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.

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

“5.”

bishop called out 5 billion to

the Night's Exultation. This had been the cost when it was originally

it was discovered,

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately

“6.”

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

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

voice coming from

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

asked again at the same

“How much?”

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

“8.”

at the bishop's

the intruder were making it hard for

“How much?”

tell that the man in front of him

“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

“15.”

Exultation as the price for the divine item

He then added on.

impossible to give you anything more than 10

“How much?”

“Ho.”

bishop could not help but

started to glare at the masked

say? You're supposed

sounded as if the bishop was scolding him, the tone was gentle. In fact, it even

speaking and just asked with his

‘How much?’

bishop lifted his hands up as if he admitted defeat and responded

“20.”

“Gasp.”

could hear the priest gasping in front of them. He seemed to be

“That's the max.”

shook his head with a tired

the truth. However,

corrupted people

him

very

“How much?”

of a

bishop now

when he was Kim

bishop closed his eyes

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

Exultation was settled for 23 billion counds. The bishop rubbed his tired face. However, Cale recalled something else his

lot of money, try hitting them

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

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.”

then threw

prepared as I expected,

not been talking casually this whole time

added

see you once more in the

bishop start to

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

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

Screeech.

once again. Cale disappeared out of the terrace with the

pretending to be anxious this whole time calmly stood up.

it was even colder than the

investigate that white-haired

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

been pretending to be a servant bowed his head toward

Click, click.

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

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

Click.

face instantly changed to that of

his face and

to touch

voice had turned into that of an

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

sir, he does not seem to

Paerun Kingdom since he

“Yes sir.”

bishop touched the magic

deal with Raon's questions as he flew