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.

with the Imperial Prince are most

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi

and the Imperial family has remained the same ever since the Imperial Prince headed out

goods going into the Imperial Palace had gone up while the personal goods for the

Han started to

is not enough to confirm that the Imperial Prince is not

He then added on.

probably more likely that the Imperial Prince is

nodded his head and responded

believed at first as well.

“…Yes?”

say you injured

“…I did, why?”

information came out of

disappeared ever

The Imperial doctor.

made Choi Han’s expression

Billos quickly added on.

that doctor went after hearing from our information network that the Imperial doctor and his

after Saint Jack had headed to the

stealthily followed behind the doctor who

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

what he saw outside the capital's

thing we saw were the footprints and carriage tracks of the people who we believe to be the doctor and

Han and Tasha

Prince had been

healer had headed North out of the

following the carriage tracks and heading North. One of my

Tasha started to speak.

I'm sure that there have been

with the limitations that had

Billos before biting down on her

the Imperial Prince

chances of that being the case seemed high based on

she hesitated before adding

don’t think that

for hundreds of years

made eye 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

believe that the Imperial Prince

The capital.

was in

was

person who had been silent all

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

Billos flinch as he looked

a while. Do you know what

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

seeing the golems and the dead mana bombs in the

Alchemists’ Bell Tower for

that

brought the people from the slums and forcibly made citizens of other kingdoms into slaves and brought them

“Yes, young master-nim?”

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

who

those people come into

they openly bring them in through the gates and delivered them to

in

large number of

was for over tens

In addition.

want to say this,

did they hide

Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was

master-nim, are

could not say

through all of their minds

that there is a secret

thought about the call he had

walls and Adin's

hurt at all even though Choi Han’s

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

said anything until

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

nodded his head and added

the Tower Master

seat and gave an order to

to the place

Cale’s cold gaze and also stood up. He heard Cale's voice as he

Freesia to have her subordinates cautiously continue tracking

who

bastard would leave the place he has the

to control everything would leave his

someone else

also leave

like the chances of that

was more likely that the carriage was

out while hoping that people like

Cale could

as far

shall I do that

was the moment

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

device started to go

tried to call in the mage who was

could even leave

Snap!

the video communication device and the call

on the screen. Young master-nim!

Freesia.

that resembled the devil's guard dog

not sure if you heard