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.

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

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

“5.”

called out 5 billion to

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

long ago it was discovered, it was an astronomical

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately shot

“6.”

race in this negotiation. The auction

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

voice

Any other bids?

at

“How much?”

be getting anxious because of the two words Cale were repeating over and over.

“8.”

at

the bishop and the intruder were making

“How much?”

tell that the man in front of

“10.”

10 billion counds.

price had reached the

the price was double the original selling price, the bishop could

still is not

before Cale could open his

“15.”

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

He then added on.

to give you anything more than

“How much?”

“Ho.”

bishop could not

glare at

you know how to say?

tone was gentle. In fact, it even sounded a bit affectionate, but Cale was not

and

‘How much?’

hands up as if he

“20.”

“Gasp.”

in front of them. He seemed

“That's the max.”

shook his head with a tired

truth. However, there

people one extra

working had given him that advice

very

“How much?”

son of a

now started to

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

bishop closed his eyes and

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

rubbed his tired face. However, Cale recalled

are corrupt and they have a lot of money, try hitting them once more

to do so with the

can use them later, make sure to give them

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

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

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

threw the pouch

prepared as I

been talking casually this whole time while

then added one

you once more in the

bishop start

heard it as Cale saying that he would come

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

Screeech.

opened once again. Cale disappeared out of the terrace

had been pretending to be anxious this whole time calmly stood

was even colder than the

investigate that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

pretending to be a servant bowed

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. This scarred face looked

chair and leaned back. He then received

Click.

instantly changed to

his face

to touch this old

into that of

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

sir, he does

the Paerun Kingdom since he has

“Yes sir.”

the magic device

with Raon's questions as