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.’

black mana smoke whirlwind. It was obvious why this was the case. Dead mana smoke was something that would make you die a painful

smoke disappears, the people who saw this as well as the explosion will not easily volunteer

already escaped saying

it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert are not the Caro

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

Tap. Tap. Tap.

on the

“…Your highness.”

called out to Alberu and had to make

crown prince when he smiled, but he was extremely hard to approach in front of

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Knights Brigade and a few

This is a very dangerous place! Of course, I know that the Roan Kingdom's citizens, that the Roan Kingdom’s heroes are in the

the diplomat's mind as

prince dispatching the knights for the

if that was stepping out of the line. The investigation is dangerous! I believe we should pressure the Caro Kingdom to

Roan Kingdom's heroes as well. However,

be more 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 knights is the right thing to do when we might be heading

different emotions made the diplomat

a smile appear on Alberu’s

gentle smile that

it okay for you to say something like that out

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

the Roan Kingdom’s citizens. Just sit back

keep his mouth shut after hearing the crown prince's

crown prince continued to gently speak

we need to discuss this situation. Contact me right away if there are any new

“Okay.”

the gently smiling crown prince disappeared

then, once the video communication device

meeting room Alberu was in

smile

‘There’s definitely something.’

did not trust everything Alberu had said toward

crown prince, but the chief executives

“Your highness.”

who had been

citizens, however… I also know that you are not someone who would send the knights

made the other administrators, knights, and

Smirk.

to smirk

important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will

executives nodded their

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

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

had an image on his mind

they want to get rid

they want to

the finance side raised his head and

highness! Are

stopped for a moment before cautiously

help but whisper even though the meeting room was protected with soundproof barrier magic

highness, are you trying to acquire the Land of

worked with Alberu for a long time

could predict his

at that

will find the Land of Death to be a great

voice seeped into the chief executives’

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

this

Kingdom provide land for them to live

of affirmation, filled

about taking another step forward at

because he always thought about a brighter future

Knight Captain started

gather the team to

“Captain-nim.”

charge of diplomacy started to

tell them that the Roan Kingdom will do what the Caro Kingdom is wary of doing. We will make them feel indebted

other administrators started to chime

originally discussed with the Caro Kingdom.

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

administrator stealthily

slowly control it

if they all knew that was the plan without needing to

One of the things his trusted subordinates did the

this land away because the Caro

might welcome that they wanted to take this

a lot of money. They would probably prefer to hand the Land of Death over

nodded

it and offer it to

cautiously asked Alberu

Then

Elves soon while the

on having them use the investigation as justification to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing

response before smiling at the fact

we must at least ask to use that

Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting

“That sounds good too.”

they quickly came up

watched all of this from a step away closed his eyes for

the table were

He had a dream.

a world where the Dark Elves could

finding land

happened to be an

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

Kingdom’s citizens were the Dark

Elves were still despised and scorned by most of the

that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him,

City will remain a secret

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

not

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

harder than anybody else for the Roan

that were open once again were