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.’

obvious why this was the case. Dead mana smoke was something

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

nobles had already escaped

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

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

on the armrest instead of

“…Your highness.”

out to Alberu and had

prince when he smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Captain of the First Knights Brigade and a few

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

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

of the line. The investigation is

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

Kingdom and investigate with them! I don’t think sending the knights is the right

the diplomat start to

appear on Alberu’s

was his gentle smile that he

to say something like that out loud

to have heard him. He sighed in relief before looking back at

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

only keep his mouth shut after hearing the

continued to gently speak

need to discuss this situation. Contact me right away if there are any new urgent information.” Yes, your highness! I will stay alert and keep myself informed

“Okay.”

watched as the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the

video communication

room Alberu

smile that

‘There’s definitely something.’

Alberu

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

“Your highness.”

who had been quiet started to

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

the other administrators, knights,

Smirk.

crown prince started to smirk at that

something that is not very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably become something

chief executives nodded their heads

avoided the Land of Death. However, this incident

could they not after hearing that dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals

his mind as he thought

to get rid of from a land that is useless to

they want to

from the finance side raised

highness! Are you

moment before cautiously continuing to

meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic

to acquire the Land

worked with Alberu for

could predict

at

and the necromancer will find the Land of Death to

seeped into the chief

Kingdom's citizens and our strong allies. They

chief executives were aware of this after

Kingdom provide land for them to

affirmation, filled the room

prince-nim truly is thinking about taking

always thought about a brighter future for the kingdom

Captain started to

the team to dispatch to

“Captain-nim.”

charge of diplomacy started

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

instead of responding and the other administrators started to

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

them that the Roan Kingdom should receive

capital’s administrator stealthily

we will slowly control it to make the Land of Death

other administrators blinked as if they all knew that was the plan without

the things his trusted

because the Caro

wanted to take this

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 of Death over than to give

Commander nodded his

need it to take it and offer it to

then cautiously asked Alberu a

Then the

dispatch some Dark Elves soon

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 that

the fact that

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

for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana

“That sounds good too.”

administrators exchanged ideas as they quickly came

a step away closed his

under the table

He had a dream.

where the Dark Elves could live

dreamt of finding land for them to

to

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

course, those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the

Elves were still despised and scorned by most of

blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a world where people like him did not need to hide a

Underground City will

provoke them or be greedy for it if

was disappointed that they could not openly show

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

rewards for working harder

open once again