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.

this discussion. That was why he was trying

easier to handle them. The rational people were

“5.”

called out 5 billion to

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

how long ago it was discovered,

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

bishop immediately

“6.”

of them were in a race in this negotiation. The auction started behind them

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

auctioneer's voice coming from

counds! Any

asked again at the

“How much?”

words Cale were repeating over and over. He seemed to be flinching every time it

“8.”

at the bishop's

and the intruder were making it hard for him to

“How much?”

bishop could tell that the man

“10.”

10 billion counds.

price had reached

price, the bishop could

still is not

started to speak before Cale could open his mouth once

“15.”

as the price for the divine item and the pope

He then added on.

you

“How much?”

“Ho.”

bishop could not

glare at

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

the tone was gentle. In fact, it even

and just asked with his

‘How much?’

as if he admitted defeat

“20.”

“Gasp.”

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

“That's the max.”

head with

Cale that he was telling the truth. However,

the corrupted people

him everything about working had given him that advice right before he passed on

very

“How much?”

of

bishop now started to

him when he was Kim Rok Soo. The corrupt ones always resorted to swearing when they

bishop closed his eyes

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

The bishop rubbed his tired face. However, Cale recalled something else his team leader had said during Cale’s

they have a lot of money, try hitting

plan to do so with

make

on using the bishop, there was no reason to rip

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

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

threw the

prepared as I expected,

been talking casually this whole time while the bishop clicked his

then added one more

see you once

made the bishop start

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

piece of paper out of his pocket and put it on top of the table. The location to send the remaining 13 billion

Screeech.

opened once again. Cale disappeared out of the terrace with the money pouch in his

whole time calmly

colder than the

that white-haired

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

had been pretending to be a servant bowed his

Click, click.

and the servant’s face changed to that of a forty-year-old man. This scarred face looked

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

Click.

instantly changed to that

brushed his face and

is annoying to touch

turned into that of an old man as

also hard to pretend to be old. But it seems

he does not seem

the Paerun Kingdom since he has white

“Yes sir.”

touched the magic

had to deal with Raon's questions as he flew back into terrace