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?’

fought against the Empire during the

‘…This bastard-’

up. Clopeh was truly crazy

was at

“Meeoow.”

A Cat meowed.

and arriving far from where the north gate could

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

dark and narrow alley

“Meeeoooow.”

as he approached the

was a Cat

pouch was

into Cale’s arms

a while,

around the Empire’s capital by taking the form of a Cat despite still being the wanted criminal who

“Meeoow.”

Rex slowly tapped on Cale’s shoulder with his front paws

that was tied to the Cat-form

bag undoubtedly contained the video storage devices prepared

had been while holding

eyes

‘Let’s go.’

and Raon, instantly turning Cale

“Is that it?”

the north gate

rang out from a particularly sturdy-looking tree that

is it,

magic, was awkwardly nodding

the rapid flight movement, as

be seen when one left through

a small open area inside the

that area

some trees. It was

he remained

not hunters. Those

“That is correct.”

Choi Han also agreed.

alert for any intruders even though they look like they’re

corners of Cale’s mouth

He looked at Billos.

his gaze away from the hunter he was

“That face, that face!”

pointed at one of

definitely the knight

with

where the secret passage

The secret passage.

who was on Cale’s shoulder quickly stiffened up after hearing

the Alchemists’ Bell Tower through the sewers. There was an unknown secret passage

made the fur on Sir Rex’s body stand on

wonder what

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

sister and

‘They-’

thinking about it any

“I can see it.”

Rex turned his head.

beautiful man with white gold hair

secret passage is covered with highest-grade illusion magic at least three times.” That’s right!

magic. Someone set up the alarm magic in a way that would inform those in the Alchemists’ Bell Tower if someone tries to break the illusion magic.” Gramps is right about that

listened then bluntly asked

doesn’t matter though,

at that moment. I’m a Dragon. I am the great Raon Miru! Human, do you still not know

grinned and gently made a gesture to Sir Rex,

Cat’s fur and started to

try to go

and Billos

smile was on

anyone

Cat and the plump

state of emergency. You can’t let your

the

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

“Of course.”

their neck in one go if anyone

Rustle. Rustle.

answering while

clearly belonged to an Empire

Rustle. Rustle.

Two? No,

Rustle, rustle.

a nice place

had excitedly entered the

that looked as if he was startled by the appearance

“Meeoow.”

arms kept tilting its

him came a plump man carrying

“…What is it?”

in front and had the same brown hair and brown eyes as him, entered the

“No, just…”

head and shifted

five disguised knights stared at the three who had just entered the flower field as they continued to

knight captain stealthily stood

is not some flower viewing place. It’s a

Shhhhh-

leaves fluttered from the

we don’t plan to bother you. We were just within the city and

young man who tried to refute the hunter’s statement with a tearful

they even properly managing the gate? They

ordinary people out

he was

up. Don’t test a hunter’s patience and fuck off, alright? This is not

watch a fight

‘What?’

young man’s expression change in

the moment he

Shhhh-

the leaves started

“Ugh!”

“Ack!”

from beneath the soil and grabbed the hunters’

bones shot out in an instant and blocked the

“Ack!”

“M, mmfh!”

Shhhh.

large tree that

on a