him off completely

future as he observed the bishop calling the priest

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

then threw the pouch

prepared as I expected,

if he had not been talking casually this whole time while

added one

you once

the bishop start

he would come to see him

top of the table. The location to send the remaining 13 billion counds was written

Screeech.

curtain opened once again. Cale disappeared out of the terrace

priest who had been pretending to be anxious this whole time calmly stood up.

was even colder than the bishop's

that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

who had been pretending to be

Click, click.

to that of a forty-year-old man. This scarred face looked as if it

and leaned back. He then received

Click.

instantly changed to

face and started

is annoying to touch this old

had turned into that of an old

old. But it seems like he doesn’t

does not seem

Paerun Kingdom

“Yes sir.”

touched the magic device once

had to deal with Raon's questions as he