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 case. Dead mana smoke was

saw this as well as the explosion will not easily volunteer

had already escaped saying they were

heartedly, the people inside the desert are not the

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

on the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

and had to

prince when he smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach in front of the chief executives around whom

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

First Knights Brigade and a few knights to the Caro Kingdom's

quickly started to speak. Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I

clashed in the diplomat's

the crown prince dispatching the knights for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's

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

as well. However, he feared

Kingdom to take the less dangerous road in this dangerous situation. I will pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I

the diplomat start

noticed a smile appear on Alberu’s

gentle smile that

is it okay for you to say something like

his head like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard him. He sighed in relief before looking back at the video communication

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

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

continued to gently

discuss this situation. Contact me right away if there are

“Okay.”

smiling crown prince

the video communication device completely

room Alberu was

smile that was slowly disappearing

‘There’s definitely something.’

not trust everything Alberu had said toward

were used to the majestic crown prince, but the chief executives

“Your highness.”

who had been

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

other administrators, knights, and generals agree in

Smirk.

started to smirk at that

important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will

nodded their

However, this incident would make people stay

that dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid it because they don't want to

an image on his mind as he thought about

want to get rid of from a land that is useless

want to get

administrator from the finance side raised his head

Are you

for a moment

room was protected with

highness, are you trying to acquire

with Alberu

could predict his

at that

the necromancer will find the Land of Death

seeped into the

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

of this after the last war as

Kingdom provide land for them to live

of affirmation, filled

is thinking about taking

trusted Alberu a lot because he always thought about a brighter future

Captain started to

team to dispatch

“Captain-nim.”

charge of diplomacy started to

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,

responding and the other administrators started

have originally discussed with

reward as well, but we must peck at them that the

administrator stealthily added

control it

blinked as if they all knew that was the plan

things his trusted

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

that they wanted to take this useless land instead

was the first to declare war. As such, they will need to spend a lot of money. They would probably prefer to

Commander nodded his

it and offer it to

asked

Then the

some Dark Elves soon while the knights buy us

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

response before smiling at the fact that Alberu

land, we must at least ask to use that land for a long

the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana smoke! That way we can let the Dark Elf-nims live

“That sounds good too.”

as they quickly came up

all of this from a step away closed his eyes for

the

He had a dream.

dreamt of a world where

of finding land for them

to

to openly step on the

Roan Kingdom’s citizens

much better in the Roan Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were still despised and scorned by

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

Underground City will remain a

them or be greedy for it if

disappointed that they could not openly show off the

return, the land above the Underground City… The desert… I will give

rewards for working harder than anybody else

open once again