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

that he

Cale turned toward Alberu.

please tie me back up

“What?”

disbelief. Cale

No, can you even take responsibility, your Royal

Alberu shut up immediately.

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

he had weren’t even the tiniest of embers in front

“Still...”

all Alberu managed to say. He knew that it would be advantageous to ignore that this attendant was

person who is willing to be tied back down and

he ignore such

the attendant asked Alberu to quickly untie

was saying that he would get

any harm

do this despite knowing that

‘Why?

is this bastard doing

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

That wasn’t it.

bastard wasn’t interested in things

smart enough

later but

“...What?”

and looked at Cale after hearing these sudden

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

Creeeeeak.

at least an

and reached his hand toward

“Your magic light please.”

“…….”

handed the magic light to Cale and watched

“As I expected.”

calmly walked around to look at the

‘It’s here.’

a brushing glance to a corner

“It’s the same.”

are you talking

walking quickly instead of responding

was not the first basement level he remembered but the

a while and turned into the basement I know in just

not curious to know why it had suddenly

it

knew had cutting edge technology but looked as if it had been maintained for

guess that’s just how I

that this test was one based

“Your Royal Highness.”

in one spot and turned

"What is it?”

know why

“…….”

Alberu responded with silence.

on the ground

“Right here.”

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

directly from the first basement

shape of the library to have a good idea as to where the second basement level

the spot

the reason I

stone room in the second

words the Sun God left for the House of Crossman

how the Roan Kingdom’s Crossman Royal Family was being watched

fact that the ancient White Star was an ancestor in the House

is keeping an

where all these things were

also where information that would be

with his mouth shut. He looked as if he didn’t know what to

At that moment...

this with

“......!”

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“Magic? How would I-”

would I know

know how to use

Alberu was

“Your Royal Highness.”

shook

that you can use magic... I figured it out immediately after seeing

“...Mm.”

He brushed his face with

“How did you-”

as soon as he heard those words. Cale added

cause an

“...What?”

a

mana. You don’t need to hide

reflection in the attendant’s eyes could not hide his hands

could not see that reflection as he

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-”

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

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

the answers are

was so dry that there was no saliva to

heart was

He knows my connection with the

sounded absurd but it

will take responsibility

because the attendant

was in the attendant’s

were saying that he really would take

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

‘...Mother.’

suddenly thought

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“You-!”

Smile.

smiled at that

it would be like

was someone who was completely clad in black clothes so that only his

had an oddly long shadow had

knew it would be

was someone who was watching over

way someone like that would miss Alberu and Cale’s meeting. It was obvious after seeing that

what I was going to tell Alberu Crossman and wanted

an eye on us and to interject in an urgent

Cale accurately located the second basement level and tried to

“When did they-?!”

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

was bad in these areas probably because he was still

Cale calmly commented.

“I'm sorry. Your highness.”

shocked and looked at

you again in the