Trash of the Count’s Family Vol 1

“We will dispatch some Dark Elves soon while the knights buy us time.”

“Hooo! You must be planning on having them use the investigation as justification to keep staying there! That’s right. The most important thing is that the Roan Kingdom’s citizens can freely cross that land that has no Caro Kingdom’s citizens!”

The Commander showed an exaggerated response before smiling at the fact that Alberu was not putting any knights in danger.

“If the Caro Kingdom is not willing to give us the land, we must at least ask to use that land for a long period of time.”

“No! If they don’t want to give that land to us, we can ask the Caro Kingdom to pay the price for the Dark Elf-nims protecting them from the dead mana smoke! That way we can let the Dark Elf-nims live peacefully on that land.”

“That sounds good too.”

The administrators exchanged ideas as they quickly came up with a plan.

Alberu who watched all of this from a step away closed his eyes for a moment.

His fists under the table were clenched.

He had a dream.

He dreamt of a world where the Dark Elves could live freely.

He dreamt of finding land for them to live on.

Coincidentally, there happened to be an opportunity.

It was an opportunity for the Roan Kingdom’s citizens to openly step on the Caro Kingdom’s Land of Death.

Of course, those Roan Kingdom’s citizens were the Dark Elves.

It was much better in the Roan Kingdom, but the Dark Elves were still despised and scorned by most of the Western continent.

For Alberu who had to live his whole life hiding the fact that the Dark Elf blood flowed through him, he dreamt of a world where people like him did not need to hide a part of their identity anymore.

‘The Underground City will remain a secret forever.’

The Caro Kingdom might provoke them or be greedy for it if they knew.

Alberu was disappointed that they could not openly show off the Underground City.

‘In return, the land above the Underground City… The desert… I will give that to the Dark Elves and the necromancer.’

Shouldn’t they receive rewards for working harder than anybody else for the Roan Kingdom?

Alberu’s eyes that were open once again were sparkling.

‘The chances of the Underground City remaining a secret from the world become higher once the Land of Death becomes the Roan Kingdom’s territory.’

Of course, earning that territory will be difficult.

The Caro Kingdom in the west and the Roan Kingdom in the east were quite far from each other. However, it was worth trying.

It would be great if it could be accomplished.

‘The Dark Elves will be able to walk freely above ground and the people of the Underground City can be accepted as the Roan Kingdom’s citizens as well.’

The people who ran away from the Dubori territory and continued their lives in the Underground City.

The people who could never leave the underground may get a chance to roam the Roan Kingdom’s territory above ground as well.

Of course, Alberu was thinking about taking them in as citizens partially because he felt sorry for them, but there was another reason as well.

It was something that came up when he was chatting with Cale about how to smack the White Star from behind at the land of the Whale tribe. Cale had said something to Alberu who had brought Tasha up.

‘Your highness. The education style of the people in the Underground City was really good.’

‘Is that so?’

‘Anybody who wants to learn can learn and anybody can freely test for a government position. There are many topic-specific experts as well. Each of them is talented in their field. Chances to learn are open for everyone.’

Alberu had looked into his mother’s hometown a little more thoroughly after that. He got the chills the more he learned.

It felt as if he had found something he had been looking for.

The image was drawn in his head.

The free city that would soon be created for alchemy and magic.

The Underground City with their own way of life created from the cohabitation of humans and Dark Elves.

Alberu drew the future of the Roan Kingdom through these two places.

New opportunities known as the Alchemy Tower and the Magic Tower would soon appear, and there were a lot of things to learn from the Underground City as well.

He would dedicate his life to mold all of those things together into a wonderful picture.

The White Star.

The Roan Kingdom will be busy even after their war with that bastard.

Each day might be more difficult than fighting against him. He himself might be in pain.

Troubles were bound to come with changes.