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.

Alberu Crossman

know the story of the Crossman royal

royal

a story

ruler always

the entire royal family throughout history had not been

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

dare

mouth with an odd

is said to have received the blessing of the Sun God, however, we are unable to share this story because of the Empire.

largest Church of the

been unable to share

something to tell them to stop, instead, the Roan Kingdom chose to shut up about it on their own. Since they were weak, they didn't want to do anything that

Roan Kingdom did not have a national religion. The Roan Kingdom’s royal family did not push forward the Church of the Sun God to the citizens and was reluctant to have the royal family be

frown at his words before turning to look at

was staring at the ceiling made it

I end up having to work together with a bastard

this bastard was the most

back a sigh as he continued

handing over the

is he

who had been barely

if he was Ron talking about a kid

this bomb of an announcement.

I didn’t know

central faction, showed his shock before quickly calming himself and responding

could not help but gasp after hearing what Alberu had to say

continued to speak to the shocked

“But I declined it.”

He declined the crown.

act made it clear who held the

Ailan finally managed to open his mouth to ask a

not question your decisions, but may

Marquis Sand Ailan, who had asked the

eyes. The crown prince

his gaze, and

Chhhhhhhhhh-

closed curtains were

same time, the bright light of the sun

prince Alberu put his back toward

ruler when

about was when it would have fully opened

Crossman would become the Roan Kingdom’s

to be the brightest person in

pushed back the

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

the brightly

sun was to his back, however, his gaze and smile were clearer than ever before. Alberu’s calm voice echoed

you all

Silence filled the area.

that silence as if it was a

to shed our citizens’ blood in order

‘Wow.’

Cale was amazed internally.

pressuring

managed to handle Choi

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

also someone who did not hide his

These are his instincts as

Rosalyn was someone who threw away her royal position and chose a different path without any hesitation because of her

even when he had no support in

the Choi Han in, ‘The Birth of a Hero,’ chose to help Alberu out not just because of his glib tongue but because

one of the main heroes after

to volume 5 only had the role of giving tasks to Choi Han and nothing

Choi Han, Lock, and Rosalyn appeared starting from volume 6, then Cale was certain that

Crossman is not the type to lose to

this crown prince who was greedy but still put

hid it, the other nobles were feeling a sense of chilliness that they

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

‘Let’s do it.’

time to put everything on

who had made up their

person's voice responded to

“Your highness.”

Cale Henituse.