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.

mages, knights, and others who ran away with the Imperial

‘…He's very smart.’

agreement with Choi Han’s deduction

heading to the Imperial Prince's palace and the Imperial family has remained the same

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

Han started to

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

He then added on.

fact, it is probably more likely that the Imperial Prince is

head

believed at first as well. But,

“…Yes?”

you say you injured

“…I did, why?”

of information came out of Billos's

has disappeared ever since leaving

The Imperial doctor.

made Choi

Billos quickly added on.

after hearing from

Saint Jack

followed behind the doctor who was leaving

not have too many people so we had to be far away from others as we made our

recalled what he saw outside

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

Tasha started

had been

best healer had

tracks and heading North. One of my mages is with them as well so that they can check in very

Tasha started to speak.

have done very well even though I'm sure that there have been a lot

as he could with the limitations that had been set

Billos before biting down

you think the Imperial Prince

the case

she hesitated

don’t think that is

of years

thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could tell that Choi Han felt the same way and started

the Imperial Prince is

The capital.

Imperial Prince was in the

intuition was

person who had been silent all this

“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

about for a while. Do

“…I'm not really sure?”

was curious

after seeing the golems and the dead

Alchemists’ Bell

an emotion that was beyond

slums and forcibly

“Yes, young master-nim?”

the citizens of the Roan Kingdom's Gyerre territory were turned into slaves and almost sent to the Empire by their merchant guild

who were

people come into

them in through the gates and delivered them

brought in with teleportation

number

it was for

In addition.

don't really want to say

did they hide

Han and Tasha jumped up. Saint Jack was clasping his

are you

not say

was going through all of their minds was flowing

is a secret passage going outside

the call he had

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

all even though Choi Han’s sword had cut

is probably getting healed at the place he considers to be the

had not said anything until now

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

his head and added

is where the

stood up from his seat and gave an order

Guide me to the

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

have her subordinates cautiously

about Adin who

bastard would leave the place he has the most

control everything would leave

someone else took

leave the Bell

the chances of that carriage being

was more likely that the

while hoping that people like Billos, foreign spies

course, Cale

as far

I

moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started to

call in the mage

before he could

Snap!

surrounded the video communication device and the

on the screen. Young

Freesia.

devil's guard dog and who was currently the leader of Cale’s information guild under

if you heard yet, but my subordinates