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

Alberu. Alberu shrugged his shoulders and closed his mouth

going in

quietly as

was in order

Cale and Alberu were currently heading toward the main

were inside right now, but walking a little more would put them in

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

at Alberu who was avoiding his question using odd phrases like that before peeking

other than us are going to

Alberu, the others were being guided toward the back of

“Mm.”

for a bit

guessing you need my

“Yeah.”

a

said

"Smile.”

he chuckled after turning to look

“You’re already smiling.”

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

Crossman had a radiant smile on his

I, I greet his highness! The Commander-nim as

one after the other at

need to be overly respectful

dongsaeng is correct. Have

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

speaking

really must be

way. The two of them

the whispering priests made

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

his friend’s gaze

have heard him

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

shocked to see me?

have a

of them were smiling while chatting in quiet voices so that

show yourself for a while. A lot of rumors came up

“Really?”

the Imperial Palace not

sorts of things

prince had been injured by a surprise attack from the

because Cale, Choi Han, Mary, and the others did not show up at that

letting people know of my health right

Also that our relationship

tight, your

"Sort of?”

a stoic look on his

doing okay, your

you long

is because you look

I am fine. Your

got some rest

and

did flutter in the wind like a piece of paper because he was dizzy!

It was Raon.

He looked as if he expected Raon to follow Cale in his

“Eek!”

greet his

more chaotic the closer they got to the temple

the temple door so the two of them could

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

Cale put a soft smile on his face with

get on, your

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

is even opening the

this much

they got

bright mood between the two of

Click.

moment the carriage

“My mouth hurts.”

rubbed the corners of his lips with

did you bring such

grumbled with a disgruntled

Chhh.

then closed all of the

a

face not on Cale's knees as usual

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

a bit chunkier

expected, the crown prince knows of

I've also prepared some

“Mm. Very nice!”

face, asked a question almost

is quite complicated these

“Yeah.”

without any

a rumor that you are injured. It’s because nobody saw

will

That will naturally be resolved as

“Then?”

the windows that had the curtains

“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

gaze was

on the palace and the enemies ran away before he could even properly respond to the enemy's attack. While all of that was going on, Cale Henituse and his people have not been seen for

Alberu asked a question.

think the foreign kingdoms will respond

one more

the Roan Kingdom's administrators

Cale calmly answered back.

this is a good thing.

“Yeah.”

the Roan Kingdom have spread

“...Yeah.”

let out

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

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

the details about that

those Hunters as being

“Mm. For now...”

a moment before

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

City was where the final battle against the White

kingdoms had agreed to help reconstruct

in attitude was quite

they learned that Roan did not have the strength to

a stoic expression on

“It is the truth.”

had to take care of internal affairs right

have the time to pay any attention to

head to other dimensions to fight