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.’

soon as they saw the black mana smoke whirlwind. It was obvious why this was the case. Dead mana smoke was something

the people who saw this as

already escaped saying

people inside the desert are not the Caro Kingdom's

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest instead of

“…Your highness.”

Captain called out to Alberu and had to make

prince when he smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach in front of the chief executives around whom he

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

and a few knights to

Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I know that the Roan Kingdom's citizens, that the Roan Kingdom’s heroes are in the

diplomat's mind as he

toward the crown prince. The sight of the crown prince dispatching the knights for the safety of the

out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should

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

pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I don’t think sending the knights is the right thing to do when we might be

different emotions made the diplomat start

a smile appear on Alberu’s face

gentle smile that he was famous

it okay for you to say something like that

seemed to have heard him. He sighed in relief before looking

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

hearing the crown prince's decision to move to save the

prince continued to gently speak to

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

“Okay.”

gently smiling crown

video communication device completely

meeting room Alberu was in became

gentle smile that was

‘There’s definitely something.’

did not trust everything Alberu

the majestic crown prince, but the chief executives here, the crown prince's trusted subordinates were used

“Your highness.”

who had been quiet started

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

other administrators, knights, and generals agree in

Smirk.

to

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

executives nodded their heads

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

to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid it because they don't want

had an image on his mind as he thought

want to get

they want to get

the finance side raised his head

highness! Are you thinking

a moment before

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

you trying to acquire the Land of

worked with Alberu

predict his

at

Elves and the necromancer will find the Land of Death to be a great

voice seeped into the

citizens and our strong allies. They

executives were aware of this after the last

land

of affirmation, filled the room

crown prince-nim truly is thinking about taking another step

about a brighter future for the kingdom while

Captain started to

gather the team to dispatch to the

“Captain-nim.”

of diplomacy

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 our side to do that.

smiled instead of responding and the other administrators started to chime in

become much larger than what we have originally discussed with the Caro Kingdom. In the end, young

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

administrator stealthily

we will slowly control it

other administrators blinked as if they all knew that was the plan

One of the things his trusted subordinates did the

land away because the Caro Kingdom's citizens hated

Caro Kingdom might welcome that they wanted to take

to spend a lot

Commander nodded

better for us who need it to take it and offer it to the Dark Elves and the

asked

Then

will dispatch some Dark Elves soon while the knights buy us

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

the fact that Alberu was not putting any knights

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

the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark

“That sounds good too.”

exchanged ideas as they

all of this from a step away closed his eyes for

the table

He had a dream.

where the Dark Elves could

land for

happened to be

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

Kingdom’s citizens were

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

whole life hiding the fact that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a world where people like him did not need to hide a part of their

City will remain a secret

provoke them or

not

Underground City… The desert… I will give that to

harder than

that were open once again were