Trash of the Count's Family

“Duke!”

Queen Litana jumped up and looked somewhere.

She could see Duke Deruth Henituse standing there with an extremely pale and stiff expression on his face.

“T, the crown prince’s condition is that bad?”

Her voice was shaking.

“Please calm down.”

Crown prince Valentino, who was sitting in the seat next to her, tried to calm her down, but it was ineffective.

“Unbelievable!”

Bang!

Commander Toonka slammed his hand down on the table in front of him. He was looking toward Duke Deruth as if he couldn’t believe it.

The representatives of the different allied kingdoms and the Roan Kingdom’s northeast coalition were all in this meeting room. It was a pretty large room since it was usually used by tens of people, but Toonka’s voice filled the entire room.

“H, he looks like he may die today or tomorrow?! The crown prince I know isn’t the kind of person who would die like that! The annoying way he smiled made it seem as if he would live a very long time! I felt as if he would live longer than most people!”

“Aigoo, please calm down.”

Valentino tried to calm Toonka, who was sitting across from him, as well.

“Duke Henituse said that he is between life and death, not that he may die today or tomorrow.”

“That’s the same thing! He said even the d, Dragon can’t heal him!”

Litana plopped back down in her chair after hearing Toonka’s comments.

‘E, even an amazing Dragon can’t heal him.’

She had not seen the entire battle as she arrived after Toonka, but she had seen the last group that fought against that monster, the Lion Dragon.

She saw how that beige Dragon used its large body to ruthlessly slam against the Lion Dragon. The Dragon couldn’t get past the Lion Dragon’s shield, but the force of the Dragon’s impact truly lived up to its name as a Dragon.

Furthermore, Dragons were said to be wise. They knew a lot of things thanks to their extremely long lifespan. Such an existence has said that the crown prince was in serious condition.

She heard a cold voice at that moment.

“Why do you think that it doesn’t make sense? Didn’t you all see it too? It would be greedy of us to wish that he was perfectly fine after receiving that kind of attack.”

Guardian Knight Clopeh Sekka, the representative of the three Northern Kingdoms, was the one to speak. He quietly looked up at the ceiling as he calmly continued.

“Of course, I’m sure there are some people here who did not see it.”

His gaze turned toward the Mogoru Empire and the Roan Kingdom’s northeast coalition’s representatives.

“Well, at least you have seen the video recording device.”

Clopeh smiled. This smile would usually seem somewhat holy, but it just felt cold right now.

“Plus, it is not that shocking either. It makes sense to receive such injuries after leaving such a battle without being victorious.”

“…Clopeh! What the fuck do you think you are saying right now?! My close friend, even he, even he! Even he is in critical condition right now!”

Clopeh’s eyes seemed to light up after hearing Toonka’s angry shout.

“Commander Toonka.”

Toonka couldn’t help but flinch after seeing the burning gaze that did not match Clopeh’s white hair and green eyes.

“Please be careful what you say about former Commander Cale Henituse.”

‘How dare this stupid bastard call our great hero his close friend! This bastard is just a stupidly strong guy who is just an extra in the creation of the legend!’

Clopeh wanted to say those things, but he held himself back. He then calmed himself back down.

‘Okay. This is just another step in the path to becoming a legend.’

There were bastards who dared to spread lies about the legend right now. Clopeh knew that he must maintain his calm until he could get rid of those pests.

Furthermore, he was not that concerned about crown prince Alberu Crossman.

“I know what the Dragon has said, but we have the Saint-nim with us.”

Everybody turned toward the Saint at that moment.

His sister Hannah flinched and sharply glared back at the gazes turned toward them, but Saint Jack raised his hand and asked a question.

“Duke Deruth, could you please tell us more details about the crown prince’s condition?”

“According to the Dragon that is by his highness’s side right now… She was able to heal most of his external injuries but everything inside his body is a total mess……”

Duke Deruth couldn’t finish the sentence that he barely managed to say with a stiff expression on his face.

He instead turned toward Choi Han, who was standing in front of the meeting room door.

The moment Saint Jack and the others all naturally turned toward Choi Han as well…

Shake, shake.

Choi Han kept his mouth shut and just shook his head side to side.

‘Choi Han! The human said that you must not say anything!’

Choi Han recalled what Raon told him as he had a different thought.

‘The Duke-nim is bad at acting in the actual situation.’

Duke Deruth looked frozen stiff, and he was unable to say his lines properly. He had seemed to be flying around during the rehearsal, but he froze up when it was time to play it out for real.

The original plan was for Duke Deruth to use this moment to ask Saint Jack to heal Alberu.

“Mm.”

However, the Duke seemed extremely nervous, as he was frozen in spot and had his mouth shut.

Everybody else felt this was normal because of the situation, but Choi Han wondered if he should speak up on Duke Deruth’s behalf.

But their other accomplice…

“Would it be okay for the Saint to take a look at him?”

Clopeh Sekka.

For reference, this punk knew about some parts of this plan.

Choi Han thought that Clopeh was pretty sharp and said the right thing based on the current situation.

Silence filled the room once again.

Everybody was looking at Saint Jack.

Choi Han was focused as he observed the situation.

‘Actually, Saint Jack’s healing power is like poison to his highness.’

The Sun God’s power of purification was not helpful for Alberu because of his Dark Elf blood.

But they needed to drag Saint Jack and Hannah in, and most of the people in this room didn’t know Alberu’s true identity anyway.

“Of course.”

Choi Han’s eyes clouded over the moment Saint Jack’s mouth opened. His gaze immediately turned toward Hannah.

She was not hiding the black veins resembling spider webs that were all over her body as she stared right back at Choi Han.

The two of them made eye contact, and her mouth slowly opened. She looked as if she wanted to say something.

Pat.

Jack put his hand on Hannah’s shoulder at that moment and Hannah

‘It’s dangerous.’

current situation was not very

started to speak again in an

take a look at his highness’s condition. I will then escort you to see

young master Cale at a different

nodded his head at Litana’s

The White Star’s side might try to aim

moment, with his face still

while everybody

not that talented at

would tell him that he was a pot calling

here was the calmly crazy

finally broke

one more thing for me to tell you. It might be something even more important than taking care of this

is something

Crown prince Valentino frowned.

the Lion Dragon is a guardian for the

“You told us earlier.”

Deruth nodded his head at Litana’s

ma’am. And that temple is said to be an even greater impasse than the

“Ha!”

in disbelief, and despair filled

“Is that true?”

what Marquis Taylor Stan, an expert in decoding ancient text,

He quietly continued.

the temple may be stopped at the cost of thousands of lives, but tens of thousands of people will have to be sacrificed for 365 days to get to the end of the

“Ah.”

her face with

‘Mm.’

the

react to this new information if they are

not show any odd

don’t react, it must mean that

had said that as

speaking with a grim

for the sake of the future, but…

“First.”

Valentino frowned as if he was having a

long we meet here, so let’s stop the meeting for now.

as well. We also need

kingdom where Rosalyn had once been a princess… Everybody agreed with what the

ended, and they raised their heavy bodies and slowly

over to

such

is not

gently smiled back. His smile that looked full of innocence seemed to fit

something I must do. The Roan Kingdom has helped us out so much until

little sister and smiled. Hannah just nodded

very

speaking, the reinforcements from Mogoru are the smallest in number and lacking in many aspects. That

with gratitude toward the

I will come to escort

understand. Hannah, let’s

“…Okay.”

meeting room

were Choi Han, Duke Deruth, and Countess Ubarr, who was here

“Honey.”

“Are you okay?”

was also Duchess Violan and Vice Captain Hilsman, who

must have been difficult to prepare and come so

held back her amazement at Deruth and

their son’s condition was critical, but they are thinking

in front of others. Violan

fortitude to do everything he had

at all, Duke-nim. I am just sorry that I could not come any quicker. The lords of the other territories will soon send their reinforcements in groups based on

at Countess Ubarr’s words as if to show that she

as he greeted

have been a long journey. I keep having to take you away from our territory

all, sir! I am just doing my

smiled brightly

territory to protect the

sure that everything will

smiled at

were not coming from a stranger, it was coming from the person who cherished Cale, the Henituse

shocked! I didn’t know that the young master-nim

and nodded

I’m surprised that he knows two ancient

more relaxed as

all

“Of course.”

bigger after Violan responded

Han. We should head

“Yes, Duke-nim.”

Han, who was still standing by

“You worked hard.”

“It was n-”

“And thank you.”

on Violan’s

more of an apologetic smile full of gratitude, and

at all. I just did

is what I am

from Violan’s face after she said that. It was the same for

“Let’s go.”

left before Countess Ubarr and Hilsman

Choi Han, are you not

will leave

left, but

was now left alone in the

Click.

Han locked

looked up at the

“Something is weird.”

a small orb out

know, right?

see Cale’s stiff

right! This is

stiffened

were fluttering as it shouted in

“Sir Hilsman is weird.”

Why is

– Hilsman is weird!

at each other after saying the same thing at the

Hilsman.

world… He had experienced a lot

was why Hilsman

Hilsman knows

as well as

a memory from the

met the Whale siblings, Witira and Paseton. Cale had headed toward the Forest of Darkness with them

by Harris Village before going into the Forest of Darkness and revealed Raon to Vice Captain Hilsman

‘You got it?’

I got it.’

‘Okay. I trust you.’

master-nim. I will

‘Do whatever you want.’

the other vassals of the Henituse territory. There

always brought up Young Master Silver Shield and was truly happy for all of Cale’s achievements, was burdensome, but… He was well aware of the positive feelings Hilsman had for

had just said the

a Dragon by our side as well. I was shocked! I didn’t know that the

right? I’m surprised that he knows two ancient Dragons. Who knew that the

the