Trash of the Count's Family

The seat of the king.

Then the chair one level under that seat.

Alberu was sitting there while looking down at his subordinates at the bottom of the stairs.

“Your highness! We have received an emergency request from the Mage Brigade in the Northwest region!”

Alberu Crossman had his eyes closed as he listened to his subordinates’ reports.

"We must send more reinforcements to them immediately! They said that the people who seem to be the White Star’s subordinates look ready to attack Marquis Taylor Stan's territory!”

“They are saying that the Mage Brigade and the Knights Brigade we have sent to the Northwest region are not enough to defend against the enemies!”

Reports about how the number of White Star's subordinates who infiltrated the Roan Kingdom's Northwest region was much higher than expected and that they were strong continued to fill the room.

“We must send more forces to protect the Stan territory!”

But there were also people who opposed that suggestion.

“No! The forces protecting the capital would decrease if we send any more troops to the Northwest region!”

“We are in a war right now! We cannot reduce the number of troops at the capital!”

One of the Generals frowned as he raised his voice.

“Then are we just going to throw away the Stan territory?!”

“You know that is not what I meant! But we must leave the troops here because the capital cannot be breached! Wouldn't it be better to send troops from the other regions to the Northwest region?”

“Are you joking? We can’t do that! The troops in the nearby territories are not enough to defend against the White Star's forces!”

You could not stop a heavy storm with a straw house.

Sending the troops from the other territories would likely end up in the soldiers dying without injuring the White Star's forces at all.

“But we still cannot take any more troops away from the capital.”

The other vassal shook his head with a stiff expression.

“The capital. The capital and the palace are the centers of everything in the Roan Kingdom. The command system itself will fall apart if this place is destroyed.”

The vassal slowly peeked toward Alberu before looking back.

‘…It would be terrible if the White Star came to the capital instead of the Stan territory and something happened to his highness.’

They had to prevent that at all costs.

The reason the Roan Kingdom could maintain its growth right now was because of Alberu Crossman’s sturdy presence at the center.

On the other hand, they could not let the Stan territory fall either.

‘…This is the first real battle against the White Star. The war will become more difficult if we show us losing the first battle!’

The morale would fall as well.

They could not just sit back and let that happen.

“Doesn’t the White Star think that the item he is looking for is in the Northwest region? Then we should protect that place because he is guaranteed to go there!”

The person arguing against him pounded his chest in frustration.

“And what will you do if those bastards use the opening in the capital to attack the palace?! Are you going to take responsibility if something happens to his highness?!”

The vassal who said that shut his mouth with an expression that seemed to say that he said something that he should not have said.

He had been too blunt about it.

Everybody stopped talking for a moment and silence filled the room.

They were all wary of Alberu’s reaction.

The vassal who made the mistake soon started to speak again.

“Your highness. We cannot let the capital fall.”

To be more specific, they could not let the king and Alberu who were in the palace fall into the enemies’ hands.

Another vassal asked in response.

“…Then what should we do?”

Nobody could answer that question.

They needed to protect the Stan territory as well, as they were a part of the Roan Kingdom.

It would be best if they could rely on them to win with their own strength as the Henituse territory had done, but something like that was impossible as the Henituse territory was special.

But they could not reduce the number of troops at the capital as well.

This was because the Roan Kingdom knew about the White Star's strength more than anybody else.

‘Young master Cale and his subordinates aren’t here either!’

The strongest of their forces were outside the Roan Kingdom right now.

The administrators could not help but furrow their brows.

It was at that moment.

“There are two things you guys are debating right now.”

Alberu had ended his silence and started to speak.

“The first is that the Stan territory cannot be defeated and fall into the White Star’s hands. That is why you think we should send more troops there.”

The vassals all looked toward Alberu with nervousness even as video communication devices were ringing around them.

"The other thing is… If we send the troops over… You're worried that they would aim for that moment to infiltrate the capital and take over the palace.”

Alberu would soon pick between the two options they had.

The vassals were nervous because they didn't know how Alberu would decide.

“In the end, it comes down to whether the White Star is aiming for the Roan Kingdom's Northwest region. Is he aiming for the thing he wants or is he aiming for his majesty and me?”

One of the vassals who was listening cautiously started to speak.

“Your highness, as you already know, it is okay to lose a territory. However, an entire organization can crumble if the leader disappears. Furthermore, if you somehow end up as the White Star’s hostage, it is highly likely that the entire Roan Kingdom would be dragged around. We must avoid that at all costs.”

He sternly added on.

order the Stan territory to hold on for as long as possible and fortify the defenses

him

Do we only lose territory if the Stan

at

at him and calmly continued

residents of the territory would lose their

could not let that

smile appeared on

it is simple if you think about

realized Alberu’s thoughts urgently

highness! I believe I know

could not

hand

Alberu then continued speaking.

we don't know what the White Star wants, we just need

“Your highness!”

you cannot do

can’t I

up at Alberu's

at each of the vassals

aim for either

was how it

power from the Northwest region,

stealthily infiltrated and taken the power without

he was revealing his subordinates and threatening the Stan

else could

‘…He’s lacking information.’

White Star did not know the

could do

that the power could potentially be in and thoroughly

might know the location

Roan Kingdom other than Cale who might know

follow the White

I look weak to

because the White Star did not know much

making a grave mistake

the order

"The troops, and I.”

stood up from

“We are all going.”

servant in front

Screeeech-

opened and the servants who were waiting outside walked into the throne room with the item Alberu

“Ah.”

could not stop gasping as they saw what

down from the throne and walked past the vassals

stood in front of the item

He touched the item.

of armor with

armor had the crest of a

the armor and

heading out soon. Quickly

or resolved themselves in other

realized it the moment the armor

Their leader.

crown prince had come here fully intending on heading to

decided everything before the meeting

down and responded to Alberu’s

“As you command!”

Alberu Crossman.

to

continued to

is driving me

shouting as he quickly took a few steps

“Get on.”

“Huff, huff. I'm o-”

forced Pan

“Huff, I'm okay. Leader.”

“Shut up.”

quite heavy such that Bud’s feet started to sink

“Damn it.”

His nose was itchy.

Sorros walked up and started to speak as

"Are they getting close?”

an urgent expression on

he asked if the enemies

should use

shook

because you’ve been using your powers

Jack put on a tranquil smile

help peeking

on his lips after

a voice from

clouds

Bud looked forward.

other people in better condition were all carrying the injured and

standing at

old man from the Molan household looked up at

be

up at the sky

were

could change every hour. This snowy region might soon

forward and made eye contact with Beacrox who was standing next to the old man from the

Beacrox started to speak.

are there if we round that corner. We can escape from

Pan

Pan started to mumble.

there’s only a cliff past

to move

all did their best

They could not stop.

not waste their

‘Soon.’

feeling the

the people

leading

That was why he had to be careful and thorough but also hurry while

originally was

knew that they would soon arrive at the

he urged them

“Let’s speed up!”