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.

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

‘…He's very smart.’

with Choi Han’s deduction

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

up while the personal goods for the Imperial Prince and the

Han started

not enough to confirm that the Imperial

He then added on.

probably more likely that the Imperial Prince

head and responded

believed at first as well.

“…Yes?”

you injured the Imperial

“…I did, why?”

information came out

disappeared ever

The Imperial doctor.

made Choi

Billos quickly added on.

hearing from our information network that

Jack had

the

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

what he saw outside

and carriage tracks of the people

Han and Tasha

Prince had been

healer had

tracks and heading North. One of

Tasha started to speak.

very well even though I'm sure that there

could with

complimented Billos before biting down on

you think the Imperial

being the case seemed high based on

hesitated before adding

think that is the

hundreds of years was telling her that that

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

Imperial

The capital.

Imperial Prince was

was

who had been silent all

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

flinch as he looked at Cale. Cale

something I’ve been curious about for a while. Do you know what

“…I'm not really sure?”

was

after seeing the golems and the dead mana

people must have died by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower for

as an emotion that was

Tower brought the people from the slums and forcibly made citizens of other kingdoms into

“Yes, young master-nim?”

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

people who were captured as

did those people come

in through the gates

they brought in

number

was for over

In addition.

really want

did they hide their

up. Saint Jack

are

not say

of

that there is a secret

thought about the call he had

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

at all even though Choi Han’s sword had cut

he considers to be the safest place for him. Then where would that

person who had not said

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

his head

is where the

from his seat and gave an order to

Northern gate. Guide me to the

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

Freesia to have her subordinates cautiously

who

a bastard would leave the place he has

one who wants to control everything would leave his bedroom

else

leave

chances of that carriage

more likely that the carriage was a

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

course, Cale

as

shall I

the moment Billos

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

communication device started

the mage

could even

Snap!

mana surrounded the video communication device and the call

face appeared on the screen. Young master-nim!

Freesia.

sculpted the rabbit that resembled the devil's guard dog

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