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?’

Wyvern knights who had fought against

‘…This bastard-’

of Cale’s mouth crookedly crept up. Clopeh was truly crazy

at that

“Meeoow.”

A Cat meowed.

the marketplace and arriving far from where the north gate could be

were not necessarily close to the gate nor the marketplace

the dark and narrow alley

“Meeeoooow.”

as he approached the

was a Cat with short

pouch was

Cat leapt into Cale’s arms once he opened

been a while,

a Cat despite still being the wanted criminal who had attempted to murder the

“Meeoow.”

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

the pouch that was tied to the Cat-form Rex. Human!

spatial pocket bag undoubtedly contained the

had been while

a signal with his eyes to his group who

‘Let’s go.’

to rise up from Eruhaben and Raon, instantly turning Cale and

“Is that it?”

the north gate of the

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

that is

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

rapid flight movement, as he stared at one

be seen when one

small open area inside the

wild flowers filled that

be getting some rest against the bottom of some trees. It was a peaceful

Eruhaben’s voice as he remained

hunters. Those

“That is correct.”

Choi Han also agreed.

if they’re alert for any intruders even

Cale’s mouth crept

He looked at Billos.

he was looking at and hurriedly started to

“That face, that face!”

at one of the

was definitely the knight that was

whispered with an

where the

The secret passage.

was on Cale’s

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

made the fur on Sir

wonder what

Bell Tower that he was visiting for the

older sister

‘They-’

handle thinking about

“I can see it.”

Rex turned his head.

white gold hair calmly continued to

illusion magic at least three times.” That’s right! Goldie gramps saw it

alarm magic, in addition to the illusion 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

quietly listened then bluntly asked

matter

mind at that moment. I’m a Dragon. I am the great Raon Miru! Human, do

gesture to Sir Rex,

Cat’s fur and

shall we try

Billos

smile was

don’t like anyone getting hurt, you

Cat and the plump merchant

in a state of emergency. You can’t let your

to the field of

trunk and were laying down, eating, or doing maintenance on their hunting bows

“Of course.”

their neck in one go

Rustle. Rustle.

who was answering while lying

the sword that clearly belonged to an Empire

Rustle. Rustle.

Two? No,

Rustle, rustle.

place looks like a nice

young man who had excitedly entered the area flinched

startled by the appearance of the

“Meeoow.”

his arms kept tilting its

plump man carrying an unknown number of

“…What is it?”

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

“No, just…”

the front scratched his brown-haired head and shifted his eyes here and there as

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

knight captain stealthily stood

the fuck out of here. This is not some flower viewing place. It’s a rest area for hunters, so don’t

Shhhhh-

from the spring

to bother you. We were just within the city

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

properly managing the gate? They let

they probably let these ordinary people out since they weren’t

he was full

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

can I watch a fight

‘What?’

man’s

moment he

Shhhh-

leaves

“Ugh!”

“Ack!”

bones shot out from beneath the

out in an instant and blocked

“Ack!”

“M, mmfh!”

Shhhh.

person appeared on top of the large tree that

was hanging upside down on a