Trash of the Count's Family

Antonio Gyerre looked around.

He could see the territory's soldiers quickly approaching from the distance. There were citizens standing across the bridge in the shopping district as well.

Most importantly, there were the people of the slums who were hiding in their houses but had their ears open.

“Young master-nim!”

The Guard Captain and administrator approached Antonio. Cale handed a piece of paper to Antonio. There was a total of 10 houses marked on it.

“Those are the houses the human traffickers have people imprisoned.”

“…Thank you very much, young master Cale.”

Antonio was certain after seeing Cale looking at him clearly.

This person was not drunk at all. He had clearly proceeded with this plan with a clear mind.

Cale handed him another document.

“…This crest-”

Antonio saw the crest on top of the document.

It was the crest of Baron Chryshi, one of the vassals of the Gyerre household. Antonio's expression turned serious. He then noticed a person being dragged over by Vice Captain Hilsman.

“This is the butler of the Chryshi household.”

“…Young master Cale.”

Antonio called out to Cale almost in a moan. A terrible thought was going through his mind. There was a good chance that this thought would become reality.

“Young master Antonio.”

Cale approached Antonio. He looked toward Antonio, who was looking at him with a stiff expression, and started to speak.

“I do not have the talent of beating around the bush.”

Antonio felt as if his mouth was going dry. The innocent looking noble, the stupid looking noble who said he was going to drink, that person was no longer in front of him.

This person in front of him was the Cale Henituse that was known to be the crown prince’s close confidant.

“I didn’t do this quietly on purpose.”

Cale made it very clear to Antonio and the Gyerre Estate.

He had done this out in the open on purpose. There was a hidden meaning underneath it as well.

If Cale had given this information to the Gyerres in advance, they would have stealthily taken care of everything.

That would have been preferable for the Gyerre Estate.

They would have been able to hide the fact that such atrocities had happened in the center of the Gyerre territory where the Gyerre Castle was located.

However, it was impossible to take care of this issue quietly now.

‘Why?’

Antonio questioned Cale’s actions. He would have had no choice but to agree to any of Cale's conditions if Cale had used the fact that he would keep this incident a secret as leverage.

Antonio could see Cale’s mouth starting to open as if he was going to answer this question.

Cale had done this out in the open on purpose.

There was a reason for that.

“I need the southwest region.”

The crown prince.

Antonio suddenly thought about that person. However, Cale did not explain anything else.

“I'm sure that you are busy now, so let us chat later.”

Cale walked past Antonio and leisurely returned to the castle.

Antonio observed Cale, who was walking away, before sighing and turning around.

“Some of the knights will come with me to the Chryshi Estate this instant!”

Antonio had to take care of this sudden storm first.

Cale asked Ron, who had stealthily appeared next to him.

“They’re not following me, right?”

“Yes, young master-nim. Young master Antonio seems to be focused on resolving this incident first.”

He is authoritative and puts a lot of emphasis on a person's qualifications, but at least his foundation is solid.

Cale made a judgment about Antonio’s character before slowly walking back to the castle so that people would see him.

‘I need to do this so that more people talk about it.’

Cale was hoping that the southwest region's influence would shrink a bit from this incident.

The north would be chaotic in the spring so shouldn’t at least the south be quiet?

The southeast would be busy because they border the Whipper Kingdom that is ruled by Commander Toonka. They are probably nervous because they were worried about if and when Toonka might do something crazy again.

quiet

quiet after the

decided not to worry about

“I'm hungry.”

because he

the Vitality of the Heart was utilized. Cale started to

please make sure to

Too bad Beacrox isn’t

answered Ron with whatever came to his mind, looked toward Ron after hearing

am very proud of

Cale's expression turned odd.

a stark contrast to the Ron who always

looked happy earlier while clenching the butler’s neck. He seemed to be the most energetic he had seen in a

scary

and rushed back to the castle. Ron watched Cale walking away from him before

“He never changes.”

a full-grown puppy, no, the young master who had become a tiger still

“Meeeeeow.”

“Meeow.”

up the two kittens who stealthily approached

looked out the window while walking down

Castle. There were many people walking around with torches inside of the castle. He watched these people who

Henituse. Find out what he, and

anger in his grandmother’s face for the

was

The Chryshi Household.

brought over, as well as the information that they had gained by storming the baron’s estate, gave the Duchess quite

‘Crazy bastard.’

noble was involved in the slave

to embarrass the Gyerre household. Furthermore, the

the crown, a loss of trust

this was giving Antonio a headache

tonight. That was the mountain he needed to

the real mountain he needed to climb was the crown prince, as Cale

Alberu was the prince who was poised to become the next king. There was no way he would

try to use this to blackmail us for his

seen many greedy people hiding under the title of noble. Everybody he had

to be a proper noble. He didn't want to give anybody a chance to find something to use against him. This was also the reason he ranked people with his own set of qualifications.

“Mm.”

made a noise outside of the guest reception room. That made

and Hilsman cautiously knocked

master-nim, young master

tell him to

stopped the guard knight and turned the knob himself after hearing

help myself

Antonio opened the door.

was the first time he felt nervous

to have your weakness grasped

know what he will demand

would Cale

what Antonio was

prince. That was why he did not seem

Screeeech-

Henituse looking out the window as soon as he opened the

felt as if it had been a while

“Young master Antonio.”

and slowly turned at

asked in a

“Are the people okay?”

been walking in, suddenly stopped moving. He looked toward Cale, who asked once more after it seemed as if Antonio did

who were kidnapped doing

think you'd ask

“Excuse me?”

toward Antonio, who was mumbling to himself with confusion. That made Antonio sigh before closing

rescue

“That is a relief.”

could see Cale smiling before returning to his stoic expression

about the citizens another strategic move in order to get the

was Cale truly

guess I’ll find out based on

revealed based on what

right now, but he did not lose his calm demeanor. He

did

for the territory, so I

not want to extend this

around the bush, so I

am curious to hear what you have

he

but his back was stiff as he looked toward

a document out of his chest pocket and

Clack!

a thick

‘Are these his conditions?’

Antonio

hired an assassin guild to kidnap a

Antonio's face turned stiff.

slave trade wasn’t

more

his sleeve and Antonio had just found out the

Cale smiling