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

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi Han’s deduction and added

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

the personal goods

Han started to

that the Imperial Prince is not in

He then added on.

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

nodded his head and responded

was what I believed at first as well. But,

“…Yes?”

you injured the Imperial

“…I did, why?”

information came out of Billos's

has disappeared ever since leaving the Imperial

The Imperial doctor.

Choi

Billos quickly added on.

figure out where that doctor went after hearing from

been the night after Saint Jack

had stealthily followed behind the doctor who was

did not have too many people so we had to be far away from

he saw outside the capital's

people who we believe to be the doctor and his students

Han and Tasha started to

Imperial Prince had

had headed North out

subordinates are currently following the carriage tracks and heading North. One of my mages is with them as well so that they can check

Tasha started to speak.

have done very well even though I'm sure that

done as much as he could with the limitations that had

complimented Billos before biting down on her

think the Imperial Prince

chances of that being the case seemed high

she hesitated

think that is

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

raised her head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her.

that the Imperial Prince is still

The capital.

Imperial Prince was

was telling her

been silent all this

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

making Billos flinch as he looked at Cale. Cale didn't

a while. Do you know what

“…I'm not really sure?”

really was curious about

become even more curious after seeing the golems and the dead

by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower for them to have this much

a single question as an emotion that was beyond

slums and forcibly made citizens of

“Yes, young master-nim?”

Kingdom's Gyerre territory were turned into slaves and almost sent to the Empire by their merchant guild in order to be used as

those people who

people

them in through the gates and delivered

brought in

large number

for over

In addition.

really want to say this,

they

and Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping his

master-nim, are you

could not

thought that was going through all of their minds was flowing out of Cale's

you think that there is a secret passage

the call

and Adin's face, but

hurt at all even though Choi Han’s sword had

getting healed at the place he considers to be the safest place for him. Then where

person who had not said anything until now finally

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

head and added

is where the Tower Master

seat and gave

Northern gate. Guide me to the

Cale’s cold gaze and also stood up. He

to have her subordinates

Adin who treasured his life the

a bastard would leave the place he

to control everything would leave his bedroom

if someone else took

leave the Bell

the chances of that

that the

while hoping that people like Billos, foreign spies within the capital, would

course, Cale

as

shall I do that

moment Billos was

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

device started

to call in the mage who was waiting outside

could

Snap!

surrounded the video communication device and the

on the

Freesia.

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

if you heard yet, but