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.

knights, and others who ran away with

‘…He's very smart.’

agreement with Choi Han’s deduction and added

Imperial Prince's palace and the Imperial family has remained the same ever since the Imperial Prince headed out to

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

started to

enough to confirm that the Imperial Prince is not in

He then added on.

it is probably more likely that the Imperial

head and responded

was what I believed at first as

“…Yes?”

you say you injured the

“…I did, why?”

information came out of Billos's

the Imperial doctor has disappeared ever since

The Imperial doctor.

Choi

Billos quickly added on.

went after hearing from our information network that the Imperial doctor and his students had all left the

Jack had headed to

followed behind the doctor who

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

saw outside

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

Han and Tasha

had been seriously

the Empire’s best healer had headed North out

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

Tasha started to speak.

I'm sure that there have been a lot

done as much as he could with the

Billos before biting

the Imperial Prince headed North

of that being the case seemed high based

hesitated before

don’t think that is the

of years was telling her that that

Han as she raised her head while thinking about what her intuition was

that the Imperial Prince

The capital.

was

was telling her

had been silent all this time finally

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

Cale’s action, making Billos flinch as he looked at Cale. Cale didn't care and just said what

for a while. Do you know what

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

more curious after seeing the golems and the dead mana

Bell Tower for them

had a single question as an emotion that was beyond the level of

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

“Yes, young master-nim?”

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

people who were captured

people come

openly bring them in through the gates and delivered them to the Alchemists’ Bell

in with teleportation

large number of

for over tens of

In addition.

don't really want to say this,

they hide

and Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping

master-nim, are you

could not

going through all of

a secret passage going

about the call

only seen black walls and Adin's

all even though Choi Han’s sword

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

who had not said

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

head and added

where the Tower

seat and gave an

Northern gate. Guide me to the place where the

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

Freesia to have her subordinates cautiously continue tracking

who treasured his life

a bastard would leave the place he

who wants to control everything would leave his

else took

also leave the

chances of that carriage being empty are very

that the carriage

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

course, Cale

as far of a distance as

I

was the moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

device started

call in the mage

he could

Snap!

video communication device and

the screen.

Freesia.

assassin who sculpted the rabbit that resembled the devil's guard dog and who was currently the leader of Cale’s information guild under

speak with urgency. I'm not sure if