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.’

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

the people who saw this as well as the explosion will not easily

had already escaped

people inside

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

to Alberu and had

when he smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach in front of the chief executives

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

of the First Knights Brigade and a few knights

highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I know that the Roan Kingdom's citizens, that the Roan

clashed in the diplomat's mind

knights for the

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

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

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

different emotions made the

smile appear on

was his gentle smile that

okay for you to say something like that out loud over

around and tried to hide his head like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard him. He sighed in relief before looking back at the video communication device after hearing

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

shut after hearing the crown

prince continued to

away if there are any new

“Okay.”

watched as the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from

video communication device completely

room Alberu

gentle smile that was slowly disappearing with anxious

‘There’s definitely something.’

trust everything Alberu had said toward

used to the majestic crown prince, but the chief executives here, the crown prince's trusted subordinates were used to his cold

“Your highness.”

lead administrator who had been quiet started to

I also know that you are not someone who would send the knights who are

other administrators, knights, and generals agree

Smirk.

crown prince started to smirk

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

nodded their heads

Land of Death. However,

at random intervals throughout

his mind as he thought about

want to get rid of from

want to

administrator from the finance side raised his head and looked

highness! Are

stopped for a moment

was

you trying to acquire the Land of

with Alberu for a

predict

at that

will find the Land of Death to

seeped into the

citizens and our strong allies. They are part

were aware of this after the last

our Roan Kingdom provide land for them to live

of affirmation, filled the room

thinking about taking another step

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

Captain started

will immediately gather the team to

“Captain-nim.”

administrator in charge of

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

responding and the other administrators started to chime in as

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

that the Roan Kingdom should receive a reward as well. We need to rake in everything we

capital’s administrator

will slowly control it to make the Land

if they all knew that was

things his trusted subordinates

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

to take this useless land instead of asking

a lot

Commander nodded his

for us who need it to take it and offer it to

then cautiously asked

highness. Then

Elves soon while the knights buy us

there! That’s right. The

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

must at least ask to use that land for a

the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark

“That sounds good too.”

administrators exchanged ideas as they quickly came

all of this from a step away closed his eyes for

fists under the table were

He had a dream.

world where the

land for them

there happened to be

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

course, those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were

Roan Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were

live his whole life hiding the fact that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a world where

City will

Caro Kingdom might provoke them or be greedy for it if they

could not openly

land above the Underground City… The desert… I will give

working harder than

that were open once