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

at the laughing Alberu. Alberu shrugged his shoulders and closed

going in

moved as quietly as possible

order to

Alberu were currently heading toward the main

they were inside right now, but walking a little more would put them

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

Alberu who was avoiding his question using odd phrases like that before

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

you need my

“Yeah.”

gave a

then said

"Smile.”

chuckled after turning

“You’re already smiling.”

the priests of the temple one by

Crossman had a radiant smile on his

greet his

the other

no need to be overly respectful

is correct. Have a nice

quietly showed their respects. The two

speaking quietly, the two

must be

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

whispering priests made a

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

at his friend’s gaze and

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

them

shocked to see me? They are observing me

have a keen

while chatting in quiet voices so that others could not

yourself for a while. A lot of

“Really?”

the Imperial Palace not

sorts of things

been injured by a surprise attack from

Han, Mary, and the others did

know of

that our relationship is still

tight, your

"Sort of?”

stoic

doing

you long enough to

because you

fine. Your

I got some rest before coming

between Alberu and Cale, they heard

this time! Of course, he did flutter in the wind like a

It was Raon.

He looked as if he expected

“Eek!”

greet his highness

the closer they got to the

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

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

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

on,

door of the bright and shiny

is even opening

at least do this much for you, my dearest

they got on the

relaxing and bright mood

Click.

moment the carriage door

“My mouth hurts.”

stopped smiling and rubbed the corners of his

the hell did you bring such a sparkling carriage, your

with a disgruntled look on

Chhh.

closed all of the carriage

been a while,

face not on Cale's knees as usual but on the crown

to see you again. Raon-nim. You look

a bit chunkier

expected, the crown prince knows of my

I've also prepared some cookies

“Mm. Very nice!”

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

is quite complicated these days, your

“Yeah.”

agreed without

that you are injured. It’s because nobody saw you for

guess that will get

be resolved

“Then?”

the windows that had the

“It’s a simple issue.”

at

not have the strength to

Alberu's voice was stoic.

disappeared, the palace was destroyed,

was just as

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,

Alberu asked a question.

you think the foreign kingdoms will respond once they hear

one

will the Roan Kingdom's

Cale calmly answered back.

will think that this is a good thing. While internally for us, there will

“Yeah.”

guess the internal issues of the

“...Yeah.”

let out a

a rat inside the palace. My injury was basically top secret but it spread

the youngest young lady of the Duke's House of Orsena

to hear the details about that

those Hunters as being

“Mm. For now...”

debated for a moment before saying

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

the final battle against the

had agreed to help reconstruct

change in attitude was

learned that Roan did not have the

on with a stoic expression on his

“It is the truth.”

take care of internal

to pay any

importantly, Cale Henituse will continue to head