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 was the case. Dead mana smoke was

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

had already escaped saying they

heartedly, the people inside the

come to save the Caro Kingdom. The chances that they would not

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

out to Alberu and

smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach in

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

and

Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I know that the Roan Kingdom's

clashed in the diplomat's mind as he

The sight of the crown prince dispatching the knights for

was concern. He had to share his thoughts with the crown prince even if that was stepping out of the line.

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

dangerous situation. I will pressure the Caro Kingdom and investigate with them! I don’t think sending

the

smile appear on

was his gentle smile

okay for you to say something like that out loud

head like a turtle. Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard

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

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

to

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 of

“Okay.”

smiling crown prince disappeared from the video communication device

video

room Alberu was in became

Alberu’s gentle smile that was slowly disappearing with

‘There’s definitely something.’

not trust everything Alberu had said toward

but the chief executives here, the

“Your highness.”

lead administrator who had been quiet started to

Kingdom's citizens, however… I also know

the other administrators, knights, and generals agree

Smirk.

started to smirk at that

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

nodded their heads in

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

they not after hearing that dead mana smoke started to rise at random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid it because

his mind as he thought about this

land they want to get rid

they want to get rid

raised

highness! Are you

a moment before

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

trying to acquire the

with Alberu for

predict

was at

find the Land of Death to be

seeped into the

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

were aware of this after the last war

Roan Kingdom provide land for them to

filled the

is thinking about taking another step forward at all

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

Knight Captain

will immediately gather the team to dispatch

“Captain-nim.”

in charge of

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.

responding and the other administrators started to chime in as

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

must peck at them that the Roan Kingdom should receive a reward as well. We need

administrator stealthily added

we will slowly control it

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

his trusted subordinates did

because the Caro Kingdom's citizens

welcome that they wanted to take this useless land

such, they will need to spend a lot

nodded

take it and offer

asked Alberu

Then the

soon while

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

at the fact that Alberu was

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

can ask the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana smoke!

“That sounds good too.”

ideas as they

a

the

He had a dream.

dreamt of a world where the Dark

of finding land for them to

there happened to

to openly step on the Caro

Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the Dark

Dark Elves were still despised and scorned by most of

blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a world where

will remain

Caro Kingdom might provoke them or be greedy for it if they

that they could not openly show off

I will give that to the Dark

receive rewards for working harder than anybody else for

open once again