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,

shoulders and

we going

moved as quietly as possible

order to

the main door

okay because they were inside right now, but walking a

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

was avoiding his question using odd phrases like that

everybody other than us

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 for avoiding people's

“Mm.”

for a bit

guessing you need

“Yeah.”

gave a

said

"Smile.”

he chuckled after turning to

“You’re already smiling.”

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

course, Alberu Crossman had a radiant smile on his

I greet his

after the other at

no need to

is correct.

heard their comments quietly showed their respects. The two of them nodded their heads, gave short greetings back, and walked

could hear them because they were speaking

really must be sworn

seem that way. The two of them really

of the whispering priests

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

at his friend’s gaze and

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

did so after confirming that the two of them were still

bit shocked to

truly have

two of them were smiling while chatting in quiet voices

a while. A lot of

“Really?”

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

sorts

prince had been injured by a

because Cale, Choi Han, Mary,

know of

our relationship is still

tight, your

"Sort of?”

asked with a stoic look

doing

long enough to

is because

am fine. Your complexion looks better

your highness. I got some rest

visible between Alberu and Cale, they

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

It was Raon.

shocked. He looked as if he expected Raon to follow

“Eek!”

his highness

the closer

Royal Knights Brigade was stationed near the temple door so

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

shoulder. Cale put a soft smile on his face with

on,

the bright and shiny royal

is even opening the door for me.

to at least do this much for you,

of them were laughing as they got on the carriage.

bright mood

Click.

the carriage

“My mouth hurts.”

corners

did you bring such a sparkling carriage, your

disgruntled

Chhh.

then closed all of the carriage

a

face not on Cale's knees as usual but on

again.

a

prince knows of my

I've also prepared

“Mm. Very nice!”

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

something is quite complicated

“Yeah.”

without any

that you are injured. It’s

that will get resolved

naturally be resolved

“Then?”

the windows that

“It’s a simple issue.”

looked at

not have the strength

Alberu's voice was stoic.

destroyed,

gaze was just as

prince was injured in the second attack 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

Alberu asked a question.

kingdoms

one more

will the

Cale calmly answered back.

will think that this is a good thing. While

“Yeah.”

issues of the Roan Kingdom have

“...Yeah.”

let out a

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

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

needed to hear the details about that

suspected those Hunters as being

“Mm. For now...”

a moment before saying

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

City was where the final battle against the White Star

had agreed to help reconstruct the scorched

change in attitude

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

added on with a stoic

“It is the truth.”

care of internal affairs right

didn’t have the time to pay

Henituse will continue to head to