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?’

had fought against the Empire during the battle of Maple

‘…This bastard-’

mouth crookedly crept up. Clopeh was truly crazy in a smart way

was at

“Meeoow.”

A Cat meowed.

head after leaving the marketplace and arriving

not necessarily close to the gate nor

in the dark and narrow alley was gazing

“Meeeoooow.”

grinned as he approached

was a Cat with

was

Cat leapt into Cale’s arms

a while, Sir

was able to sneak around the Empire’s capital by taking the form of a Cat

“Meeoow.”

with his front

was tied to the Cat-form Rex.

undoubtedly contained the video storage devices

had been while holding the Cat and pouch in his

his eyes to his group who was

‘Let’s go.’

from Eruhaben and Raon,

“Is that it?”

gate of

rang out from a particularly

is

the castle walls thanks to Raon’s flight magic, was awkwardly nodding his head while holding

the rapid flight movement, as he stared at one

the forest that could be seen when

a small open

flowers filled that area because it was

of some trees. It was a peaceful sight no matter

Eruhaben’s voice as he remained hidden some distance away from the

not hunters. Those

“That is correct.”

Choi Han also agreed.

for any intruders even though they look like they’re

of Cale’s mouth crept up

He looked at Billos.

his gaze away from the hunter he

“That face, that face!”

at one of the

the knight that was

whispered with an

is where the

The secret passage.

on Cale’s shoulder quickly stiffened up

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

made the fur on Sir Rex’s body stand on

what

Tower that

older sister and

‘They-’

handle thinking

“I can see it.”

Rex turned his head.

beautiful man with white gold hair calmly

at least three

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

then bluntly asked a

matter

I’m a

grinned and gently made a gesture to Sir Rex, who slowly leaped into Cale’s

stroke the Cat’s fur and started to

try to go

and Billos

crooked smile was on Cale’s

don’t like anyone getting

the plump merchant

emergency. You can’t let

the

largest tree trunk and were laying down, eating, or doing maintenance on their hunting bows looked at the speaking

“Of course.”

their neck in one

Rustle. Rustle.

who was answering while lying under the

his gaze as he grabbed the sword that clearly belonged to

Rustle. Rustle.

No, three

Rustle, rustle.

this place looks like a nice place for flower

who had excitedly entered the area flinched

by

“Meeoow.”

that was in his arms

plump man carrying an unknown number

“…What is it?”

last person, a man who looked a few years younger than the young man in front and had the same brown hair and brown eyes as him, entered the flower field

“No, just…”

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

stared at the three who had just entered the flower field as they continued to lie on the ground or sit down while pretending to be a

stealthily

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 spring

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

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

managing the gate? They let these

ordinary people out since they

shouted as he

patience and fuck off, alright? This is not some place

can I watch

‘What?’

hunter saw the young man’s expression

occurred the moment he felt

Shhhh-

the leaves started

“Ugh!”

“Ack!”

beneath the soil and grabbed the hunters’

out in an instant and blocked the

“Ack!”

“M, mmfh!”

Shhhh.

large tree that the

down on a tree branch as she grinned