Trash of the Count's Family

Click.

There was silence after the sound of the door closing.

“…Cale.”

Deruth Henituse was the first to speak. Deruth, Cale’s father… couldn’t stop his eyes from shaking as he headed over to the robe-clad Cale.

“Duke.”

However, someone got in the way of this emotional father-son reunion.

“Your highness?”

Alberu Crossman quickly walked over to the Duke. Deruth, who was still in his armor, looked more tired than earlier.

“Duke. There is something I need you to do for me. That is why I urgently and stealthily came to find you.”

Urgently. Stealthily.

Deruth, who realized the seriousness of those two words, stiffened up while Alberu heard Raon’s voice in his head.

– I cast the noise blocking spell.

Alberu immediately continued speaking.

“I am going to die soon.”

“…Excuse me?”

Deruth wondered what he had just heard.

“Excuse me?”

That was why he asked once more, and Alberu, looked at the empty area past Deruth’s shoulder as he recalled what had just happened.

‘Dongsaeng. You returned earlier than I expected.’

‘Your highness.’

‘…Your expression doesn’t look good.’

Cale and Raon had barged into the Puzzle City City Hall office.

Clopeh had just burst out of the room after saying that he would set the rumors straight and tell people the truth, while Choi Han said he had a bad feeling about what Clopeh would do and chased after him.

Alberu, who was left alone, had been organizing his thoughts about what else needed to be done. That was when Cale and Raon had arrived.

He could not feel happy after seeing the expression on Cale’s face.

His expression gave Alberu a bad feeling.

‘Why are you smiling as if you’re going to scam someone?’

Cale Henituse. This bastard was smiling. He was smiling as if he was about to cause a big incident.

‘Hyung-nim.’

Cale had that mischievous smile on his face as he walked over to Alberu and put his arm on Alberu’s shoulder.

‘…What the hell are you doing?’

‘Hyung-nim. Please die.’

‘Hmm?’

As Alberu turned toward Cale…

‘Wouldn’t the only people left to lead the Roan Kingdom’s forces in Puzzle City be the Knight Captain and my father if you were to die, your highness?’

Alberu felt extremely iffy about this, but still responded properly.

‘Yes, as long as nobody else comes from the royal family.’

As long as the current king, Zed Crossman, and the second prince did not come to Puzzle City…

‘Taking into consideration magic, troops, mercenaries, and other nobles, it is highly likely that Duke Deruth would be the Commander.’

The Knight Captain would only lead the knights and soldiers.

‘If I consider the reinforcements coming from the other kingdoms as well, Duke Deruth, your father, would have the proper title to be Commander. Furthermore, Puzzle City is in the Roan Kingdom’s northeast region, so the leader of the northeast region would know about this place best.’

Smile.

The corners of Cale’s lips curled up.

‘That sounds great.’

Pat pat.

Cale patted Alberu’s shoulder with an extremely disrespectful expression. Alberu wondered if this bastard was drunk despite not getting easily drunk, but Cale whispered as Alberu stared with a grumbling expression.

‘Now then, please die so that my father can be the big boss.’

Alberu could see Cale’s face that looked really cold without even an ounce of a smile.

‘I need to catch a damn rat.’

‘A rat?’

‘Yes sir. The White Star is currently under my father’s command.’

Cale then gave a short explanation as to what had happened during his meeting with the World Tree and Count Hubesha. Of course, he did not mention the dagger the World Tree gave him. That was something that only Cale and the World Tree knew about right now.

Alberu snapped out of his thoughts and returned to the present.

“Duke. I will not really be dying. There’s just a need for me to pretend to die.”

Deruth’s face stiffened up even more at Alberu’s somewhat firm demeanor.

“…Does that mean that you have your reasons but are unable to explain it to me, your highness?”

“That is correct.”

Duke Deruth’s reaction would be most natural if he knew as little as possible.

“Duke Deruth, I hope that you can take care of Puzzle City once I die.”

“I heard that reinforcements from other kingdoms would soon be arriving.”

“That is correct. Please take care of them as well.”

Duke Deruth still had a stiff expression on his face as he walked past Alberu.

“Let me see your face.”

took off the hood of the robe and Deruth smiled

like you are

as skinny and pale, but his eyes were

a safe trip to your

returned safely from going to his birth mother, Drew Thames’s grave, and then realized something as soon as he looked

there is a reason I must do

smiled instead of responding. Duke Deruth immediately turned

it a go.

tell anybody else, even your family members. Only the three of us here

something that only I should know. You will not have to worry

toward Alberu. He was looking directly into Alberu’s eyes unlike his usual

realized something at

‘They’re similar.’

He thought that they didn’t look similar at all, but they did

something

do have one

“What is it?”

do not like meaningless

if they were daggers. That was why Alberu immediately opened his mouth

“It won’t be meaningless-”

“And.”

Duke Deruth cut

He then smiled.

want

And then…

like meaningful

“Ha.”

scoffed, despite having been

He realized something.

Kim Rok Soo inside

They’re similar.’

and young master Cale have many

not just their appearances that were similar; their core

course. He is my son. He is a member of the Henituse

It was a household that lived in

each generation had passed on the following

mindset of the Henituse household and their

be recorded in history. Live

had a bitter smile on his

‘Well, that isn’t happening.’

would be recorded quite a bit

of the people in the Henituse household had given up

That is why we set

continued to

and Cale will take what I

did not like meaningless

did not like meaningful

will keep it

“Father.”

Deruth turned toward Cale.

of your health as

will do

smile finally appeared on

observed Cale and

be because someone like Duke

appeared on Alberu’s

has nothing to do with

a lot when he was a child, however, the current king just started

had no idea why,

not like I needed

Tasha. He also

people who are sad? Would anybody cry

Alberu closed his eyes.

only one to be affected if he died. But he was sure that it was different

cry. They

black Dragon, Cale, Choi Han, Rosalyn, and the others… There were many people who would be

while also feeling that he really could not die a meaningless

* * *

prince Alberu! What do

– Chhhhh, chhhhhh.

static in the video communication device

a voice through the

unranked monster… It looks like we will need to fight that Lion

to discuss it once

chhhhh,

prince Alberu!

The call suddenly ended.

Baaaaang!

“We need to hurry!”

southern area of the

land of green covered in trees and grass. Inside the palace at

from her seat and

“Is everybody gathered?”

to arrive. It is the farthest from here and they seem to

the Jungle were gathered together under the

Alberu Crossman’s words during that static-filled call and made up

second

Grrrrrr—!

got in its back

heading for

Oooooong– oooooong–

circle activated at the center

magic circles could be seen in other kingdoms

Paaaaat-!

* * *

light and a person’s figure could

first person to

step was so strong that the ground

“Where is he?!”

voice was extremely loud as

Toonka. The reinforcements from the

the first round of reinforcements and teleported

after looking at the person who appeared in

“Who are you?”

in armor

crest visible on each of

temporarily taken the Commander position

“…You…are Cale Henituse’s father……?”

hope that you will follow my

“Oh! Fwather!”

to see Deruth. However, Toonka shook his

“First!”

tried to get out of the location of the teleportation magic circle, an open area behind the