Trash of the Count's Family

TCF2-71

“Dongsaeng! Congratulations on your return!”

As Alberu Crossman approached him...

Cale used all of the agility he had to dodge Alberu Crossman.

“...Is there something you need me to do, your highness?”

Cale asked disrespectfully with a scowl on his face but Alberu just smiled brightly.

“Haha! Why would I make my dongsaeng do anything?! Hahaha!”

Raon said something serious in Cale’s mind.

- Human, something’s suspicious about our crown prince. Do you think that the crown prince is trying to scam us?

‘Raon's learning ability really is amazing.

His instincts are pretty good too.’

Cale peeked behind him.

The bishop in charge of the Church of the God of Death in Huiss City, the capital of Roan Kingdom, was smiling awkwardly while looking at all of this.

Yesterday...

Cale thought that he should at least inform people about his return time so he had requested a call to the Roan Kingdom yesterday using the divine item.

‘It’s you?’

‘Yes, young master-nim. It is me.’

Beacrox was the one to pick up.

He was certain that he had called Alberu Crossman's study but Beacrox was seated there alone when he picked up the phone.

‘Where are the others?’

‘...They are all busy, young master-nim.’

‘I'm heading back tomorrow.

Please hear the details when you get here, young master-nim. I will deliver the message. Please let me know the time of your arrival.’

Beacrox ended the short conversation with a gruff look on his face.

However, Cale couldn't help but feel unsettled after hearing what On said once the call ended.

‘Something is weird.’

‘What is?’

‘...He was folding white gloves.’

That was correct.

Beacrox was seated alone in the crown prince’s study, folding dozens of white gloves.

“…….”

Cale’s suspicious gaze headed toward the crown prince but the crown prince was still shining. Energetically.

“Let’s go to the Royal Palace. Doesn’t that sound great? I've already prepared a carriage.”

“...I understand for now, your highness.”

Cale moved awkwardly and almost unwillingly as he followed Alberu.

However, he had to stop walking for a moment.

The crown prince turned around to speak to Eruhaben, Choi Han, Sui Khan, and the others.

“Ah. I’ve prepared multiple carriages so you can each relax in one as we move.”

Alberu was speaking informally to Cale's group because they were in front of the bishop.

- It looks like something must have happened.

Cale nodded his head at the ancient Dragon's comment.

Alberu was trying to separate Cale from the others right now.

“Umm, excuse me-”

The Bishop interjected at that moment.

“Is the divine item safe-”

Cale nonchalantly pulled out the divine item in his pocket after hearing the question. The Bishop nodded his head before warily looking at Alberu as he spoke.

“Commander Cale Henituse is an extremely revered guest of our Church of the God of Death and has moved according to the will of our god. I believe he should get some rest in the comfortable place that the temple has prepared-”

Alberu's smile became even thicker.

The Bishop flinched but he started speaking again in order to hold Cale there.

A person who can use a divine item.

The Church of the God of Death had basically been flipped over while Cale was not here because of that.

"The Pope wishes to meet Commander Cale as well-”

“Bishop-nim.”

Cale started to speak at that moment.

He approached the Bishop and placed a hand on his shoulder.

They prepared a place for Cale and his people to get some rest?

The Pope wants to see him?

Cale snorted at the Bishop's words.

He knew the reason the Bishop wanted to hold him here.

“Let’s only be greedy to a reasonable level.”

He was thinking about keeping Cale, the person who used a divine item, in his territory no matter what it took, in order to gain numerous benefits.

“It looks like you were able to relax quite a bit while I was gone?”

The smile on the Bishop's face turned into a frown.

Cale patted the Bishop's shoulder one more time before walking past him.

“Let’s live on while using each other to a reasonable level. And don't latch onto me.”

The Bishop closed his mouth after seeing the coldness in Cale's eyes.

Cale would quietly use the divine item as he wished and the Bishop would use the fact that the divine item and Cale were in the Roan Kingdom.

The Bishop smiled awkwardly at Cale, who seemed to be asking if the Bishop forgot about that deal they made, before responding.

“I will visit you next time, Commander-nim.”

“Of course. Bishop-nim. We will have an honest and solid chat.”

Cale followed behind Alberu after that comment.

“Pfft.”

you laughing,

Alberu shrugged his shoulders and closed his mouth but Cale had to

we going in this

moved as quietly as possible going from Roan to

in order to avoid people's

Alberu were currently heading toward the main door of the Temple of the

were inside right now, but walking a little more would put them in contact with many believers

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

who was avoiding his question using odd phrases like that

Human, everybody other than us are

Cale, who was going with Alberu, the others were being guided toward the back of the temple by the Bishop. It was the direction

“Mm.”

a bit

you need my

“Yeah.”

gave a short

then said the

"Smile.”

turning to

“You’re already smiling.”

temple one by one... Cale already

had a radiant smile on his face as

his highness! The Commander-nim as

Alberu responded one after the other at the

came quietly so there is no need to be overly

correct. Have a nice

two of them nodded their heads, gave short greetings back, and walked past

speaking

must

that way. The two of

the whispering

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

was shocked at his friend’s gaze

them might have heard him before lowering his head and quickly

that the two of them

highness. Everybody seems a bit shocked to see me? They are observing me

truly have

were smiling while chatting in quiet voices so that others could not

a while. A lot of rumors came up because nobody saw any traces

“Really?”

at the Imperial Palace not too long

sorts of

been injured by a surprise

but spread because Cale, Choi Han, Mary, and

know of

relationship is still very

it tight, your

"Sort of?”

with a stoic

doing okay, your

long

because

fine. Your complexion

highness. I got

and Cale,

time! Of course, he did flutter in the wind like a piece of paper because he

It was Raon.

shocked. He looked as if he expected Raon to follow

“Eek!”

his highness

more chaotic the closer they got to the

Royal Knights Brigade was stationed near the temple door so the two of them could move without

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

around Cale’s shoulder. Cale put a soft smile on his

get on,

a knight and personally opened the door of the bright and shiny royal carriage before motioning for

My dongsaeng is even opening the door for me.

do this much for you, my

were laughing as they got on

was a relaxing and bright

Click.

the carriage door

“My mouth hurts.”

smiling and rubbed the corners of his

bring such a sparkling carriage, your

with a disgruntled look

Chhh.

closed all of the carriage

a while, crown

himself and placed his face not on Cale's knees as

to see you again. Raon-nim. You

cheeks were a bit chunkier

crown prince knows

Raon-nim. I've also prepared some cookies

“Mm. Very nice!”

who was watching this with a cold look on his face, asked a question almost as if it was as easy as the

quite complicated

“Yeah.”

agreed without any

you are injured. It’s because

will get resolved

will naturally be resolved as of this

“Then?”

the windows that

“It’s a simple issue.”

at

Kingdom currently does not have the strength to handle anything

Alberu's voice was stoic.

the king has disappeared, the palace was destroyed, and one of the highly

was just as

even properly respond to the enemy's attack. While all of that was going on, Cale

Alberu asked a question.

think the foreign kingdoms will respond once

one more

how will the Roan Kingdom's

Cale calmly answered back.

this is a good thing. While internally for us, there will be quite the

“Yeah.”

issues of the Roan Kingdom have spread

“...Yeah.”

out a

inside the palace. My injury was basically top secret but it spread much quicker than I

young lady of the Duke's House

hear the details

he suspected those Hunters

“Mm. For now...”

debated for a moment before

the Jungle either reduced or tried to get out of their commitments for the reconstruction of Puzzle

battle against the White Star had

agreed to

in attitude was quite

learned that Roan did not have the strength

added on with a

“It is the truth.”

care

the time to pay

head to other dimensions to fight