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.

knew he was in control of this discussion. That was why he was trying to pressure the

made it easier to handle them. The rational people were the ones who understood

“5.”

out

a reasonable price for the Night's Exultation. This had been the cost when it was

long ago it was discovered,

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

bishop immediately shot

“6.”

in this negotiation. The auction started behind them as

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

auctioneer's voice coming

counds! Any other bids? Ah! An

asked again at the same

“How much?”

the two words Cale were

“8.”

gasped at the bishop's

bishop and the intruder were

“How much?”

the man in front

“10.”

10 billion counds.

reached the 10 billion

the bishop could tell something after looking into

still is

started to speak before Cale could open

“15.”

was now putting the value of the Night's Exultation as the price for the divine item and the pope

He then added on.

to give you anything more than

“How much?”

“Ho.”

not help

to glare at the masked

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

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

of speaking and just asked with

‘How much?’

as if he admitted

“20.”

“Gasp.”

the priest gasping in front of

“That's the max.”

shook his head with a tired

Cale that he was telling the truth. However, there was something Cale had learned during his time as Kim

people one

working had given him that

very sound

“How much?”

son of

bishop now

all sorts of swearing directed at him when he was Kim Rok Soo. The corrupt ones always resorted

closed his eyes

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

billion counds. The bishop rubbed his tired face. However, Cale recalled something

they have a lot of money, try hitting them once more to see

did not plan to

can use them later, make sure to give them

on using the bishop, there was no reason to rip him off completely and destroy this

about the future as he observed the bishop calling the priest over. The priest finally turned around and handed over a small

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

threw the pouch

prepared as

responded as if he had not been talking casually this whole time while the

added one

will see you once more

bishop

as Cale saying that he would come

on top of the table. The

Screeech.

curtain opened once again. Cale disappeared out of the terrace

had been pretending to be anxious this whole time calmly stood up. The calm expression looked as cold as the

was even colder

investigate that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

bishop who had been pretending to be a servant bowed

Click, click.

the servant’s chest pocket was activated and the servant’s face changed to that of a

leaned

Click.

changed to that

brushed his face

annoying to touch

turned into that of an old man

pretend to be old. But it seems like he doesn’t know that I killed

he does

in the Paerun Kingdom since he has

“Yes sir.”

touched the magic

to deal with Raon's questions as he flew back