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.’

obvious why this was the case. Dead mana

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

already escaped saying they were

the people inside the desert

if they had come to save the Caro Kingdom. The chances that they would not investigate thoroughly even though they were

Tap. Tap. Tap.

the

“…Your highness.”

to Alberu and

he was extremely hard to approach in front of

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Captain of the First Knights Brigade and

Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course,

diplomat's mind

dispatching the knights for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's citizens was something

was stepping out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should pressure the Caro

worried about the Roan Kingdom's heroes as well. However, he feared more

dangerous situation. I will pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I don’t think sending the knights is the right thing to

the diplomat start

appear on Alberu’s face at that

gentle smile

for you to say something like that out loud over

like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard him. He sighed in relief before looking back at the video communication device

citizens. Just sit back and wait for the palace to

could only keep his mouth shut after hearing the crown prince's decision to move

continued to

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

“Okay.”

crown prince disappeared from the

video communication device completely turned

Alberu was

chief executives looked toward Alberu’s gentle smile that

‘There’s definitely something.’

not trust everything Alberu had said toward

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

“Your highness.”

lead administrator who had been quiet

Kingdom's citizens, however… I also know that you are

other administrators, knights, and generals

Smirk.

crown prince started to

very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably become something they want

nodded their

avoided the Land of Death. However, this incident would make people stay away from it

random

his mind as he thought about

want to get

want to get rid

side raised his head

Are

a moment before cautiously continuing to

help but whisper even though the meeting room was protected

highness, are you trying to acquire the Land of

with Alberu for

could predict

was at that

the necromancer will find the Land of Death to be

seeped into the

and our strong allies. They are part of the Roan Kingdom's

executives were aware of this after the last

our Roan Kingdom provide land for them to

of affirmation, filled

about

lot because he always thought about a brighter future for the kingdom while

Captain started

immediately gather the team to dispatch

“Captain-nim.”

charge of diplomacy started

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. That should be better, right,

smiled instead of responding and the other

Cale have become much larger than what we have originally discussed with the Caro Kingdom. In the end, young master Cale had to work hard and

receive a reward as well, but we must peck at them that the Roan Kingdom should receive a reward as well.

capital’s administrator

then we will slowly control it

blinked as if they all knew that was the plan without needing to be

the things his trusted subordinates did the best

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

wanted to take this useless land instead

such, they will need to spend a lot of money. They would probably prefer to hand the Land of Death over than

nodded his

who need it to take it and offer it to

cautiously asked Alberu

highness. Then

Elves soon while the

having them use the investigation as justification to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing is that the Roan Kingdom's citizens

smiling at the

not willing to give us the land, we must at least ask to use that land for a long period of

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 live peacefully on

“That sounds good too.”

administrators exchanged ideas as they quickly came up

a step

the table

He had a dream.

dreamt of a world where the Dark

finding land for them to

to be

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

Roan Kingdom’s citizens

the Dark Elves were still despised and scorned

who had to live his whole life hiding the fact that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him,

Underground City will

them or be greedy for it if they

disappointed that they could not openly show off the

the Underground City… The desert… I

rewards for working harder

open once