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 he was trying to pressure the

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

“5.”

called out

Night's Exultation. This had been the

ago it was discovered,

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately shot

“6.”

race in this negotiation.

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

voice coming from beyond

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

asked again at the same

“How much?”

priest seemed to be getting anxious because of the two words Cale were repeating

“8.”

gasped at

bishop and the intruder were making it hard

“How much?”

bishop could tell that the man in front of him

“10.”

10 billion counds.

reached the

selling price, the bishop could tell something after looking

is not

bishop started to speak before Cale

“15.”

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

He then added on.

you anything more than 10 billion

“How much?”

“Ho.”

not

to glare at

to say? You're supposed to

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

and just asked with his

‘How much?’

up as if he admitted

“20.”

“Gasp.”

of them. He seemed

“That's the max.”

shook his head with

truth. However, there was something Cale had learned during his time as Kim

corrupted people one

had given him that advice right before he passed on the

was very sound

“How much?”

of a

now started

sorts of swearing directed at him when he was Kim Rok Soo. The corrupt

closed his eyes

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

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 Kim Rok

have a lot of money, try hitting them once more

to do so

use them later, make sure to

no reason to rip him

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

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

then threw the pouch to

as

he had not been talking casually this whole time while the bishop clicked his

then added

will see you once more in

the bishop start to

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

Screeech.

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

time calmly stood

was even colder than the

investigate that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

bishop who had been pretending to be a servant bowed

Click, click.

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

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

Click.

face instantly changed to that of the

face and started

annoying to touch this old

voice had turned into that of

be old. But it seems like he

does not seem to

investigation in the Paerun

“Yes sir.”

bishop touched the magic

Raon's questions as he flew back into terrace