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.

and others who ran away with the Imperial Prince are most

‘…He's very smart.’

agreement with Choi Han’s

the Imperial Prince's palace and the Imperial family

gone up while the

Han started to

not enough to confirm that

He then added on.

the Imperial Prince is hiding with

his head and responded

I believed at first as well. But,

“…Yes?”

you say you injured the

“…I did, why?”

information came out of Billos's

disappeared ever since

The Imperial doctor.

Choi Han’s

Billos quickly added on.

after hearing from our information network that the Imperial doctor and his

after Saint Jack had headed to the Whipper Kingdom's

followed behind the doctor

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

saw outside the

last thing we saw were the footprints and carriage tracks of the people who we

Tasha

Imperial Prince had

best healer had headed North out of the

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

Tasha started to speak.

though I'm sure that there have been

as much as he could with the limitations

Billos before biting down

Imperial Prince headed

case seemed high

she hesitated before adding

don’t think that is

of years was telling her that that

contact with Choi Han as she raised her head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could tell that Choi Han felt the same way and started

believe that the Imperial

The capital.

was

was telling her

been silent all this

“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

a while. Do you know what it

“…I'm not really sure?”

was curious

had become even more curious after seeing the golems and the

must have died by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower for them to

question as an emotion that was beyond the level

the people from the slums and forcibly made

“Yes, young master-nim?”

slaves and almost sent to the Empire by their merchant guild

people who

people come

gates and delivered them to

in with teleportation

number of

for over tens of

In addition.

really want

they hide

Han and Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was

are you

not

thought that was going through all of their minds was

a secret passage going

about the call he

only seen black walls and Adin's face, but his complexion had

Choi

he considers to be the safest place for

said anything until now finally

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

his head

the

seat and gave an

me to the place where the tracks

looked at Cale’s cold gaze and also stood up.

Freesia to have her subordinates cautiously continue tracking

about Adin who treasured his

bastard would leave the place he

wants to control

someone else

also leave the

chances of that carriage being empty are very

more likely that the carriage

hoping that people like Billos, foreign

Cale could

to observe it from as far of

I

was the moment Billos was

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started to

the mage who was waiting outside the

could even leave the

Snap!

the video communication device

on the screen. Young

Freesia.

that resembled the devil's guard dog and who was currently the leader of Cale’s information

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