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.

knows that I came here

that he wouldn't

Cale turned toward Alberu.

me back up

“What?”

in disbelief.

this? No, can you even take responsibility, your

Alberu shut up immediately.

take responsibility for the things that would happen after taking this attendant away since the king

the tiniest

“Still...”

He knew that it would be advantageous to

a person who is willing to be tied back down

he ignore

would not be feeling like this if the attendant asked Alberu to

attendant was saying that he would get

didn’t want any

was willing to do this despite knowing that he

‘Why?

bastard doing

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

That wasn’t it.

interested in things like

smart enough to figure that

back later but come with

“...What?”

thinking and looked at Cale

and ankles to check that he was okay before calmly walking

Creeeeeak.

least an old

around and reached

“Your magic light please.”

“…….”

handed the magic light to Cale and watched

“As I expected.”

look at

‘It’s here.’

brushing glance to a corner

“It’s the same.”

are you

instead of responding to Alberu's

level he remembered but the size

a while and turned into the basement I know in

curious to know why it had suddenly

But it is

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

just how I

that this test was one based

“Your Royal Highness.”

one spot and turned toward

"What is it?”

to know why I need

“…….”

Alberu responded with silence.

the

“Right here.”

followed Alberu. That was how he was able to get

directly from the first basement level to the

like Cale who knew the shape of the library to have a good

underneath the spot he was standing at right

here is the reason I

stone room in

words the Sun God left for

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

Star was an ancestor in the House

keeping an eye on is not the Dark

all these things

that would be

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

At that moment...

this

“......!”

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“Magic? How would I-”

I know

how to use

Alberu was trying to

“Your Royal Highness.”

shook

use magic... I figured it

“...Mm.”

brushed his face with

“How did you-”

boy’s fingers started shaking as soon as he heard those words. Cale added

cause

“...What?”

a calm

mana. You don’t

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

not see that reflection as he observed the

the House of Crossman that has received the Sun God's blessing? You don't need shit like that. There is no Sun

“W, what are you-”

a negative view of it right now, but it

as if he was suffocating but the attendant bowed respectfully

answers are

mouth was so dry that there was

was beating

is useless? He knows my connection with the

sounded absurd but it kept echoing in his

go wild. I will take responsibility

the attendant was talking like

was in the attendant’s

he really would take responsibility for

but it had been a

‘...Mother.’

thought

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“You-!”

Smile.

smiled at

knew it would be

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

corner that had an oddly long shadow

would be

Crossman was someone who

that would miss Alberu and Cale’s meeting. It was obvious after

I was going to tell Alberu Crossman and wanted me

subordinate to keep an eye on us and to interject in

when Cale accurately located the second basement

“When did they-?!”

king's shadows that was behind

bad in these areas probably because he

Cale calmly commented.

“I'm sorry. Your highness.”

stopped being shocked and

you again