Trash of the Count's Family

# Pushing forward too rashly (8)

“Ha... damn it.”

Alberu sighed continuously as he stealthily approached Cale and removed the gag.

“...Your Royal Highness?”

Alberu instantly frowned.

“Fuck. What Royal Highness bullshit.”

Extremely crude language flowed right out of his mouth. However, Cale was not someone who would care about that.

“Why did you come here, your Royal Highness?”

“Ho!”

Alberu looked at the guy who was tightly bound to the iron chair and had a gag in his mouth until just moments ago.

‘Is this bastard out of his mind?’

He truly thought that was the case.

This guy looked calm and refreshed as if he had gotten a good night's rest. He seemed relaxed without any signs of fear or wariness. This attendant looked perfectly normal while tightly bound to the chair.

‘He definitely looks like a crazy bastard.’

Alberu started to regret his decision.

‘Should I not have come?’

“Fuck.”

Crude language came out of his mouth again and Cale shook his head.

“Your word choice is extremely crude, your Royal Highness.”

“...I should just stop talking. I was crazy.”

Alberu could not hide his lamentation. Cale looked at Alberu as if he was amused.

Why?

It was because Alberu was talking like that but still freeing Cale with a dagger he pulled from his pocket.

"Why did they make this so tight? Do you not understand what is going on?”

Cale immediately responded to Alberu’s casual question.

“I was imprisoned by his Majesty’s guards. I will probably die soon. They’ll probably kill you too if they catch you doing this, won’t they? Ah, they might not kill you because you are a prince. But I cannot be certain about that. His Majesty is extremely difficult to read.”

“...So you do understand the situation.”

“Yes, your Royal Highness. I'm pretty good at things like that.”

“...Should I just leave this guy here?”

Cale just ignored the words Alberu mumbled.

He knew Alberu would still do everything he needed to do despite his grumbling.

“How did you come here, your Royal Highness?”

Cale looked at the area that was visible thanks to the magic light that Alberu brought with him.

He couldn't see everything but he could tell that he was in a prison-like area surrounded by stone walls.

“This is the first basement level of the library.”

“I see. Did you follow me?”

Alberu hesitated for a moment before responding to Cale’s nonchalant question.

“Yes. I did follow you.”

“That was good, your Royal Highness. You must verify things when you are suspicious of someone.”

Alberu looked at Cale as if he was looking at an impossible to comprehend creature before peeking at Cale's cold gaze that did not match his calm demeanor. He then lowered his head and focused on getting Cale free.

Of course, he was responding to Cale’s question as he did that.

“His Majesty left the library early in the morning so I waited for a bit before coming here.”

Cale realized that Alberu called King Zed his Majesty instead of Royal Father.

“You snuck in here.”

“I needed to get here before the librarian showed up.”

“You are quite skilled, your Royal Highness.”

“...Haaaa. Anyway, I came here because the only place you can really hide someone in the library is the first basement level. I found you in the corner room.”

“Hmm.”

Cale’s expression turned odd again.

“...So this is how the library’s basement looks like.”

“That’s right.”

The first basement level in the library...

The first basement level that Cale knew was a place used to store books and held rare books compared to the other levels because the books here needed to be stored with magic.

That was why it had the highest-grade facilities and was as bright and nice as the area above ground despite being in the basement.

‘It's a mess.’

However, the current first basement level had no source of light and seemed separately only by these old-looking stone walls.

There was so much dust that even Alberu was covered from head to toe.

“I guess there is a lot of dust?”

“...That...”

Alberu stopped for a moment before responding.

“...I ended up like this because I stealthily came here thinking that there may be traps or someone on guard.”

Alberu looked as if he had crawled on the ground to get here.

Of course, it had all been for naught after realizing that there was nobody here. A fifteen year old like him who had no experience in things like this had to choose to be as cautious as possible.

“That was good, your Royal Highness.”

Cale truly wanted to praise the young boy's judgment.

However, Alberu did not hear the praise as praise.

Shhh. Cale stood up and inspected his body after all of the ropes were released.

‘Not bad.’

He didn't seem injured.

Alberu hesitated for a moment before speaking. It was something he realized after noticing that there was nothing and no one in this first basement level.

probably knows that I came here to

no way that he

Cale turned toward Alberu.

please tie me back up

“What?”

disbelief.

for this? No, can you even

Alberu shut up immediately.

power to take responsibility for the things that would happen

had weren’t even the tiniest of

“Still...”

say. He knew that it would be advantageous to ignore that this attendant was here but he could

is willing to be tied back down and be held

could he ignore such

feeling like this if the attendant asked Alberu to quickly untie him and help

that he would get bound

any harm coming to

do this

‘Why?

this bastard doing

it because he's looking to mooch off me if I become king

That wasn’t it.

wasn’t interested

enough

back later but come

“...What?”

at Cale after

his wrists and ankles to check that he was okay before calmly walking out of the room he was

Creeeeeak.

at least an old door

around and reached his

“Your magic light please.”

“…….”

magic light to Cale and watched what

“As I expected.”

around to look at the first

‘It’s here.’

to a corner that had an oddly

“It’s the same.”

are you

walking quickly instead of responding to Alberu's

was not the first basement level he remembered but the size and structure was pretty

and turned into the

curious to know why

But it is

Royal Library he knew had cutting edge technology but looked as

how I felt about

was fully aware that this test was one based

“Your Royal Highness.”

spot and turned

"What is it?”

curious to know

“…….”

Alberu responded with silence.

stomped on the

“Right here.”

get to the

headed directly from the first basement

library

underneath the spot he was standing

the reason I

in the second

the words the Sun God

Roan Kingdom’s Crossman Royal Family was being watched by the Sun God instead of having her

that the ancient White Star was

God is keeping an eye on is not

all

would be helpful to you is hidden,

looked as if he didn’t know

At that moment...

this with

“......!”

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“Magic? How would I-”

would I know how to

how to use

was what Alberu was trying

“Your Royal Highness.”

shook

I figured

“...Mm.”

He brushed his

“How did you-”

of the young boy’s fingers started shaking as soon as he heard those words. Cale added another comment at that

cause an

“...What?”

up to see a calm look

You don’t need to hide

in the attendant’s eyes could

could not see that reflection as he observed

hair of the House of Crossman that has received the Sun God's blessing? You don't need shit like that. There

“W, what are you-”

Elf blood? People have a negative view of it right now, but

boy stared at the attendant as if he was suffocating but the

answers are down

However, his mouth was so dry that there was no

heart was

God’s blessing is useless? He knows my connection with the

but it kept echoing in his

go wild. I will take responsibility for

attendant was talking like

truth was in

were saying that he really would take responsibility for

but it had been a long time

‘...Mother.’

he suddenly thought

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“You-!”

Smile.

at

would be like

was pointed right at Cale’s neck. Behind him was someone who was completely clad in black clothes

an oddly long shadow

it would

who was watching

meeting. It was

probably anticipated what I was going to tell Alberu Crossman

to keep an eye on us and to interject

second

“When did they-?!”

looked at another of the king's shadows that was

in these areas probably because he

Cale calmly commented.

“I'm sorry. Your highness.”

being shocked

you again in the