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 Prince are most likely staying

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi Han’s deduction

Prince's palace and the Imperial

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

started to

that the

He then added on.

the Imperial Prince is hiding with the others

head

what I believed at first as well.

“…Yes?”

you injured the Imperial

“…I did, why?”

of information came

Imperial doctor has disappeared ever since leaving

The Imperial doctor.

Choi Han’s

Billos quickly added on.

doctor went after hearing from our

Saint Jack had headed

had stealthily followed behind the doctor who was leaving

so we had to be far away from others as we made our move. That was why we weren't able to see

he saw outside

footprints and carriage tracks of the people

Han and Tasha started to

Prince had been seriously

best healer had headed North out of the

the carriage tracks and heading North. One of my mages is with

Tasha started to speak.

that there have

with the

before biting down

Imperial

the case seemed high based

she hesitated

think that is the

that had been developed for hundreds of years

thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could tell that Choi Han

that the Imperial Prince is

The capital.

Imperial Prince was in the

was

who had been silent all

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

as he looked

something I’ve been curious about for a while. Do

“…I'm not really sure?”

really was curious

seeing the golems

Alchemists’ Bell Tower for them to have this

single question as an emotion that was

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

“Yes, young master-nim?”

were turned into slaves and almost sent to the

those people who

did those people come

the gates and delivered them to the

in with teleportation

large number

when it was for over tens

In addition.

don't really want to say

they

and Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping

are you

could not

of their minds

that there is a secret passage

call he had with

and Adin's face, but his complexion

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

considers to be the

person who had not said anything until

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

his head

is where the

stood up from his seat and

Guide me to the place where the tracks

stood

Freesia to have her subordinates cautiously

thought about Adin who treasured

bastard would leave the place he has

control

if someone else took

also leave the

like the chances of that carriage

that the

bait that he put out while hoping that people like

Cale could be

them to observe it from as far of a distance as

shall I do that

moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started

the

before he could even leave

Snap!

communication device

on the screen. Young

Freesia.

the devil's guard dog and

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