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 Imperial Palace

‘…He's very smart.’

showed his agreement with Choi Han’s deduction and added

the Imperial Prince's palace and the Imperial family has remained the same ever since the Imperial

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

started

that the Imperial Prince is not in

He then added on.

Imperial Prince is

his head and responded

what I believed at first as

“…Yes?”

say you injured the

“…I did, why?”

final piece of information came out of

doctor has disappeared

The Imperial doctor.

made Choi Han’s

Billos quickly added on.

where that doctor went after hearing from our information

the night after Saint Jack had headed to the

had stealthily followed behind the doctor

far away from others as we made our move. That was

saw outside

the footprints and carriage tracks of the people who we

Tasha started

had been seriously

healer had headed North

the carriage tracks and heading North. One of my mages is with them as well so that they

Tasha started to speak.

that there have been a

had done as much as he could with the limitations that had

biting

think the Imperial Prince headed

being the case seemed high based on the

she hesitated before adding

that

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

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

Imperial

The capital.

Prince was

was telling her

person who had been silent all this time

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

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

a while. Do you know what it

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

had become even more curious after seeing the golems and

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

an emotion that was beyond the level of anger

the slums and forcibly made citizens of other

“Yes, young master-nim?”

and almost sent to the Empire by their

who were captured as

did those people come

the gates and delivered them to

they brought in with

large number of

when it was for over

In addition.

really want to

they hide

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

are

could not say anything

that was going through all of their minds was flowing

think that there is a secret passage going outside the

call he

Adin's face, but his complexion

seem hurt at all even though Choi Han’s sword had cut

place he considers to be the safest place for

who had not said anything until

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

nodded his head and added

where the

stood up from his seat and

gate. Guide me to the

stood up. He heard

to have her subordinates cautiously continue

Adin who treasured his

bastard would leave the place he has the

control everything would leave

if someone else took

also leave the Bell Tower

of that carriage being

that the

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

Cale

from as

shall I do that

the moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started to go

quickly tried to call in the mage who was waiting

he could even

Snap!

the video communication device and

the

Freesia.

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

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