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

Alberu. Alberu shrugged his shoulders and closed his

going in this

moved as quietly as possible going from Roan to

was in order to avoid

currently heading toward the main door

were inside right now, but walking a little

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

question using odd

everybody other than us

others were being guided toward the back of the temple by the Bishop. It was

“Mm.”

for a

you

“Yeah.”

a

then said the

"Smile.”

after turning to look behind

“You’re already smiling.”

the priests of the temple one

Crossman had a radiant smile on his

greet his highness! The Commander-nim as

one after the other at the anxious

so there is no need to be overly respectful right now,

dongsaeng is correct. Have a

respects. The two of them nodded their heads, gave short greetings

speaking

must be

The two

the whispering priests made

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

at his friend’s gaze

two of them might have heard him

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

shocked to see me? They are

truly have a keen

in quiet voices so that others

did not show yourself for a while. A lot of rumors

“Really?”

Imperial Palace not too long ago

sure all sorts

crown prince had been injured by a surprise attack from the

help but spread because Cale, Choi Han, Mary,

know of

Also that our relationship is still

it tight,

"Sort of?”

asked with a stoic look on

doing okay, your

long

because you

fine. Your complexion

I got some rest

Alberu and

even cough up blood or faint this time! Of course, he did flutter in the wind like a piece of paper because he was

It was Raon.

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

“Eek!”

greet his highness and

closer they got to the

stationed near the temple door so the two of

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

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

on, your

personally opened the door of the bright and shiny

My dongsaeng is even opening the door for

to at least do this

of them were laughing as they got on the carriage. The smile never

a relaxing and bright mood between the

Click.

moment the carriage door

“My mouth hurts.”

the corners of his lips

you bring such a

grumbled with a disgruntled look on his

Chhh.

closed all

a while, crown

and placed his face not on Cale's knees

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

cheeks were a

the crown prince knows of my

Raon-nim. I've also prepared some

“Mm. Very nice!”

cold look on his face, asked a question almost

guess something is quite complicated these days,

“Yeah.”

agreed without any

you've heard... There is a rumor that you are injured. It’s because nobody saw you for a

that will get

naturally be resolved as of

“Then?”

looked at the windows

“It’s a simple issue.”

looked at Cale

currently does not have the strength to

Alberu's voice was stoic.

because the king has disappeared, the palace was destroyed, and one of the

gaze was

away before he could even properly respond to the enemy's attack. While all of

Alberu asked a question.

do you think the foreign kingdoms

asked one

the

Cale calmly answered back.

kingdoms will think that this is a good thing. While internally

“Yeah.”

the Roan Kingdom have spread quickly to

“...Yeah.”

let out a short

My injury was

when they abducted the youngest young lady of the

the details about that

suspected those Hunters as being members of the

“Mm. For now...”

for a moment before

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

final battle against the

had agreed to

in attitude

did

added on with a stoic expression

“It is the truth.”

had to take care of

time to

head to other dimensions to