Trash of the Count's Family

He had asked Mary before coming to this meeting.

‘Mary, a priest of the Sun God will be there. Do you still want to go? I think it is fine if you rest here with Raon.’

‘I do not need to hide. I am strong. Vice Captain Hilsman-nim told me that the words of the priests are bullshit. I also wish to be like Choi Han-nim and stand behind you, no matter what happens.’

‘If that is your will, then let’s go together.’

Raon had said something as well.

‘- Weak human, do not worry. I will protect good Mary!’

Raon liked Mary quite a bit. Cale thought that it might be because their lives had a lot of similarities.

Cale stopped thinking about Raon and Mary as he looked toward the person explaining the plan. He needed to focus on the meeting.

“The battle will take place at the Caro Kingdom’s Castle Leona.”

The chief’s finger pointed to a map of the Caro Kingdom.

“To the south of the Caro Kingdom is the Land of Death, one of the Five Forbidden Regions. That is why there is no chance of the Indomitable Alliance coming through there.”

He drew an X with his finger over the Land of Death. He then moved his finger toward the center of the Caro Kingdom.

"Based on their current route, there is a good chance that they will land on the central shores. The central shores are the closest point to the Caro Kingdom’s capital.”

The Caro Kingdom had given up on a naval battle.

Their navy was weak and it was difficult to get reinforcements out in the waters.

They thus chose to aim for a battle on the central shores instead.

That place was less developed and did not have many people. In addition, there were two large mountains right by the shore.

They didn’t know what was making the Indomitable Alliance so confident to come to the central area instead of the northern area of the Caro Kingdom, but it was a good opportunity for the Caro Kingdom.

“That is why we have moved the food stored in warehouses and the citizens living in the central shores region and have also moved all of our forces near Castle Leona.”

His finger pointed to the large castle by the central shores.

Castle Leona.

According to the map, it seemed to be larger than the other castles in the Caro Kingdom.

“Castle Leona is located between the two mountains by the central shores. You can just think of it as there being no path to the capital without going through Castle Leona.”

Although the enemy could hike through the two mountains, the chances of that were slim.

It was not that easy to climb past those mountains on foot.

“What is the number of ships in the Indomitable Alliance’s fleet?”

The Mogoru Empire’s Duke Huten asked the question.

The Duke looked extremely natural in pretending not to know, even though he already knew about it.

“Approximately 500-600 ships, Duke-nim. There are many large vessels within the group. It is expected that a significant number of soldiers are inside of these ships.”

The problem was the quality of those soldiers.

“Ahem.”

The chief let out a fake cough before looking toward Cale and starting to speak.

“Their abilities in the Roan Kingdom's Henituse territory was significant. That is why we believe we need to pay a lot of attention to the castle defense.”

Cale just quietly listened.

He would have probably thought of a way to stop them before the fleet arrived on shore, however, he also understood why the Caro Kingdom would choose to give up on naval warfare and instead plan to fight on the shores.

The Caro Kingdom needed to protect themselves from the Indomitable Alliance.

However, there was more.

It needed to protect itself from the Empire and the Roan Kingdom.

That was probably why they wanted to proceed somewhere that they could bring out the most of their strength. Cale was sitting still as he did not wish to be deeply involved in another kingdom's issues.

The chief continued to speak.

“As Castle Leona is a castle that protects the central shores, it is quite large. You can think of it as being a triangular shape with three towers at the center. Each tower is approximately the size of a decent small castle.”

Crown prince Valentino started to speak.

“I guess that we can each defend a tower.”

He smiled and looked toward Cale and Duke Huten, who both understood his intentions. The chief continued to speak.

“Yes, your highness. Since Castle Leona is built to the north of the shores, the central tower will be manned by our Caro Kingdom and the northern tower by the Mogoru Empire. As for the southern tower, mm.”

The chief hesitated for a moment before looking toward Cale.

tower to the Roan Kingdom. This

number

quality may be better than anyone else, there

they leave the southern tower to

calculated incorrectly when we planned and were thinking about leaving the

did not dare to tell people who came to help them that there was an error because they brought

Huten, who realized the awkwardness, started

number to defend the entire southern tower?

to Cale, who was a

the Caro Kingdom's commander added

to send

should be able to handle the rest if the Roan Kingdom can take care of

conversation was quite

each side were trying to help the

chief smiled as he started

healers from the Church of the Sun God and other light-affinity churches, so, you do not need to

churches and gently asked. The Caro Kingdom had promised a significant amount of donations to bring

do not need to

bishop smiled as

the

The chief’s smile disappeared.

church alliance, and the Church of the Sun God which was at the center of that alliance, was willing to heal the Mogoru Empire's soldiers even though there was some friction between the

they were not

it is impossible

“Just what…!”

toward the bishop. This was

do anything about it, your

bishop smiled and pointed toward

if divine power

was pointing at the black

a necromancer who eats

have a positive relationship with the Empire for future benefits. However, the Roan Kingdom’s

face and pride were

Empire’s Duke Huten let out a groan and leaned back in his chair.

know what it means to act this way in front of people who have come

turned toward the bishop, however, the bishop kept his mouth shut. They had not received the promised money yet and it would be the Caro

just had to tell their believers that they could not help the Caro

“Our decision is firm.”

the bishop put on an expression as if to say that he

do anything about it. We originally tried to help the Roan Kingdom's people

to fool around

flinched at the cold gaze, but did not change his

I am just saying there is someone who cannot be healed, as well as people who do not have

at

“Wow, unbelievable.”

prince Valentino turned his head. He could

a vicious aura

such bullshit

that they would

the atmosphere around the table once again. Valentino looked toward Cale with an odd expression. His eyes

the bishop could not

Bullshit?

and started to

“What did you just-”

“I don't need it.”

“…What?”

Cale was extremely annoyed.

to his trash self for the first

healing from

language! To show such attitude to

ignored him and

“Mary.”

useless crap. He was

Mary would think that the Roan Kingdom was unable to get treated by priests

was why Cale started

her to

least, that was his

started to

is no reason for me

stopped himself from

“I am cool.”

mechanical yet innocent voice that did not have any sense of

Cale started to smile.

to

words as he

It was not enough.

action was not enough to

“Your highness.”

you dare to ignore me,

see the frown on the

real curse will be on you and the

“W, what?”

Cale changed his plans.