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.’

they saw the black mana smoke whirlwind. It was obvious why this was the case. Dead mana smoke was something that would make you die a painful death

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

already escaped saying they

it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert are not the Caro Kingdom's

Caro Kingdom. The chances that they would not investigate thoroughly even though they

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest

“…Your highness.”

called out to Alberu and had to make eye

gentle crown prince when he smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach in front

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Knights Brigade and a few knights to the Caro

who had been listening flinched and quickly started to speak. Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of

clashed in the diplomat's mind

crown prince dispatching the knights for the safety of the Roan

the crown prince even 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 us back

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

I will pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I don’t think sending the knights is the right thing to

different emotions made the diplomat start to

appear on Alberu’s face at that

gentle smile that

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 him. He sighed in relief before looking back at the video communication

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

his mouth shut after hearing the

prince continued to

we 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.”

crown prince disappeared from the video communication device

the video communication device completely turned

Alberu was in became

looked toward Alberu’s gentle smile that was slowly

‘There’s definitely something.’

everything Alberu had said toward

crown prince, but the chief executives here,

“Your highness.”

had been quiet started

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

other administrators, knights,

Smirk.

started to smirk at

that is not very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact,

executives nodded their heads

Kingdom had always avoided the Land of Death. However, this incident would make people

dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout

on his mind as

land they want to get rid of

to get

side raised his head and looked

highness! Are

stopped for a moment before

meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and nobody could hear

to acquire the Land of

Alberu for a

predict

at that

and the necromancer will find the Land of

voice seeped into the chief

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

this

Kingdom provide land for them to

filled the room with

about taking another step forward at all

always thought about a brighter future for the kingdom while protecting

Knight Captain

immediately gather the team to dispatch to

“Captain-nim.”

in charge of diplomacy

investigation right 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

and the other administrators started to chime

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

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

capital’s administrator

slowly control it to

all knew that was the

trusted subordinates did the best was controlling

taking this land away because the

take this useless land instead of asking for a different

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

nodded

better for us who need it to take it and offer

then cautiously asked Alberu a

Then

will dispatch some Dark Elves soon while the

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

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

give us the land, we must at least

Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana smoke! That way

“That sounds good too.”

ideas as they

watched all of this from a step away closed

the table

He had a dream.

of a world where the Dark Elves

finding land for them

to be

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

course, those Roan Kingdom’s citizens

Roan Kingdom, but the Dark Elves

through him, he dreamt of a world

will remain a

provoke them or be greedy for

that they could not openly show

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

rewards for working harder than anybody

open once