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.’

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

saw this as well as the explosion will not easily

escaped

people inside

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest

“…Your highness.”

out to Alberu and had to

a gentle crown prince when he smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach in front of the chief

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

of the 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 the Roan Kingdom’s

diplomat's mind as he

the knights for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's citizens was something that made him teary as

out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should pressure the Caro Kingdom to take responsibility to

heroes as well. However,

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 heading

different emotions made the diplomat start to

on Alberu’s face at

gentle smile that he

for you to say something like that out loud over

heard

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

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

prince continued to

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

“Okay.”

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

then, once the video

Alberu was in

chief executives looked toward Alberu’s gentle smile

‘There’s definitely something.’

everything Alberu had said

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

“Your highness.”

administrator who had been quiet started

I also know that you are not someone who would send

administrators, knights,

Smirk.

crown prince started to smirk

the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will

nodded their heads in

Death. However,

rise at random

crown prince had an image on his mind as he thought about

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

they want to

finance side raised

highness! Are you

stopped for a moment before cautiously

though the meeting room was protected with soundproof

trying to

had worked with Alberu for a long time

predict his

was at

find the Land of Death to be a

into the chief

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

aware of this after the last war as

Kingdom provide land for

of affirmation, filled the room

truly is thinking about taking another step forward at all

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

Captain started to

immediately gather the team to

“Captain-nim.”

administrator in charge of diplomacy started

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

the other administrators started to

become much larger than what we have originally discussed

master Cale should receive a reward as well, but we must peck at them that

administrator

then we will slowly control it to make the Land

administrators blinked as if they all knew that was the

Crossman. One of the things his trusted subordinates did the best was controlling

didn't feel bad for taking this land away because the

they wanted to take this useless land instead

lot of money. They would probably prefer

Commander nodded

it and offer it to the Dark Elves and

cautiously asked

Then

some Dark Elves soon while the knights buy

right. The most important thing

at the fact that Alberu was not putting

we must at least ask to use

Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them

“That sounds good too.”

they

from a step away closed his eyes

the

He had a dream.

world where the Dark

finding land for them to

to be

to openly step on the Caro Kingdom's Land of

those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were

but the Dark Elves were still despised and scorned by

life hiding the fact that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a

Underground City will remain a

them or be greedy for it if

disappointed that they could not

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

they receive rewards for working harder than anybody else for the Roan

that were open