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 and closed his mouth

are we going in this

as quietly as

was in order to

main

but walking a little more would put them in contact

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

avoiding his question using odd phrases

Human, everybody other than us are going to different

Alberu, the others were being guided toward the back of the temple by the Bishop. It was the direction that was best for avoiding

“Mm.”

for a bit

guessing you

“Yeah.”

gave a short

said

"Smile.”

chuckled after turning to look behind

“You’re already smiling.”

they started to see the priests of the temple one by one... Cale already had

Crossman had a radiant smile on his

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

responded one after the other at the

no need to be overly respectful right

correct.

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

were speaking quietly, the two of them

must

does seem that way. The two of them

the whispering priests made

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

priest was shocked at his friend’s gaze and closed his

have heard him before lowering his head and quickly

that the two of them

shocked to

have a keen

chatting in quiet

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

“Really?”

attack at the Imperial

sorts of

been injured by

Han, Mary, and the

are we letting people know of my

that our relationship is still

it tight,

"Sort of?”

a stoic look on

doing

long

is because you

Your complexion

got some rest before

and Cale, they heard a quiet

blood or faint this time! Of course, he did

It was Raon.

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

“Eek!”

greet his highness and the

atmosphere became more chaotic the closer they got to

stationed near the temple door so the two of them could move

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

put a soft smile on his face with a calm look on his

on, your

of the bright and shiny royal carriage

My dongsaeng is even opening

have to at least do this

laughing as they got on the carriage. The smile never left their

was a relaxing and bright

Click.

the carriage

“My mouth hurts.”

the corners of his lips

the hell did you bring

disgruntled look on his

Chhh.

closed all of the carriage

been a

not on Cale's knees as usual but on

see you again. Raon-nim. You look even more energetic and

were a bit

expected, the crown prince knows of

Raon-nim. I've also prepared

“Mm. Very nice!”

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

is quite complicated these

“Yeah.”

agreed without any

rumor that you are injured. It’s

that will get resolved

will naturally be resolved as

“Then?”

windows that had the

“It’s a simple issue.”

at Cale

have the strength to handle

Alberu's voice was stoic.

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

gaze was just as

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

Alberu asked a question.

you think the foreign kingdoms will respond once they

one

the Roan Kingdom's

Cale calmly answered back.

that this is a good thing. While internally for

“Yeah.”

issues of the Roan Kingdom have spread quickly to foreign

“...Yeah.”

let out a short

palace. My injury was basically top secret but it

youngest young lady of the Duke's House

hear the details about that battle

because he suspected those Hunters as being members of

“Mm. For now...”

a moment before saying

either reduced or tried to get out of their commitments

final battle against the White Star

foreign kingdoms had agreed to help

in attitude was

learned that Roan did not have the strength to point

added on with a

“It is the truth.”

had to take care of internal affairs right

to

Cale Henituse will continue to head to other dimensions to fight against