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.

with the Imperial Prince are

‘…He's very smart.’

showed his agreement with Choi Han’s deduction and

and the Imperial family has remained the same ever since the

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

started

not enough to confirm that the Imperial Prince is not

He then added on.

probably more likely that the Imperial Prince is hiding

his head and

I believed at first as well.

“…Yes?”

you say you

“…I did, why?”

piece of information came out of Billos's

doctor has disappeared ever since leaving the Imperial

The Imperial doctor.

word made Choi Han’s expression

Billos quickly added on.

where that doctor went after hearing from our information network that the Imperial doctor and his students had all

had been the night after Saint Jack had headed to the

the doctor who was

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 able to

saw outside

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

had

best healer had headed North

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

Tasha started to speak.

that there have been a lot of restrictions in

with the limitations that

biting

think the Imperial Prince headed North

the case seemed high based on

she hesitated before adding

think that is the

that had been developed for hundreds of years

Han as she raised her head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could tell

Imperial Prince is still

The capital.

Prince was in

was telling her

all this time

“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 he needed

about for a while.

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

had become even more curious after seeing the golems and the dead mana

Alchemists’ Bell Tower for them to have this

a single question as an emotion that was beyond the

Bell Tower brought the people from the slums and forcibly

“Yes, young master-nim?”

almost sent to the Empire by their merchant guild in

those people who were captured

people come into the

gates and

they brought in with teleportation

number of

for over

In addition.

want

did they

Han and Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping his shaking

master-nim, are you

not

thought that was going through all of their minds was

a secret passage going

about the call he had with

black walls and Adin's

all even though Choi Han’s sword had cut right

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

had not said anything until now

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

nodded his head and added

is where the Tower Master would

seat and gave an

to the place

stood up. He heard Cale's voice as

to have her subordinates cautiously continue

Adin who

would leave the place he has

control everything would leave his

else took

also leave

that carriage being

likely that the

that he put out while hoping that people like Billos, foreign spies within the capital,

course, Cale could be

from as far of a distance as

I do that

moment

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

communication device

call in the

before he could even leave

Snap!

surrounded the video communication device and the call immediately

the screen. Young master-nim!

Freesia.

resembled the devil's guard dog and who

to speak with urgency. I'm not sure if you heard