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.’

black mana smoke whirlwind. It was obvious why this was the case. Dead mana smoke was something that would make you die a painful death if

this as well

already escaped

cold heartedly, the people inside

The chances that they would not investigate

Tap. Tap. Tap.

the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

Captain called out to Alberu and had to

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

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Captain of the First Knights Brigade and a few knights to

very dangerous place! Of course, I know that the Roan

emotions clashed in the diplomat's mind

the knights for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's citizens was something that made him teary as

his thoughts with the crown prince even if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation

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

be more specific, he wanted the Roan Kingdom to take the less dangerous road in this dangerous situation. I will pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate

emotions made the diplomat start to

smile appear on Alberu’s face at

smile that he

to say something like that out loud over

like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard

go since they are the Roan Kingdom’s citizens. Just sit back and wait for the palace

mouth shut after hearing the crown prince's decision to move to

continued to gently

now as we need to discuss this situation. Contact me right away if there are any new urgent information.” Yes, your highness! I will stay alert and keep myself

“Okay.”

as the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from

then, once the video communication device completely

meeting room Alberu

smile that

‘There’s definitely something.’

not trust everything Alberu had said toward the

executives here, the crown prince's

“Your highness.”

who had been

would dispatch the knights for the Roan Kingdom's citizens, however… I also know that you are not someone who would send the knights who are also

made the other administrators, knights,

Smirk.

crown prince started to smirk

of Death is something that is not very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably become

executives nodded their

However, this incident would make people stay away

could they not after hearing that dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid it

on his mind as he thought

turn into a land they want to get rid of from a land that is

they want to get rid

the finance side raised his head and looked toward

Are you thinking

stopped for a moment

room was protected with soundproof

you trying to acquire the Land

had worked with Alberu

predict his

was at that

find the Land of Death to be

into the

Elves and necromancer are Roan Kingdom's citizens and our strong allies. They

executives were aware of this after

provide land

affirmation, filled the room with silence

crown prince-nim truly is thinking about taking another step

Alberu a lot because he always thought about a

Captain started to

immediately gather the team to dispatch

“Captain-nim.”

of

territory and tell them that the Roan Kingdom will do what the Caro Kingdom is wary of doing. We will make them feel

of responding and the other administrators

have originally discussed with the Caro Kingdom. In the

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

administrator stealthily added

then we will slowly control it

knew that was the

trusted subordinates did the

away because

they wanted to take

the first to declare war. As such, they will need to spend a lot

nodded his

better for us who need it to take it and

then cautiously asked Alberu

highness. Then the

Dark Elves soon

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

showed an exaggerated response before smiling at the fact that Alberu was not putting

we must at

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.”

exchanged ideas as they quickly came up

who watched all of this from a step away closed

under the

He had a dream.

of a world where the Dark Elves could live

land for them to

there happened to

an opportunity for the Roan Kingdom’s citizens to openly step

those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were

the Roan Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were still despised and scorned by

him, he dreamt of a world where people like him did not need to hide a part of

Underground City will remain

or be greedy for it if

could not

The desert… I will give

for working harder

that were open once