Trash of the Count's Family

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< The reason for remembering (4)>

Late at night not long before midnight...

There was a place giving off an even brighter light than the day. It was the Temple of the God of Death.

“I didn't expect you to come so quickly, Commander-nim.”

The bishop looked calm but a thrill, sense of anticipation, anxiety and other emotions were swirling inside.

Cale gently smiled at him.

‘He’s a decent person.’

The bishop in front of Cale seemed like a decent person based on the information crown prince Alberu had given him.

‘Although he seeks power and fame... He is someone who properly completes his duties and maintains his foundation as a priest.’

The comments about the bishop were average.

< Someone who finds rules to be extremely important but looks at his personal benefits to be more important. However, he does have piety. >

Even someone who did not have any greed for power or fame would start to have some once they rose to the position of running a kingdom’s church.

The bishop in front of him had a balance of a decent level of piety against a greed for power, a decent level of goodness against his own desires.

“Bishop-nim.”

“Yes, Commander-nim.”

The bishop's heart was beating quickly while looking at Cale, who had stealthily come to see him late in the night.

‘It’s obvious.’

The bishop could basically make out the relationship between Cale and the royal family, no, between Cale and the crown prince.

The information he gathered today helped him realize that the damage to the Royal Palace and the Duke’s Estate was much greater than he had thought. No matter how hard they tried to keep quiet about it, this information will be sent throughout the kingdom and both the Eastern and Western continents.

It was a misfortune that fell upon a kingdom that was seen as a future strong power.

‘I'm certain that he will want to use the divine item to suppress the anxiety about the current situation and divert people's attention.’

That would be why the crown prince, whose reaction had not been so positive when they met, sent the Commander so easily to the temple.

‘Either that or this intelligent Commander personally stepped in to change the mood.’

The temple and the royal family... Cale and the bishop...

The fact that the two sides had some common ground in their thought process... The bishop could tell that was the case.

That was the reason he was waiting with anticipation as to what Cale would say.

It was a deal.

He wanted the upper hand in the deal.

“Bishop-nim, I will lay it all out for you.”

The bishop easily held the corners of his lips from rising up.

Lay it all out.

What did that mean?

It was a shortcut to making a deal.

The bishop waited for Cale to speak and Cale responded immediately as if to meet his expectations.

Plop. He pulled a black book out of his pocket and placed it on the table.

“I have already been hearing the words of the god.”

“...Excuse me?”

The bishop became anxious.

“The god has requested a conversation and I have chatted with him as well.”

“…….”

The bishop was shocked but did not react so stupidly again. He used his numerous years of experience to put on his poker face.

However, Cale had already seen the clueless look on his face.

Chh.

Cale reached his hand and slowly turned the pages of the black book.

“How do you think that I came so quickly from Puzzle City to the capital? Especially when my body is in such terrible condition?”

Chh. Chh.

The pages turned.

The bishop's gaze moved to the black book.

“...Huh?”

A clueless voice came out of his mouth once again.

“This is-”

He could not continue to speak.

This black book... He could feel something from it despite not thoroughly inspecting it.

The position of bishop was not something you could gain from political influence alone. Well, there were some people who did, but he was someone who could at least recognize this item.

Chh. Chh.

Cale had shown this book to Raon before coming here.

‘Can you see it?’

‘Yeah! Human, I can see these words too!’

The finger that had been flipping the pages stopped.

The bishop's eyes stopped on some words on a page.

< Huiss City >

spoke of Huiss City, the Roan Kingdom's capital,

the God of Death had written Huiss City in the black

Cale simply changed the

a

pushed the black

looked down at the black book without even being able to place his

of healing power became a bishop and

the

much aura of death was

eyes started

‘Already-’

had a connection to

knew that the divine item had appeared even before I met you, and I am already aware of what it is and

Hyuk had told Cale about the item right before he met the bishop and had shared more

did speak

our lord tell

recalled Cale saying that he had chatted with their god and gulped. However, the inside of his mouth

‘This-’

the real deal, something greater than

obvious if I think about

given a divine item and a Divine Oracle while directing it to a

“Bishop-nim.”

voice. The bishop looked away from

gentle but his gaze was cold, similar

with their god looked at the bishop without an ounce of

“Do not use it.”

bishop felt

this divine item from the moment it appeared in a temple under

was saying that he knew all about the bishop's inner thoughts and to

head

naturally happen even if you don't do

in Cale’s dark brown

not on the Commander’s gentle

Death will approach us no matter

avoid Cale’s gaze that was

it even if nobody talks

‘Mm.’

The bishop gulped.

we fear even if nobody talks about

words echoed in

to have a grand ceremony

needed to say that it was a misunderstanding. Cale seemed to be getting bigger in front

“That-”

Such a ceremony

sighed in relief at Cale’s comment. Cale continued to

that right now. Please only quietly inform the Vatican. Then the news will spread on its

plan, sir. The kingdom's situation is not so good

correct, Bishop-nim. In

gentle smile disappeared from

Cale. This was

in front of him right now was something he could not even fathom, something he thought that he

bishop heard a

them not to go through any useless procedures for the divine

bishop clenched his eyes

to not do useless procedures because

item and

relaxed voice

item is mine, is

could not be said to belong to the temple as

right about

they looked past the benefits of the temple and followed the will of their

the Pope will see it

moment that thought was visible in the

“Bishop-nim.”

out to

only want to

“Ah.”

smiled and continued to speak as the

able to earn everything you can earn

finally understood the feeling he got

voice and cold

Commander is

knows all of my inner

a higher level than

bishop's face relaxed the moment he

there will be no instances of you

gentle voice came out of the bishop's mouth and Cale

one thing you needed to show a person

but I am

at Cale, who could tell all of his inner thoughts,

I will use

in

god spoke

sat up so straight even in front of

who had spoken to their god and brought another divine item, potentially the lost divine item

how greedy he was for power, he was a priest

that his desire to raise the Church of the God of Death to a higher level was because of

god reached the bishop's

path you are walking is

the God of Death never

walk that path without any

never

Cale wasn’t

item so

although he knew it wasn’t the God of Death’s fault, the fact that he seemed to be doing things similarly to what the God of Death wants made Cale want

that fool going to do

God of Death apparently turned

something from the message Cale just

is

this Commander is going

bishop was now full

at the fact that his own authority would rise the more Cale’s

The other was...

‘I'm curious.’

the God of Death, he was full of anticipation to see how bright the future of someone who

was with someone who would

that hinders your path,

bishop was saying that he would make it so that neither he nor anybody within the church would get in Cale’s

“That sounds great.”

relaxed smile appeared on Cale’s face. It was the same for the