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.’

was obvious why this was the case. Dead mana smoke was something that would make you die a painful death if you even breathed

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

already escaped saying they

it cold heartedly, the people

the Caro Kingdom. The chances that they would not investigate thoroughly even though they were thankful were high

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

Alberu and had

smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach in

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

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

and quickly started to speak. Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I know that the Roan Kingdom's citizens,

clashed in the diplomat's mind as he said

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

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

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

the Roan Kingdom to take the less dangerous road in this dangerous situation. I will pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate

made the

appear on Alberu’s face at that

his gentle smile that he was famous

you to say something

head like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard him.

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

could only keep his mouth shut after hearing the crown prince's decision

to

situation. Contact me right away if there are

“Okay.”

as the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the video communication

the video communication device

Alberu was in became

smile that was slowly disappearing

‘There’s definitely something.’

everything Alberu had said toward the

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

“Your highness.”

capital's lead administrator who had been quiet started to

Roan Kingdom's citizens, however… I also know that you are not someone who would

other administrators, knights, and generals agree

Smirk.

to smirk

Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably become something they want to completely avoid

executives nodded their

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

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

an image on his mind as

will turn into a land they want to get rid of from

want to get

the finance side raised his head and looked

Are you

for a moment before cautiously continuing

room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and

highness, are you trying to acquire the

Alberu for a long

predict his

was at

Elves and the necromancer will find the Land

seeped into the chief

Dark Elves and necromancer are Roan Kingdom's citizens and

were aware of this after the

provide land for them to live

filled the room

is thinking about taking another step forward at all

because he always thought about a

Captain started to

the team to dispatch to the

“Captain-nim.”

of diplomacy started

Caro Kingdom is wary of doing. We will make them feel indebted to us. Ah! We will send some people from our side to

instead of responding and the other

these things related to former commander Cale have become much larger than what we have originally discussed with

Cale should 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

administrator stealthily

slowly control it to make the

as if they all knew that was the plan without needing to be

One of the things his trusted

for taking this land away because the Caro Kingdom's citizens hated the desert and nobody

welcome that they wanted to take this useless

spend a lot of money. They would probably

nodded his

us who need it to take it and offer it to

cautiously asked Alberu

highness. Then the

some Dark Elves soon while the knights

You must be planning on having them use the investigation 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

at the fact that

the Caro Kingdom is not willing to give us the land, we must at least

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.”

exchanged ideas as they

this from a

under the table

He had a dream.

a world where the Dark Elves

land for them to

there happened to

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

Kingdom’s citizens were the Dark

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

Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a world where people like him did not

Underground City will remain a

them or be greedy

disappointed that they could not openly show

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

working harder than anybody

eyes that were open once