Trash of the Count's Family

However, the expressions on the faces of the nobles listening to Cale and the crown prince started to be filled with different colors.

There was only one thing that these two could mean right now.

The Roan Kingdom wanted to take over the Empire.

The Ailan household was known as the leader of the Roan Kingdom's southeast region. The head of that household, Marquis Sand Ailan, saw the expression on crown prince Alberu’s face and gulped.

‘…He means it.’

The crown prince really was aiming for the Empire.

And he had called the kingdom's highest nobles here in order to express that desire.

‘No. He didn't only call us.’

Marquis Sand Ailan’s gaze headed to a spot about halfway between himself and the crown prince. Cale Henituse was standing there. He seemed to have already discussed everything with the crown prince.

‘This is bad.’

They had just finished a war.

The fact that crown prince Alberu was preparing for another war made Marquis Sand Ailan unable to determine how the state of affairs of the continent would flow from here.

Furthermore, wasn’t this supposed to be the crown prince who cherished his people?

He had just told the citizens that the war was over and that they could greet spring. That meant that the war against the Empire would go in a different way than the war against the Indomitable Alliance.

‘However, those things aren’t the main issues.’

The real reason that Marquis Sand Ailan thought it was bad. That reason was making his mouth completely dry.

‘The Roan Kingdom is not weak.’

The bad part was that this war against the Empire did not seem impossible.

The growth of the Mage Brigade and the Navy, as well as the overall growth of the knights’ morales. All of these showed that the Roan Kingdom was already one of the Western continent’s strongest kingdoms.

Furthermore, they also had a sword master and many other strong individuals who were a kingdom's important keys for success.

Although many people did not know about this next topic because the news had not spread, but the crown prince has been pressuring temples for a while and setting the foundations to bring the necromancer and the Dark Elves into the kingdom.

Crown prince Alberu Crossman truly showed the strength of the survivors very well.

He had shown it by surviving when he had no strong supporters after he had lost the king's favor.

The people who had been his stronger supporters were the Henituse household and the northeast region's nobles who had been the central figures in this past war.

Marquis Sand Ailan was unable to do anything during this past war. In fact, the influence of the southeast region’s nobles had decreased, putting him in a bad situation.

‘However, no matter how strong the Roan Kingdom has become, fighting against the Empire is a different issue.’

It meant something to touch the Empire that had long been the Western continent’s ruler.

Marquis Sand Ailan's mind became complicated.

Actually, his heart was even more complicated.

‘The bad thing is that I keep thinking that it is possible.’

No matter how terrible he had been in the political side, he was the Roan Kingdom's leader of martial arts after all. Which expert, especially a sword master, would want to suppress his own powers in front of a large-scale war?

‘Defending,’ against the Indomitable Alliance and, ‘attacking,’ the Empire were extremely different from one another.

The fact that the Roan Kingdom was in a place where it could launch an attack made his heart excited.

‘It also creates an opportunity for each faction’s nobles.’

Marquis Sand Ailan looked toward Duke Orsena, who represented the central faction.

Both Marquis Ailan and Duke Orsena were known to not be part of the crown prince’s faction. Their influence was decreasing as the Roan Kingdom’s name became better known.

Gaining merit in the war against the Empire was their chance to find a shortcut in order to retrieve their lost influence.

Marquis Ailan had a bitter smile on his face as he looked toward crown prince Alberu.

‘The crown prince probably invited all of us here while aiming for this.’

He was scared of the crown prince’s strategic mind.

However, that bitter smile soon disappeared.

Crossman started

the story

had been the only royal

a story related to that

ruler always

Although the entire royal family throughout history had not been blonde, the king and the potential future kings

it was said that the Crossman household had received the blessing of the Sun

not dare to

Alberu's mouth

we are unable to share this story because

the continent’s strongest faction and the location of the largest Church of the Sun God. The Mogoru royal

was why the Roan Kingdom's Crossman family had been unable to share this information about their roots

to shut up about it on their own.

The Roan Kingdom’s royal family did not

the nobles start to frown at his words before

that he was staring at the ceiling made it obvious

to work together with

was the

back a sigh as he continued

on handing over the crown after

is he talking

been barely

this crown prince saying something so important as if he was Ron talking about a kid from

who had announced this bomb of an announcement. However, he was not as shocked

I see. I didn’t know something

showed his shock before quickly calming himself and

could not help but gasp after hearing what

to speak to

“But I declined it.”

He declined the crown.

it clear who held the power in

Ailan finally managed to open his mouth to ask

your decisions,

prince Alberu quietly observed Marquis Sand Ailan, who had asked the

crown prince

not avoid his gaze, and turned around.

Chhhhhhhhhh-

closed curtains

bright light of the

toward the sun

Roan Kingdom's ruler when

that Alberu was thinking about was when it would have fully

the moment Alberu Crossman would become

wish to be the brightest

reason he pushed back the

become the king of the Roan Kingdom once it had eaten up some of the Empire’s territory. This desire

the brightly smiling Alberu

covered with shadows because the sun was to his back, however, his gaze and smile were

all

Silence filled the area.

that silence

to shed our citizens’ blood in order to get

‘Wow.’

Cale was amazed internally.

was pressuring the

managed

was someone who cared about the Roan Kingdom's citizens and cared about the greater

also someone who

instincts. These are his instincts as a

royal position and

Elf and persisted even when he had no support in order to reach

Hero,’ chose to help Alberu out not just because of his glib tongue but

Alberu Crossman definitely becomes one of the main heroes after volume

Alberu that Cale read about up to volume 5 only had the role of giving tasks to

Rosalyn appeared starting from volume 6, then Cale was certain that one of them would have

is not the type to lose

not help but support this crown prince

smiled and quickly hid it, the other nobles were feeling a sense of chilliness that

Ailan had his eyes closed. All sorts of thoughts were going through his mind. However, he soon opened his eyes again. He had made up his mind

‘Let’s do it.’

put everything

up their mind faster than any

person's voice responded to

“Your highness.”

Cale Henituse.