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 Prince are most likely staying in the

‘…He's very smart.’

showed his agreement with Choi Han’s deduction and

the amount of goods heading to the Imperial Prince's palace and the Imperial family has remained the same ever since the Imperial Prince headed out to

while the personal goods for the Imperial Prince and the Imperial family

started to

not enough to confirm that the Imperial

He then added on.

likely that the Imperial Prince is hiding

nodded his head

I believed at first as well. But, Choi

“…Yes?”

you say you injured

“…I did, why?”

of information came out of

the Imperial doctor has disappeared ever since leaving

The Imperial doctor.

Choi

Billos quickly added on.

where that doctor went after hearing from our information network that the Imperial doctor and his

been the night after Saint Jack

behind the doctor

be far away from others as we made our move. That was why we weren't able to

what he saw outside the

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

Tasha

had been seriously

Empire’s best healer had headed North out

heading North. One

Tasha started to speak.

that there have been a lot of

could with the limitations that had

Billos before biting

think the Imperial Prince headed

being the case

she hesitated

think that is the

had been developed for hundreds of years

contact with Choi Han as she raised her head while thinking about what her intuition was telling her. She could tell that Choi Han felt the same way and started to

Imperial Prince is

The capital.

was in the

was telling

silent all this

“Billos.”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Cale started to smile.

“Did you know this?”

“Excuse me?”

as he looked at Cale. Cale didn't care

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

“…I'm not really sure?”

really was curious

after seeing the golems and

the Alchemists’ Bell Tower for

as an emotion that was beyond

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

“Yes, young master-nim?”

territory were turned into slaves and almost sent to the Empire by their merchant guild in order

who were captured as

did those people come into

they openly bring them in through the gates and delivered them to the

they brought in

large number

when it was for over

In addition.

want to say this,

did they hide their

Saint Jack was clasping his shaking

are

not

that was going through all of their minds was flowing

you think that there is a secret passage going outside

thought about the call he had

walls and Adin's

though Choi Han’s sword had cut right

is probably getting healed at the place he considers to be the safest place for him. Then where would that place

not said anything until now

“The Alchemists’ Bell Tower.”

It was Mary.

head

is where the Tower Master would

up from his seat and gave

Guide me to the place where

stood

to have her subordinates cautiously

about Adin who treasured his

a bastard would leave the place he

wants to control everything would leave

someone else

also leave

of that carriage

that

that people like Billos, foreign spies within the

course, Cale could

observe it from as far of a distance as

I do that

moment Billos was

Beeeeeeep- Beeeeeeeep-

communication device

to call in the

he could even

Snap!

gold mana surrounded the video communication device and

on the screen.

Freesia.

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

not sure if you heard yet, but my subordinates have found the