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

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi Han’s deduction

the Imperial family has remained the same ever since the Imperial Prince headed out

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

started

to confirm that the Imperial Prince

He then added on.

is probably more likely that the Imperial

head

was what I believed at first as well.

“…Yes?”

say you injured

“…I did, why?”

information

doctor has disappeared ever since leaving the Imperial

The Imperial doctor.

Choi Han’s

Billos quickly added on.

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

had been the night after Saint Jack had headed to the Whipper Kingdom's

behind the doctor who was leaving

too many people so we had to be far away from others

saw outside the capital's

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

Han and Tasha started to

Prince had been seriously

the Empire’s best healer had headed North

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

Tasha started to speak.

that

had done as much as he could with the limitations that

biting

think the Imperial Prince headed

of that being the case

she hesitated before

that is the

for hundreds of years was telling her that that

what her intuition was telling

that the Imperial

The capital.

Imperial Prince was

intuition 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?”

action, making Billos flinch as he looked at Cale. Cale

for a

“…I'm not really sure?”

was curious

more curious after seeing the

Alchemists’ Bell Tower for them to have this

an emotion that was beyond the level

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

“Yes, young master-nim?”

and almost sent to the Empire by

those people who

those people come into the

them in through the gates and delivered them to the

they brought in with teleportation

large number of

it was for

In addition.

want

did they

jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping his shaking hands

master-nim, are

could not say anything

all of

you think that there is a secret passage going

about the call he had with

black walls and Adin's face,

though Choi

to be the safest place for him. Then where would that place

person who had not said anything until now finally chimed

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

his head and

the Tower Master

his seat and gave

Guide me to the

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

her subordinates cautiously continue tracking the

about Adin who treasured his

the place he

control everything

if someone else took it

would also leave the Bell

the chances of that carriage being empty are

was more likely that the

put out while hoping that

course, Cale could

them to observe it from as far

shall I do

was the moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started to

call in the

he could even leave the

Snap!

video communication

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

Freesia.

the rabbit that resembled the devil's guard dog

I'm not sure if you heard yet, but my subordinates