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.

that I

way that he

Cale turned toward Alberu.

is why please tie me back up

“What?”

in disbelief.

No, can you even

Alberu shut up immediately.

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

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

“Still...”

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

can I leave a person who is willing to be tied back down

he ignore such a

the attendant asked Alberu to quickly untie him and help him escape

this attendant was saying that he would get

want any harm coming

this despite

‘Why?

this bastard doing all of

to mooch off me if I

That wasn’t it.

bastard wasn’t interested in

smart enough to figure that

later but come with

“...What?”

and looked at Cale after hearing these

that he was okay before calmly

Creeeeeak.

an old door

reached his hand

“Your magic light please.”

“…….”

to Cale

“As I expected.”

around to look at the

‘It’s here.’

brushing glance to a corner that had an oddly

“It’s the same.”

you talking

walking quickly instead of responding to Alberu's

but the size and structure

a while and

curious to know why

it is

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

just how I

fully aware that this test was one

“Your Royal Highness.”

one spot and turned toward

"What is it?”

know

“…….”

Alberu responded with silence.

on the ground with

“Right here.”

how he was able to get to the second basement level

from the first basement level to the second,

was easy for someone like Cale who knew the shape of the library to have a

was why, underneath the spot he was standing at

is the reason I

stone room in the second basement

location where the words the Sun God

Family was being watched by the Sun God instead of having

ancient White Star

an eye on is not the

was where all these

that would be

observed Cale with his mouth shut. He looked as

At that moment...

break this

“......!”

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“Magic? How would I-”

would I know how

don't know how

what Alberu was trying

“Your Royal Highness.”

attendant shook

you can use magic... I figured it

“...Mm.”

his face with his

“How did you-”

young boy’s fingers started shaking as soon as he heard those

cause

“...What?”

up to see a calm

don’t need

reflection in the attendant’s eyes could not hide his

that reflection as he observed

that has received the Sun God's blessing? You don't need

“W, what are you-”

view of it right now, but it won’t be a

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

of the answers are

his mouth was so dry that there was

was

Sun God’s blessing is useless? He knows my

absurd but it kept echoing

I will take

the attendant was talking like

was in the attendant’s

he really would take responsibility

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

‘...Mother.’

thought about his

Alberu's eyes opened wide.

“You-!”

Smile.

at

would be

Cale’s neck. Behind him was someone who was completely clad in black clothes so that only his eyes were

oddly long shadow had a shorter

knew it would be like

was someone who was watching

someone like that would miss Alberu and Cale’s meeting. It was obvious after seeing that he let Alberu get to the

going to tell Alberu Crossman

an eye on us and

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

“When did they-?!”

at another of the king's shadows that was behind him and could not hide

areas probably because he was still

Cale calmly commented.

“I'm sorry. Your highness.”

stopped being shocked and

see you again in the