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 that would make you

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

had already escaped saying

you think about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert are not the Caro

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

the armrest instead of

“…Your highness.”

out to Alberu and had to make

extremely hard to approach

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Brigade and a few knights

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

clashed in the diplomat's mind as

of the crown prince dispatching the knights for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's citizens was something

if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should pressure the Caro Kingdom to take responsibility to pay

Kingdom's heroes as well. However,

specific, he wanted the Roan Kingdom to take the less dangerous road in this dangerous situation. I will pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I don’t think sending the knights is the right

the

a smile appear on Alberu’s

gentle smile that he was

it okay for you to

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

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

shut after hearing the crown prince's decision

to gently speak

me right away if there

“Okay.”

the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the video

then, once the video communication device completely turned

meeting room Alberu was in

smile that was slowly disappearing with

‘There’s definitely something.’

did not trust everything Alberu had said toward the

used to the majestic crown prince, but the chief executives here, the

“Your highness.”

administrator who had been

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

knights, and generals agree

Smirk.

crown prince started to smirk at

very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably

chief executives nodded their heads

Caro Kingdom had always avoided the Land of Death. However, this incident would make people stay away from it even

mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid it because they

an image on his mind

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

they want to

raised his

highness! Are you thinking

for a moment before

room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and

you trying to acquire

had worked with Alberu for

could predict his

at that

and the necromancer will find the Land of Death

voice seeped into

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

aware of this after the last

land for them

of affirmation, filled the room with silence

crown prince-nim truly is thinking about taking another step

because he always thought about

Knight Captain started to

will immediately gather the team to dispatch to

“Captain-nim.”

of diplomacy started to

Dubori territory and tell them that the Roan Kingdom will do what the Caro Kingdom is wary of doing. We

of responding and the other

have become much larger than what we have originally discussed with the Caro Kingdom.

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

capital’s administrator

slowly control it to make the Land

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

Crossman. One of the things his trusted

land away because the

welcome that they wanted to take this useless land instead

Kingdom was the first to declare war. As such, they will need to spend a lot of

Commander nodded his

who need it to take it and offer it to the Dark

cautiously asked Alberu

highness. Then

Elves soon while

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

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

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

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

“That sounds good too.”

they quickly came up with

all of this from a step away closed

fists under the table

He had a dream.

a world where the Dark Elves

of finding land for

to

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

Roan Kingdom’s

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

Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of

Underground City will remain

or be greedy for

not

Underground City… The desert… I will

harder than anybody else for the Roan

that were open