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.”

are you laughing,

at the laughing Alberu. Alberu shrugged his shoulders

going

moved as quietly as possible

was in order to

Alberu were currently heading toward the main door of the Temple

inside right now, but walking a little more would

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

avoiding his question

everybody other than us are going to different

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

“Mm.”

a bit before

guessing you

“Yeah.”

a

then said

"Smile.”

turning to look

“You’re already smiling.”

the temple one by one...

course, Alberu Crossman had a radiant smile

greet his highness! The Commander-nim as

Alberu responded one after the other at the anxious priest’s

so there is no need to be overly

correct.

nearby who heard their comments quietly showed their respects. The two of them nodded their heads, gave

could hear them because they were speaking quietly, the two of

really must be sworn

seem that way. The two of them really have

of the whispering

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

shocked at his

to see if the two of them might have heard him before lowering his head

after confirming that the two of them were still chatting with warm

shocked to see me? They are observing me as

have a keen

smiling while chatting in quiet voices

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

“Really?”

was the attack at the Imperial Palace not too long ago where I

all sorts of things

injured by a surprise attack from the

couldn't help but spread because Cale, Choi Han, Mary, and the others did not show

are we letting people know

Also that our relationship is still very

tight, your

"Sort of?”

with a stoic look

doing

you long

is because you look

fine. Your complexion looks better as

I got some rest

between Alberu and Cale,

he did flutter in the wind like a piece of paper

It was Raon.

if he expected Raon to follow Cale

“Eek!”

I greet his highness

the closer they got to the temple

stationed near the temple

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

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

get on,

a knight and personally opened the door of the

opening the door for me.

to at least do this much for you, my

they got on the carriage. The smile never left their

a relaxing and bright mood between the

Click.

the

“My mouth hurts.”

rubbed the corners of his lips

the hell did you bring such a

disgruntled look on

Chhh.

all of the carriage

a

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

Raon-nim. It is wonderful to see you again. Raon-nim. You look even

cheeks were a

crown prince knows

also prepared

“Mm. Very nice!”

on his face, asked a question almost as if it was as easy

something is quite complicated these

“Yeah.”

agreed without

is a rumor that you are injured. It’s

guess that will

That will naturally be resolved as of

“Then?”

windows that

“It’s a simple issue.”

looked at Cale

not have

Alberu's voice was stoic.

palace was destroyed, and one of the

gaze was

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

Alberu asked a question.

think the foreign kingdoms will respond

asked one

will the Roan Kingdom's administrators

Cale calmly answered back.

that this is a good thing.

“Yeah.”

guess the internal issues of the Roan

“...Yeah.”

let out a short

My injury was basically top secret but it spread

fight against the Hunters when they abducted the youngest young lady of the Duke's House

details about that

suspected those Hunters as

“Mm. For now...”

a moment

or tried to get out of their commitments for

City was where the final battle against

kingdoms had agreed to

attitude

that Roan did not have the strength to point its blade toward

with a stoic expression

“It is the truth.”

to take care of internal affairs

time to pay any attention to other

to head to other