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.

was trying to cross

he put his

You go get

‘Aigoo.’

under the mask wickedly starting to

no reason

expert in the Roan

crown prince a few days ago through the video communication

want to go

‘…Haaaaa.’

like that. There’s something I want to see.

‘Looking like that?’

in disguise.

‘Huuuuuu.’

had ended with

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

“Okay.”

Pat. Pat.

patting oddly

you do a good job since you came as

My dongsaeng's cheering is giving me

back his sigh after hearing Alberu’s cheesy

something to Choi Han before he was completely

“Guard it well.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

immediately headed to

the chair that was placed in front

“Mm.”

Duke Fredo groaned.

Fredo and the two of

guard

“…How amazing.”

so amazing? You know the

Smile.

Cale started to smile.

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

Cale's quiet

would I want?

the bedroom

Shhhhh-

was Cale's way of saying that he

quietly observed the closed path before looking at the path to the underground study that Choi Han

was slowly starting to get a feel for

was at

Tap. Tap.

someone lightly tapping on the

“Duke-nim.”

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

don't we have a

had a refreshing smile on his face, but his eyes

himself out. He should focus on what this proxy of the Roan Kingdom’s crown prince had

“Of course.”

and Alberu’s discussion

at the two of them. He could see his reflection, but he was thinking about what was going on

“Raon.”

“Yeah! Human, what’s up?”

area between Fredo and

patted Raon's head and started to speak while

will be guarding outside that underground passage

right! I said I'll help him out and we will take shifts here and there! Didn't you tell us

But

could see the corners of Cale’s lips started to go

the look he had

invisible and go down there while Choi Han is

talking about the place

“Yes.”

“Secretly?”

Cale looked toward Raon.

of all the information down there. You should be able to just record it all with a

Raon nodded his head.

“Alright!”

“Good, good.”

about whether he should offer information on the White Star

‘But that’d be disappointing.’

intention of accepting that as his

stop the White

of the world, it was beneficial for Fredo as

why he should provide information

place, but forget giving him information that could help that battle, he was going to offer that as

not exist in Cale’s

as the compensation for this Black Castle destruction plan and for destroying the facility that will turn the White Star into a member of

have to

would then ask

Cale started to smile.

look weird smiling

the corners of his lips after

“Much better!”

and headed into his, no, Naru’s

who looks similar to Kim Rok

he looked full of concerns

Have you tried contacting Miss

scheduled to video chat with the God of Death's excommunicated

a message from

master-nim! I don’t think we can chat tonight! I'm sorry! Something urgent came

not contact her after

picking up! She must

sank lower after hearing

Shhh.

through the open mirror passage and looked

the middle of

would soon

not far away after

"Something’s iffy.”

to think while standing by the

White Star looked similar to Kim

life was cursed

“They're similar.”

that the White Star’s life was similar to

similar to how anything they started to cherish ended

“There’s something there.”

gaze was cold but

who entered Naru's bedroom through the

“Aigoo?”

“Hyung, you’re back?”

years old boy lying on the couch was casually waving

“Hey, crown prince!”

to him patted his belly that was chubby from

“Raon-nim, I'm Bob.”

Nice to

“Yes sir.”