Trash of the Count's Family

Alberu Crossman.

The man on the other side of the call did not look to be doing well.

The man who used to look majestic and spotless was currently leaning back on his chair with his hair in a mess.

“My heart is hurting seeing you like this, your highness.”

Bullshit.

The crown prince was about to say something else before he saw that Cale didn’t look too good either and chose not to say it.

Instead, Alberu got down to business.

We saw the Paerun Kingdom’s knights going into Norland.

Paerun, Norland, and Askosan.

These were the names of the three kingdoms in the Northern Alliance.

Of the three, Norland was the kingdom to the north of the Forest of Darkness. They would be bordering the Roan Kingdom if the Forest of Darkness did not exist.

The informant destroyed the video communication device after delivering that information.

The informant sent to Norland was one of the crown prince’s Dark Elves.

The fact that his Elemental has not returned seems to mean he is still alive.

“He will return alive.”

Alberu smiled at Cale's response before returning to the topic at hand.

I am currently working with the Breck Kingdom in order to see if some of the Paerun Knights went over to Askosan as well.

Askosan was the closest kingdom to the Breck Kingdom, with the Gorge of Death between them.

“It seems likely that the Paerun Knights went to Askosan as well.”

Indeed.

The informant’s message indicated that there were tens of knights.

The Paerun Kingdom was the northern kingdom of knights. However, even a kingdom with a lot of knights would not normally send tens of knights to another kingdom.

Something is weird.

That was why Alberu found it to be odd.

It is still too early to cross through the ocean. What could they be thinking?

There was a reason that the Roan Kingdom and the Breck Kingdom had prepared for the attack in spring. Although Askosan and Norland were at the bottom tip of the north, they were still further north than the Roan Kingdom in the northeast.

Their shores were still likely to be frozen.

This was especially the case because it was currently early February, one of the coldest times of the year.

‘If the knights are moving, the soldiers will soon move as well.’

The Roan Kingdom might have thought that they were just doing some training drills if they did not know about the Northern Alliance’s goal.

It is too early to cross across the ocean. The ice in a portion of the water will melt by mid-February, but that is a waste. They’ll need to use a lot of manual labor in order to clear it.

So why move now?

Does the Northern Alliance want to start that war that quickly?

Alberu bit down on his lips.

The Northern Alliance’s decision was surprising. Sending tens of knights to both kingdoms was easy for the other kingdoms to notice.

The fact that they still chose to do it so openly meant that there was something they were confident about.

He then thought about the Roan Kingdom’s northeast shores. The construction of the naval base. This information had already spread throughout the continent. They kept it under wraps for as long as possible, however, something like that was difficult to contain indefinitely.

However, the majority of the people believed that the naval base was in its initial stages.

They would be wrong.

They had completed tens of ships and had been preparing for war by having mages keeping them hidden with magic.

‘All of that is thanks to this punk too.’

Alberu looked toward Cale.

Cale’s subordinate, the mix-blooded Dwarf Rat. Although he had returned to the Henituse territory now, he had stayed at the Ubarr shores for a while in order to look over their blueprints.

Thanks to that, they were able to start building the ships earlier than expected.

But their plans that were aiming for spring time had to change.

Their informant was discovered as well.

‘What did I miss?’

One thing.

He realized that there was an unknown factor that he had missed.

He couldn’t resolve the thoughts in his head without knowing this crucial factor.

Alberu loosened the tightly tied tie on his neck.

Cale, can you figure it out?

Alberu asked in a frustrated voice.

he could show this frustration to, and he had called

he let out

could

“Wyvern.”

Alberu stopped laughing.

staring at him with a piercing gaze through

Wyvern Knights Brigade has been

Alberu’s eyes opened wide.

of the Paerun Kingdom’s legend and the Wyvern Knights Brigade that

his mind clearing

It's the sky.

not

be ships. However, they would come

can we

concerned gaze headed toward

did you

know about the fire in

Was it you?

That was when I found

of

casually shrugged his

been sighing, realize something. Cale seemed

of Darkness if they come through the sky. Will the Henituse

see the corners of

a long

a completely different world compared to the novel already. That was why he had

reason

“Your highness.”

-Yes.

an order to give me

“Ha.”

out

was asking for such a big thing in such a

be like this. This is

continued to share his requests

Knights Brigade and one of your

Cale started to smile.

“And then just wait.”

hand

bastard. Just wait? So he’s

he asked

hell have you been up

shrugged his

You cheeky bastard.

smiling brightly. He brushed his messy hair as if he

he also

called the necromancer back to you.

power,

all in my hands once the war

way to push forward the plan he had with a clear mind. Alberu was deep in thought and missed Cale

voice echoed in his

want to destroy our house while riding

voice. He did his best to ignore the ramblings

do what I have to do,

Click.

hung up

back on the couch and looked toward

a lot of

immediately headed back home the next day

“Father.”

“Yes.”

duo who had not seen each other in a while

warm tea in order to calm himself. He had already heard

Paerun Knights went to

“Yes sir.”

are going to

“Yes sir.”

the Breck Kingdom and our Northwest

“Correct.”

Tap.

teacup on

toward the territory’s

the golden turtle,

then said one word to

“Alright.”

That was enough.

Henituse family was originally a martial arts family and

warrior, but he knew how to handle a sword and had not forgotten the way of martial arts. Why else would he work so hard to create a

The Golden Turtle.

needed to be thoroughly prepared in order

his son who had his mother’s red hair, the only one with red

and helping

recalled the things Cale

hand out

it

this to him sometime

let’s give

father had not forgotten

the territory's soldiers ever since late last Fall, and he had filled up the

made sure that the castle walls, as well as all of the territory's lands, were well-equipped and ready to

grabbed Count Deruth’s

“Stealthily, please. Father.”

that firm squeeze his father gave his hand. That

he needed to

out of the castle and toward

the Black Swamp used to