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.

I

that he

Cale turned toward Alberu.

me back up when you

“What?”

scoffed in disbelief. Cale

can you even take

Alberu shut up immediately.

had no power to take responsibility for the things that would happen after taking this attendant away since the king knew what

he had weren’t even the tiniest of embers in

“Still...”

to say. He knew that it would be advantageous to ignore that this attendant was here but he could not

a person who is willing

could he ignore such a

attendant asked Alberu to quickly untie him and help him escape

that he would get

didn’t want any

do this despite knowing

‘Why?

bastard doing

off me if I become king in the

That wasn’t it.

bastard wasn’t interested in things like

smart enough to figure that

back later but come with me

“...What?”

stopped thinking and looked at Cale after hearing these sudden

wrists and ankles to check that he was okay before calmly

Creeeeeak.

least an

around and reached his

“Your magic light please.”

“…….”

Cale and watched what he was

“As I expected.”

to look at the

‘It’s here.’

to a corner that had

“It’s the same.”

are you talking

walking quickly instead of responding to

level he remembered but the size and structure was pretty much

neglected for a while and turned into the

why it had suddenly

it is

basement level in the Royal Library he knew had cutting edge technology but looked as if it had

just how I felt about

this test was one based

“Your Royal Highness.”

in one spot

"What is it?”

you curious to know why

“…….”

Alberu responded with silence.

on the

“Right here.”

he was able to get to the second basement level to where the House

the first

who knew the shape of the library to have a good idea as to

spot he was standing at

the reason I need

stone room in

Sun God left

about how the Roan Kingdom’s Crossman Royal Family was being watched by the Sun God instead

the ancient White Star was an

that the Sun God is keeping an eye on is not

all these things were

is also where information that would be helpful to you is hidden,

looked as

At that moment...

break this

“......!”

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“Magic? How would I-”

know how to

know how

Alberu was trying to

“Your Royal Highness.”

shook

use magic... I figured it out immediately after seeing the

“...Mm.”

groaned. He brushed his

“How did you-”

of the young boy’s fingers started shaking as soon as he heard those words. Cale

cause

“...What?”

looked up to see a calm

mana. You don’t need to

could not hide his

that reflection as he observed the

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-”

People have a negative view of it right now, but it won’t

he was suffocating but the attendant

answers are down

his mouth was so dry that there was no

heart was

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

it kept echoing in his

will take responsibility for

the attendant was

in

were saying that he really would

it had been

‘...Mother.’

suddenly thought about his

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“You-!”

Smile.

at

knew it would

him was someone who was completely clad in

corner that had an oddly long shadow had a shorter

would be like

was someone who was watching

Cale’s meeting. It was obvious after seeing that he let

I was going to tell

sent his subordinate to keep an eye

example, when Cale accurately located the second basement level and tried to destroy

“When did they-?!”

the king's shadows that was behind him and could not

in these areas probably because

Cale calmly commented.

“I'm sorry. Your highness.”

being shocked

you again