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.

long as possible and fortify the

looked at him

we only lose territory if the

vassal was at

at him and calmly continued to

of the territory would lose their homes and their lives

not let that

smile appeared on

but it is simple if you think about it thoroughly. There is

of the vassals who realized Alberu’s

believe I know what you

could not

hand to

Alberu then continued speaking.

just need to gather the

“Your highness!”

you

I do

all shut up

at each of the vassals

Star will aim for either the Northwest region or

was how it

White Star just wanted the power from the

and taken the power without

he was revealing his subordinates

could

‘…He’s lacking information.’

White Star did not know the exact

case, he could do one

that the

capture the person who might know the location of that power and extract the

in the Roan Kingdom other than Cale who might know that information would be Alberu, who

decided to follow the White Star’s

weak

the White Star did

a grave mistake

the order

"The troops, and I.”

up from

“We are all going.”

to the servant in front of

Screeeech-

into the throne room with the item Alberu ordered

“Ah.”

not stop gasping as they saw what

throne and walked past the vassals

stood in front

He touched the item.

was a suit of

had the crest of a radiant sun rising between two

touched the armor

heading out soon. Quickly

resolved themselves

the moment the armor entered this throne

Their leader.

crown prince had come here fully intending

everything before the

heads down and

“As you command!”

Alberu Crossman.

to

feet continued

driving me

as he quickly took a few

“Get on.”

“Huff, huff. I'm o-”

then forced Pan

“Huff, I'm okay. Leader.”

“Shut up.”

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

“Damn it.”

His nose was itchy.

walked up and started to

"Are they getting close?”

an urgent

the enemies were approaching. Saint Jack

I should use more of

shook his

We were only able to make it this far without losing anybody because you’ve

on a tranquil smile and

not help peeking back every

bit down on his

a voice from the front at that

clouds heading

Bud looked forward.

in better condition were all carrying the injured

were standing at the

the Molan household looked up at the sky and

might be a

up at the sky

were moving

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

with Beacrox who

Beacrox started to speak.

round that corner. We can escape

could feel Pan flinching at

Pan started to mumble.

a cliff past that

started to move after

did their best to keep

They could not stop.

could not

‘Soon.’

feeling

the people

am leading these

now. That was why he had to be careful and thorough but also

originally was

knew that they would

was why he

“Let’s speed up!”