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.’

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 that would make you die a painful death if you even

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

nobles had already escaped

think about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert are not the Caro Kingdom's

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest

“…Your highness.”

Captain called out to Alberu and had to make eye contact

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

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

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

dangerous place! Of course, I know that the Roan Kingdom's citizens, that the Roan Kingdom’s heroes

in the diplomat's mind as he said

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

his thoughts with the crown prince even if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation

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

specific, he 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 don’t think sending the

different emotions made the diplomat start

on Alberu’s face at

smile

for you to say something like

Thankfully, nobody seemed to have heard him. He sighed

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

mouth shut after hearing the crown prince's decision to move to save

crown prince continued to gently speak to

Contact me right away if there

“Okay.”

the gently smiling crown

video communication

room Alberu was in became

toward Alberu’s gentle smile that

‘There’s definitely something.’

everything Alberu had said

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

“Your highness.”

administrator who had been

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 citizens to such a

the other administrators, knights, and generals agree

Smirk.

to smirk

that is not very important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably become something they want to completely avoid from

chief executives nodded their heads in

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

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

had an image on his mind as he thought

into a land they want to get rid of from

to get

side raised his

highness! Are

for a moment before cautiously continuing

even though the meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic and

you trying to acquire the

worked with Alberu for a long

could predict

was at

find the Land of Death to

voice seeped into

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

aware of this after the last war as

Roan Kingdom provide land for

filled the

about taking

he always thought about a brighter future for the

Knight Captain started

gather the team to dispatch to the Dubori

“Captain-nim.”

administrator in charge of diplomacy started

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

related to former commander Cale have become much larger than what we have originally

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

administrator stealthily

control it to make the Land of Death

all knew that was the

One of the things his trusted subordinates

this land away because the Caro

to take this useless

spend a lot of money. They would probably prefer

nodded his

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

asked Alberu

Then the

Dark Elves soon while

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

the fact

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

If they don’t want to give that land to us, we can ask 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

“That sounds good too.”

administrators exchanged ideas as they quickly

from a step away

under the

He had a dream.

a world where the Dark

land

to be an

an opportunity for the Roan Kingdom’s citizens to openly step on the Caro

Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the

Elves were still despised and scorned

him, he dreamt of a world where people like him did not need to

will remain

Kingdom might provoke them or be greedy for

that they could not openly show off

City… The desert… I will give

receive rewards for working harder

were open once