Trash of the Count's Family

Your highness! There was a large explosion in the desert!

“What?”

Alberu subconsciously jumped up from his seat.

He was not the only one. Everyone in the meeting room could not hide their shock.

The Captain of the Kingdom's Knight Brigade walked up toward Alberu and asked for permission before raising his voice toward the video communication device.

"What do you mean, an explosion in the desert?! No, how did something like that suddenly happen?”

The person being questioned was the diplomat who had gone to deliver Alberu’s letter to crown prince Valentino and was currently at the Caro Kingdom's Dubori territory. That! One moment please!

The area around the diplomat holding the video communication device was completely chaotic. Move! Everybody quickly gather in the meeting room! Hurry up! Gather at the castle wall! Get the mages in formation as well!

They could hear people shouting and running around as the diplomat moved to a quieter location.

‘It’s an urgent situation!’

The chief executives of the Roan Kingdom who were watching could tell that things were extremely serious at the Dubori territory right now. The Knight Captain could not handle it anymore and started to speak.

"Just report in first!”

The people here had heard from crown prince Alberu that the White Star might strike the Roan Kingdom after hitting the Caro Kingdom.

That was why they were extremely anxious right now. Yes sir, I understand!

The diplomat stopped in place and started to report in. The ground suddenly started to shake a moment ago before there was a loud noise that came from the large explosion in the desert!

The Knight Captain peeked toward Alberu at that moment.

He finally recalled something he had forgotten about because of this unexpected news.

Cale Henituse.

He was thinking about the crown prince’s sworn brother. Alberu who didn't show much care for his own family and shown such love and pride for this sworn brother of his.

That person was also the Roan Kingdom's treasure that should shine even brighter in the future.

Wasn’t that person fighting in the desert just now? Furthermore, that desert was covered in dead mana smoke.

The Knight Captain and the other chief executives stiffened up as they observed Alberu. The diplomat continued to report as they did that. The dead mana smoke had turned into a large whirlwind, but that whirlwind is slowly disappearing! However, according to the mage who was with young master Cale-nim!

Alberu twitched and started to listen carefully.

The mage the diplomat was talking about right now should be Eruhaben.

The ancient Dragon’s words would be more accurate than anything else.

Alberu waited for what the diplomat would say next as calmly as possible. The diplomat continued at that moment. Apparently the foundation near the center of the desert has crumbled! The size was about the size of a mid-sized city, a, and-

The diplomat hesitated without being able to continue.

“Why are you stopping in the middle?! Hurry up and tell us!”

The person in charge of the Roan Kingdom’s diplomacy started to raise his voice. The diplomat finally continued in a shaking voice. …He said that h, he could not feel any living presence in the desert, including the enemy White Star's group.

Silence filled the room for a moment. H, however. He said he found some corpses that he couldn't tell whether they were crushed by the crumbling foundation or the dead mana smoke.

“N, no-”

The person who had just raised his voice could not say anything.

Some people were dead.

But they could not confirm who these people were.

That fact alone put a terrible thought on his mind.

‘What if someone from our side has died?’

‘What if young master Cale or one of his group members was injured?’

Nobody could dare to open their mouths. They could only look toward the diplomat who was biting down on his dry lips with concern and anxiety.

It was at that moment.

“Huuuuuu.”

They heard a light sigh.

“Everybody calm down and sit back down.”

Alberu Crossman calmly started to speak and sat back down in his seat. He looked very calm and collected that they wondered if he had even been shocked just now.

“…Your highness-”

"Sit.”

The Knight Captain who was about to speak sat down after hearing Alberu sternly give the order again. He then looked toward Alberu’s face.

The diplomat who watched all this carefully started to speak again. Ahem. That, your highness.

“Speak.”

The diplomat gulped after seeing Alberu smile majestically.

‘Yes, his highness has always been like this.

He's able to quickly overcome anything and act as he normally does.’

The diplomat who found that to be both scary but reliable continued in a slightly calmer voice.

He said that the dead mana smoke will continue for at least two to three more days. He believes we can only enter the desert after all of the smoke is gone and they are expected to investigate the destroyed area at that time.

“There are people willing to do that?”

The comments Alberu made extremely stoically shocked the diplomat and made him look around.

Thankfully, nobody was there. Of course, Alberu had checked to make sure nobody else was there before saying that.

The diplomat continued in a less confident voice. …Won’t the Caro Kingdom pick the search team?

However, he had no confidence in his words.

‘Fear.’

whirlwind. It was obvious why this was the case. Dead mana smoke

if this dead mana smoke disappears, the people who saw this as well as

nobles had already escaped saying they

about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert

would not investigate thoroughly even though they were thankful were high

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

to Alberu and had to make eye

crown prince when he smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach in

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Captain of the First Knights Brigade and a few knights to the Caro Kingdom's

a very dangerous place! Of course,

diplomat's mind as he

toward the crown prince. The sight of the crown prince dispatching the knights for the safety

with the crown prince even if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should pressure

as well.

he wanted the Roan Kingdom to take the less dangerous road in this dangerous situation. I will pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I don’t think sending the knights is the right

the

smile appear on Alberu’s

gentle smile that he was

is it okay for you to say something like that out loud over

heard him. He sighed in relief before looking

We need to go since they are the Roan Kingdom’s citizens. Just sit back and wait for the palace to contact you.”

the

to

we need to discuss this situation. Contact me right away if there are any new

“Okay.”

as the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from

video communication device completely turned

Alberu was in became

Alberu’s gentle smile that was slowly disappearing with anxious

‘There’s definitely something.’

did not trust everything Alberu had said toward the

crown prince, but the chief executives here, the crown prince's trusted subordinates were

“Your highness.”

administrator who had been quiet started

for the Roan Kingdom's citizens, however… I also know that you are not someone

administrators, knights, and

Smirk.

started to smirk

not very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably

executives nodded

Caro Kingdom had always avoided the Land of Death. However,

that dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid it because they don't want to

his mind

to get rid of

to

administrator from the finance side raised his head and

highness! Are

stopped for a moment before cautiously continuing to

but whisper even though the meeting room was

to acquire

Alberu

could predict

at

the

seeped into

citizens and our

were aware of this

land for them to live

affirmation, filled the room with

about taking another

thought about a brighter future for the

Captain started to

will immediately gather the team to dispatch to

“Captain-nim.”

charge of diplomacy started

start the investigation right away; first stay at the Dubori territory and tell them that the Roan Kingdom will do what the Caro Kingdom is wary of doing. We will make them feel indebted to us. Ah! We will send some people from our side to do that.

smiled instead of responding and the other administrators started to chime in

much larger than what we have originally discussed

master Cale should receive a reward as well, but we must peck at them that the Roan Kingdom should receive a reward as well. We need to rake in everything we

capital’s administrator stealthily added

will slowly control it to make

blinked as if they all knew

of the things his trusted subordinates did the best

this land away because the Caro Kingdom's citizens hated the desert

Caro Kingdom might welcome that they wanted to take this useless land instead of asking for

war. As such, they will need to spend a lot of money. They would probably prefer to

nodded

better for us who need it to take it and

cautiously asked Alberu a

highness. Then

dispatch some Dark Elves soon while

them use the investigation as justification to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing

Commander showed an exaggerated response before smiling at the

Kingdom is not willing to give us the land, we must at least ask to use

to give that land to us, we can ask the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana smoke! That way we can let the Dark Elf-nims

“That sounds good too.”

ideas as they quickly came

a step away closed his eyes

the table were

He had a dream.

a world where the

dreamt of finding land for them

to be

was an opportunity for the Roan Kingdom’s citizens to openly step on the Caro Kingdom's Land

those Roan Kingdom’s citizens

Roan Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were still despised

through him, he dreamt of

City will remain

or be greedy for it if they

that they could not openly show off the Underground

land above the Underground City… The desert… I will

they receive rewards for working harder than anybody else for

open once again were