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

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

already escaped

cold heartedly, the people inside the desert are

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 were the

Tap. Tap. Tap.

on the armrest

“…Your highness.”

Alberu and had

extremely hard to

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

First Knights Brigade and a

had been listening flinched and quickly started to speak. Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I know that the Roan Kingdom's citizens, that

emotions clashed in the diplomat's mind as he said

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

prince even if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should pressure

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

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 knights is

made the diplomat

a smile appear on Alberu’s face at that

was his gentle smile that he

the way, is it okay for you to say

diplomat looked around and tried to hide his head like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard him. He sighed in

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

mouth shut after hearing the crown prince's decision to move to save the Roan

prince continued to gently speak to

as we 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

once the video communication device completely turned

meeting room Alberu

smile that was slowly disappearing with

‘There’s definitely something.’

did not trust everything Alberu

executives here, the crown prince's trusted subordinates were used to

“Your highness.”

capital's lead administrator who had been

however… I also know that

the other administrators, knights, and generals

Smirk.

prince started to smirk at

Caro Kingdom.

executives nodded their heads

Caro Kingdom had always avoided the Land of Death. However, this

to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid it because

image on his mind as

a land they want to get rid of from a land that is

want to

administrator from the finance side raised his head and looked toward

Are you

moment

help but whisper even though the meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and nobody

to acquire the Land

Alberu for a long

could predict

was at

find the Land

voice seeped into

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

executives were aware of this after the

Roan Kingdom provide land for

of affirmation, filled the room

prince-nim truly is thinking about

because he always thought about a brighter future for the

Knight Captain started

will immediately gather the team to dispatch to the Dubori

“Captain-nim.”

charge of diplomacy

Kingdom is wary of doing. We will make them feel indebted to

responding and the other

larger than what we have originally discussed with the Caro

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

capital’s administrator

will slowly control it to make

they all knew that was the plan without

trusted subordinates did the

didn't feel bad for taking this land away because the Caro Kingdom's citizens hated the desert and

take

a lot of money. They

Commander nodded

it to take it and offer it to the Dark Elves and the

cautiously asked Alberu a

Then

dispatch some Dark Elves soon while the knights

use the investigation as justification to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing is that the Roan Kingdom's

exaggerated response before smiling at the fact that Alberu was

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

for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana smoke! That way we can let the Dark Elf-nims live peacefully

“That sounds good too.”

they quickly came

this from a step away closed his

under the table were

He had a dream.

a world where the Dark Elves could live

of finding land for

there happened to

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

Kingdom’s citizens

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

him,

City will remain

Caro Kingdom might provoke them or

not

I will give

rewards for working harder than anybody else for

that were open once