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

disappears, the people who saw this as well

had already escaped saying

think about it cold heartedly, the people inside the desert are

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 the potentially

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the armrest instead

“…Your highness.”

Alberu and had to

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

“Knight Captain.”

“Yes sir.”

Knights Brigade and a few knights to

Your highness! This is a very dangerous place! Of

emotions clashed in the diplomat's mind as he

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

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

as well. However,

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

different emotions made the diplomat start

on

his gentle smile that he was

to say something like that out loud

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

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

the

prince continued to gently speak to

this situation. Contact me right away if there are any new urgent information.” Yes,

“Okay.”

crown prince disappeared from the video communication

video communication

meeting room Alberu was in

looked toward Alberu’s gentle smile that was

‘There’s definitely something.’

everything Alberu had said toward the

the chief executives here,

“Your highness.”

had been

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

other administrators, knights, and generals agree in

Smirk.

to smirk at

important to the Caro Kingdom. In fact, it will probably become

chief executives nodded

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

random intervals throughout the year? They would avoid

crown prince had an image on his mind as

into a land they want to get rid

to

finance side raised his head and

highness! Are you

for a moment before

but whisper even though the meeting room was protected with soundproof

you trying to acquire

worked with Alberu for a long time

predict his

at that

Dark Elves and the necromancer will find the Land of Death to

into the chief executives’

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

chief executives were aware of this after the last

provide land for

filled the room with silence

crown prince-nim truly is thinking about taking another step

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

Knight Captain

immediately gather the team to dispatch to the

“Captain-nim.”

administrator in charge of diplomacy started to

wary of doing. We will make them feel indebted to us. Ah! We will send some people from our side to do that. That

responding and the other administrators

things related to former commander Cale have become much larger than what we have originally discussed with the Caro

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

capital’s administrator stealthily added

will slowly control it

if they all knew that was the plan

One of the things his trusted subordinates did the

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

they wanted to take this useless land instead of

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

nodded

need it to take it and offer it to the Dark Elves

cautiously asked Alberu

Then

Dark Elves soon while the knights buy

the investigation as justification to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing is that the Roan

response before smiling at the fact that Alberu was not putting any

give us the land, we must at least ask to use that land for a

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

“That sounds good too.”

administrators exchanged ideas as they quickly

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

fists under the table were

He had a dream.

world where the

land for

to

was an opportunity for the Roan Kingdom’s citizens to openly

course, those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were

the Roan Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were still despised and

the fact that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a world where people like him did not need to hide a

City will remain

them or be

disappointed that they could not

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

they receive rewards for working harder than anybody else for the Roan

open once again