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

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi Han’s deduction

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

gone up while the personal goods for the Imperial Prince and

Han started to

that the Imperial Prince is not

He then added on.

the Imperial Prince is hiding

nodded his head and responded

what I believed at first

“…Yes?”

say you injured the

“…I did, why?”

of information

Imperial doctor has disappeared ever since

The Imperial doctor.

Choi Han’s

Billos quickly added on.

out where that doctor went after hearing from our

had been the night after Saint Jack

had stealthily followed behind the doctor

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

saw outside the capital's

footprints and carriage tracks of the people who we believe to

Tasha started to

had been

had headed North

One of my mages is with them as well so that they can check

Tasha started to speak.

I'm sure that there have been a lot of restrictions in

as much as he could with the limitations that had been set around

complimented Billos before biting down

Imperial

case

hesitated before

that

of years was telling her

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

believe that the Imperial Prince

The capital.

Prince was in the

intuition was telling

been silent all this time finally

“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

about for a while. Do you know what it

“…I'm not really sure?”

really was

after seeing the golems and the dead

many people must have died by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower

that was beyond the level of anger filled his

people from the slums and forcibly made citizens of other kingdoms

“Yes, young master-nim?”

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

who were captured as

those people come into the

bring them in through the gates and delivered them

in with

number

was for over tens

In addition.

want

they hide

up. Saint Jack was

master-nim, are

not

thought that was going through all of their

that there is a secret passage

thought about the call he

and Adin's face, but his complexion had been

seem hurt at all even though Choi

he considers to be the safest place for him. Then

not said

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

head and added

is where the Tower Master would

from his seat and gave an order to

gate. Guide me to the

at Cale’s cold gaze and also stood

to have her subordinates cautiously

thought about Adin who treasured

would leave the place he

one who wants to control

if someone else took

would also leave the Bell Tower

like the chances of that carriage

was more likely that the carriage was

hoping that people like Billos,

course, Cale could be

them to observe it from as far of a distance as

I do that

was the moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

communication device started to

quickly tried to call in the mage who

before he could even leave

Snap!

video communication device and the call immediately

appeared on the screen. Young

Freesia.

resembled the devil's guard dog

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