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.

away with the Imperial Prince are most likely staying in the Imperial Palace right

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi Han’s

Imperial family has remained the same ever since the Imperial Prince headed

into the Imperial Palace had gone up while the

started to

not enough to confirm that the Imperial Prince is

He then added on.

probably more likely that the Imperial Prince is

nodded his head

what I believed at first

“…Yes?”

you injured

“…I did, why?”

of information

Imperial doctor has disappeared ever since

The Imperial doctor.

Choi Han’s

Billos quickly added on.

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

been the night after Saint Jack had

stealthily followed behind the doctor who was leaving the

have too many people so we had to be far away from others as we made our move. That was

recalled what he saw outside the

the people who we believe to be the doctor and his students outside

Han and Tasha started to

had been seriously

had headed North

heading North. One of my mages is with them as well so

Tasha started to speak.

even though I'm sure that there have been a

much as he could with the limitations that

complimented Billos before biting down

Imperial

the case

she hesitated

that is

that had been developed for hundreds of years was telling

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

the Imperial Prince is still

The capital.

Imperial Prince was in the

intuition was telling

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.

I’ve been curious about for a while. Do

“…I'm not really sure?”

really was curious

seeing the golems and the dead mana bombs in

Alchemists’ Bell Tower for them to have this much

emotion that was beyond the level of anger

slums and forcibly made citizens of other kingdoms into slaves and brought them

“Yes, young master-nim?”

turned into slaves and almost sent to the Empire by their merchant guild in

people who were captured as

people

gates and delivered them

they brought in

large number of

it was for over tens of

In addition.

really want

did they hide their

jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping his shaking

are

could not

was going through all of their

a secret passage going outside

about the call

walls and Adin's face,

though Choi Han’s sword had cut

he considers to be the

had not said anything until now

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

his head and

the

his seat

Northern gate. Guide me to the place

also stood up. He

Freesia to have her subordinates cautiously

who

a bastard would leave the place he has the most

control everything

else took it

would also leave

that carriage being empty are very

more likely that the carriage

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

course, Cale could

as far of a distance

shall I do

was the moment Billos was

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started

tried to call in the

could

Snap!

surrounded the video communication device and the call immediately

face appeared on the screen. Young master-nim!

Freesia.

dog and who was currently the leader of Cale’s

urgency. I'm not sure if you heard yet, but