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.’

obvious why this

this dead mana smoke disappears, the people who saw this as well as the

already escaped saying they were

you think about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert

they would not investigate thoroughly even though they

Tap. Tap. Tap.

the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

Alberu and

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

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Brigade and a

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

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

line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should pressure the Caro Kingdom to take responsibility to pay us back for

worried about the Roan Kingdom's heroes as well. However,

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

the

on Alberu’s face

smile that

you to say something like

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

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

could only keep his mouth shut after hearing the crown prince's decision to move

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 will stay alert and keep myself informed

“Okay.”

as the gently smiling crown prince disappeared from the

video

Alberu was in

toward Alberu’s gentle smile that was slowly disappearing with anxious

‘There’s definitely something.’

trust everything Alberu had said toward the

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

“Your highness.”

had

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

administrators, knights,

Smirk.

crown prince started to

important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably become something they want

nodded their heads in

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

not after hearing that dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout

his mind as

land they want to get rid of from

to get rid

raised his head and looked toward

Are you

moment

room was protected with soundproof barrier

are you trying to

with Alberu for a long

predict

at that

necromancer will find the Land

into

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

chief executives were aware of this after the

provide land for them

instead of affirmation, filled the

crown prince-nim truly is thinking about taking another step forward

thought about a brighter future for the kingdom

Knight Captain started

gather the team to dispatch to the

“Captain-nim.”

of diplomacy started

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

other

we have originally discussed with the Caro Kingdom. In the end,

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

administrator

will slowly control it to make

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

of the things his trusted subordinates

didn't feel bad for taking this land away because

Kingdom might welcome that they wanted to take this useless land instead of asking for a different

will need to spend a lot of money. They would probably prefer to hand the Land of

Commander nodded his

to take it and offer it

then cautiously asked Alberu a

highness. Then the

soon while

must be planning on 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

before smiling at the fact

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

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

“That sounds good too.”

as they quickly

a step

fists under the

He had a dream.

world where the Dark Elves could live

land for them

there happened to

to openly step on the Caro Kingdom's Land

Kingdom’s

Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were

live his 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

will remain a secret

them or be greedy for it

that they could not openly show

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

for working harder

open once again were