Trash of the Count's Family

“How did you know?”

“The mana told me.”

Harol had a twisted smile on his face after hearing Cale’s answer.

The mana told me. That was the phrase that was quite famous for being the Magic Tower’s liege’s favorite phrase.

Harol Kodiang. He was born between a mage and a magic resistant citizen, and he had the unique traits of both sides. However, his appearance did not look anything like the citizens at all.

“...Are you planning on using my bloodline as blackmail?”

Cale looked down from the 20th floor instead of responding to the question right away.

There were a lot of memorable extra characters in, ‘The Birth of a Hero.’ Harol Kodiang was one of them.

His mother passed away while giving birth to him alone, and his father did not even know of his existence.

That was the start of Harol’s anger.

‘However, there was something Harol did not know.’

It was something only the author and the readers would know. That one line was enough to make Harol’s anger worthless.

< Harol Kodiang. He was a product of his parents’ love, but unfortunately, he would never know the truth. >

The novel did not go into detail about it. All it said was that the liege of the Magic Tower met her when he was out training as a young mage and fell in love.

Cale continued to look out the window before speaking to the son of the Magic Tower’s liege, who ended up destroying the Magic Tower.

“Why would I use it to blackmail you? Being related to someone by blood is not a sin.”

Harol did not have a response. Cale turned his head to look at Harol.

“Plus, aren’t you all the ones who are in a rush?”

They were currently between spring and summer, with the fall harvest season right in front of them. All of them had rebelled against the Magic Tower because they could not handle the taxation of the Magic Tower any longer.

Harol needed to fill the people’s desire in order for them to rise up once again.

In fact, Harol was someone who wanted war even more than Toonka did. He wanted to destroy the seeds of mages in the entire world.

“...There is a mage within your crew.”

“Yes there is.”

Harol could feel mana like his father, but could not use it. There was no way he wouldn’t know that Rosalyn was a mage. Of course, the reason that he couldn't feel Raon’s presence was because his skills were too weak.

Harol could see how calm and confident Cale was and decided to ask.

“What is the Roan Kingdom planning to do with the Magic Tower?”

Cale started to frown as he made it very clear to Harol.

“The Magic Tower is mine.”

Harol observed the red-haired man who spoke confidently while looking out the window.

“I do not share my things with anyone else.”

He would have to be crazy to give this to the kingdom. Cale thought about all of the time he spent to get here. There was no way he would give this up. The Magic Tower would become an ingredient for him to create the sturdiest castle for his territory.

Cale could see that Harol’s eyes were filled with complications and confusion.

‘He probably is going through all sorts of scenarios in his head because he is so smart.’

The final goal of this crazy bastard was to destroy all mages in the world. Harol respected and hoped for a world where everyone just relied on their strength or things like ancient powers.

It was funny, since the world Harol was trying to create would be even worse when it came to comparisons between the people who had abilities and the people who did not. That was why Cale called him a crazy bastard.

“...Young master Cale, is it not that you want the mages of the Whipper Kingdom?”

“Me?”

Cale scoffed to show that he was being honest when he answered. He already had Raon Miru, the Black Dragon with him.

“I do not need any more mages around me. An even greater existence is by my side.”

- ...Human, I like the view from up here! The great Raon is right here human!

Cale could hear Raon’s voice, but he paid no attention to it. Harol had a complicated expression on his face. Cale was planning on sending the mages to the crown prince anyways. He didn’t care about whether Harol figured this out or not. He wasn’t lying, since he personally would not take those mages under his wing.

‘Of course, I will give some help to the crown prince.’

By some, he meant a lot of help to make sure that the mages ended up with the crown prince.

“Alright, Chief Harol Kodiang.”

Harol could see that Cale seemed to have no worries at all. He pointed to the door. It was at that moment.

“Cale-nim, it has been 5 minutes.”

Their alone time was over.

Choi Han looked through the open door and announced the end of the time before adding on.

“And other people have arrived as well.”

While Harol looked confused, Cale

hear the details

as soon as he said that. It was Billos and

Cale called Billos and Hans to come with him? It was naturally in order to put them to

feel Cale’s

Tap. Tap.

shoulder

“Have a nice discussion.”

laugh at Cale’s calm voice

“I definitely will.”

to Billos and Hans. Billos walked over to Cale while Hans and Harol were discussing. He then cautiously started to

“Young master-nim.”

“What?”

make the deal

middleman. Billos would take Cale’s money and deliver it to the non-mage faction. It

course, Billos would be taking the crown’s money and not Cale’s, but the non-mage

“Yes.”

deposit and deliver the rest of the money within

take care

I do have a

so gross that Cale motioned with his chin for Billos to hurry up

you see, how much were you thinking of

Everyone else believed that all of the devices except the

Billos seemed confused after

“...100 million?”

“No.”

“One billion?”

Cale did not respond.

“...Ten billion?”

head at the cautious

care of it

billions of gallons that went into feeding the army per month, but the non-mage faction needed money urgently to settle the

the crown prince’s

to frown as he quietly,

it is all destroyed? Well, the original Magic Tower would take more than even a hundred billion gallons to purchase, but none

is why it is a maximum of ten billion gallons. Bring the cost down using the fact that it is just a skeleton of what it used to be. Oh, and you can use more money, so buy a good chunk of the nearby

“...Excuse me?”

we can sell that is worth the cost of this

short period of silence

“Sigh.”

let out a deep

are planning, but I guess we should always aim to generate the most

“Of course.”

I will do what I

smile after hearing such a satisfactory answer. Billos seemed to be at a loss of words, but still barely managed to smile

such large

it is beating with

retort Cale’s response. He respectfully

Tower and instead needed to do something big like destroying the Magic Tower to satisfy the citizens. Since it was going to be worthless anyway, they might

“Cale-nim.”

Cale. Beacrox looked around the room before

going to clean it

gently responded

to get rid of

Cale stopped leaning on the windowsill and

be back at

***

frown on Cale’s face. He could hear Toonka responding

“You don’t feel well?”

“Yes.”

answer. The surroundings were very loud. The citizens

more important to him. He needed to use the warrior name to draw people to them. That was why the chiefs

“...You weakling.”

was hidden through his swollen face. Cale just pointed to Choi

shouldn’t be a problem. I need to rest because

not seem to like it, Cale lightly pushed him toward Toonka

of the Whipper Kingdom’s warriors! A celebration! This is

really

“Then goodbye.”

the celebration area without any regrets. Beacrox was with him as a guard. Beacrox asked a question because they were heading toward Cale’s crew’s tents that

stand guard

will

will be the official

really was easy to talk to Beacrox. He didn’t

room. Of course, he needed to crouch to look at the three

were all

“Did you find him?”

and Hong

good feeling

know approximately where

They were very excited.

already changed into another outfit. He then looked toward Raon and

liege’s room

On, and Hong with invisibility and flight magic before avoiding the gazes of the other people and arriving at the 20th floor of the Magic Tower, the liege’s room. Since all of the alarm magic devices were already broken and only a guard was left at the entrance of the Magic Tower, it was not very difficult. Toonka had been adamant that as many people

Whaaaaaaa~

Hahahahaha~

could be heard echoing throughout the night. Cale could see the soldiers and citizens all gathered by a bonfire and dancing around. They seemed excited to be celebrating for the first

stealthily, living up to their reputation as members of the stealthy Cat tribe, while Cale followed behind them down the stairs. He could not use any magic device since they would leave some evidence