Trash of the Count's Family

The three unexpected guests came into the room without caring about the fact that Alberu was sighing.Hey crown prince! I'm here too! Give me some cookies if you have any! I'll pay you for them! The human gave me a ton of allowance! He gave me everything he owed while he was unconscious!

All three of them had come through the window.

“… Aigoo, my head.”

Alberu clutched his head.

Click. Choi Han closed the window and Raon revealed himself.

“Hey crown prince, why does your head hurt? You can’t get sick! Oh, you must be looking shabbier than usual because you are sick!”

The corners of Alberu’s lips twitched.

Cale sat down on the couch with a calm expression on his face. He was acting as if it was his own house.

“Raon. Everybody looks like that if they're suddenly woken up while sleeping. His highness must have been extremely busy as the sun of our Roan Kingdom. He must have barely found some time to take a quick nap so it's normal to look a bit scattered.”

He then smiled brightly toward Alberu.

“Of course, even your shabby appearance is extremely radiant, your highness. Isn't that right, Choi Han?”

Choi Han just slowly avoided Alberu’s gaze instead of responding.

It was because of Alberu’s gaze.

‘Choi Han. At least you would give me a normal response, right?’

That was what Alberu’s gaze was saying.

Alberu sighed at Choi Han avoiding his gaze and got up from the bed and walked over to the couch.

“I had them put some here just in case but I didn’t expect it to actually be needed.”

He placed a box of cookies onto the table.

“You really barged into my bedroom.”

“You seem oddly shocked about it, your highness.”

“Hey crown prince, here’s 1 silver! This is mine! Hehe!”

Crunch crunch.

The sound of Raon crunching on cookies filled the bedroom.

Cale crossed his legs and calmly started to speak.

“Raon said that the palace’s barrier is quite strong.”

“It needed to be when considering that our enemy is the White Star.”

Alberu brushed back his disheveled hair.

“…We made it so that the barrier would not activate for certain people.”

Those people were trustworthy allies such as Cale.

It would be a problem if their allies could not reach the throne room in times of emergency because of the barrier.

“Anyway, why are you here? What happened now?”

Alberu's gaze had turned serious.

“I recall you telling me that you would come to the capital tomorrow morning.”

Yet Cale had barged in during the middle of the night.

It must be something big.

“Your highness. Duke Fredo arrived at our territory in critical condition.”

“Mm.”

Alberu held back a groan.

Cale's face was stiff as well.

"According to Duke Fredo, the White Star is planning on conducting two summoning rituals.”

“Two?”

Alberu realized the reason very quickly.

"The eight sculptures. The first summoning ritual must be to call forth the unranked monsters. As for the other one…”

Alberu started to frown as if he didn't even want to think about it before he added on.

“…lt is probably the sealed god.”

“Yes, sir. He wants to release the seal.”

Alberu touched his head as if it was giving him a headache.

The sealed god.

That god was called the evil god or the God of Despair.

The god’s attribute itself wasn’t that big of an issue.

There were bound to be evil since there was good. Similar to the Sun God who had cast away all races with the darkness attribute, those supposed ‘good’ gods weren't necessary god either.

‘The issue is that he is sealed because he broke a rule. He’s also deeply associated with the White Star.’

Alberu didn't like the sealed god based on the test he gave Cale.

Furthermore, Alberu didn't like anything that could harm his Roan Kingdom, whether it was a monster or a god.

“Both summoning rituals will take place in Puzzle City?”

He was also extremely annoyed that all of these things would happen on the Roan Kingdom's territory.

"Duke Fredo was unable to figure that out. The only information he got was that the White Star’s side is planning on coming to Puzzle City.”

Alberu suddenly had a confused expression on his face.

“Cale.”

“Yes, your highness.”

did Duke Fredo show up in critical

Choi Han's face

Crunch.

on a cookie as

to speak at

highness. You said that the Wolf children were

“I did.”

suddenly bringing up

for

were going to be used as the sacrifices

‘No way!’

Cale after a thought suddenly popped up in his

bitter smile on Cale’s

Do you think the White Star truly cared about the Endable

was cursed so that anything he

here knew about

“…I'm sure he didn’t.”

did was a calculated plan so that he could gain power

expected this

had seemed to

started to

is what Duke

repeated the things Fredo had told

substitutes prepared

his eyes

were substitutes to replace the

by nature but disowned by

not the only

believe that is

didn't

fainted again after telling me a

high fever and had not been able to wake up again. Mary and Eruhaben were working together to nurse him after this sudden change but they had no

over to the capital instead of waiting

while Alberu clenched the armrest of

Tap tap tap.

index finger tapped on the

was a

The Endable Kingdom.

and liberation he had felt there

about the Dark Elves? Did you not

and Dark

that absorbed dead mana unlike the Wolves but they were also accepted by nature but shunned by the gods, making them unable

be

had been peacefully living in the Endable

started to speak after

“They are not dead.”

The summoning ritual has not

documents out of his pocket and

recorded everything I heard

reference these to set the direction of

for Alberu to do kept

could not complain about

preparation would

over now. I thought I should give this to you

if you came in the

“…Excuse me?”

looked up from the documents after hearing Cale’s confused

“What is it?”

“…There’s a meeting tomorrow?”

“Correct.”

to be asking what

with the representatives of the different kingdoms for the

assembly with

say that we would have a meeting ‘soon’

soon. Tomorrow at noon. Ah, it's

“…Is that soon?”

Alberu shrugged his shoulders.

all agreed to meet at noon once I told

his front

a gesture to show

if it is at noon? Gentle Beacrox told me to make sure the human eats his meals on

I will have food ready for Cale

will drag the human here

a smile of satisfaction while hearing their

didn't

“Your highness. No, hyung-nim.”

“Yes?”

scope out the current situation. Can I skip out of

Mercenary King know about the information Duke Fredo brought over. The Molan patriarch should be able to gather a lot of information

“Since when do I-”

voice

were nodding their heads in

make a hole on a cliff, the human being there will make it so

are wise, your

nodded his head at the two of them before starting

a delinquent expression

“…It’s nothing, your highness.”

to worry about unnecessary attention. We got rid of all of the

“I understand.”

stood up

I'll be here by

Are you heading to Duke Henituse's Estate

told them in advance that

“Hmm.”

toward Alberu after

It sounded oddly ominous.

a problem, your

“Mm.”

for a moment before putting on a bright

Deruth seemed quite skilled. He’s very

where we need to make a hole the size of a needle on a cliff to one

Raon-nim, you say such funny

Alberu was laughing.

did not say