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 the

‘…He's very smart.’

agreement with Choi Han’s deduction and

of goods heading to the Imperial Prince's palace and the Imperial family has remained the same ever since the Imperial Prince headed

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

Han started to

confirm that the Imperial Prince is

He then added on.

likely that the Imperial Prince is

his head and

believed at first as well. But,

“…Yes?”

you injured the

“…I did, why?”

of information came out of Billos's

has disappeared

The Imperial doctor.

made Choi Han’s

Billos quickly added on.

tried to figure out where that doctor went after hearing from our information network that the Imperial doctor and his students had all

had been the night after Saint Jack

the

have too many people so we had to be far away from others as we made our move. That was why we

he saw outside

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

and Tasha

Prince had been seriously

the Empire’s best healer had headed North

following the carriage tracks and heading North. One of my mages is with them as well so that they can check in very

Tasha started to speak.

that

as he could with the limitations that had been set around

biting down

the Imperial Prince

the case seemed high based on

hesitated before adding

that is

hundreds of years was telling

her head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She

that the Imperial

The capital.

Prince was

intuition was telling

person who had been silent all this

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

flinch as he looked at Cale.

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

“…I'm not really sure?”

really was

even more curious after seeing the golems and the dead mana

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

as an emotion that was beyond the level

forcibly

“Yes, young master-nim?”

were turned into slaves and almost sent to the

who were captured

people come into

openly bring them in through the gates and

brought in

large number

when it was for

In addition.

want to

they

and Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping his shaking hands

are you

could not

through all of their minds was

there is a

the call he had

and Adin's face, but his

though Choi

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

not said anything until now

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

nodded his head and

is where the

stood up from his seat and

gate. Guide me to the place

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

her subordinates cautiously continue

thought about Adin who treasured

bastard would leave the

who wants to control

else took it

would also leave the

chances of that carriage being

likely that the carriage

bait that he put out while hoping that people like Billos, foreign spies within the capital, would get

Cale

as far of a

shall I

the moment Billos was

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

device started

tried to call in the mage who was

he could even leave

Snap!

the video communication device and the

face appeared on the

Freesia.

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

to speak with urgency. I'm not sure if you heard yet,