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.’

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 die a painful

this as well as the

escaped saying they

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

if they had 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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the

“…Your highness.”

and had to make eye contact with

crown prince when he smiled, but he was extremely

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Captain of the First Knights Brigade and a few knights to

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

in the diplomat's mind

prince. The sight of the crown prince dispatching the knights for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's citizens was something that made him teary

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

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

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 diplomat start

smile appear on Alberu’s face at

gentle smile

for you to say something like that out loud over

head like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard him. He sighed in relief before looking back at

they are the Roan Kingdom’s citizens. Just sit back and wait for the palace to contact you.” …Your

keep his mouth shut after hearing the

continued to

now as we need to discuss this situation. Contact me right away if there are any new urgent information.” Yes, your highness!

“Okay.”

diplomat watched as the gently smiling crown

once the video communication device completely

meeting room Alberu was

smile that was slowly disappearing with

‘There’s definitely something.’

Alberu had said toward

crown prince, but the chief executives here, the crown prince's trusted subordinates were used to his cold

“Your highness.”

administrator who had been quiet started

however… I also know that

knights, and

Smirk.

prince started to

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

executives nodded

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

after hearing that dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They

an image on his mind as he

turn into a land they want to get rid

to get

side raised

Are you thinking

for a moment

couldn't help but whisper even though the meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and nobody

trying to acquire

with Alberu for

predict

at that

Dark Elves and the necromancer will find the Land

into

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

aware of this

Kingdom provide land for them to

filled the

is thinking about taking

he always thought about a brighter

Knight Captain started

the team to dispatch to

“Captain-nim.”

in charge of

what the Caro Kingdom is wary of doing. We will make them

smiled instead of responding and the other administrators

have become much larger than what we have originally discussed with the

must peck at them that the Roan Kingdom should

administrator

we will slowly control it to make the Land of

all knew that was the plan without needing to be

of the things his trusted

this land away because the Caro Kingdom's citizens hated the desert and

to take this

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

nodded

it to take it and offer it

cautiously asked

highness. Then

some Dark Elves soon

The most important thing is that the Roan Kingdom's citizens can freely cross that land that has no

exaggerated response before smiling at the fact that Alberu was not

willing to give us the land, we must at least ask

for the Dark Elf-nims protecting

“That sounds good too.”

they quickly came up with

a step away closed

the table were

He had a dream.

world where the Dark Elves

finding land for them

to be an

Roan Kingdom’s citizens to openly step on

Roan Kingdom’s

much better in the Roan Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were still

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

Underground City will remain a

Caro Kingdom might provoke them or be greedy for it

not openly

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

harder than

eyes that were open once again were