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.

means that the nobles, mages, knights, and others who ran away with the Imperial Prince are most likely staying in the Imperial Palace right

‘…He's very smart.’

agreement with Choi

palace and the Imperial family has remained

while the personal goods for the Imperial Prince and the Imperial family had remained the

started to

confirm that the Imperial Prince is not in the

He then added on.

is probably more likely that the Imperial Prince is hiding with the others in

nodded his head and responded

I believed at

“…Yes?”

say you

“…I did, why?”

information came out

doctor has disappeared

The Imperial doctor.

word made Choi

Billos quickly added on.

and I tried to figure out where that doctor went after hearing from our information network

been the night after Saint Jack had headed to the

stealthily followed behind the doctor who

we did not have too many people so we had to be far away from others as we made our move. That was why

saw outside the

saw were the footprints and carriage tracks of the people

Tasha started to

had been seriously

had headed North out of

and heading North. One of my mages is with them as well so that

Tasha started to speak.

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

with the limitations that

Billos before biting down

you think the Imperial Prince headed

the case seemed high based on the

she hesitated before

that is

hundreds of years was telling her that that

head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could tell that Choi Han

that the Imperial Prince is

The capital.

was in

intuition was telling

silent all this

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

atmosphere changed with Cale’s action, making Billos flinch as he looked at Cale.

been curious about for a while. Do you know what it

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

even more curious after seeing the golems and

have died by the Alchemists’ Bell

single question as an emotion that was

and forcibly made citizens of other kingdoms into

“Yes, young master-nim?”

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

who were captured as

did those people come into

them in through the gates

brought in with teleportation

number

for over tens of

In addition.

want

did they hide

jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping his

are you

could not say anything

that was going through all of their

is a secret passage going outside the

thought about the call he had with

and Adin's face, but his

hurt at all even though Choi

the place he considers to be the safest place for him. Then where

said

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

head and

is where the Tower Master would

stood up from his seat and gave an

Guide me to the place where the tracks

cold gaze and also stood up. He heard Cale's

have her subordinates cautiously continue tracking

about Adin who treasured his life the

leave the place

one who wants to control

someone else took

also leave the Bell

like the chances of that carriage being empty are very

that the

out while hoping that people like Billos, foreign

course, Cale could

as far of a distance as

I

the moment

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started to go

in the mage who

before he could even leave the

Snap!

gold mana surrounded the video communication device and the call

appeared on the screen. Young master-nim! You're

Freesia.

the devil's guard dog and

not sure if you heard yet, but my subordinates have found