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, your

shrugged his shoulders

are we going in this

as possible going

in order to avoid

and Alberu were currently heading toward the main

now, but walking a little more would put them

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

was avoiding his question using odd phrases like

than us are going to

others were being guided toward the back of the temple

“Mm.”

contemplated for a bit

guessing you

“Yeah.”

a

then said the

"Smile.”

after turning to look behind

“You’re already smiling.”

they started to see the priests of the temple one

Crossman had a radiant smile on his

his highness!

Alberu responded one after the other

need to be overly respectful right

correct.

The two of them nodded

nobody could hear them because they were speaking quietly, the two

really must be

way. The two of them really have a good

whispering

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

his friend’s

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

two of them were still chatting with warm gazes toward each

a bit shocked to see me?

truly have a keen

chatting in quiet

did not show yourself for a while. A lot of rumors came up because nobody

“Really?”

the Imperial

sorts of things were

prince had been injured by a

Cale, Choi Han, Mary, and the others did

are we letting people know of my health

that our relationship

it tight, your

"Sort of?”

with a stoic look on

you doing okay,

long enough to

is because you

Your complexion looks

got some rest before

between Alberu and Cale, they heard a

faint this time! Of course, he did flutter in

It was Raon.

looked as if he expected Raon to follow Cale in his

“Eek!”

his highness and the

the closer

was stationed near the temple door so the two

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

Cale’s shoulder. Cale put a soft smile on his face with

get on, your

opened the door of the

dongsaeng is even opening

to at least do this much

laughing as they got on the carriage.

bright mood between

Click.

the

“My mouth hurts.”

smiling and rubbed the corners of

did you bring such a sparkling carriage,

with a disgruntled look

Chhh.

all of the carriage

been a while, crown

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

see you again. Raon-nim. You look

cheeks were a bit

prince knows of

Raon-nim. I've also prepared

“Mm. Very nice!”

with a cold look on his face, asked a question almost as if

guess something is quite complicated these days,

“Yeah.”

without any

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

will get resolved

be

“Then?”

at the windows that had the

“It’s a simple issue.”

looked at

Roan Kingdom currently does not have the

Alberu's voice was stoic.

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

gaze was just

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.

foreign kingdoms will respond once they hear

asked one more

will the Roan Kingdom's administrators

Cale calmly answered back.

think that this is a good thing.

“Yeah.”

guess the internal issues of the Roan Kingdom have spread quickly to foreign

“...Yeah.”

out a short

the palace. My injury was basically top secret but it

young lady of the Duke's House

needed to hear the details

those Hunters as being

“Mm. For now...”

debated for a moment

Kingdom, and the Jungle either reduced or tried to get out

battle

to help

change in attitude was quite

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

a stoic

“It is the truth.”

care

didn’t have the time to pay any attention

to head