Trash of the Count's Family

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah--

Cale peeked to his side as the cheering continued.

‘…Aigoo.’

Alberu had a benign smile on his face while warmly looking at the citizens.

Choi Han who was carrying the crown prince had a warm gaze as well.

“Cough!”

Alberu lightly coughed at that moment and another chunk of black blood spurted out of his mouth.

The cheering instantly stopped and silence filled the area.

“Your highness! You must return to the castle immediately!”

The Knight Captain who had been quietly standing behind them approached Alberu.

“I'm okay.”

“…Your highness!”

Cale, who peeked toward Alberu as the Knight Captain looked on with an upset expression, had noticed something.

‘He really seems to be okay.’

Alberu had not looked well until a moment ago but seemed better after he coughed up that black blood just now.

However, the rest of the people did not think that Alberu was telling the truth.

Alberu had a faint smile on his face as he continued to speak.

“How can I return to the castle when there are citizens of our Kingdom imprisoned here?”

“…Your highness.”

“I will only feel relaxed once I see all of them released.”

The Knight Captain understood the crown prince’s desire.

He quickly ordered the knights.

"What are you all doing? Did you not hear his highness? Hurry up and open the cages!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Aye aye, captain!”

The knights quickly ran toward the cages on the carriages.

The Knight Captain wanted to join them, but he could not leave the injured crown prince behind.

“I will be here.”

He turned his head after hearing a low voice only to see Cale standing with a calm expression next to Choi Han, who was carrying Alberu.

He motioned with his eyes for the Knight Captain to hurry up and join the others.

“…Thank you very much, young master-nim.”

The Knight Captain subconsciously spoke respectfully to Cale who had dropped his Commander rank after the war against the Indomitable Alliance.

‘He’s standing by his highness’s side even when he is so tired……’

He bowed to the three of them before running toward the knights who were headed to the cages.

Cale quietly watched him go.

“Why don’t you join him?”

“I am tired.”

He gently shot down the crown prince's question.

The knights who had arrived at the cages first looked around the cages that were locked.

"All of the keys are here!”

“There is a key in the driver’s seat!”

The keys seemed to have been placed in easy-to-spot locations on purpose.

They couldn't understand the enemies’ intentions, but the knights grabbed the keys and unlocked the cages.

Click! Click!

The cages holding the residents from the Stan territory and the nearby area were unlocked.

The citizens cautiously exited the cages under the knights’ guide.

They seemed relieved and happy once again after stepping on the ground.

Screeeech-

They heard the castle gate opening at that moment.

Everybody looked toward the open castle gate.

Taylor was in the front with administrators, healers, and priests quickly following behind him.

Taylor gave orders to the people behind him.

“Quickly put the injured on the stretchers!”

The people behind him efficiently headed toward the citizens. Taylor checked on them before moving toward Alberu.

“Your highness, please head inside first. I will take care of things here.”

Cale looked at Taylor’s face and then flinched.

Taylor did not look good. It was clearly visible that this battle had been emotionally draining.

to stop himself from

highness looks like

looked even

that the crown prince's appearance right now looked much more like a king

made eye contact

who really knows

at a

short moment he left the castle walls to gather the healers and the territory's administrators to take care of the

calmed himself before

very much.

then peeked behind

coming with

“No need.”

the

shoulder and got off his

now. I need to walk out on my own

“…Your highness.”

he was fine even though he wasn’t, but Taylor just looked at him with an expression that seemed to be

Cale started to frown.

Why doesn’t he just get carried

there a reason

Alberu with a questioning

“Sigh.”

Han sighing at that

‘What's up?’

Choi Han shook his head. Choi Han kept his thoughts to

not related by blood, but these

Alberu and Cale acted

did not say this to Cale because he knew that Cale would just scoff at

an odd expression before turning his head after hearing

“Cale Henituse.”

gently smiling

go

his gaze as soon as he heard

I don't want

showed his true

you go alone? If the two of us return together right now, forget the gazes being focused on us, we’ll probably burn to death

crown prince

I can tell just by

put his hand on

“Let’s go together.”

opinion had

knew what Cale was thinking

to frown while knowing that this was the

walking back to the castle on our own two feet

his sigh and just lowered his head after

as

if he said it like that and Cale continued to

resigned himself to his

will go with

if he was watching something funny before

do

‘Aigoo.’

Han and Alberu chat with each other in disbelief before starting

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

cold autumn breeze blew past

walls, the people

people inside

of the castle as possible after hearing that the

the enemies were

to them why the

that they were alive and that

much as possible to see the people who had

crushed armor that was

him was Cale Henituse in his black uniform

Knights Brigade that had fought until the end. Along with them were the Tigers who were still large even after releasing their berserk transformation and the young Wolf boy

slowly entered through the castle

There were no cheers.

looked too terrible

naturally did not look well and Cale who had arrived later to fend off the enemies looked extremely pale as if he had just

could be heard through the silence was the footsteps of the people who pushed the

up

his vassals, and the two people in the front were the Mage Captain and the General who had been

speak in a warm voice to the two of them

didn’t need to look back because

Mage Captain and the General

Cale stoically watched this.

will be accepted for his

then made eye contact with the Mage Captain and the General who raised their

looking at Cale before slightly lowering their

‘…Ah.’

held himself back from

This was really bad.

how they would treat

they treated Saint

intense

Cale looked behind him.

quietly talking to the

‘I'm screwed.’

to

his hands on Cale and Choi Han’s shoulders at that moment and started

“How odd!”

looked toward the crown

Smile.

crown prince had a refreshing smile on

So, why are

opened their mouth at

That was the beginning.

Woooooooooooooooo-

shouts soon shook

shouts of joy. Cale closed his eyes at the

‘…Ah. I'm screwed.’