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 likely staying in the

‘…He's very smart.’

agreement with Choi

to the Imperial Prince's palace and the Imperial

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

started to

is not enough to confirm that the Imperial

He then added on.

it is probably more likely that the Imperial Prince

his head and responded

I believed at first as well. But,

“…Yes?”

say you injured the

“…I did, why?”

information came out of

doctor has disappeared ever since

The Imperial doctor.

word made Choi Han’s

Billos quickly added on.

Rex, Miss Freesia, and I tried to figure out where that doctor went after hearing from our information network that the

Saint Jack had headed to

behind the doctor

we did not have too many people so we had to be far away from others as we made our move. That was why we weren't

what he saw

of the people who

and Tasha

Prince had been

the Empire’s best healer had headed North

the carriage tracks and heading North. One of my

Tasha started to speak.

well even though I'm sure that there have

he could with the limitations that had been set

biting

Imperial

of that being the case seemed high based

hesitated before adding

think that is the

had been developed for hundreds of years was

head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could tell that Choi Han felt the same

that the Imperial Prince is

The capital.

Prince was in the

was telling

all this time finally

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

Cale’s action, making Billos flinch as he looked at Cale. Cale didn't care and just said what

I’ve been curious about for a while. Do

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

more curious after seeing the golems

people must have died by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower

emotion that was beyond the level of anger filled his

Tower brought the people from the slums and forcibly made

“Yes, young master-nim?”

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

who were captured as

those people come

through the gates and delivered them

they brought in with teleportation

large number

for over tens

In addition.

really want

did they hide their

and Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping his

are you

could not say anything

through all of their minds was

you think that there is a secret passage going outside the

the call

black walls and Adin's

all even though Choi Han’s sword had cut right

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

not said anything until now finally chimed

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

head and

is where the Tower

up from his seat and gave an

to the place

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

to have her subordinates cautiously continue tracking

thought about Adin who treasured

a bastard would leave the

one who wants to control

someone else

would also leave the Bell

the chances of that carriage being

more likely that the carriage was

that he put out while hoping that

Cale

observe it from as far of a distance as

I do that

the moment

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started to

tried to call in the

he could

Snap!

mana surrounded the video communication

face appeared on the screen. Young

Freesia.

that resembled the devil's guard dog and who was currently

not sure if you heard