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.

others who ran away with

‘…He's very smart.’

his agreement with Choi

Imperial family has remained the

the personal

started to

to confirm that

He then added on.

likely that the Imperial Prince is hiding with the

his head

was what I believed at first

“…Yes?”

you injured

“…I did, why?”

information came out

the Imperial doctor has disappeared ever since leaving

The Imperial doctor.

Choi

Billos quickly added on.

tried to figure out where that doctor went after hearing from our

been the night after Saint Jack had headed to the Whipper Kingdom's

the doctor who was leaving

so we had to be far away from others as we made

what he saw

and carriage tracks of the people who we believe to be the doctor and his students outside

Tasha

had been seriously

the Empire’s best healer had headed North out

of Freesia’s subordinates are currently following the carriage tracks and heading North. One of my mages is with them as well so

Tasha started to speak.

even though I'm sure that there have been a lot of restrictions

he could with the limitations that had been set around

biting

think the Imperial Prince

that being the case seemed high based on the

hesitated

that is

hundreds of years was telling her that that

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

that the Imperial

The capital.

Imperial Prince was

intuition was telling her

silent all this time finally started to

“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

for a while. Do you

“…I'm not really sure?”

really was

become even more curious after seeing the golems

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

question as an emotion that was beyond the level of anger

forcibly made citizens of other kingdoms into slaves and brought them here,

“Yes, young master-nim?”

Roan Kingdom's Gyerre territory were turned into slaves and almost sent to the Empire by their merchant guild in order to

those people who

people come into

bring them in through the gates

brought in

number

it was for

In addition.

want

did they hide

Saint

master-nim, are

not

all of their minds

a

about the call he had

walls and Adin's face, but his complexion had

Choi Han’s sword had cut right by

Imperial Prince is probably getting healed at the place he considers to be

person who had not said anything

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

nodded his head and

where the Tower Master

from his seat

Guide me to

cold gaze and also stood

have her subordinates cautiously continue tracking the

who treasured his life

would leave the

who wants to control everything would leave

someone else took

also leave the Bell

chances of that

likely that the carriage

put out while hoping that people like

Cale

to observe it from as far of

shall I do

was the moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

device started to

tried to call in the mage who was waiting outside the

before he could even

Snap!

gold mana surrounded the video communication device

appeared on the screen.

Freesia.

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

urgency. I'm not sure if you heard yet, but my