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.’

state of panic as soon as they saw the black mana smoke whirlwind. It was obvious why this was the case. Dead mana

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

already escaped saying

about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert

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 high because the potentially dead people were the Roan

Tap. Tap. Tap.

the armrest instead of

“…Your highness.”

Captain called out to Alberu and had to make eye contact with

crown prince when he smiled, but he was extremely hard

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

First Knights Brigade and a few

dangerous place! Of course, I know that the Roan Kingdom's citizens, that the Roan Kingdom’s heroes

diplomat's mind as he said

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

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

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

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

the diplomat start to

on

his gentle smile that he

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

seemed to have heard

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

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

to gently speak to

if there are any new urgent information.” Yes, your highness! I

“Okay.”

diplomat watched as the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the video

the video

Alberu

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

‘There’s definitely something.’

did not trust everything Alberu had said

used to the majestic crown prince, but the chief executives here, the

“Your highness.”

lead administrator who had been quiet started

however… I also know that you are not

other administrators, knights, and generals agree in

Smirk.

to smirk

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

chief executives nodded their heads in

Death. However, this incident would make people stay away from it

random intervals throughout the year? They would

had an image on his mind as he

will turn into a land they want to get rid

want to get rid

from the finance side raised

highness! Are you thinking

moment before cautiously continuing to

meeting room was

trying to acquire the

Alberu for a long time

predict his

at

the necromancer will find the Land of Death to be

seeped into the chief

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

this after the

provide land for

filled the room

truly is thinking about taking another step forward at all

because he always thought about a

Captain started to

immediately gather the team to dispatch

“Captain-nim.”

charge of diplomacy

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

other administrators started to chime in

commander Cale have become much larger than what we have originally

we must peck at them that the Roan Kingdom should receive a reward as

administrator stealthily

will slowly control it to make

all knew that

the things his trusted subordinates did the best was

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

wanted to take this

Caro Kingdom was the first to declare war. As such, they will need to spend a lot of money. They would probably prefer to hand the Land of Death over

Commander nodded his

it and offer it to the Dark Elves

cautiously asked

Then the

will dispatch some Dark Elves soon

to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing is that the

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

us the land, we must

Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from

“That sounds good too.”

administrators exchanged ideas as they quickly came up with a

a step away closed his eyes for a

fists under the

He had a dream.

world where the Dark

of finding land for them to

there happened to be an

citizens to openly

those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the

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

that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he

Underground City will remain

them or be greedy

not openly show

the Underground City… The desert… I will

receive rewards for working harder than

eyes that were open once