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.

ran away with the Imperial

‘…He's very smart.’

agreement with Choi

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

Imperial Palace had gone up while the personal goods for the Imperial Prince and the Imperial family had remained

started

not enough to confirm that the Imperial Prince is not in the

He then added on.

the Imperial Prince is

his head

at first as well. But,

“…Yes?”

say you

“…I did, why?”

information came out of Billos's

Imperial doctor has disappeared ever

The Imperial doctor.

word made Choi Han’s

Billos quickly added on.

and I tried to figure out where that doctor went after hearing from our information network that the

had been the night after Saint Jack had headed to the

stealthily followed behind the doctor who was leaving the

we did not have too many people so we had to be far away from others as we made our move. That was why we

saw outside the

we saw were the footprints and carriage tracks of the people who we believe to be the

Tasha

Prince had been

the Empire’s best healer had headed North

and heading North. One of my mages is with

Tasha started to speak.

very well even though I'm sure that

had done as much as he could with the limitations that had been set around

complimented Billos before biting down on her

the Imperial

case seemed high

hesitated before adding

think that is the

been developed for hundreds of years was telling her

thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could tell that Choi Han felt

the Imperial Prince is still

The capital.

Prince was in

was

person who had been silent all this

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

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

about for a while. Do you know

“…I'm not really sure?”

was curious

had become even more curious after seeing the golems and

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

emotion that was beyond the level of

Alchemists’ Bell Tower brought the people from the slums and forcibly made citizens of other kingdoms into slaves and

“Yes, young master-nim?”

turned into slaves and almost sent to the Empire

those people who were captured

those people come into the

the gates and delivered them to

they brought in with teleportation

number of

when it was for over

In addition.

don't really want to

they hide their

Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was

are you

could not

all of their minds was

think that there is a secret passage

the call he had with

Adin's face, but his complexion had

though Choi Han’s sword had cut right by his

healed at the place he considers to be the safest

who had not said anything until

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

head

where the Tower

his seat

to the place where the

Cale’s cold gaze and also stood up. He heard

Freesia to have her subordinates cautiously

who treasured his life

would leave the place he has the most

one who wants to control everything would leave

if someone else

also leave the Bell

of that carriage

more likely that the carriage was a

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

Cale

from as far of a distance as

shall I do that

was the moment

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

device started

quickly tried to call in the mage who

he could even leave the

Snap!

video communication device and the call immediately

appeared on the screen. Young

Freesia.

guard dog and

sure if you heard yet, but my subordinates have found