Trash of the Count's Family

‘The Imperial Prince can’t be found in the capital?’

Cale motioned to Billos with his chin.

“Explain.”

He had not had any time to look through the information about the Empire. It was now time to carefully listen.

“…So, what you are telling me…”

Cale, who was sitting on a couch in a room that Billos had guided him to, started to get an image of the current situation in the Empire after hearing everything that Billos had to say. He then explained it in one phrase.

“The information in the capital is being controlled right now.”

He brushed back his magically brown hair.

“Yes, young master-nim. That is why there are soldiers from the Empire undercover and monitoring myself, as well as the other merchants of the Empire.”

Billos thought about the Flynn Merchant Guild's building as well as his other residence that was publicly known as his official residence.

There were currently people he believed to be the Empire’s soldiers and knights stationed undercover to watch his every move.

Cale thought about what Billos had just explained to him.

‘Furthermore, the number of soldiers at every gate heading into the capital has been fortified.’

The true reason for the increased number of soldiers was to control the information going out, however, the regular citizens would just think that they were doing this to prepare for war.

“There already seems to be many merchants from other nations who have been captured by them.”

Billos gulped at Cale's stoic expression before continuing to speak.

“All of the video communication devices that do not belong to the royal family nor the nobles have all been confiscated as well. The official video communication device belonging to the Flynn Merchant Guild has been confiscated as well.”

“…But there should be others like you who have a secret video communication device, no?”

“Yes sir, I'm sure that there are. I believe a few people including myself know about the situation outside the capital right now.”

Cale pointed out the most important thing in what Billos just said.

Controlling the gates.

Controlling the merchants.

Confiscating the video communication devices.

The result of doing all of those things.

“The citizens of the capital must not know about the current situation with the war.”

Billos nodded his head with a serious expression on his face.

“Yes sir.”

He quickly added on.

“And the people who do know are not able to easily open their mouths.”

“Because they might be captured?”

“That is the case.”

Cale thought about Imperial Prince Adin and commented.

“Trash really is trash.”

Billos flinched at Cale’s extremely annoyed voice. Tasha, who was next to them, interjected.

“Then the citizens of the capital must know nothing right now.”

Billos looked toward Tasha and nodded his head.

“Yes, the only thing that the royal family said was that the war was going to go longer than expected.”

He thought about the current situation in the capital.

The elongation of war.

That made the citizens gather in different spots in the capital while hoping for the Empire to win and for the Imperial Prince to save the Empire.

“…The majority of people do not know about the Empire’s defeat, about how the Imperial Prince and the nobles ran away, nor aboutas the reappearance of black magic.”

Billos peeked to look at Cale before continuing to speak.

“That was why Sir Rex, Miss Freesia, and I focused on figuring out the current state of things rather than spreading the truth.”

It would have been bad if any of them had ended up being captured while blabbing about the truth.

Especially while Cale was not there.

“Then what do you mean by the Imperial Prince not being here?”

Billos turned his head toward the source of the voice.

Choi Han, who was standing there with brown hair, was looking at him.

Ahem.

Billos let out a fake cough before resuming his explanation.

“You should already know that I have connections with the purchase of goods for the soldiers.”

The group nodded their heads.

That was how they had been able to tell when the Imperial Prince would head to the Whipper Kingdom and how large his force would be.

“I was able to figure a few things out using those connections.”

Billos lifted up one finger.

“First, the amount of goods entering the Imperial Palace has gone significantly up ever since the Imperial Prince’s group ran away from the Whipper Kingdom battle.”

Choi Han commented on this.

“The number of, ‘mouths,’ to feed in the palace suddenly went up.”

“That is the case.”

Billos could see Choi Han saying the things he had deducted after hearing that information.

knights, and others who ran away with the Imperial Prince are most likely staying in the Imperial Palace

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi

to the Imperial Prince's palace and the Imperial family has remained

had gone up while the personal goods for the

Han started

not enough to confirm that the Imperial Prince

He then added on.

that the Imperial Prince is hiding with the

nodded his head and

I believed at first as well. But, Choi

“…Yes?”

you say you

“…I did, why?”

information came out

disappeared ever since leaving the Imperial

The Imperial doctor.

made Choi Han’s expression

Billos quickly added on.

to figure out where that doctor went after hearing from our information network that the

been the night after Saint Jack had headed to the

the doctor who

have too many people so we had to be far away from others as we

saw outside the

last thing we saw were the footprints and carriage tracks of the people who

Han and Tasha started to

Imperial Prince had been seriously

Empire’s best healer had

tracks and heading North. One of

Tasha started to speak.

sure that there

with the

before biting down on

Imperial

the case seemed high based

she hesitated before

that

had been developed for hundreds of years was telling her that that

contact with Choi Han as she raised her head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could tell that Choi Han felt the same way and started

Imperial Prince is

The capital.

Imperial Prince was in the

intuition was telling her

silent all this time finally

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

Billos flinch as he looked at Cale. Cale didn't care and just said what he needed

something I’ve been curious about for a while. Do you

“…I'm not really sure?”

was curious

become even more curious after seeing the golems and the dead mana

people must have died by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower for them to have this much

question as an emotion that was beyond the level of anger

the slums and forcibly made citizens of

“Yes, young master-nim?”

slaves and almost sent to the Empire by their merchant guild in

those people who were

did those people come into

the gates and delivered

brought in with

number of

when it was for over tens of

In addition.

want to

did they hide

Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack

are

could not say

of their minds was flowing

is a secret passage

thought about the call he had with

black walls and Adin's face, but his complexion had

all even though Choi Han’s sword had cut right by

to be the safest place for him. Then where would that place

said anything until

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

his head and added

the Tower Master

up from his seat and gave an order

me to the

at Cale’s cold gaze and also stood

Freesia to have her subordinates cautiously

Adin who treasured his life

would leave the place

one who wants to control everything

someone else took

also leave the Bell Tower

that

likely that the carriage was a

he put out while hoping that

Cale could

it from as

shall I do

was the moment

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started to

the mage who was waiting outside the

before he could even

Snap!

mana surrounded the video communication device and

face appeared on the

Freesia.

assassin who sculpted the rabbit that resembled the devil's guard dog and who was currently the leader

not sure if you heard yet, but my subordinates have