Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 542: Did you miss me? (4)

“I didn’t know I would be welcoming an esteemed guest all of a sudden.”

Fredo said that while looking at Cale.

Cale shrugged his shoulders and pointed at Alberu.

“His highness the crown prince is the antsy type who likes to get things done quickly. Bob hyung is pretty antsy too.”

Alberu’s eyebrow slightly twitched, but Cale smiled and ignored it. Fredo thoroughly observed Cale and the now Bob/Alberu before starting to speak.

“I guess this esteemed guest has a pretty high position too.”

“Yes.”

Cale nodded his head without any hesitation and continued to speak.

“He just doesn’t have an official title. Our Bob hyung has been like his highness the crown prince’s twin brother since they were young.”

“Hooo.”

“It’s normal that you wouldn’t know about him, Duke.”

Cale looked toward Alberu who started to speak as if he was responding to Cale’s gaze.

“I've lived my entire life as his highness the crown prince's shadow.”

It was not a lie.

Alberu in his quarter Dark Elf form…

That appearance was pretty much crown prince Alberu’s shadow.

‘How amazing.’

Choi Han was quietly looking away from Cale and Alberu who could lie so well without any issues.

Fredo looked toward the man whose face was covered from the nose up by a mask and started to speak.

“…That must be why this sir is responsible for the information network.”

He was speaking respectfully to Bob.

Part of it was because Bob was the crown prince's proxy, but it was also because there was a mysterious aura about this Bob person as well.

Fredo recalled how Bob had introduced himself.

‘Nice to meet you. My name is Bob and I am his highness, the crown prince’s proxy and also the person in charge of the crown prince’s information network.’

The part about how he was in charge of the information network stuck out to Fredo.

‘He is the person at the center of the information.’

Fredo's gaze stealthily became sharp as he looked at Bob.

Information was sometimes more important than diplomacy, administration, and troops.

But the fact that someone in charge of that was this young must mean that this person was quite skilled.

Fredo saw Alberu Crossman as a talented but calm and collected person, so there was no way that Bob, someone that Alberu had selected, would be useless.

‘I guess he is a vassal who has grown up and studied together with the crown prince since they were young?’

The part about how he was the crown prince’s shadow was memorable as well.

It made it sound as if he had been guarding the Roan Kingdom while hiding in the darkness and transforming the Roan Kingdom into a strong kingdom.

Furthermore, it was shocking that he and Cale were calling each other brothers.

‘Crown prince Alberu Crossman and Cale Henituse are sworn brothers too.’

Had the two of them and this Bob person who lived in the shadows created this sworn brotherhood between the three of them?

Alberu Crossman would handle things at the front end.

Cale Henituse would take care of the dangers throughout the kingdom and the Western continent.

Finally, Bob would take care of a lot of different things without showing himself in order to protect the kingdom.

‘But it is shocking that this Bob is quarter Dark Elf.’

He thought that this might have been how the Roan Kingdom was able to connect with the Dark Elves.

‘Shocking, truly shocking.’

Fredo tensed up.

He could not look down on this person.

Fredo stood up from the bed.

“I can't welcome you to such an important meeting looking like this.”

“The place and your appearance are not important. The contents of the discussion are what are important.”

Alberu was speaking gently and respectfully, but what he was saying was pressuring Fredo.

‘Hand over proper compensation for the Roan Kingdom.’

Alberu was giving off that kind of aura without any concern.

Smile.

Fredo started to smile.

“Solena.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Tell the butler to bring some warm tea for our guest.”

“Yes, sir.”

Solena cautiously started to leave the bedroom.

However, she was looking at Fredo as if she was worried about leaving him alone. Fredo who noticed her gaze nodded his head. It was a sign letting her know that there was no need to worry.

Click.

Cale got up as soon as the door closed.

"Are you leaving?”

“There’s no need for me to be here when two representatives of their respective kingdoms are chatting.”

Fredo's expression turned off after hearing Cale's response.

He had felt this since earlier, but Cale was treating the Endable Kingdom as a formal kingdom.

Fredo who knew how hard it was to be accepted couldn’t help but be a bit emotional at Cale’s demeanor.

Cale who was trying to cross through the path

his back toward Fredo as he put his hand on

little brother. You go get

‘Aigoo.’

could see Alberu’s eyes under the mask wickedly starting to

had no

more of an expert in the Roan

the conversation he had with the crown prince

want to

‘…Haaaaa.’

like that. There’s something I want to

‘Looking like that?’

disguise. Just wait and

‘Huuuuuu.’

call had ended with Cale

patted the crown prince's shoulder as well. When else

“Okay.”

Pat. Pat.

oddly

a good job. Shouldn't you do a good job since you came

giving me strength. Sure, don’t

back his sigh after hearing Alberu’s cheesy

around and said something to Choi Han before

“Guard it well.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

headed to where Cale had

the chair that was placed in

“Mm.”

Duke Fredo groaned.

Duke Fredo and the

our side will guard that entrance from now

“…How amazing.”

You know

Smile.

Cale started to smile.

offer me some sort of compensation. Think about what to offer me based on the

heard Cale's quiet

would I want? Think

then exited the bedroom

Shhhhh-

It was Cale's way of saying that he was not going to get involved

the closed path before looking at the path to the

starting to get a feel for what it was that Cale

at

Tap. Tap.

heard someone lightly tapping on the

“Duke-nim.”

toward the source of the noise to see Bob, the person in charge of the

have

refreshing smile on his face, but his eyes were not

focus on what this proxy of the Roan Kingdom’s crown prince

“Of course.”

and Alberu’s

at the two of them.

“Raon.”

“Yeah! Human, what’s up?”

secret area between Fredo

head and started to speak while in that middle room connecting the

outside that underground passage

out and we will take shifts here

yes. But

of Cale’s lips started to go up as

he had when he was plotting

go down there while Choi Han is

about the place with the

“Yes.”

“Secretly?”

Cale looked toward Raon.

You should be able to just record it all with a video

Raon nodded his head.

“Alright!”

“Good, good.”

currently thinking about whether he should offer information on the White Star to Cale as

‘But that’d be disappointing.’

of accepting that as

stop the White

the greater good of the

provide information about

forget giving him information that could

not exist in Cale’s

that Cale wanted information on the White Star based on his gestures and would offer that information as the compensation for this Black Castle destruction

to reject

then ask for something

Cale started to smile.

weird

lowered the corners of his lips

“Much better!”

that comment and headed into

White Star who looks similar to

looked full of concerns as he

tried contacting

with the God of Death's excommunicated priestess Cage

received a message from

master-nim! I don’t think we can chat

not contact her after getting

not picking up! She must be

hearing Raon respond the same

Shhh.

through the open mirror passage and looked

was currently the

would soon

not far away after

"Something’s iffy.”

quietly started to think

Star looked similar

was cursed

“They're similar.”

feeling that the White Star’s life was

similar to how anything they started to cherish ended up

“There’s something there.”

gaze was cold but

Naru's bedroom through the mirror passage subconsciously started

“Aigoo?”

“Hyung, you’re back?”

boy lying on the couch was casually waving his hand at

“Hey, crown prince!”

him patted his belly that was

“Raon-nim, I'm Bob.”

right! Nice to meet you,

“Yes sir.”