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.

That was why

to handle them. The rational people were the ones who understood their gains

“5.”

bishop called out 5

for the Night's Exultation. This had been

it

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately shot

“6.”

in a race in this negotiation. The auction started

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

hear the auctioneer's voice coming from

we have 300 million counds! Any other bids? Ah! An

asked again at the same

“How much?”

were repeating over and over. He seemed to

“8.”

priest gasped at

intruder were making it

“How much?”

that the man in front of him was getting

“10.”

10 billion counds.

price had reached

the price was double the original selling price, the bishop could tell something after looking into the masked

is not

speak before Cale could open his

“15.”

value of the Night's Exultation as the price for the divine item

He then added on.

to give you

“How much?”

“Ho.”

could not help but

started to glare

say? You're supposed to respect your elders.

if the bishop was scolding him, the tone was gentle. In fact, it even sounded a bit affectionate, but Cale was not one to be tricked by such an

tired of speaking and

‘How much?’

up as if he admitted defeat and

“20.”

“Gasp.”

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

“That's the max.”

bishop shook his head with

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

the corrupted people one extra

taught him everything about working had given him that advice right

very

“How much?”

of a

bishop now started

him when he was Kim Rok Soo. The corrupt

eyes and started to

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

Exultation was settled for 23 billion counds. The bishop rubbed his tired face. However, Cale recalled something else his team leader had said during Cale’s time as

corrupt and they have a lot of

Cale did not plan to do so with the

can use them later, make sure to

planning on using the bishop, there was no reason to rip him off

he observed the bishop calling the priest over. The priest finally turned around

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

bishop then threw the pouch to

prepared as I expected,

as if he had not been talking casually this whole

then added one

you once

made the bishop start

as Cale saying that he would come to see him again with the divine

put it on top of the table. The location to send the remaining 13

Screeech.

once again. Cale disappeared out of the

be anxious this whole time calmly stood up. The calm expression looked as

was even colder than the

that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

who had been pretending to be a servant bowed his head toward the

Click, click.

device in the servant’s chest pocket was activated and the servant’s face changed to that of a forty-year-old man.

sat back down on the chair and leaned back. He then received the magic device from

Click.

face instantly changed to

his face and started to

is annoying to touch this old

had turned into that of an old

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

does not seem to

Paerun Kingdom since

“Yes sir.”

touched the magic

to deal with Raon's questions as he