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.’

whirlwind. It was obvious why this was the

saw this as well as the explosion

escaped

it cold heartedly, the people inside

not investigate thoroughly even though they

Tap. Tap. Tap.

the armrest instead of

“…Your highness.”

Knight Captain called out to Alberu and had to

crown prince when he smiled, but he was extremely

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

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 the Roan Kingdom’s

emotions clashed in the diplomat's mind

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

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

worried about the Roan Kingdom's heroes as well.

be more 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

made the diplomat start to

on Alberu’s

was his gentle smile that he

is it okay for you to say something like that out loud

and tried to hide his head like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard

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

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

crown prince continued to gently speak to

right away if there are any new urgent information.” Yes, your highness! I will

“Okay.”

crown prince disappeared

video communication device

Alberu was in

gentle smile that was slowly disappearing with anxious

‘There’s definitely something.’

did not trust everything Alberu had said toward the

chief executives here, the crown prince's trusted subordinates

“Your highness.”

who had been quiet

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

administrators, knights, and generals agree in

Smirk.

to

to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will

executives nodded their heads in

Caro Kingdom had always avoided the Land of 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 would

had an image on his

to get rid of from

to get

administrator from the finance side raised his

Are you thinking

stopped for a moment before cautiously

but whisper even though the meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier

are you trying to

worked with Alberu

could predict

was at

Dark Elves and the necromancer will find the Land of

seeped into the chief

necromancer are Roan Kingdom's citizens and our strong

were aware of this after the last war

Kingdom provide land for them to

instead of affirmation, filled the

truly is thinking about taking

trusted Alberu a lot because he always thought about a brighter future for the kingdom while protecting

Knight Captain started to

team to

“Captain-nim.”

of

wary of doing. We will make them feel indebted to us. Ah! We will send some people from our side to do that. That should be better,

of responding and the other administrators

related to former commander Cale have become much larger than what we have originally discussed with

peck at them that the

administrator stealthily

we will slowly control it to

administrators blinked as if they all knew that was the plan without needing to be

One of the things his trusted subordinates did

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

Caro Kingdom might welcome that they wanted to 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

nodded his

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

then cautiously asked Alberu a

Then

some Dark Elves soon while the knights

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 no Caro

Commander showed an exaggerated response before smiling at the fact that Alberu was not putting any knights

we must at

to give that land to us, we can ask the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the

“That sounds good too.”

ideas as they quickly

watched all of this from a step away closed his eyes for

fists under the

He had a dream.

world where the Dark Elves could live

of finding land for

to

an opportunity for the Roan Kingdom’s citizens to

Kingdom’s citizens were the

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

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

Underground City will remain a

or be greedy for it

that they could not openly

land above the Underground City… The desert… I

harder than anybody

eyes that were open once again