Trash of the Count's Family

# Pushing forward too rashly (3)

“Who prepared this?”

Cale responded brightly to Alberu who asked with a stiff expression on his face.

“I did, your highness!”

It was so bright it almost seemed radiant.

Cale continued speaking to Alberu who was unable to understand this situation at all.

“The Chief of Staff left me in charge of this palace so I plan on working hard to meet his expectations. Your highness.”

He then smiled with a clueless look on his face as if he didn’t know anything.

The attendants from the king's kitchen seemed to be at losses for words while looking at that face.

‘I like this face too.’

It was a strong weapon that Cale had never considered. This kind of look was useful too.

“Ha!”

Alberu scoffed as if he finally understood before laughing as he sat down at the table. He then picked up his fork.

Peek. He peeked toward Cale before he started eating and mumbled to himself.

“This is going to make the Chief of Staff go crazy.”

He considered a few things in his mind before nonchalantly commenting to Cale while keeping his gaze on the food.

“Do whatever you want.”

Alberu didn't specify what this attendant was to do as he pleased. However, he couldn’t help but look at the attendant after hearing this response.

“Yes, your highness! I will do my job.”

Alberu couldn’t tell for a moment whether this punk knew something as he responded or was responding without knowing anything.

He stared at Cale with an odd expression on his face for a while before turning away and quietly mumbling.

“It’s been so long since I saw someone doing their job.”

“Excuse me?”

Alberu shook his head toward Cale who had not heard what he just mumbled. He had not said it for Cale to hear.

“It’s nothing.”

Cale started speaking again at that moment. He spoke quickly, as if something suddenly came to his mind.

"Ah, your royal highness.” (TL: So, Korean has different ways you can address royalty and it hasn’t made a difference in the novel until now, but it does right here so that’s why it is royal highness here versus highness for Alberu everywhere else)

The atmosphere sank at that moment.

It was the middle of spring. However, an extremely scary silence descended upon this warm room and made it feel quite cold.

Your royal highness.

That was a title only for the crown prince.

Although it might be different externally, there was nobody internally in the palace who called Alberu his royal highness.

The silence was broken.

"Ah, your highness.”

The attendant called Alberu properly, as if he had done nothing weird.

Alberu’s eyes clouded over at that moment.

‘It wasn’t a mistake.’

The attendant in front of Alberu was currently looking directly at him.

The kitchen attendants and royal servants who were behind the attendant could not see the look on the attendant's face. That was why they looked astonished and were holding their breaths.

However, this attendant didn't seem flustered at all.

Your royal highness.

He had not said that by accident.

He was simply making it sound as if it was an accident.

Alberu finally realized that the sharpness he had felt from this attendant for a moment earlier was his true self.

‘He’s hiding his true nature underneath this clueless face.’

He could not tell the true nature of this attendant.

‘Would you look at this?'

The Chief of Staff took a wrong step, no, he is going to walk right into a swamp.’

Alberu quietly observed the attendant who had called him. He made it look as if he never heard Cale call him ‘your royal highness’ in the first place. Cale added another comment after looking at Alberu’s calm face.

"There is no poison.”

“Gasp.”

One of the kitchen attendants who had his head slightly bowed urgently gasped.

“Pffft.” Alberu chuckled once more.

He knew that as well.

He knew that there was no poison in this food.

It was because this food was not supposed to come to the First Prince Palace.

That was the reason Alberu had immediately picked up the fork.

He calmly responded to the attendant.

“Get out.”

It was another order to get out.

However, the tone wasn’t as sharp as last time. In fact, it was just stoic without any emotion.

“Please summon me whenever you need me, your highness.”

Cale headed out the door after making that comment. The kitchen attendants and royal servants from the king's palace hurriedly followed behind him.

Click. The door closed and the most senior of the kitchen attendants quickly caught up to the leisurely walking Cale.

“What is the meaning of this?!”

down to a newbie like Cale but was paying attention to his tone because he heard that this attendant was

kitchen attendant who could not

did my

You might not know the situation in

“Enough.”

Cale raised his hand.

flinched at Cale's

was given the order to take care of the basic necessities of the First Prince Palace and have acted accordingly. You should be

a palace as he had been working for a long

to a newbie like this and this guy is trying to get it

decide whether he could understand

must make my leave as I

in front of him walked away from

“Ah.”

added on with the clueless

of the meal again for dinner. The meal should be balanced nutritionally as his highness is

hurried out of the palace as if he was

“Ho.”

senior kitchen attendant was full of disbelief but

was also a prince and he was not in a position to

However…

not just

instantly realized that the newbie walked away was

heck are

He got a headache.

“What should we do?”

brusquely responded to his junior’s

we need to get dinner ready as well

they get angry

get angry at

attendant had a crooked smile on

of Staff-nim who left everything to this newbie or the Sous chef-nim who did not confirm the

“Ah.”

attendants looking

need to

needed to figure out the lay of things within the royal

of things

no idea about this and would definitely not care

“Excuse me, attendant-nim!”

someone

turned his head to see the royal servant who had given him all sorts of

Elf mage who was using dye

“Umm. Attendant-nim.”

Cale and

“Ah.”

something and started speaking before the

Please help me as I don't

“…Excuse me?”

look on his face and Cale slightly tilted his

“Excuse me?”

the royal servant had not heard

what

“Yes I do.”

responded and asked the disguised

need me for

so urgent that he

implied meaning was easily

not. I just wanted to chat for a

chat later.

“Excuse me?”

“Goodbye.”

tone that did not fit

to hurry

avoid

Chief of Staff. He needed to avoid the Chief of Staff and the people in charge of the things he had

going to

be at least one place in the

chaos that would start with this lunch and hurried to a spot where

“Ho.”

Cale for a

“…This is completely unexpected.”

servant's

the path that Cale had walked down

need to

First Prince Palace had been quietly passing time

that place was getting rowdy because of

on quietly getting

as

“This isn't bad either.”

* * *

"The sun is setting.”

Chew chew.

he had swiped from the attendant’s

red as the sun slowly

“Today really…”

thought about

“It was the best.”

caused issues left and right during the morning and spent the afternoon hiding in a remote garden of the

he had rested like this

was

why the Chief of Staff should have

create a major incident for the First Prince Palace

First Prince Palace all this time get anxious

“Hmm.”

quickly finished the

it time to become Venion's

the

slowly turned dark

see

Cale’s eyes slowly closed.

surroundings as he opened his

Clack clack.

A carriage was moving.

had no questions as to where

obviously headed toward Viscount

secret villa by the cave where Raon was imprisoned… Venion Stan and his subordinates

looked out the window. The sun had set and night was

“Hoooo.”

taking a look around

knew something seemed

alley subordinate’s right hand man’s

and someone who would not be treated properly

not riding in a luggage carriage or a shabby or

carriage

was riding in

lackey was riding in this carriage

"As I expected.”

realized

knights’ heads as he