Trash of the Count's Family

TCF S5-1

At the time when King Zed's birthday celebration changed to a nightmare because of the Magic Bomb Terror Incident in the Roan Kingdom...

Something big had happened in the Breck Kingdom as well.

“...You couldn’t find traces of Rosalyn?”

“That is the case, your Majesty!”

The king clenched the hand that was holding the throne as the head of the intelligence agency lowered his head with a stiff expression.

Only the king and a few of his vassals were in the meeting room right now. The king did not hide his emotions.

“...How, how could this be?”

Princess Rosalyn had left from the Breck Kingdom and was headed toward the Magic Tower in the Whipper Kingdom.

She contacted the royal family at least once a day. However, that had stopped at some point.

The last thing they got from her was an emergency rescue signal.

“...Roan.”

“That is the case, your Majesty.”

The coordinates from where they received her last signal was in the Roan Kingdom.

In order to go from the Breck Kingdom to the Whipper Kingdom, going through the Roan Kingdom was the quickest path unless they went through the Empire.

‘...Did the Roan Kingdom-?’

The king wondered for a moment if the Roan Kingdom had attacked Rosalyn, but he soon realized it was a useless thought.

‘The Roan Kingdom has no reason to mess with a neighboring kingdom. That is a place that seeks peace unless somebody attacks them first.’

He was aware of the nature of the oldest kingdom on the continent. It was a kingdom that lived quietly if nobody attacked them, but it was an extremely disgustingly persistent kingdom that would survive through everything and go after anybody who attacked them.

The Breck Kingdom was extremely aware of this as it was the oldest kingdom after the Roan Kingdom and the Jungle.

‘Then what happened?’

No, most importantly...

‘Only a few people knew that Rosalyn was headed toward the Whipper Kingdom's Magic Tower.’

There was no way for a foreign kingdom to figure it out when only a few people within the Breck Kingdom knew about it.

‘But that doesn’t mean that there are no ways for them to figure it out.’

If one of those extremely few people from the inside leaked that information to a foreign kingdom...

‘Or if there are no connections to a foreign kingdom...’

Furthermore, the fact that Rosalyn stopped contacting them...

‘Someone on the inside is responsible.’

Someone in the Breck Kingdom or maybe some faction in the kingdom must have attacked Rosalyn.

“Your Majesty.”

The head of the intelligence agency noticed the king's face darken and cautiously started speaking.

“It is possible that only her magic video communication device was destroyed by a monster or a sudden unexpected situation.”

“Do you really mean that?”

“...My apologies, your Majesty.”

Unlike the other vassals who were in here, the head of the intelligence agency was decently aware of Rosalyn's abilities. Furthermore, the people who left with Rosalyn were from the kingdom’s shadow brigade and were skilled enough to even protect the king.

Those people were taken down by a monster or couldn't contact them because of an unexpected situation?

The chances of that were extremely low.

The king sat on the throne and looked down at his vassals who did not dare to look at him and eventually spoke in a low voice.

“Send an official request for assistance to the Roan Kingdom.”

“Your Majesty, that!”

The vassal from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urgently responded.

“The entire continent might find out about this if something goes wrong! If that happens, the dignity of the kingdom-”

“Enough!”

Bang!

The king slammed his hand down on the throne.

"Do you think that I would say something like this without knowing that the dignity of the kingdom might fall or that it might open up some other issue with diplomacy?”

A kingdom’s most likely candidate for the throne, who was almost at the point of being officially confirmed, had disappeared. They were uncertain as to whether she was alive or dead and the kingdom didn't even know where she was.

The dignity of the kingdom would definitely fall if others found out about this, and if things went wrong, some kingdoms may send forces to find this potential future queen in order to negotiate or threaten the kingdom. It could even lead to even worse diplomatic situations for the kingdom.

However, it had been a long time since they had been unable to contact her.

Any longer...

The king could not leave this fact alone any longer.

doing this just

gaze. The king looked at

“Who is Rosalyn?”

Chief of Staff bowed and

future of

"That is correct.”

oppose what the Chief of Staff

not as his daughter, but as

go up a few more generations... There is no heir to the throne

king was well aware of his own plate. He also knew about the

had not had anybody who had an especially talented brain or

all had decent intelligence and

had worked their hardest to maintain the kingdom well

had been unable to raise the

However, Rosalyn...

That child...

certain that

observed had shown talent in Disciplines of Kingship and administration, but

science, tactics... And

shone bright as well as the Western continent that had maintained

peace is bound to bring

something ominous like a war

better if those kinds of situations did not

this way because he

a father, he knew that Rosalyn was a warm person. That child would be able to add warmth to her wisdom to use it

organized his thoughts

all scared of the

falling temporarily

scared that the future of the Breck Kingdom

was afraid of

“Your Majesty.”

head of Administration calmly

fall into chaos if they learn

“...Mm.”

believe we need to deeply consider

“...Yes, I understand.”

rose of the sun and affectionately praised

of silence before the king gave his vassals an

more day and look for a new direction if there are no

any

* * *

Screeeech.

his study alone, opened his mouth after hearing

not to let anybody

“Royal Father.”

“...Oh, it's you, John.”

raised his head.

okay,

warmth like his mother's.

But I guess I can’t let it

“...Royal Father.”

someone who made you feel at peace when he was with you and someone you felt as if you could lean

you must be anxious as well and that

“It's okay, Royal Father.”

king was

not here. He would usually show this weak side to his mother and

as if he could understand

“But, Royal Father.”

“Yes? You may speak.”

a slightly

John closed his eyes.

and his anxious younger

who were at a

the news about Rosalyn's disappearance slowly spread despite their best efforts to

thoughts ended with

His sister Rosalyn's face.

I'm certain that my sister is

“...John.”

have heard something about her in some shape or form by

was his sister, his

know

John was more aware of his older sister’s personality than

was why John spoke honestly despite it potentially sounding a bit

has not been

could you use such

she

“...John.”

definitely alive. She

smile appeared

then continued speaking

looking into the reason or the evil person responsible for

citizens of the kingdom called his sister the rose

“She will definitely return.”

not agree

is that

She was fire.

sister was like

brought fear to others. She was that kind of

Father. So

“Yes, thank you.”

despite noticing that the king seemed to

of things while

‘Please be safe, noonim.’

Do you really think

the moment he said goodbye to