Trash of the Count's Family - TCF Part 2 - Chapter 72

Alberu clarified that the different mines Cale mentioned were the rewards he got from Xiaolen. Cale replied yes, and Alberu burst out laughing. Cale frowned and Raon remarked that it was good to laugh as he laughed along too. Cale thought that Raon was becoming more like Alberu, and thought that it was a good thing since Alberu was a good person.
The crown prince laughed for a while, and then sighed before muttering.
“The largest mines of different kinds in the eastern and western continents? And it can be placed anywhere you want? There are also magic stone mines stained with dead mana among them?”
Cale was not pleased at Alberu muttering to himself, so he asked.
“Are you feeling okay?”
The person who was lying on the bed back then was now looking fairly well.
“…Are you asking that out of courtesy?” Alberu slightly trembled at the question asked so carefreely, but nodded. “Yes. I am okay. I am fine.”
“Raon,” Cale called Raon in a low voice. “Poke His Highness’s side gently.”
“Okay, human!”
“No, wait-!”
Raon poked the crown prince in the side.
“Ack.”
Raon was taken aback, “Crown prince, does it hurt a lot?”
His round eyes grew rounder.
“I really pressed it lightly! I poked it enough to not hurt like how I did to my human!”
Raon’s expression became serious.
“Human! Our crown prince’s health is serious! Human, he’s weaker than you! He’s completely hiding something!”
As the black dragon continued, the crown prince’s face distorted as if he was feeling seriously ashamed.
‘…Is it something to be ashamed of?’
Cale did not like the reaction of the dragon and the crown prince, but he had to say something.
“I heard that your right arm and upper body were injured. Please tell us in detail.”
“…I have no problem with daily behavior.” The crown prince lightly sighed, “Of course, fighting will be hard.”
Raon added, “And if I touch it, it hurts!”
“…That’s right, Raon-nim.” The crown prince roughly agreed with the words of the young dragon.
Alberu said that Ron still had a cast on his leg, but it would be removed next week or so. Ron’s arm was completely healed though. Raon commented to Alberu that his human was very angry, and Alberu was in agreement. Cale tapped the divine mirror’s surface as he murmured.
“…There shall be no Blood Cult.”
Raon asked about the dragon who had come to the capital.
Before Cale left for Xiaolen, he had asked a dragon to come with Jack and Cage to the capital. Alberu said that a dragon had indeed come, and that was why they became aware of a rat in the palace. The night the dragon left for a short visit to Sheritt’s castle, the hunters attacked. Alberu had not found that rat yet, and Cale consoled him.
The fact that the rat knew where the dragon stayed or when it left the palace suggested that the rat had a certain role in the palace’s defense. Alberu was greatly troubled by that, and Cale asked if he could help. Alberu just smiled and refused it. The divine mirror vibrated as a new message came in. Cale read that Xiaolen had sent the second part of the compensation.
He was amazed at how quick and diligent Xiaolen was, unlike the GoD. He opened it and saw a list of rewards for his group. For Cale, he got the Cloak of the Sun, a Myth-ranked item that was originally worn by the founding ruler of the first nation in Xiaolen. Cale paused for a moment, and Alberu and Raon asked if he was okay or if the GoD was talking nonsense again.
Cale continued reading. The founding ruler wore that cloak on the battlefield and eventually established a great empire. And until that ruler became a god, they always wore that cloak. There was a myth that the cloak contained the touch of a goddess, but that was a lie. However, it did contain the blessings of the World Tree.
Xiaolen explained that the highest rank of treasure was Myth. Below that was the Legend rank. Cale read the next rewards. For Mary, she got the Night Robe, a Legend-rank item worn by the first necromancer of Xiaolen. For Eruhaben, it was the Desert King’s Whip, a Legend-rank item from a warrior who eventually became a desert king and had an ability to turn sand grains into whips.
Xiaolen sent another message, thanking Cale again for saving the world. Raon asked Alberu why his human was laughing like that, and Alberu agreed. Raon likened Cale’s smile to the sunlight on a spring day, and then added that it looked vicious. Alberu continued to agree with Raon, and Cale leaned back on his seat as he thought that his group would grow stronger.
He even read how to receive the rewards as he happily smiled. Cale changed the topic and told Alberu that they needed to discuss about the mine locations, like what and who needed it. He named Rosalyn, Duke Fredo, the dark elf mayor, and Billos Flynn to be included in that discussion. Cale said that they needed a map too.
Alberu replied that it was fun and remarked that sometimes, gold beats the sword. Though the gold they would have this time could also be turned into a sword. Cale said that the mine owners would either be him or someone he chose. Alberu extended his hand for a handshake, and Cale took it. But Cale spat out that Alberu’s grip had weakened.
Raon chimed in that Alberu was weaker than his human, so he must rest now. Alberu frowned and Cale’s smile deepened. A new notification came from the divine mirror and Cale checked it out. He was surprised to see that the wallpaper of the divine mirror had changed. Previously, it was just a barren black land with flowing red lava. But now, it had a huge mountain in the distance.
But near the top of the mountain was a hollowed area as if it had been hit by a huge bomb. Cale noticed that the mountain was where he met the God of the Fire of Purification. He recalled the god who flew from that mountain to fight another god. He wondered if the mountain was hollowed out as a result of that fight. Cale questioned if the divine mirror’s wallpaper was really just a wallpaper.
The alarm rang again, and Cale read it. It was a World Transfer Invitation from the Central Plains world. Cale thought that it was too fast as he had just returned from Xiaolen today. The name of the world was Jungwon (Jungwon is the Korean word for Central Plains, but I’ll call it Central Plains since that is how EAP called it). Cale told Alberu about the message and read the message’s contents.
Usually, the Central Plains was just a part of the world, but in this case, it was the entire world itself. Cale frowned upon reading the message.

Yes, it was the world itself who wrote it.

“Human, your expression is getting weird!”

“Crown Prince, my human’s expression is getting weirder!”

“Crown Prince! My human is grabbing his head with both hands! I think he’s having a headache! Something must have happened!”
Sigh. Cale ignored Raon’s fuss and lowered his hands from his head as he covered his eyes.
It was dark.
His group received rewards to be strong, and he might meet Choi Jung Soo when he go to the Central Plains. He thought that it would be more comfortable there than Xiaolen.
But he did not expect that Central Plains would be as easy as Xiaolen.
T-Ting!

Cale ignored the message. 1