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, your

shoulders and closed his mouth but

we going

as possible going

in order

main door

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

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

his question using odd

us are going to

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

“Mm.”

for a bit before

you

“Yeah.”

a

said

"Smile.”

he chuckled after turning to

“You’re already smiling.”

temple one

a radiant smile on his face

I greet his highness! The Commander-nim as

one after the other at

so there is no need to be overly respectful

correct. Have

two of them nodded their heads, gave short greetings back,

hear them because they were speaking quietly, the two of them

really must be

seem that way. The two of them really have

of the whispering priests

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

priest was shocked at his friend’s gaze and closed

looked to see if the two of them might have heard him before lowering his head and quickly leaving the

that the two of them were still chatting

to see me? They are

truly have a

were smiling while chatting in quiet voices so that others could not hear

while. A lot of rumors came up because nobody

“Really?”

attack at the Imperial Palace not too long ago

sorts of things

had been injured by a surprise attack from the

spread because Cale, Choi Han, Mary, and the others did not show up at

are we letting people know of

that our relationship is still very

it tight,

"Sort of?”

with a stoic look on

doing

long enough

because

I am fine. Your complexion looks better as

highness. I got some rest before

between Alberu and Cale, they heard a

or faint this time! Of course, he did flutter

It was Raon.

as if he

“Eek!”

his

more chaotic the closer they got to

Brigade was stationed near the temple door

“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 look on his

on, your

knight and personally opened the door of the bright and shiny

even opening the

to at least do this much

as they got on the carriage. The

a relaxing and bright mood between the two

Click.

the carriage

“My mouth hurts.”

smiling and rubbed the corners of

you bring

grumbled with a disgruntled look

Chhh.

closed all of the

a while,

placed his face not on Cale's knees as

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

cheeks were a bit chunkier

the crown prince knows of

prepared some

“Mm. Very nice!”

who was watching this with a cold look on his face, asked a question almost

is quite complicated

“Yeah.”

agreed without

you've heard... There is a rumor that you

guess that will get

will naturally be resolved as

“Then?”

at the windows that had the

“It’s a simple issue.”

at

Kingdom currently does not have

Alberu's voice was stoic.

has disappeared, the palace was destroyed, and

gaze was just as

properly respond to the enemy's attack. While all of that was going on, Cale Henituse

Alberu asked a question.

you think the foreign kingdoms will

asked one more

will the Roan Kingdom's administrators

Cale calmly answered back.

think that this is a good thing. While internally for

“Yeah.”

I guess the internal issues of the

“...Yeah.”

let out

there was a rat inside the palace. My injury was basically top

against the Hunters when they abducted the youngest young lady of the Duke's House of Orsena at the royal

the details about that

suspected those Hunters as

“Mm. For now...”

a

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

the final battle against the White

foreign kingdoms had agreed to help reconstruct the

change in attitude was

It is because they learned that Roan did not have the strength to point its blade

on with a stoic expression on his

“It is the truth.”

had to take care

the time to pay any attention to

Cale Henituse will continue to head to