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.

is why please tie me

“What?”

scoffed in disbelief. Cale

No, can you even take

Alberu shut up immediately.

take responsibility for the things

he had weren’t even the tiniest of embers in

“Still...”

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

willing to be tied back down and

ignore such a

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

that he

didn’t want any harm coming

willing to do this despite knowing

‘Why?

is this bastard doing all

looking to mooch off me

That wasn’t it.

interested in things

enough to

back later but come with

“...What?”

stopped thinking and looked at Cale

to check that he was okay before calmly walking out of the

Creeeeeak.

is at least an

reached his hand toward

“Your magic light please.”

“…….”

the magic light to Cale and watched what

“As I expected.”

calmly walked around to look at the

‘It’s here.’

gave a brushing glance to a corner that had an oddly long

“It’s the same.”

are you

walking quickly instead

the size and structure was pretty much the same as

that this place was neglected for a while and turned into the

know why

But it

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

just how I felt

this test was

“Your Royal Highness.”

one spot and

"What is it?”

curious to know why

“…….”

Alberu responded with silence.

stomped on the

“Right here.”

able to get to the second basement level to where

headed directly from the first basement level to the second,

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

the spot he was

reason I

room in

the Sun God left for the

Royal Family was being

ancient White Star was an ancestor in

an eye on is not the Dark Elf blood but the Demon

all these things

where information that would be helpful to you is hidden,

looked

At that moment...

this

“......!”

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“Magic? How would I-”

I know

how

Alberu was trying to

“Your Royal Highness.”

shook

figured it out immediately after seeing the

“...Mm.”

brushed his face with

“How did you-”

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

cause an

“...What?”

to see a calm

don’t need

the attendant’s eyes could

see that reflection as

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

“W, what are you-”

of it right now, but

young boy stared at the attendant as if he was suffocating but the attendant bowed respectfully before looking right into

of the answers are down

However, his mouth was so dry that there was no

heart was beating

useless? He knows my connection with the

it

I will take

was because the attendant was talking like

in the attendant’s

eyes were saying that he really would take responsibility for

said that they would help him but it had been a long time since he had seen anyone who said

‘...Mother.’

suddenly thought about

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“You-!”

Smile.

smiled at that

it would be like

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

long

it would

was someone who

was no way someone like that would miss Alberu and Cale’s meeting. It was

tell Alberu Crossman

his subordinate to keep an eye on

located the second basement

“When did they-?!”

at another of the king's shadows that

was bad in these areas probably because he was still

Cale calmly commented.

“I'm sorry. Your highness.”

shocked

to see you again