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.’

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

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

already escaped

think about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert are

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 high because the potentially dead people were the Roan Kingdom’s

Tap. Tap. Tap.

the armrest instead of

“…Your highness.”

to Alberu and

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

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

and a

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

emotions clashed in the diplomat's mind as he

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

of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should pressure

was 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

made the

appear on Alberu’s

was his gentle smile that he

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

seemed to have heard him. He sighed

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

diplomat could only keep his mouth shut after hearing the crown prince's decision to move to save the

to gently

right away if there

“Okay.”

as the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the

once the video

room Alberu was in became

executives looked toward Alberu’s gentle smile

‘There’s definitely something.’

not trust everything Alberu had

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

“Your highness.”

capital's lead administrator who had been quiet

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

administrators, knights, and generals agree

Smirk.

started to smirk at

not very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact,

nodded their heads in

Death. However, this

after hearing that dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the

his

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

to

from the finance side raised his head and looked

Are you

a moment before cautiously

was protected with soundproof barrier magic and nobody

you trying to acquire

with Alberu for

predict his

was at

and the necromancer will find the Land

into the chief

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 them to

filled the

is thinking about

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

Captain started to

immediately gather the team to dispatch to the Dubori

“Captain-nim.”

administrator in charge of

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 feel indebted to us.

of responding and the other administrators started

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

we must peck at them that the Roan Kingdom should receive

capital’s administrator stealthily added

we will slowly control it

as if they all knew that was the

things his trusted subordinates did

didn't feel bad for taking this land away because the Caro Kingdom's citizens hated the desert and nobody

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

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

nodded

it and offer it to the

cautiously asked Alberu

Then

soon

as justification to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing is that the Roan Kingdom's citizens can freely cross that land that has no Caro Kingdom's

showed an exaggerated response before smiling at the fact that

the land, we must at least ask to use that

price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana smoke!

“That sounds good too.”

exchanged ideas as they

of this from a step away

the table

He had a dream.

dreamt of a world where the Dark Elves could

dreamt of finding land

there happened to be an

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

those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the

Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were still despised and scorned

Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a world where people like

Underground City will remain

or be greedy for it if

could not

land above the Underground City… The desert… I will give that to the Dark

working harder

eyes that were open once