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.

Majesty probably knows that I came here to rescue

that

Cale turned toward Alberu.

me

“What?”

disbelief. Cale

this? No, can

Alberu shut up immediately.

of him mentioned, he had no power to take responsibility for the things that would

even the tiniest of embers

“Still...”

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

person who is willing to be tied back down and be held

ignore such

not be feeling like this if the attendant asked Alberu

saying that

didn’t want any

do this despite knowing that he

‘Why?

this bastard doing

mooch off me if I become

That wasn’t it.

wasn’t interested in

smart enough to

me back later

“...What?”

thinking and looked at

he was okay before calmly walking out of

Creeeeeak.

is at least an old door hanging

around and reached

“Your magic light please.”

“…….”

magic light to Cale and watched

“As I expected.”

walked around to look at the

‘It’s here.’

gave a brushing glance to a corner that had an

“It’s the same.”

you

instead of responding to

remembered but the size and structure was pretty much the same as

for a while and turned into the basement I know

know why it had suddenly changed

it

he knew had cutting edge technology but

how I felt

fully aware that this test was one

“Your Royal Highness.”

in one spot

"What is it?”

curious to know why I

“…….”

Alberu responded with silence.

the

“Right here.”

the past, Cale had followed Alberu. That was how he was able to get to the second basement level to where the

had headed directly from the first basement level to the

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

why, underneath the spot he was

reason I need

in the second

Sun God left for

Family was being watched by

ancient White Star was an ancestor in the House of

is keeping an eye

was where all these things

be helpful to you is hidden,

his mouth shut. He looked as

At that moment...

this with

“......!”

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“Magic? How would I-”

know how to use

don't know how

was what Alberu was

“Your Royal Highness.”

attendant shook

I figured it

“...Mm.”

brushed his face with his

“How did you-”

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

cause

“...What?”

to see a calm look on the attendant’s

don’t need to

could not hide his

could not see that reflection as

Sun God's blessing? You don't need shit like that.

“W, what are you-”

Elf blood? People have a negative view of it right now, but it won’t be

the attendant as if he was suffocating but

answers are down

his mouth was so dry that there was no saliva to

heart was

useless? He knows my connection with

sounded absurd but it kept echoing

wild. I will

was because the attendant was

was in

were saying that he really would take responsibility for

him but it had been a long

‘...Mother.’

he suddenly thought about

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“You-!”

Smile.

at

it would be like

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

that had an oddly long shadow had a

knew it would be like

was someone who was

It was obvious after

tell

he sent his subordinate to keep an eye on us and

second basement

“When did they-?!”

king's shadows that was behind him and could not

bad in these areas probably because

Cale calmly commented.

“I'm sorry. Your highness.”

stopped being shocked

to see you again