Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 158: Rolling in By the Vine (5)

Raon could see Cale's stiff expression.

“Raon.”

The low voice made Raon realize that his thought might be going too wild. Raon started to speak with a stiff expression as well.

“···Yes?”

Raon had a perfect grasp of Cale's strength. The Black Dragon's front paw patted on Cale’s leg.

“Human, I said something too wild. Not only is your body weak, your influence is also much less than the Empire’s royal family. So just sit back. I will loot the palace for you.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Hmm?”

Contrary to Raon, who had been serious about looting the palace for Cale, Cale started to pack the box and diary up as he shared his new plan.

“Let’s look for it starting tomorrow.”

“Human, that is more like you! The Grand Palace is just dust compared to a great and mighty Dragon! Do not worry! I will destroy anything in our way!”

Cale ignored the vicious ramblings of a five-year-old as he headed to the only window on the floor.

He stopped in front of the window.

He had not considered breaking in through this window.

The window was only about as wide as Cale's face. There were also iron bars, making it difficult to see outside.

However, the Vatican was completely visible past this window. You could even see the Alchemists’ Bell Tower and the Grand Palace behind the Vatican as well.

Raon moved over to Cale, who was looking out the window. Cale touched the bars as he started to speak.

“The Holy Maiden must have had it hard. She had to spend her life in this prison.”

Cale's emotional statement made Raon recall his years in the cave. Raon looked toward Cale with an emotional gaze.

‘This human really is a good person. He knows how to have this kind of thought as well.’

“Raon.”

“Yes, good human.”

“Let’s resolve this Holy Maiden’s grudges.”

“Yes! Human, let’s do it!”

Cale smiled while looking at Raon energetically nod his head. It was a very sly smile.

“Are you done?”

Cale nodded his head at Choi Han’s question and handed him a bottle.

“…Isn't this dead mana?”

It was a bottle of dead mana. It would kill anybody who drank it. Cale was always carrying this around while saying, ‘just in case.’

Cale pointed outside the tower and started to speak.

“Pull up all the grass in the garden and put one or two drops of dead mana in the dirt. It would be bad if it gets polluted.”

Choi Han found it difficult to wrap his head around the sudden command, but he had a good idea about what Cale was trying to do.

“Cale-nim, do I just need to leave evidence of Arm being here?”

‘He really is smart.’

Although Choi Han acted aloof every so often, Cale knew that he was a smart person.

“Yes. I'll also tell you the location of a fake alchemist in the slums, so go find him. He'll understand if you say that the priest sent you.”

“What do I need to tell him to do?”

“Tell him to spread a rumor.”

“What rumor?”

Cale was thinking about preparing to fight against the Empire after the war against the Northern Alliance. That was why he had expected to go up against the Empire at least two years later.

‘But things are different now.’

Things would change if he could get his hands on the divine item of the Church of the Sun God.

People tend to believe when they see miracles happen.

‘We will shake the Empire.’

He needed to spread the seeds in the Empire.

Cale gave an order to Choi Han who was looking at him.

“The Empire lost the person who could deliver the word of the lord. An evil power will bring forth the eternal night. The proof of this has appeared close to the tower where the heretic was trapped.”

He would share this rumor with the children of the slums and they would slowly spread it throughout the Empire.

Crown prince Alberu did not feel good after hearing some news this morning. He was then curious. That was why he had called Cale Henituse over.

Click.

The teacup was placed on the table and Alberu looked toward Cale, who was sitting across from him, and started to speak.

“Was it you?”

“What are you talking about, your highness?”

Alberu was certain after seeing Cale eating a cookie with an expression that seemed to be saying, ‘I know nothing.’

“It was you.”

“What was?”

“What did you do to the Vatican?”

Crunch.

Cale started to smile as he bit down on the cookie. [1]

It happened earlier this morning. The Empire sent a message to the Roan Kingdom's investigation team to halt their investigations for a moment.

Alberu recalled the contents of the message. The Empire was openly pressuring a foreign kingdom. That upset him, but more importantly, what mattered was that the Empire seemed to be in such a crisis that it was willing to end their cooperation if needed.

He looked toward Cale and started to speak.

“The Empire suddenly ordered that we will not be able to investigate for three days.”

“I see. How disappointing.”

Tap. Tap.

Alberu started to speak after tapping on the armrest of his chair a couple of times.

Vatican last night, but they do not seem to blame us or suspect us of doing anything. They seemed more like they were preventing us from

did you agree to

away? I said it is too much that they are not allowing us to

did not have any reason to

was not a big deal. It was just a small

reduce the number of administrators observing us in the remaining time in return for

what

two of them

Dark Elves to loot the Vatican if the Empire lessened the

back up

guess you don’t

shoulders. Normally, Alberu should get angry as the crown prince when someone refuses to answer his question like

highness, it will be a

He never said anything that he did not mean. Although he caused a lot of incidents,

helped

and everything

was why Alberu let it go

a trustworthy

them. Alberu looked toward Cale with a slightly

cautiously called out to the crown prince at

“Your highness.”

“What is it?”

can we

started to frown

you

back with a

reading and going for

is planning

Cale pointed to himself.

“I am.”

a disguised high-grade Dark

could not hold

“…You're driving me nuts.”

casually got up and Alberu waved for him to quickly leave. Cale smiled at the Dark Elf that was looking at him oddly and headed to the Empire's library to

he could not

be fine if you follow this knight as a

of the Empire’s knights stuck to

the red-haired

it was that

would you like to

his tweens asked in a low voice. However, the voice he intentionally lowered to act like

the Empire's library. Foreigners are allowed on

it is allowed. I will guide

Knight quickly started to

followed a half step behind the Cat while Choi Han and an invisible Raon followed

keeps peeking over

‘Right?’

them to the destination. He was doing it in a way

why Cale

someone who probably

the Mogoru Empire’s pride and joy. It was a modest yet exquisite appearance that made it look more

of the divine item made Cale's footsteps

Then came the hook.

“Excuse me, young master-nim.”

“···What is it?”

gaze of the noble whose hair was a

you have pet

his

do you

answered back while looking

just smelled

really pure as he scrunched up his freckled nose. However, the Cat Knight could see that Cale's expression did

was wrong. Cale started to speak at

aren’t the one with

“Excuse me?”

looks like you are the one

visible on the pure face. Cale's

Swipe. Swipe.

knight’s shoulders stiffened at Cale's motion. Cale

have some animal

“···Is that so?”

It looks like you have a red cat that

smile as the knight shook

must be my hair. I do not have any

“Is that so?”

see that

I

seemed to

started to walk again. The Cat knight started to describe the things around them once more.

cats, but he seemed serious

‘Right?’

was an

when Choi Han whispered in his ear once he

for him to be someone’s guide. Being a knight

pretend not

process was none of

Cale could not help but recall some of the

originally

and many siblings, but his good character made him popular with the people in the slums and the general public. They call him

of information

Knight was 23 years

were said to have gone to the Alchemy

ago.

about the Alchemists’

the Cat knight come

much. Instead, he followed the librarian around the

librarian seemed happy but

while since I’ve seen a foreigner who is interested in

so? I just want to learn more about the long history of the

“I see.”

history of a place

his head at Cale’s response. The librarian liked this young

of the public chronology of the Empire and explained

where we have the information on the history of the Empire as well as

see. I will slowly look through

to the desk

his head and smiled with satisfaction at

guess he must like the Empire quite a bit to know the

was the reason for the librarian’s

of the library was open to foreigners, all of the books were in the Empire’s language. Although they were proclaiming that it was

However, Cale had Raon.

Vatican is three shelves down from where

through random books

Flip. Flip.

clear voice echoed in his

was created when

covered his mouth with the book as he quietly

“Tell me more.”

Cale opened the book.

the Vatican was built. However, there is