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

we going

as possible going from

in order

heading toward the main door of the Temple of the God

but walking a little more would put them in contact with many

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

question using odd phrases like that before peeking behind

than us

others were being guided toward the back of the temple by

“Mm.”

contemplated for a bit before nonchalantly

guessing you

“Yeah.”

gave a short

then said the

"Smile.”

he chuckled after turning to

“You’re already smiling.”

priests of the temple one by one... Cale already had a

radiant smile on his

I, I greet his highness! The

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

need to be overly respectful right

dongsaeng is correct. Have a

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

speaking

must be

The two of

of the whispering priests made a

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

shocked at his friend’s gaze and closed his

warily looked to see if the two of them might have heard him before

confirming that the two of them were still chatting

a bit shocked to

have a

of them were smiling while chatting in quiet voices so that

a while. A lot of rumors came up because

“Really?”

In addition, there was the attack at the Imperial Palace not too long ago where I was

all sorts of things

had been injured by a surprise

Choi Han, Mary, and the others

letting people know of my

relationship is still very

it tight,

"Sort of?”

a stoic look

doing okay, your

long enough to

because you

fine. Your complexion

highness. I got some rest

and Cale, they heard a

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

It was Raon.

he expected

“Eek!”

greet his highness

more chaotic the closer they got to the temple

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

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

prince did suddenly put his arm around Cale’s shoulder. Cale put a soft smile on his face with a

get on,

and personally opened the door of the bright and shiny royal carriage before motioning for Alberu to get

is even opening the door for me.

do this

them were laughing as they got on the carriage.

a relaxing and bright mood

Click.

the

“My mouth hurts.”

stopped smiling and rubbed the corners

did you bring such a

with a disgruntled look on his

Chhh.

all

been a while,

face not on Cale's knees as usual

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

cheeks were a bit

expected, the crown prince knows

I've also prepared

“Mm. Very nice!”

face, asked a question almost

something is quite complicated these days, your

“Yeah.”

agreed without any

as you've heard... There is a rumor that you

guess that will

will naturally be

“Then?”

windows

“It’s a simple issue.”

looked at Cale

Roan Kingdom currently does not have

Alberu's voice was stoic.

was destroyed, and one of the highly regarded Duke’s household

gaze was just as

attack on the palace and the enemies ran away before he could even properly respond to the enemy's

Alberu asked a question.

foreign kingdoms will respond once

one

the Roan Kingdom's

Cale calmly answered back.

thing. While internally for

“Yeah.”

the Roan Kingdom have spread quickly to foreign

“...Yeah.”

out a

rat inside the palace. My injury was basically

Hunters when they abducted the youngest young lady of the

needed to hear the details about

because he suspected those Hunters as

“Mm. For now...”

a moment

either reduced or tried to

was where the final battle

foreign kingdoms had agreed to help reconstruct

in attitude was quite

they learned that Roan did not have the strength to

added on with a stoic expression on

“It is the truth.”

to take care of internal

the time to pay

to head to