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.’

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

dead mana smoke disappears, the people who saw this

already escaped saying they

think about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert

save the Caro Kingdom. The chances that they would not investigate thoroughly

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest

“…Your highness.”

and had to make eye contact with

was extremely hard to approach in front of the chief executives around whom he

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

First Knights Brigade and a few

flinched and quickly started to speak. Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I know that

diplomat's mind

for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's

to share his thoughts with the crown prince even if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I

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

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

different emotions made the diplomat start to

a smile appear on Alberu’s

his gentle smile that

okay for you to say something like that out loud

heard him. He sighed in relief before looking back at the video communication device after hearing Alberu’s gentle

Kingdom’s citizens. Just sit back and wait for

his mouth shut after hearing the

to

Contact me right away if there are any new urgent information.” Yes, your highness! I will stay alert and keep myself informed of the

“Okay.”

gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the video communication device

then, once the video communication device

room Alberu was in became

smile that

‘There’s definitely something.’

everything Alberu

people were used to the majestic crown prince, but the chief executives here, the crown prince's trusted

“Your highness.”

administrator who had been quiet started

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

other administrators, knights, and generals agree

Smirk.

prince started to smirk

Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably become something

executives nodded their heads

always avoided the Land of Death. However, this

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

crown prince had an image on his mind as he

will turn into a land they want to get rid of

want to get

side raised his

highness! Are you

stopped for a moment before cautiously

meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic

trying to acquire the

with Alberu for a

could predict his

at that

Elves and the necromancer will find the Land of Death to be a

seeped into the chief executives’

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

chief executives were aware of this after the last war as

provide land for

affirmation, filled

about taking another step forward at

he always thought about a brighter future for the kingdom while protecting the

Knight Captain started

will immediately gather the team to dispatch to the

“Captain-nim.”

administrator in charge of diplomacy started to

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

responding and the other administrators started to chime in as

than what we have originally discussed with

that the Roan Kingdom should receive a reward as well. We need

administrator

slowly control it to make the Land

all knew that was the

things his trusted subordinates did the best was

didn't feel bad for taking this land away because the Caro Kingdom's citizens hated the desert and

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

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

nodded

it to take it and offer

asked Alberu

Then the

dispatch some Dark Elves soon while the knights

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

Commander showed an exaggerated response before smiling at the fact that

land, we must at least ask to use that

land to us, we can ask the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana smoke! That way we can

“That sounds good too.”

exchanged ideas as they

of this from a step away closed

under the

He had a dream.

where the Dark Elves could live

land for them to live

there happened to be

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

those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the

Elves were still despised and

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

City will remain

them or be greedy

could not

return, the land above the Underground City… The desert… I

for working harder than anybody else for the Roan

eyes that were open once again were