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.

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

him stoically before

we only lose territory if the Stan territory

at a loss for

looked at him and

lose their homes and their lives

not let

appeared on

deeply about it, but it is simple if you think about

vassals who realized Alberu’s thoughts urgently started to

believe I know what

not continue

hand to

Alberu then continued speaking.

we don't know what the White Star wants, we just need to gather the two things he wants in the same

“Your highness!”

you

I do

vassals all shut up at

around at each

aim for

was how it

the Northwest region, he would not

and taken

he was revealing his subordinates

else could that

‘…He’s lacking information.’

the White Star did not

he could do

area that the power could

location of that

person in the Roan Kingdom other than Cale who might

decided to follow the White Star’s

look weak to all

White Star

making a grave mistake if you

the order to his

"The troops, and I.”

stood up

“We are all going.”

to the servant in front

Screeeech-

door opened and the servants who were waiting outside walked into the throne room

“Ah.”

gasping as they saw what

stepped down from the throne and walked past the

stood in front of

He touched the item.

was a suit of

of a radiant

armor

out soon. Quickly

clenched their eyes or resolved

it the moment the armor entered

Their leader.

crown prince had come here fully intending on

everything before the

heads down

“As you command!”

Alberu Crossman.

head to

continued to

is driving

ended up shouting as he quickly took a few steps

“Get on.”

“Huff, huff. I'm o-”

then forced Pan on

“Huff, I'm okay. Leader.”

“Shut up.”

was small, but he was quite heavy such that Bud’s feet started

“Damn it.”

His nose was itchy.

walked up and started to speak as Bud

"Are they getting close?”

urgent expression on his

if the enemies were approaching.

use more of

shook

only able to make it this far without losing anybody because you’ve been using your powers for us. Furthermore, you need to use your

a tranquil smile and

not help peeking

down on his

heard a voice from the front at

clouds heading

Bud looked forward.

the other people in better condition were all carrying the injured

were two people who were standing at the

from the Molan household looked up at the sky and started

might be

up at

were moving

could change every hour. This snowy region might soon be covered in

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

Beacrox started to speak.

we round that corner.

Pan flinching at that

Pan started to mumble.

there’s only a

but he started to

did their best to keep

They could not stop.

could not waste their

‘Soon.’

was feeling the

thought about the people following

am leading

he had to be careful and thorough but also hurry while maintaining a balance

originally was

that they would soon arrive

he urged

“Let’s speed up!”