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.

means that the nobles, mages, knights, and others who ran away with the Imperial

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi Han’s deduction and

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

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

Han started to

alone is not enough to confirm that

He then added on.

fact, it is probably more likely that the Imperial Prince is hiding with the others in the Imperial

nodded his head and

what I believed at first as

“…Yes?”

say you injured the

“…I did, why?”

piece of information came out of Billos's

has disappeared ever

The Imperial doctor.

made Choi

Billos quickly added on.

figure out where that doctor went after hearing from

night after Saint Jack had headed to

followed behind the doctor who was

people so we had to be far away from others as we made

saw outside the capital's

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

Han and Tasha started

Prince had been seriously

the Empire’s best healer had headed

two of Freesia’s subordinates are currently following the carriage tracks and heading North. One of my mages is with them as well so

Tasha started to speak.

even though I'm sure that there

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

complimented Billos before biting down

the Imperial

the case

she hesitated before adding

don’t think that

developed for hundreds of years was telling her that

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

believe that the Imperial Prince is

The capital.

Imperial Prince was in the

was

person who had 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

been curious about for a while. Do you know what

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

more curious after seeing the golems and the dead mana

the Alchemists’ Bell Tower for them to have this

had a single question as an emotion that

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

those people who were

those people come

openly bring them in through the gates and delivered them

they brought in

large number

when it was for over tens of

In addition.

want to say

did they hide their

and Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack

master-nim, are

could not say

through all of

there is a

about the call he had with

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

seem hurt at all even though Choi Han’s

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

said

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

his head and

where the Tower

up from his seat and gave an

gate. Guide me to the place

looked at Cale’s cold gaze and also stood up.

have her subordinates cautiously continue

Adin who treasured

leave the place

wants to control

if someone else took it

leave the

of that carriage being

that the carriage was a

hoping that people like

Cale could

to observe it from as

shall I do

moment

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

communication device started

in the mage who was waiting

could

Snap!

gold mana surrounded the video communication device

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

Freesia.

guard dog and who

if you heard