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 the Imperial Prince are most likely staying in the

‘…He's very smart.’

his agreement with Choi Han’s deduction

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

while the

Han started to

enough to confirm that the Imperial Prince is

He then added on.

that the Imperial Prince is hiding with the others in

his head and responded

believed at first as

“…Yes?”

you say you injured the

“…I did, why?”

information came out of Billos's

Imperial doctor has disappeared ever since leaving

The Imperial doctor.

Choi Han’s expression

Billos quickly added on.

where that doctor went after hearing from our information network that the

Saint Jack had headed to

the doctor who was

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

recalled what he saw

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

Han and Tasha started to

had

best healer had headed North out of the

tracks and heading North. One of

Tasha started to speak.

even though I'm sure that there have been a

done as much as he could with the limitations

Billos before biting down

think the Imperial

of that being the case seemed high

she hesitated before

think that

for hundreds of years

Han as she raised her head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could

that the Imperial Prince is still

The capital.

was

was telling her

all

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

he looked at Cale. Cale didn't care and just said what he needed

for a

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

more curious after seeing the golems and the dead mana bombs

by the Alchemists’ Bell

a single question as an emotion that was beyond the

forcibly made citizens of other kingdoms into slaves and

“Yes, young master-nim?”

slaves and almost sent to the Empire

those people who were captured

those people come into the

gates

brought in with teleportation

number of

it was for over tens of

In addition.

don't really want to

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jumped up. Saint Jack

are you

could not

through all of their minds was flowing out

think that there is a

the call

walls and Adin's face, but his complexion had been

all even though Choi Han’s sword had cut right by his

to be the safest place

had not said anything until now finally

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

his head and

is where the

seat and gave an order

to the place where the

and also stood up. He

her subordinates

about Adin who

the place he has the most

who wants to control everything would leave his bedroom

else took it

would also leave the Bell

of that

that the carriage was

put out while hoping that

course, Cale could

observe it from as

shall I

the moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started

to call in the mage who

before he could even leave the

Snap!

gold mana surrounded the video communication device and

face 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 the leader of

sure if you heard yet, but my