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.’

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

this dead mana smoke disappears, the people who saw this as well as the explosion will not

had already escaped saying they

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

they would not investigate thoroughly even though they

Tap. Tap. Tap.

on the

“…Your highness.”

out to Alberu and

he was extremely hard to approach in front of the chief

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

and a few knights

This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I

diplomat's

crown prince. The sight of the crown prince dispatching the knights for

crown prince even if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation

as well. However, he

the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I don’t think sending

different emotions made the diplomat start to

on Alberu’s face at that

smile that he was

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

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

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

shut after hearing the crown prince's decision to

to gently

as we need to discuss this situation. Contact me right away if there are any new urgent information.”

“Okay.”

crown prince disappeared

video

Alberu

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

‘There’s definitely something.’

not trust everything Alberu had said toward the

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

“Your highness.”

had been

type of person who would dispatch the knights 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

other administrators, knights, and

Smirk.

prince started to

very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact,

chief executives nodded their

Death. However, this incident would make people stay away

smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid

on his mind as he

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

to get rid

the finance side raised his head and looked toward

Are

a moment before

the meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and

trying to acquire the Land of

Alberu for

could predict

was at

necromancer will find the Land of

seeped into the chief executives’

Kingdom's citizens and our strong allies. They are

this after the last

our Roan Kingdom provide land

of affirmation, filled the

is thinking about taking another step forward

thought about

Captain started to

gather the team

“Captain-nim.”

administrator in charge of

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

other

than what we have originally discussed with the Caro Kingdom. In the

receive a reward as well, but we must peck at them that the Roan Kingdom should receive a reward as well. We need to rake in everything

administrator

slowly control it to

they all knew that was the plan without

One of the things his trusted subordinates did the

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

wanted to take this useless land instead of asking for

As such, they will need to spend a lot of money. They

Commander nodded his

take it and offer it to the Dark Elves and

cautiously asked

highness. Then

soon

the investigation as justification to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing

response before smiling at the fact that Alberu was

us the land, we must at least ask to use that land for a

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 way we

“That sounds good too.”

as they quickly came up

from a step away closed

fists under the table were

He had a dream.

dreamt of a world where the Dark Elves

dreamt of finding land

to be an

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

Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the Dark

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

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

Underground City will

Caro Kingdom might provoke them or be greedy for it if

was disappointed that they could not openly show off the

The desert… I will give that to the Dark

rewards for working harder

were open