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.

who ran away with

‘…He's very smart.’

Choi Han’s deduction and

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

into the Imperial Palace had gone up while the personal goods

started

confirm that the Imperial Prince is not in the

He then added on.

Imperial Prince is hiding

his head and responded

was what I believed at first as well.

“…Yes?”

you say you injured the

“…I did, why?”

final piece of information came out

the Imperial doctor has disappeared ever since leaving the Imperial

The Imperial doctor.

Choi Han’s expression

Billos quickly added on.

doctor went after hearing

night after Saint Jack had

had stealthily followed behind the doctor who was leaving

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

what he saw outside

the footprints and carriage tracks of the people who we believe to be the doctor and his students outside the northern

Tasha started to

had

the Empire’s best healer had headed North out of

and heading North. One of my mages is with them as

Tasha started to speak.

though I'm sure that there have

with the limitations that had been set around

biting down on her

the Imperial Prince

chances of that being the case

she hesitated before

that is

of years was

head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her.

the Imperial Prince is still

The capital.

Prince was in the

was telling her

silent all this time finally started

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

Cale’s action, making Billos flinch as he looked at Cale. Cale

for a while. Do you

“…I'm not really sure?”

was curious about

after seeing the

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

emotion that

slums and forcibly made citizens

“Yes, young master-nim?”

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

people who were captured as

those people

gates and

brought in with teleportation

number

for over tens of

In addition.

want to

they hide

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

are you

not say

through all of

a secret passage going

the call he had with

and Adin's face, but his

even though Choi

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

had not said anything until now finally chimed

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

head

is where the

seat

Guide me to the

stood

have her subordinates cautiously

Adin who treasured his life the

the place he has

one who wants to control everything would leave his bedroom

else

also leave

the chances of that carriage being

was more likely that the

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

Cale could be

it from as far of

I

the moment

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

video communication device started

to call in the mage who was

before he could even leave

Snap!

surrounded the video communication device and

appeared on the screen.

Freesia.

resembled the devil's guard dog and who was currently the leader of

started to speak with urgency. I'm not sure if