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.’

It was obvious why this was the case. Dead mana smoke was something that would make

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

had already escaped saying they

about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert are not the

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

on the armrest instead of

“…Your highness.”

to Alberu and had to make eye

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

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

the Captain of the First Knights Brigade and a few knights to the Caro Kingdom's Dubori

speak. Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I know that the

the diplomat's mind

crown prince. The sight of the crown prince dispatching the knights for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's citizens was something that made him teary

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

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

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

emotions made the diplomat

smile appear on Alberu’s

his gentle smile that he

you to say something like that out loud over there?”

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

We need to go since they are the Roan Kingdom’s citizens.

the crown prince's decision to move

prince continued to gently speak

if there are any new urgent information.” Yes, your highness! I will stay alert and

“Okay.”

smiling crown

the video

meeting room Alberu was in became

chief executives looked toward Alberu’s gentle smile that

‘There’s definitely something.’

not trust everything Alberu had said

chief executives here,

“Your highness.”

who had been quiet started to

Roan Kingdom's citizens, however… I also know that you

knights, and generals agree in

Smirk.

started to smirk

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

chief executives nodded their heads

the Land of Death. However, this incident would make people stay away

to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid it because

crown prince had an image on his mind as he thought about

to get rid of from a land that is useless

to get

side raised

Are you

stopped for a moment

room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and nobody

you trying to acquire the

with Alberu for

predict his

was at

the necromancer will find the Land of Death to be

voice seeped into the chief

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

chief executives were aware of this after the last war

Roan Kingdom provide land for them to live

filled the

thinking about taking another step forward at all

because he always thought about a

Knight Captain started

the team to

“Captain-nim.”

administrator in charge of diplomacy started to

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

of responding and the other

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

Young master Cale should receive a reward as well, but we must peck at them that the Roan Kingdom should receive a reward

capital’s administrator stealthily added

we will slowly control it to make the Land

knew that was the plan without needing to

of the things his trusted

feel bad for taking this land away because the Caro

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

As such, they will need to spend a lot of money. They would probably prefer to hand

nodded

who need it to take it and offer it

then cautiously asked Alberu a

Then

some Dark Elves soon while the knights buy us

The most important thing is that the Roan Kingdom's citizens can

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

we must at least ask to use that land for a long

want to give 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 sounds good too.”

exchanged ideas as they quickly came up

from a step away closed his eyes for

the

He had a dream.

a world where the

dreamt of finding land for them to

to be

Kingdom’s citizens to openly

course, those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the

Elves were still

to live his whole life hiding the fact that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a world where people like him did not need to hide a part

Underground City will remain

Caro Kingdom might provoke them or be

they could not

I will give that to

for working harder than

were open