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?’

knights who had fought against the Empire during the battle of

‘…This bastard-’

of Cale’s mouth crookedly crept up. Clopeh was truly crazy in a smart way

at that

“Meeoow.”

A Cat meowed.

marketplace and arriving far from where

not necessarily close to the gate nor

the dark and narrow alley was

“Meeeoooow.”

grinned as he

was a Cat

pouch was tied to

leapt into Cale’s arms once

been a

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

“Meeoow.”

shoulder with his front paws a few

was tied to the Cat-form Rex. Human! It’s

undoubtedly contained the

entered the dark alley where the Cat had been while

signal with his eyes to his group who was farther

‘Let’s go.’

started to rise up from Eruhaben and Raon, instantly turning

“Is that it?”

north gate of

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

that is it, young

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

rapid flight movement, as he

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

a small open

flowers filled that area because

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

as he remained

not hunters.

“That is correct.”

Choi Han also agreed.

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

corners of Cale’s

He looked at Billos.

hunter he was

“That face, that face!”

pointed at one

definitely the knight that

with an excited

think this is where

The secret passage.

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

Tower through the sewers. There was an

fact alone made the fur on Sir Rex’s body stand on

what is

Bell Tower that he was visiting

older sister

‘They-’

handle thinking about it

“I can see it.”

Rex turned his head.

man with white gold hair calmly continued

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

magic in a way that would inform those in the Alchemists’ Bell Tower if someone tries to break

quietly listened then bluntly asked a

doesn’t matter though,

that moment. I’m a Dragon. I am the great Raon Miru!

to Sir Rex, who slowly leaped into

stroke the Cat’s fur and

try to

and Billos could see

crooked smile was on Cale’s

anyone getting hurt,

and the plump

can’t let your guard down

the field of

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.”

neck in one go if anyone

Rustle. Rustle.

while lying under the

the sword that clearly belonged to

Rustle. Rustle.

Two? No,

Rustle, rustle.

a

who had excitedly entered the area flinched and his eyes opened

that looked as if he was startled by the

“Meeoow.”

his arms kept

him came a plump man carrying an unknown number of apple

“…What is it?”

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

“No, just…”

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

as they continued to

captain stealthily

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

Shhhhh-

leaves fluttered from the

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

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

gate? They

let these ordinary people out since

hunter shouted as he

patience and fuck off, alright? This is not some place for you to watch

I watch

‘What?’

the young man’s expression change in an

the moment

Shhhh-

the leaves started to

“Ugh!”

“Ack!”

beneath the

shot out in an instant

“Ack!”

“M, mmfh!”

Shhhh.

appeared on top of the large tree that

hanging upside down on a tree branch as