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.

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 and

palace and the Imperial

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

Han started

confirm that the Imperial Prince is not in the

He then added on.

fact, it is probably more likely that the Imperial

his head and responded

what I believed at first

“…Yes?”

you injured the Imperial

“…I did, why?”

piece of information came out of Billos's

doctor has disappeared ever since leaving

The Imperial doctor.

word made Choi

Billos quickly added on.

I tried to figure out where that doctor went after hearing from our information network that

Saint Jack had headed to the Whipper Kingdom's

behind the doctor who was leaving

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

recalled what he saw outside

tracks of the people who we believe

Tasha started

Imperial Prince had

the Empire’s best healer had headed North out of

heading North. One of my mages is with them as well so that they can check in very

Tasha started to speak.

have done very well even though I'm sure that there have

as he could with the limitations that

before biting down

think the Imperial

that being the case seemed high based

hesitated

don’t think that

that had been developed for hundreds of years was telling her that that was

what her intuition was telling her. She could tell that Choi Han felt the

Imperial Prince is

The capital.

Prince was in

intuition was telling

silent all this

“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

I’ve been curious about for a while. Do you know what

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

even more curious after seeing the golems and

the Alchemists’ Bell Tower for them to have

question as an emotion that

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

“Yes, young master-nim?”

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

who were captured

people come into

gates

they brought in with teleportation

number of

for over tens

In addition.

really want to

they

Saint Jack was clasping his

master-nim, are you

could not say anything

going through all of

there is a secret passage

call he had

Adin's face, but his complexion had been

all even though Choi Han’s

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

person who had not said anything until now finally

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

head and

is where the

stood up from his seat

Guide me to

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

subordinates cautiously continue

who

a bastard would leave the place he has

wants to control everything would leave his

else took it

would also leave the Bell

that carriage

likely that the carriage was a

hoping that

course, Cale could

them to observe it from as far of a distance

I do

was the moment

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

device

tried to call in the mage who was waiting outside the

could even leave

Snap!

mana surrounded the video communication device

on the screen. Young

Freesia.

devil's guard dog and who was currently the

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