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 the

‘…This bastard-’

mouth crookedly crept up. Clopeh was truly crazy in

was at that

“Meeoow.”

A Cat meowed.

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

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

the dark and narrow alley was gazing

“Meeeoooow.”

grinned as he approached the

a Cat

small pouch was

into Cale’s arms once he opened them

been a

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

“Meeoow.”

Rex slowly tapped on Cale’s shoulder with his front paws a few times as if to

took the pouch that was tied to the

spatial pocket bag undoubtedly contained the video

Cat had been while holding the Cat and pouch

a signal with his eyes

‘Let’s go.’

to rise up from Eruhaben and Raon, instantly

“Is that it?”

the north gate

the moment his voice rang out from a particularly sturdy-looking

that is it,

was awkwardly nodding his head while holding onto the tree trunk as if it was his

was startled by the rapid

forest that could be seen when one

small open area inside

modest wild flowers filled that

some rest against the bottom of some trees. It was a

as he remained hidden some distance away from the

hunters.

“That is correct.”

Choi Han also agreed.

are tense as if they’re alert for any intruders even

Cale’s

He looked at Billos.

away from the hunter he

“That face, that face!”

one of the

definitely the knight

with

where the secret passage

The secret passage.

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

escaped the Alchemists’ Bell Tower through the sewers. There was

alone made the fur on Sir

what is

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

older sister

‘They-’

handle thinking

“I can see it.”

Rex turned his head.

white gold hair calmly continued to

secret passage is covered with highest-grade illusion magic at least

magic. Someone set up the alarm magic in a way that would inform those in the Alchemists’ Bell Tower if someone tries to

listened then bluntly

doesn’t matter though,

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

and gently made a gesture to Sir Rex, who slowly

fur and started

shall we try to go

and Billos

crooked smile was on Cale’s

anyone getting hurt, you

the plump

of emergency. You can’t

the field of

down, eating, or doing maintenance on their hunting bows looked at the speaking hunter and replied with expressions

“Of course.”

strike their neck in one go if

Rustle. Rustle.

answering while lying

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

Rustle. Rustle.

No, three

Rustle, rustle.

place looks like a nice place for flower viewing-

man who had excitedly entered the area flinched and

looked as if he was startled by the appearance of the hunters

“Meeoow.”

red Cat that was in his arms kept tilting its head left

him came a plump man carrying an unknown number

“…What is it?”

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

“No, just…”

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

just entered the flower field as they continued to lie on the ground or

captain stealthily stood up

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

Shhhhh-

fluttered from

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

refute the hunter’s statement with a tearful expression while holding a Cat in

properly managing the gate? They let these

let these ordinary people out since they weren’t merchants nor high-ranking

he was full

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

I watch a

‘What?’

young man’s expression change in

the moment he

Shhhh-

leaves started to

“Ugh!”

“Ack!”

from beneath the

shot out in an instant and blocked

“Ack!”

“M, mmfh!”

Shhhh.

person appeared on top of the large tree that the hunters were leaning

a tree