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.

knew he was in control of this discussion. That was why he was trying

people were the

“5.”

bishop called out 5 billion to

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

you consider how long ago it was discovered, it was

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately

“6.”

were in a race in this negotiation.

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

voice coming

counds! Any other

again at

“How much?”

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

“8.”

gasped at the

intruder were making

“How much?”

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

still is

to speak before Cale could open his mouth once

“15.”

was now putting the value of the Night's Exultation as

He then added on.

it is impossible to give you anything more

“How much?”

“Ho.”

not help

to glare at the masked

to say? You're supposed to respect your

the words sounded as if the bishop was scolding him, the tone was gentle. In fact, it even sounded a bit affectionate, but Cale was not

of speaking and

‘How much?’

lifted his hands up as if he admitted defeat and responded

“20.”

“Gasp.”

could hear the priest gasping in front of them.

“That's the max.”

shook his head with a tired

that he was telling the truth. However, there was something Cale had

people one

team leader that had taught him everything about working had given him that advice right before he passed on the

very

“How much?”

of a

bishop now started to

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

his eyes

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

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

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

Cale did not plan to

them later, make sure to give

there was no reason to

the priest over. The priest finally turned around and handed over a small

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

bishop then threw the

are prepared as I

been talking casually this whole time while

added one

you once

bishop start to

he would come to see him again

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

Screeech.

Cale disappeared out of the terrace with the money pouch

be anxious this whole time calmly

it was even colder than

that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

be a

Click, click.

the servant’s face changed to that of a forty-year-old

leaned back.

Click.

changed to that of the

face and started

annoying to touch

turned into that of an

But it seems like he doesn’t know that I killed the former bishop,

sir, he does not

the investigation in the Paerun Kingdom since he has white

“Yes sir.”

touched the magic device

questions as he flew back into