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,

shoulders and closed his mouth but

are we going in this

quietly as possible going from

in order to avoid

toward the main door of the

a little more would put them in contact

“Who knows?”

“Mm.”

his question using odd phrases like that before peeking

other than us are going to different

toward the back of the temple

“Mm.”

for a

you need my

“Yeah.”

gave a short

then said the

"Smile.”

he chuckled after turning to

“You’re already smiling.”

moment they started to see the priests of the temple one by one... Cale already had a gentle smile on his

Crossman had a radiant smile on his

I greet his highness! The Commander-nim

one after the other at the

came quietly so there is no need to

correct. Have a

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

nobody could hear them because they were speaking quietly,

really must be

way. The two of them really have a

whispering

“He’s fine.”

“Hey.”

“Eek!”

priest was shocked at his friend’s gaze and

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

two of them were still chatting

to see me?

truly have a

chatting in quiet voices so that others

A lot of rumors

“Really?”

the Imperial Palace not too

sure all sorts of

had been injured by a surprise

help but spread because Cale, Choi Han, Mary, and the others did not show

know

our relationship is still very

tight,

"Sort of?”

with a stoic

doing okay,

you long enough to

is because you look

I am fine. Your complexion

your highness. I got

nothing was visible between Alberu and

up blood or faint this time! Of course, he did flutter in the wind like a piece of paper because he was dizzy! But he’s still

It was Raon.

wasn’t even shocked. He looked as if he expected Raon to follow Cale

“Eek!”

I greet his highness and

the closer they got

near the temple door so the two of them could

“Hahaha. My little dongsaeng!”

did suddenly put his arm around Cale’s shoulder. Cale put

get on,

stopped a knight and personally opened the door of the bright and shiny royal carriage before motioning for Alberu to get

even opening the door for me.

at least do this much

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

relaxing and bright mood between

Click.

the

“My mouth hurts.”

rubbed the corners of his lips with his

bring such a sparkling carriage, your

with a disgruntled

Chhh.

closed all of the

a while, crown

on Cale's knees as usual but on the crown prince’s

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

a bit chunkier

prince knows of

also prepared some cookies for

“Mm. Very nice!”

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

quite complicated these days, your

“Yeah.”

without

as you've heard... There is a rumor that you are injured. It’s because nobody saw you

that will get resolved

will naturally be resolved as

“Then?”

looked at the windows that had

“It’s a simple issue.”

at Cale

Roan Kingdom currently does not have the strength to handle anything

Alberu's voice was stoic.

because the king has disappeared, the palace was destroyed, and one of the highly

gaze was just

could even properly respond to the

Alberu asked a question.

you think the foreign kingdoms

one more

the Roan

Cale calmly answered back.

think that this is a good thing. While internally for

“Yeah.”

I guess the internal issues of the Roan Kingdom have

“...Yeah.”

out a short

the palace. My injury was basically top secret but it spread much quicker than

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

hear the details about that battle as

those Hunters as

“Mm. For now...”

a moment before saying

either reduced or tried

the final battle against the White

to help reconstruct the scorched

in attitude was quite

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

a stoic expression

“It is the truth.”

had to take care of internal affairs right

the time to pay any attention

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