Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 187: A Small Goal (2)

Human, w, what are these things?!

“Meeeeeow.”

“Meeow!”

They had come out for a walk.

It was a stroll to the casino.

Cale casually walked while looking at the fancy fountain, the magic gambling devices, and the tables to one side of the first floor.

H, human! Did you just see that?! He put in a copper coin and the magic device returned a gold coin!

The invisible six-year-old dragon's eyes were hurriedly looking around the first floor.

There definitely was not any magic that would turn one copper coin into numerous gold coins. Both magic and alchemy returned something equivalent to the item you sacrificed.

You used mana to create fire or wind. Something like that.

The Black Dragon quickly figured out that you needed to line up the pictures of the same fruit to win on these magic gambling devices. The intelligent Dragon that had experienced the world for the past two years shared his thoughts with Cale.

Human, do you want to loot these magic devices?

“Aigoo.”

Cale was flabbergasted. He was amazed at the same time.

‘Dragons really are different.’

Rather than trying out these gambling magic devices that resembled slot machines of his previous world, the Dragon instead wanted to steal the device and break it apart in order to see how it worked.

Cale did feel a sense of satisfaction, but feigned ignorance as he asked.

“Why?”

The floor was so loud that nobody was paying attention to Cale, who was talking while holding a small kitten in his arms.

Only Vice Captain Hilsman who had Hong in his arms and Billos behind him looked at him with confusion. Cale naturally did not pay attention to the two of them.

What do you mean why?! We need to figure out how they work! How could you not know that?

‘Hooo.’

And then I will be able to take all of the money from here! I will use 1 silver coin from my piggy bank in order to rake it all in!

Cale’s expression turned stiff.

A dragon really was amazing. Raon was thinking even more practically than Cale.

Cale seriously considered Raon’s suggestion before seeing someone put in 1 copper coin, which was 1 cound in the Caro Kingdom’s currency, into a machine and then turning away.

Resignation, anticipation, desperation, obsession, and despair. Cale didn’t want to take the money that was gathered through the collection of all of these emotions.

Wouldn’t it be better to steal from wealthier people if he was going to steal?

“Young master-nim, over there.”

Billos stealthily pointed in a direction. Cale's gaze headed toward the innermost section of the first floor.

They were in a building in the shape of a large golden tree.

They called it the Golden Tree because you might strike gold in here. This was the Caro Kingdom’s legal casino.

Anybody could get in if they paid 1 silver coin, or 10 counds. There were fountains in the center of the first floor that were visible once you went into the building.

Once you got past the assortment of fountains, there was a path that started with a golden door.

It was the path to the upper levels that were known as the Fruit of the Golden Tree.

A single person was currently going through that path right now.

This was one of the two people that Cale had Billos send invitations to attend the auction.

It was a middle-aged man who seemed to be in his fifties with a solemn expression on his face.

However, even with the solemn expression, he reminded Cale of a Korean Congressman.

‘But more like an extremely corrupt one?’

That seemed to describe this man perfectly.

Cale was calm while Billos let out a gasp and continued to stare at the middle-aged man in the path.

“…I didn’t expect the merchant guild leader to actually come.”

The middle-aged man was a merchant guild leader.

His merchant guild was known as one of the top five merchant guilds in the Mogoru Empire.

The Singten Merchant Guild.

They had strong business abilities, but more importantly, they had a significant amount of political influence that allowed them to quickly rise in rank in the Empire during the past ten years.

The name of the leader of this merchant guild was Plavin Singten.

the anonymous invitation that Cale had sent him, but he gasped after realizing a

really must have the Determination

written the invitations. That was why he knew what

The Determination of Fire.

name of the jeweled necklace that the Singten Merchant Guild was

was discovered in lava a long ago that no fire could damage. The Dwarf Expert who designed the

was said that the Singten Merchant Guild purchased it from the Golden Tree Auction house here in Vegas City about ten years

how did it end up in young

how it happened. However, he was in awe of Cale’s

it happened, it meant that the necklace was currently

he must really have

Exultation was the jewel used to bait

how Cale had called this a jackpot and licked his lips. His

minimum of 20

ago. Since it will be traded

if the Singten Merchant Guild wanted this necklace, but the fact that the guild leader himself showed up

quietly whispered to Cale. He

will make at least

you

“Excuse me?”

see Cale

Cale truly was shocked.

‘15 billion counds?’

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

straight after seeing Cale's

don't understand how items can be auctioned for

winning bids for

sure they are sold for those prices because they

completely different. And Cale had every plan

price appropriately. The final value of

“30.”

“Excuse me?”

after hearing the number

I hear him

that he couldn’t understand how things sold for such expensive prices before naming a price that was twice the value of

amount was

30 billion counds.

about 30 billion

a significant development in commerce, 30 billion cound

is not the

started to

pay much attention to things, Cale was very

why the number he said was bound

“Young master-nim.”

“Yes.”

be

loyal servant. Cale

could not ask about it. The Cale he knew was someone who

ask? But he’s not the type to

Billos was correct.

could not explain to Billos even if he

from Ron and Freesia about the merchant

the first report was one he had never heard of, however, the second report told him the true owner of

this Golden Tree Casino right now and the reason Tasha had joined with them had all happened after they learned

report the night he chatted with the crown prince. He had then shared the second report with

giving Alberu the chains to Antonio’s neck allowed Cale

the crown

power behind that merchant guild

the true masterminds

that he would meet with

interesting that they were

information network is quite

no choice but

her other assassin guild members who used to be active in the

seen a member of the merchant guild involved in the slave trade enter one of the Singten Merchant Guild’s branch locations by the Empire’s border and come out with a large amount of money. That led them to start investigating that branch until they managed to intercept a secret message the branch

your information network to

‘Absolutely not, your highness.’

Ron and the other information network members have

how

was asking about how to deal with the trade with the Singten Merchant Guild’s guild leader in regards

do you

say we follow the original

‘The original plan?’

the original

Merchant Guild while you continue your investigation to capture the merchant

from them before capturing them and

‘That is correct.’

go with

to do it however he wanted now that he had

“Excuse me, young master-nim.”

down at Billos who was cautiously

plan to sell

are great and migh, no, I am the one who is great and mighty, but you are still

mind. Cale started to frown after hearing

flinch. He wondered if he shouldn’t have asked. However, it was not just Raon and Billos. Hilsman, who was just as curious as the other two, as well as On and

noises of the gambling devices continued to echo throughout the building. There were no

Cale started to speak.