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.’

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

if this dead mana smoke disappears, the people who saw this as well as the explosion will not easily volunteer for

had already escaped saying

the people inside the

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

called out to Alberu and had to

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

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

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

This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I

in the diplomat's mind as

The sight of the crown prince dispatching the knights for the safety of the Roan Kingdom's citizens was something that

emotion was concern. He 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

about the Roan Kingdom's heroes as

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

emotions made the

noticed a smile appear on Alberu’s face at

was his gentle smile that he was

it okay for you to say something like that

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 communication device

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

after hearing the crown prince's

to gently

there are any new urgent information.” Yes, your

“Okay.”

watched as the gently smiling crown

the video communication

meeting room Alberu was

executives looked toward Alberu’s gentle smile that was slowly disappearing

‘There’s definitely something.’

not trust everything Alberu

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

“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

the other administrators, knights, and generals agree in

Smirk.

prince started to smirk

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

nodded

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

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

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

to get rid

finance side raised his

highness! Are

a moment before

but whisper even though the meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and nobody could

highness, are you trying to acquire the

with Alberu for a long time

predict his

at that

will find the Land of Death to

into the chief executives’

are Roan Kingdom's citizens and our strong allies.

of this after

Roan Kingdom provide land for them to live

instead of affirmation, filled the room with silence

about taking another step

lot because he always thought about

Captain started to

gather the team to

“Captain-nim.”

in charge of diplomacy

start the investigation right away; first stay 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 send some people from our side

instead of responding and the other administrators started

become much larger than what we have originally

peck at them that the Roan Kingdom should receive

capital’s administrator

it to make the Land of

knew that was the plan without

trusted subordinates did

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

welcome that they wanted to take this useless

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

nodded his

need it to take it and offer it

then cautiously asked Alberu

Then

Dark Elves soon while the knights

keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing is that the Roan Kingdom's citizens can freely cross that land

exaggerated response before smiling at the

not willing to give us the land, we must at least ask to use that land for a long period

us, we can ask the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from

“That sounds good too.”

ideas as they

a step away closed his

under the

He had a dream.

of a world where the Dark Elves could

finding land for them to

there happened to be an

Kingdom’s citizens to openly step on the Caro Kingdom's

those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the

but the Dark Elves were still despised and scorned by

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

Underground City will

Caro Kingdom might provoke them or be greedy for it

was disappointed that they could not openly show off

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

rewards for working harder than anybody else

eyes that were open