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?’

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

‘…This bastard-’

Clopeh was truly crazy in

at

“Meeoow.”

A Cat meowed.

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

of the quiet residential areas that were not necessarily close to the gate nor the marketplace

in the dark and narrow alley was gazing at

“Meeeoooow.”

he

a Cat with short red

was

into Cale’s arms once he opened

a while,

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

“Meeoow.”

shoulder with his front paws a few times

pouch that was tied to the

undoubtedly contained the video storage devices prepared by

Cat had been while holding the Cat and pouch in his

a signal with his eyes

‘Let’s go.’

then started to rise up from Eruhaben and Raon, instantly turning Cale and the group

“Is that it?”

north gate of

the man was lifted the moment his voice rang out from a particularly sturdy-looking tree that stood amongst a dense group

that is it,

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

by the rapid flight movement, as he stared at one

the forest that could be seen when one left through the north

was a small open area inside the

filled that area because it was

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

as he remained hidden some

hunters.

“That is correct.”

Choi Han also agreed.

if they’re alert for any

of Cale’s mouth crept

He looked at Billos.

his gaze away from the hunter he was looking

“That face, that face!”

one of

was definitely the knight that was with the

whispered with

is where

The secret passage.

Rex, who was on

Bell Tower through the sewers.

on Sir Rex’s body stand

wonder what

Alchemists’ Bell Tower that he was visiting for the first time in fifteen

older sister and

‘They-’

thinking about

“I can see it.”

Rex turned his head.

gold hair calmly continued to

with highest-grade illusion magic at least three times.” That’s right! Goldie

in a way that would inform those in the Alchemists’

quietly listened then bluntly

matter though,

that moment. I’m a Dragon. I

gently made a gesture to Sir Rex, who

stroke the Cat’s fur

we try to

and Billos could see

crooked smile was on Cale’s

anyone getting hurt,

and the plump

state of emergency. You can’t let your guard down even for

to the field

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

“Of course.”

neck in one go

Rustle. Rustle.

who was answering while lying under the

his gaze as he grabbed the sword that clearly belonged to an Empire knight but was covered

Rustle. Rustle.

Two? No,

Rustle, rustle.

place looks like a nice place for flower viewing-

young man who had excitedly entered the area flinched and

man that looked as if he was startled by the appearance of the hunters had brown hair and

“Meeoow.”

red Cat that was in his arms

plump man carrying an unknown number of apple

“…What is it?”

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

“No, just…”

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

field as they continued to lie on

stealthily stood up and

This is not some flower viewing place.

Shhhhh-

fluttered from the spring

no, we don’t plan to bother you. We were just within the city

hunter ignored the scrawny young man who tried to refute the hunter’s statement with a tearful expression while holding a

properly managing the gate? They

these ordinary people out since they weren’t merchants

hunter shouted as he was

off, alright?

can I watch a fight

‘What?’

man’s expression change in an

the moment he felt

Shhhh-

the leaves

“Ugh!”

“Ack!”

beneath the soil and grabbed

bones shot out in an

“Ack!”

“M, mmfh!”

Shhhh.

the large tree

a tree branch as she grinned