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.’

saw the 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

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

had already escaped saying

it cold heartedly, the people inside

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

“…Your highness.”

called out to Alberu and had to make eye contact

extremely hard to approach in front of the chief executives

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Captain of the First Knights Brigade and a few knights to

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

emotions clashed in the diplomat's mind as he

the crown prince. The sight of the crown prince dispatching the knights for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's citizens was

crown prince even if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should pressure the Caro Kingdom to take responsibility

was worried about the Roan Kingdom's heroes as well.

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

made the diplomat start to

a smile appear on Alberu’s face at that

was his gentle smile that he was

it okay for you to say something like

looked around and tried to hide his head like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard him.

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

mouth shut after hearing the crown prince's decision to

to gently

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

“Okay.”

gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the video communication device

once the video communication device

room Alberu was in

executives looked toward Alberu’s gentle smile that was slowly disappearing with anxious

‘There’s definitely something.’

everything Alberu had

majestic crown prince, but the chief executives here, the crown prince's trusted

“Your highness.”

lead administrator who had been

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

made the other administrators, knights, and

Smirk.

prince started to smirk at that

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

nodded

avoided the Land of Death. However, this incident

dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They

his mind

land they want to get rid of from a land that is useless to

they want to get

the finance side raised his

highness! Are you thinking

for a moment before cautiously continuing

couldn't help but whisper even though the meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier

highness, are you trying to acquire the

Alberu for a long time

predict his

at that

and the necromancer will find the Land of

voice seeped into

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

this after the last war as

our Roan Kingdom provide land for

filled the room

about taking another step

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

Knight Captain

the team to dispatch to the

“Captain-nim.”

administrator in charge of diplomacy started to

the Roan Kingdom will do what the Caro Kingdom is wary of doing. We will make them feel indebted to us. Ah!

and the other administrators

things related to former commander Cale have become much larger than what we have originally discussed with the Caro Kingdom. In the end, young master

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

capital’s administrator stealthily

slowly control it to

other administrators blinked as if they all knew that was the

of the things his trusted subordinates did the best

this land away because the Caro

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

spend a lot of money. They would probably prefer to hand the Land of Death over than to give

Commander nodded his

it and

then cautiously asked Alberu a

Then

some Dark Elves soon while the

must be planning on having them use the investigation as justification to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important

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

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

for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them

“That sounds good too.”

ideas as they quickly

of this from a

the table were

He had a dream.

of a world where the Dark Elves could live

finding land for them to

happened to

to openly step on the Caro

Kingdom’s citizens were the

Dark Elves were still despised and scorned by most of the

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

City will remain a

or be greedy for it if

not openly show off the

desert… I will give that to the Dark Elves

receive rewards for working harder than anybody else for the Roan

open