Trash of the Count's Family

‘Damn it! Fuck!’

Alberu Crossman immediately picked up the spear he had hidden under his body and kicked off the bed.

‘We were tricked!’

The person Choi Han’s sword was headed toward right now was not Deruth Henituse.

He heard the horn flute again.

Buuuu—- oooo—– buuuuuuu-!

The horn flute had distinct tones for different orders.

The one earlier was to announce the battle while this one was for charging forward to attack.

His body subconsciously flinched, and his gaze headed out the window.

He could see the Knight Captain pulling out his sword.

The other knights pulled out their weapons as well, while the mages were getting ready to cast an extremely large spell toward the Puzzle City plaza.

Alberu Crossman made eye contact with Deruth Henituse.

Smirk.

“I already told you. I said I was late because of taking care of some things after the meeting.”

Deruth Henituse laughed.

Alberu realized it at that moment.

‘It’s the White Star.’

This bastard was the White Star.

He was sure of it.

He then anxiously had a question pop up in his mind.

‘…When? How?’

Since when had the White Star been pretending to be Duke Deruth Henituse?

Alberu had not noticed anything awkward from the Duke.

‘Cale Henituse said that Duke Deruth told him to take out his biological mother’s diary from her grave.’

That meant that it was highly likely that Duke Deruth had been himself when Cale left Puzzle City.

‘And it is also highly likely that Duke Deruth was himself when Cale saw him as soon as he came back from his meeting with the World Tree.’

Duke Deruth had brought up and asked about Cale’s trip to his mother’s grave. Since Cale had not mentioned it first, he needed to have that information in advance to do that.

‘Then it happened after that.’

It would be most accurate to say that the White Star took over as Duke Deruth sometime after that.

‘In that short period of time!’

Alberu and Cale were aware of most of Duke Deruth’s actions and movements since they discussed this feigning death strategy with him.

They didn’t try to find out, but it was something that came naturally as they were working together.

‘Duke Deruth didn’t go anywhere special either.’

Cale also asked Choi Han to guard Duke Deruth’s bedroom at night, in order to avoid any ambush or abducting attempts from the White Star.

‘When and how did he avoid our gazes?’

Alberu felt extreme anger boiling inside him.

‘I’ve been tricked. I lost.’

The emotion from those negative thoughts roared inside of him.

“Motherf-”

Baaaaaaaaaang-

The rest of the word was drowned out by a loud noise.

The shining black aura rising from Choi Han’s sword was fluctuating violently.

“How does it feel? How is it to be on the receiving end?”

The black aura was blocked by a burning fire sword that was about the size of a dagger. Deruth Henituse’s hand was holding onto that sword.

The man then calmly moved his other hand.

Baaaaaang!

A wind wall crumbled after being struck by beige-colored mana.

Clunk!

The windows of the room almost exploded open at the pressure from the attacks.

They could see what was going on outside a little clearer now.

As the darkness of the night slowly started to take over for the red sunset in the sky…

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

The cold winter breeze blew in through the window.

“I went to each of their posts to talk to them. I told them that the Saint checked the crown prince’s condition and the reason his internal organs are a mess is because of the venomous aura within the monster’s attack. I told them that the monster’s blood was necessary to heal it.”

Deruth’s voice was carried by the wind and echoed through the entire room.

* * *

While that was going on, Rosalyn left ancient Dragon Eruhaben’s side and urgently rushed over to the Knight Captain.

“What is going on, Captain-nim?!”

“Magic Tower Master-nim. Have you not heard? I guess you might not have, as it was urgently decided not too long ago.”

are you

stiff, but he put

to Rosalyn, someone who was working

will be very difficult for his highness if we cannot get

“…And?”

so that the individuals who attacked the monsters during the day, minus his highness, will be able to ambush it and

Rosalyn’s face stiffened up.

worked extremely hard to calm down her

came up with such a plan so

She looked around.

heading over. From her home kingdom…. The prince

energetic

“Sir Cale did.”

“…What?”

She subconsciously spoke informally.

‘Who? Young master Cale.’

Cale has awakened. Our esteemed former Commander-nim came up with this plan as soon as

‘What unbelievable-’

heard anything

weird. There wasn’t

of our posts to stealthily inform us about it. If we do have any spies, they would have just thought that Commander Deruth was just walking around to

Knight Captain let out a short laugh. It wasn’t because anything was

and the Duke-nim both so

“That-”

‘That makes no sense!’

up at a loss

Dragon will also heal soon? I thought he was in

Duke Deruth say

two Dragons, a bone Dragon, Sir Choi Han, and former Commander Cale-nim. We

around

we

“That’s right!”

“We have no fear!”

knights shouted behind him. The soldiers let out a spirited shout

had bright expressions on

However, they were anxious.

They were scared.

dead while just drawing its attention. No, they felt as if

still had

Cale’s father, said the

Captain repeated the words he was

together with my son to let

Deruth had said that after stealthily visiting them and informing them of the plan. Those words had shaken the Knight

and noticed that I felt the same way after

watching the battle between the great heroes and these

had shaken in fear, shouted in amazement, and

seen their lights falling to the

aside his fear, swallow his astonishment, and let his anger

to move forward

sun can rise again, so that our new sun, the future of the Roan Kingdom can rise again… We will put an end

people here had made up their minds to get rid of the

“…Magic Tower Master-nim……?”

flinched and

“R, Rosalyn-nim?”

“Haha, hahaha-”

Rosalyn was laughing.

her red hair back as

“…He dares.”

flames from the bottom of

was at that

Baaaaaaaaaang-!

could see the black Yong bursting

“Choi Han–!”

Han was thrown out with it as

if you think that I am the same as

Yong together… Deruth Henituse smiled as he looked at the others in the

“How amazing.”

Mila was the one

not feel anything from the person wearing the face of Deruth Henituse. She did not feel any wariness

not been able to feel any

the White Star, aren’t

Clang!

master Hannah immediately pulled

“Who knows?”

Henituse’s questionable statement. It was because he looked so much like Cale Henituse’s

you mean

Alberu started to frown.

still in his pajamas, and swung his spear

Baaaaang!

the sword

only one with this kind of ancient

be able to

closed his mouth

uses

Han was easily flung

could only come up with one explanation

body is in

had the wood, wind, water, and fire attributes, but not the earth attribute in

an earth-attribute ancient power would have allowed him to

his full power until now because his body

the answer. By the

Henituse, the White Star,

are you attacking so weakly?

Star, still with Deruth Henituse’s face,

might have happened to

of a

Hannah’s sword, and a fire

the White Star was fending off

“Ugh!”

could reach the

“Hannah!”

Hannah, who was rolling on the ground. He could see a thick wall made of water and wind around the White

“Where is Duke Deruth?”

Star shrugged his shoulders

Ooooooooong-

her,

Star