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

shoulders

we going in this

moved as quietly as

order to avoid people's

toward the main door

right now, but walking a little more would put them

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

question

other than us are going to different

back of the temple by the Bishop. It was the direction that was best for avoiding people's

“Mm.”

a bit

you need my

“Yeah.”

a

then said the

"Smile.”

after turning to look

“You’re already smiling.”

the temple one by one... Cale already had a gentle

had a radiant smile on

I greet his highness! The Commander-nim

the other at the anxious priest’s

so there is no need to be overly respectful

dongsaeng is correct.

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

they were speaking quietly,

must

seem that way. The two of them really have a good

the whispering

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

shocked at his friend’s gaze and

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

did so after confirming that the two of them were

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

have a

smiling while chatting in quiet voices so

show yourself for a while. A lot of rumors came

“Really?”

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

sure all sorts

been injured by a surprise attack

couldn't help but spread because Cale, Choi Han, Mary, and the

letting people know of my health

our relationship is still very

tight, your

"Sort of?”

stoic look on his

doing

long enough to

because you look

I am fine. Your

your highness. I got some rest before

between Alberu and Cale, they heard a quiet

didn't even cough up blood or faint this time! Of course, he did flutter in the wind like

It was Raon.

he expected Raon to

“Eek!”

his

became more chaotic the closer they got to the

thankfully the Royal Knights Brigade was stationed near the temple door so

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

his arm around Cale’s shoulder. Cale put a soft smile on his face with a calm look

get on,

the bright and shiny

opening the door for me. How

do this

got on the carriage. The smile never

a relaxing and bright mood

Click.

the carriage door

“My mouth hurts.”

rubbed the corners

did you bring such a sparkling carriage, your

with a disgruntled look on

Chhh.

then closed all

a

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

you again. Raon-nim. You

a bit

prince

Raon-nim. I've also prepared some cookies

“Mm. Very nice!”

asked

is quite

“Yeah.”

agreed without

There is a rumor that you are injured. It’s because nobody saw you

guess that will

be resolved

“Then?”

at the windows that had

“It’s a simple issue.”

at

have the strength to handle anything

Alberu's voice was stoic.

destroyed,

was just

away before he could even properly respond to the enemy's attack. While all of that was going on, Cale Henituse and

Alberu asked a question.

the foreign kingdoms will respond once

one

how will the Roan Kingdom's administrators

Cale calmly answered back.

a good thing. While internally for us, there will be

“Yeah.”

guess the internal issues of the Roan Kingdom have

“...Yeah.”

out a short

My injury was basically top

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

the details

those Hunters as being members

“Mm. For now...”

a

Breck Kingdom, Whipper Kingdom, and the Jungle either reduced or tried to get out of their commitments for

was where the final battle against the

to help reconstruct the scorched

change in attitude was

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

with a stoic expression on

“It is the truth.”

care of internal affairs right

have the time to pay

continue to head to other dimensions