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.’

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

people who saw this as well as

had already escaped

you think about it cold heartedly, the people inside

that they would not investigate thoroughly even though they were thankful were high

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

to Alberu and had to make

smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Knights Brigade and a few knights

to speak. Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I know that the

the diplomat's mind as he

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

share his thoughts with the crown prince even if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should

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

the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I don’t think sending the

made the diplomat

smile appear on Alberu’s face at that

his gentle smile that he was

to say something

diplomat looked around and tried to hide his head like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard him. He sighed in relief before looking back at the video

go since they are the Roan Kingdom’s citizens. Just sit back and

the crown

to

situation. Contact me right away if there are any new urgent information.” Yes, your highness! I will stay alert

“Okay.”

the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the

the video communication device completely

room Alberu was in became

gentle smile that was slowly disappearing with anxious

‘There’s definitely something.’

Alberu had said toward the

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

“Your highness.”

capital's lead administrator who had

however… I also know that you

knights, and generals

Smirk.

prince started to

not very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably become something they

nodded their heads

always avoided the Land of Death. However,

hearing that dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the

on his mind

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

they want to get

raised his head and

Are

moment before cautiously continuing

meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and nobody could

you trying to acquire the

with Alberu for

could predict his

at that

Elves and the necromancer will find the Land of

seeped into the chief

the Dark Elves and necromancer are Roan Kingdom's citizens and our strong allies. They

this after the last war

Roan Kingdom provide land for them to live

of affirmation, filled the room

is thinking about

lot because he always thought about a brighter future

Knight Captain

team to dispatch to

“Captain-nim.”

charge of

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. That should be better, right, your

and the other administrators started to chime in as

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

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

capital’s administrator

slowly control it to make the Land

other administrators blinked as if they all knew that was the

Crossman. One of the things his trusted subordinates did the

away because the Caro Kingdom's citizens hated the desert and nobody lived

to take this useless

Kingdom was the first to declare war. As such, they will need to spend a lot of money. They would probably prefer to hand the Land of Death over than to give

nodded his

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

then cautiously asked Alberu a

Then the

some Dark Elves soon while the knights

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

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

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

If they don’t want to give that land to us, we can ask the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the

“That sounds good too.”

they quickly came

a step away closed his eyes for a

under the

He had a dream.

of a world where the Dark

land for them

happened to be

Kingdom’s citizens to openly

Roan Kingdom’s citizens

the Roan Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were still

that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he

Underground City will remain a secret

might provoke them or

not openly show off the Underground

City… The desert… I will give

they receive rewards for working harder

were open once again