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?’

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

‘…This bastard-’

crookedly crept up. Clopeh

was at that

“Meeoow.”

A Cat meowed.

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

necessarily close to the gate nor the

the dark and narrow alley was gazing

“Meeeoooow.”

he

Cat with

pouch was tied to his

Cat leapt into Cale’s arms once he opened

a

a Cat despite still being the

“Meeoow.”

on Cale’s shoulder with his front

pouch that was tied to the Cat-form Rex. Human! It’s a spatial pocket

the video

where the Cat had been

his eyes

‘Let’s go.’

Eruhaben and Raon, instantly turning

“Is that it?”

gate of the

out from a particularly sturdy-looking tree that

that is

to Raon’s flight magic, was awkwardly nodding his head while holding

the rapid flight movement, as he stared at

could be seen when one left through the north

was a small open

wild flowers filled that

some rest against the bottom of some trees. It was a peaceful sight no matter

voice as he remained

not hunters. Those

“That is correct.”

Choi Han also agreed.

tense as if they’re alert for any intruders even though they look

of Cale’s mouth crept up

He looked at Billos.

turned his gaze away from the hunter he

“That face, that face!”

one

was definitely the knight that was with

with an

think this is where

The secret passage.

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

through the sewers. There was an unknown secret passage

the fur on Sir Rex’s body

what is

going on inside the Alchemists’ Bell Tower that he was visiting for the first

older sister and

‘They-’

couldn’t handle thinking about it any

“I can see it.”

Rex turned his head.

gold

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

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

then bluntly asked a

doesn’t matter though,

heard the voices of two Dragons in his mind at that moment. I’m a Dragon. I am the great Raon Miru! Human, do you still

grinned and gently made a gesture to Sir

fur and started to

shall we try

and Billos could see

crooked smile was on Cale’s

like anyone

and the plump merchant

You can’t let your

the field

or doing maintenance on their hunting bows looked at the speaking hunter and

“Of course.”

their neck in one

Rustle. Rustle.

was answering while lying under the tree’s shade

that clearly belonged to an Empire

Rustle. Rustle.

Two? No, three

Rustle, rustle.

looks like a nice place for

man who had excitedly entered the area flinched

he was startled by the appearance of the hunters had brown hair and brown

“Meeoow.”

Cat that was in his arms kept

came a plump man carrying an unknown number of

“…What is it?”

a few years younger than the young man in front and had the same brown hair

“No, just…”

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

who had just entered the flower field as they

knight captain stealthily stood

is not some flower viewing place. It’s a rest area for

Shhhhh-

leaves fluttered from

to bother you. We were just within the city and the

hunter’s statement

properly managing the gate? They let these frolicking bastards

they probably let these ordinary people out since

hunter shouted as he was full of

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

can I watch

‘What?’

saw the young man’s

the moment he

Shhhh-

leaves started

“Ugh!”

“Ack!”

out from beneath the soil and grabbed the

shot out in an instant and blocked

“Ack!”

“M, mmfh!”

Shhhh.

the large tree that the

upside down on a tree branch as she grinned at