Trash of the Count's Family

The road leading to the north gate. Cale looked around at his surroundings. Human! There are soldiers everywhere pretending not to be soldiers!

It was definitely a loud and lively marketplace in the capital. Raon could see people that he suspected to be soldiers and knights as his eyes shifted past the market road towards the north gate. Everyone’s expressions look good except for the disguised people! Their expressions don’t look good! They’re stiff!

‘That’s likely so.’

Cale fully understood the fearful hearts of the Empire’s army that was surveying the market while disguised throughout the capital.

The Empire’s capital.

That place was in the midst of a strange tranquility.

“Ah.”

Cale looked at Choi Han, Mary, Tasha, and Eruhaben who were following him at a distance, but turned his attention to his side as a sudden thought arose.

The noisy market.

It was a vantage point where there weren’t any disguised soldiers yet.

It was a good place to talk comfortably.

He covertly asked a question.

“How did you hear the news about me?”

He caught Billos’s trembling eyes that were staring at him.

‘This damn crown prince!’

Cale wondered what Alberu Crossman possibly did to make Billos’s eyes tremble so much like that.

‘How the hell did he start the rumor?’

“About that… the news came from the North.”

‘Huh? …The North? Wait a second. He’s probably not referring to the northern part of the Empire.’

“…The North of the Western continent?”

“Yes, young master-nim.”

Billos nodded with a serious expression on his face.

“The news has been secretly spreading around the merchants from the North and now a good number of people know it. The news will probably spread amongst the people of the Empire soon.”

Cale’s expression grew more and more peculiar.

There was one guy who came to mind when he thought about the North.

That guy still hasn’t contacted him now that he thought about it.

“I wouldn’t have believed it if this rumor had started from the Empire or the Roan Kingdom.”

Billos shuddered as if just thinking about that time was terrible before he continued on.

“It was also rumored that the Northern Alliance that was defeated by the Roan Kingdom was preparing to attack again in response to Commander Cale Henituse’s absence, so I couldn’t help but be concerned.”

Cale’s expression grew more and more strange.

“…My absence?”

“Yes. I heard that you vomited blood and…”

Billos spoke with difficulty as if the news he heard about Cale was gruesome.

“…That you couldn’t steady yourself because of your shaking limbs.”

He looked toward Cale with concern.

“I heard that your current state was like the majority of the people in the past who possessed multiple ancient powers and had collisions occur inside their body which resulted in… um, I heard that there was a history of a lot of these types of people dying. That can’t all be possibly true, right?”

“Mhm, that’s true.”

“…Excuse me?”

Billos’s piggy bank-like face grew pale. Regardless, Cale didn’t have time to pay attention to Billos at that moment. Human! A message came from the crown prince!

It was because of Raon’s words.

Raon read the crown prince’s message in Cale’s mind. I’m busy. I’ll call you later.

‘…What? Aren’t I busy as well?’

Cale stopped walking at the next message which followed as soon as he started to frown. It became like this after I accepted Commander Clopeh’s suggestion. What a shame.

‘What? Whose suggestion did you listen to?’

“Young master-nim, a, are you by chance not feeling well right now?”

Billos approached a bit closer to Cale with a pale expression on his face.

However, Cale couldn’t hear his words.

Only Raon’s voice echoed incessantly in his mind. A message also came from the crazy Clopeh.

‘…Oh god.’ I will leave Cale-nim’s name in history. I will make your path to become a legend into a great one.

‘…God damn it.’

“This crazy bastard-”

“Excuse me? I was just trying to help.”

Billos stiffened in fright. It was because Cale’s expression was that contorted.

The memory of the sixteen-year-old Cale of the past who was famous for being the trash of the Henituse territory and known to have thrown an empty wine bottle at a group of gangsters came to mind at that moment.

The current expression on Cale’s face looked as trashy as it had back then.

“Y, young master-nim?”

“…No, it’s nothing.”

Cale waved his hand and made a gesture that beckoned Billos to hurry up and keep going.

Billos wasn’t sure why Cale was behaving in such a way, but thought that he shouldn’t annoy Cale right now and thus quickly led the way. Cale followed him and started to think to himself.

‘What did this crazy bastard do?’

Ultimately, the truth was that the full account of the horrible news regarding Cale was created through the collaboration of crown prince Alberu and Guardian Knight Clopeh.

‘…It was a wise choice to spread the rumor starting from the North, but…’

It started from the three Northern kingdoms that were outwardly cooperating with the Roan Kingdom since they had no choice but to submit to them. Thus, it would be easy for third parties and their allies to believe it if the rumors regarding Cale’s life or death came from the North. Human! I think Clopeh has really lost it!

‘I know, right?’ He said that he’s sending over the Holy Knights! We don’t have Holy Knights though, do we?

‘What?’

recalled Clopeh and the Wyvern knights who had fought against the Empire during the battle of

‘…This bastard-’

crept up. Clopeh

was at

“Meeoow.”

A Cat meowed.

turned his head after leaving the marketplace and arriving far from where

not necessarily close to the gate nor the marketplace and the

crouching in the dark and narrow alley was gazing at

“Meeeoooow.”

as he

was a Cat with short

pouch was

into Cale’s arms once he opened them

been a while, Sir

the Empire’s capital by taking the form of a Cat despite still

“Meeoow.”

Cale’s shoulder with his front paws a few times as if

was tied to the Cat-form Rex.

pocket bag undoubtedly contained the video

alley where the Cat had been while holding the Cat and pouch in

a signal with his eyes

‘Let’s go.’

to rise up from Eruhaben and Raon, instantly

“Is that it?”

gate of the

lifted the moment his voice rang out from

that is it, young

thanks to Raon’s flight magic, was awkwardly nodding his head while holding onto the tree trunk as if

ignored Billos, who was startled by the rapid flight movement, as he stared at one

seen when one left

a small open

modest wild flowers filled that

also happened to be getting some rest against the bottom of some trees. It was a peaceful sight no matter how one looked

heard Eruhaben’s voice as he remained hidden some

not hunters. Those

“That is correct.”

Choi Han also agreed.

for any intruders even though they look like they’re

Cale’s mouth crept up

He looked at Billos.

the hunter he was looking

“That face, that face!”

one of

definitely the knight

whispered with an

think this is where the

The secret passage.

of the Cat, Sir Rex, who was on Cale’s shoulder quickly stiffened up after hearing those

through the sewers. There was an unknown

on Sir

what is

Bell Tower that he was visiting for the first time in

sister and

‘They-’

couldn’t handle thinking

“I can see it.”

Rex turned his head.

man with white gold

with highest-grade illusion magic at least

in addition to the illusion magic. Someone set up the alarm magic in a way that would inform those in

quietly listened then

matter

at that moment. I’m a Dragon.

to Sir Rex, who slowly

the Cat’s fur and started

try

and Billos

crooked smile was on

like anyone getting hurt, you

the plump

can’t

to the field of

hunters who were gathered under the largest tree trunk and were laying down, eating, or doing maintenance on their hunting bows looked at the

“Of course.”

strike their neck in one go if

Rustle. Rustle.

answering while lying under the tree’s shade

the sword that clearly belonged to an Empire knight but was

Rustle. Rustle.

No,

Rustle, rustle.

looks like a nice place

excitedly entered the area flinched and his eyes opened

startled by the appearance of the hunters had brown hair

“Meeoow.”

was in his arms kept tilting its head

him came a plump man carrying an unknown number

“…What is it?”

man who looked a few years younger than the young man in front and had the same brown hair and brown eyes as him,

“No, just…”

his brown-haired head and shifted his eyes here and there as if he was

just entered the flower field as they continued to lie on the ground or sit down while pretending

stealthily stood

of here. This is not some flower viewing place.

Shhhhh-

leaves fluttered from the spring

Oh no, we don’t plan to bother you. We were just

tried to refute the hunter’s statement with

gate? They let these frolicking bastards

these ordinary people out

shouted as he was

test a hunter’s patience and fuck off, alright? This is not some place

can I watch

‘What?’

saw the young man’s expression change

the moment

Shhhh-

leaves started

“Ugh!”

“Ack!”

out from beneath the soil and

bones shot out in an instant

“Ack!”

“M, mmfh!”

Shhhh.

person appeared on top of the large tree that

on a tree branch as