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.’

soldiers 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 die a painful death if you

people who saw this as well as

escaped

you think about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert are

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest

“…Your highness.”

Captain called out to Alberu and

prince when he smiled, but he was extremely hard

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

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

place! Of course, I know that the Roan Kingdom's citizens, that the Roan Kingdom’s heroes are in the desert,

in the diplomat's mind as he

was admiration toward the crown 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

concern. He had to share his 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 Kingdom to take responsibility to pay us back

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

less dangerous road in this dangerous situation. I will pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I

different emotions made the diplomat start

noticed a smile appear on Alberu’s face

was his gentle smile that he

to say something like that out loud over

seemed to have heard him. He sighed

are the Roan Kingdom’s citizens.

the crown prince's decision to

to

need to discuss this situation. Contact me right away if there are any new urgent

“Okay.”

as the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the video communication device

then, once the video communication

room Alberu was in

executives looked toward Alberu’s gentle smile that was slowly disappearing with anxious

‘There’s definitely something.’

did not trust everything Alberu had said toward

but the chief executives here, the crown prince's trusted

“Your highness.”

capital's lead administrator who had been

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

the other administrators, knights,

Smirk.

started to smirk

Kingdom. In fact, it will

chief executives nodded their heads in

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

dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout

had an image on his mind as he thought about

to get rid of from a land

they want to get

administrator from the finance side raised his head and looked

Are you thinking

a moment before cautiously continuing

was

to acquire the Land of

worked with Alberu

predict his

was at that

find the Land of Death to be

seeped into the chief executives’

and

chief executives were aware of this after the

Kingdom provide land for them to live

of affirmation, filled the room with silence

about taking another step

because he always thought about a brighter future for the kingdom

Knight Captain started to

immediately gather the team

“Captain-nim.”

of diplomacy

start the 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 to us. Ah! We will send some people from

and the other administrators started

larger than what we have originally discussed with the Caro Kingdom. In the end, young master Cale had to

them that the Roan Kingdom should receive a reward as well. We need to

capital’s administrator

we will slowly control it to make the Land of

knew

the things his trusted subordinates did the best was

taking this land away because the Caro Kingdom's citizens

they wanted to take this useless land instead of

spend a lot of

Commander nodded

take it and

then cautiously asked Alberu

highness. Then the

Elves soon while the

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 has

response before smiling at the fact

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

can ask the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana smoke! That way we can let the Dark Elf-nims live peacefully on

“That sounds good too.”

administrators exchanged ideas as they quickly came up with a

of this from a step away closed his eyes for

fists under the table

He had a dream.

world where the Dark

land for them

there happened to be an

for the Roan Kingdom’s citizens to openly step

Kingdom’s citizens were the Dark

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

had to live his whole life hiding the fact that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a

will remain a

or be greedy for it

not openly

above the Underground City… The desert… I

rewards for working harder than anybody else for the

eyes that were open once