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.

who ran away with the Imperial Prince are most likely staying

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi Han’s

and the Imperial family has remained the same ever since the

gone up while the personal goods

Han started

is not enough to confirm that the Imperial Prince

He then added on.

it is probably more likely that the Imperial Prince

head

believed at first as

“…Yes?”

say you injured the Imperial

“…I did, why?”

information came out of

has disappeared ever since leaving

The Imperial doctor.

made Choi

Billos quickly added on.

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

the night after Saint Jack

followed behind the

not have too many people so we had to be far away from others as we made

recalled what he saw outside the capital's

footprints and carriage tracks of the people who we believe to be the

and Tasha started to

Imperial Prince had been seriously

healer had headed North out of

currently following the carriage tracks and heading North. One of my mages is with them as

Tasha started to speak.

very well even though I'm sure that there

as much as he could with the limitations that had

Billos before biting down on her

the Imperial Prince

chances of that being the case seemed high based on the

she hesitated

think that

been developed 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 way and started to

the Imperial Prince is still

The capital.

was in

was telling

all

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

action, making Billos flinch as he looked at Cale. Cale didn't care

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

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

even more curious after seeing the golems

must have died by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower

that was beyond

Bell Tower brought the people from the slums and forcibly

“Yes, young master-nim?”

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

those people who were captured as

did those people come

bring them in through the gates

they brought in with teleportation

large number

it was for over tens of

In addition.

don't really want to say this,

they

Saint Jack was clasping

are

could not say anything

through all of their minds was flowing out of Cale's

you think that there is a

the call he

only seen black walls and Adin's face, but his

though Choi Han’s sword had cut right

at the place he considers to be the safest place

said anything

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

nodded his head and added

where the Tower Master

seat and gave an order to

gate. Guide me to

stood up.

subordinates

thought about Adin who

bastard would leave the place

who wants to control everything would leave his bedroom

else took

would also leave the

like the chances of that carriage

more likely that the carriage was a

hoping that people like Billos, foreign spies within the

course, Cale

it from as far

shall I do that

the moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started to

to call in the mage who was

could even leave

Snap!

the video communication device and the

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

Freesia.

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

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