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

rational people were the ones who understood their

“5.”

out 5 billion to

reasonable price for the Night's Exultation. This had

how long ago it

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

bishop immediately

“6.”

in this negotiation. The auction started behind them

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

hear the auctioneer's voice coming from beyond the

have 300 million counds! Any

again at the

“How much?”

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

“8.”

priest gasped at

bishop and the intruder were making it hard for him to

“How much?”

the man in front of him was getting

“10.”

10 billion counds.

reached the 10

double the original selling price, the bishop could tell something after looking into the

still is not

to speak before Cale could open his

“15.”

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 10 billion

“How much?”

“Ho.”

bishop could not help but

to glare at the masked

you know how to say? You're supposed to respect your elders. You

the bishop was scolding him, the tone was gentle. In fact, it even sounded a bit affectionate, but Cale was not one to be tricked

was tired of speaking and just asked with

‘How much?’

up as if he admitted defeat

“20.”

“Gasp.”

hear the priest gasping in front of them. He

“That's the max.”

head

was telling the truth. However, there was something Cale

people

leader that had taught him everything about working had given him

very sound

“How much?”

of a

bishop now started to

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

his eyes

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

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

and they have a lot of money, try

Cale did not plan to do so with the

if you can use them later, make sure to give

using the bishop, there was no reason

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 to

are prepared as I expected,

talking

then added

once

bishop start to

saying that he would come to see

paper out of his pocket and put it on top of

Screeech.

again. Cale disappeared out of the terrace with the

pretending to be anxious this whole time calmly stood

was even colder

investigate that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

pretending to be a

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 as if it belonged

leaned back. He then received the magic

Click.

face instantly changed to that

face

is annoying to touch this

voice had turned into that

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

does

investigation in the Paerun Kingdom since

“Yes sir.”

the magic device

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