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,

shrugged his shoulders and closed his mouth but Cale had to talk

going in

moved as quietly as possible

order to avoid people's

Alberu were currently heading toward the main door

now, but walking a little

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

Alberu who was avoiding his question using odd phrases like that

everybody other than us are going to

being guided toward the back of the temple by the Bishop. It

“Mm.”

a bit before nonchalantly

guessing you need my

“Yeah.”

gave a short

then said the

"Smile.”

after turning to look

“You’re already smiling.”

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

a radiant smile

I, I greet his highness! The

after the other

quietly so there is no need to be overly

correct. Have a nice

The two of them nodded their heads, gave

them because they were speaking quietly, the two of them were happily chatting

must

two of them really

the whispering

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

shocked at his friend’s gaze and closed his

two of them might have heard him before lowering his head and

them

highness. Everybody seems a bit shocked to see me? They are observing

have a keen

two of them were smiling while chatting in quiet voices so that others

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

“Really?”

the Imperial Palace not too

sure all sorts of things

injured by a

Han, Mary, and the others did

letting people know of my health right

Also that our relationship is still

it tight, your

"Sort of?”

a stoic

you doing okay,

long enough

because you look

fine. Your complexion

your highness. I got some rest before coming

Alberu and Cale,

blood or faint this time! Of course, he did

It was Raon.

he expected Raon to follow Cale in his

“Eek!”

greet his highness and the

the closer they

near the temple door so the two of them could move

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

the crown prince did suddenly put his arm around Cale’s shoulder. Cale put a soft smile on his face with a calm

on,

door of the bright and shiny

dongsaeng is even opening

have to at least do this much for you, my dearest hyung-nim!

got on the carriage. The smile never left their

a relaxing and bright mood between the

Click.

moment the carriage

“My mouth hurts.”

smiling and rubbed the corners of

hell did you bring

with a disgruntled

Chhh.

all of the carriage

been a

placed his face not on Cale's knees

again. Raon-nim. You look

a

prince knows of my

prepared some cookies

“Mm. Very nice!”

a cold look on his face, asked a

something is quite complicated these days, your

“Yeah.”

agreed without

that you are injured. It’s because

will

be resolved

“Then?”

looked at the windows that

“It’s a simple issue.”

looked at

Roan Kingdom currently does not have the strength to handle

Alberu's voice was stoic.

destroyed, and one

was

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 on, Cale Henituse and his people have not been seen for

Alberu asked a question.

do you think the foreign kingdoms will

one

how will the

Cale calmly answered back.

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

“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

against the Hunters when they abducted the youngest young lady

hear the details

was because he suspected those Hunters as

“Mm. For now...”

a moment

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

the final battle against the White Star had

agreed to help reconstruct the

change in attitude

Roan did

with a stoic expression

“It is the truth.”

take care of

the time to pay

importantly, Cale Henituse will continue to head to other dimensions