Trash of the Count's Family

I want to survive, and I want to kill him.

Cale closed his mouth after hearing this inconsistent combination.

Someone else chimed in at this moment.

“Are you saying that the White Star is aiming for you, Mercenary King-nim?”

It was Ron. The Mercenary King slowly nodded his head to verify.

“That is the case.”

“…May I ask why?”

Ron could see the corners of the Mercenary King's lips quickly moving up.

“Of course. You were the last patriarch of the Molan household after all.”

Cale’s eyes headed back toward Mercenary King Bud Illis.

Ron Molan.

One of the past leaders of the five assassin households in the Eastern continent’s underworld. He had escaped to the Western continent with his son after Arm killed the rest of his family. Human! The Mercenary King does not seem like a total idiot! He is smart! He makes me think of the crazy Clopeh!

Cale did not disagree with Raon.

How did he know about Ron?

Why did he come to this inn when he knew about Ron?

The answer to those questions came not from Bud Illis but from Ron.

“You must have seen the directory.”

Directory.

That word made one of Cale’s eyebrows twitch. Ron then turned over toward Cale to explain.

“The scary thing about the Mercenaries Guild is the fact that there are mercenaries no matter where you go on the Eastern continent.”

Even small cities were bound to have at least one mercenary. Incidents will always happen where people gather, and mercenaries were usually the ones to resolve these incidents.

Cale started to speak.

“Their information network must be amazing.”

Bud Illis nodded his head.

“Mercenaries accept jobs as long as the conditions are good enough whether it is in the underworld or the bright regular world.”

Mercenaries did not care about good or evil.

They just moved according to their own set of rules.

In some aspects, they moved based on what was, ‘best for business.’

“That is why information is important. This is especially true for information about strong individuals.”

The Mercenary King looked toward Ron as he continued to speak.

“That is why the Mercenaries Guild has records about strong individuals. We call that the, ‘directory.’ It naturally has information about patriarch Ron Molan-nim.”

Face, name, birth information, etc. Mercenaries from all around gathered even the most trivial information about strong individuals and recorded it down.

It was because mercenaries who valued their lives the most needed to avoid these strong individuals.

This directory of information was the reason that the strong individuals, as well as the rest of the world, feared the Mercenaries Guild.

“It is probably a record that is at least ten years old. I didn’t think you would be able to predict my current appearance based on that information.”

“Well, a lot of it was thanks to luck.”

The Mercenary King elbowed the mage next to him.

“…Hey.”

Bud ignored the angry voice of the mage as he continued to speak with a bright smile.

“This friend of mine was one of the survivors of the five households.”

“…The five households?”

Ron sounded shocked for the first time in a long while.

His gaze turned toward the mage whose robe was covering his face. Cale turned toward him as well. He heard Raon's voice in his mind at that moment. Human! Do you remember the safe of the Mercenaries Guild branch’s Guild leader?

‘Of course I do.

We stole so much money from him.’ Do you remember that magic safe?

‘Yes……?’ This mage is giving off the same feel as the person who created that safe!

Each person's mana gave off a different feel, similar to how Rosalyn’s mana was red while the two Dragon's manas were respectively white gold and black. That mage is probably the person who created that safe! I’m so happy to see him! I want to greet him!

‘…Greet him? You're trying to cause chaos aren't you.’

Cale slowly turned his gaze away from the mage. He recalled how he had destroyed the Mercenaries Guild's branch leader’s room and caused a ruckus. I guess I'll greet him later! A highest-grade mage made that magic safe!

‘…No thanks!’

Cale started to ignore Raon's comments.

The mage bowed once toward Ron before looking away.

“…It is a past I wish to forget about.”

Ron did not ask anything after hearing that.

It didn’t matter as they still came knowing who he was. The Molan patriarch was someone who was famous in the underworld.

This was the case even if he was just an old man nobody remembered after all this time had passed since the incident.

The Mercenary King became the center of conversation again.

“I noticed that the issues between the Leeb-An City's underworld and the Mercenaries Guild started around the same time as when this inn opened. That was why I was investigating it when, oh my gosh! This friend next to me said that he thought he had seen your face before, Patriarch Ron-nim!”

Bud Illis was speaking as if he was talking about an exciting legend.

to look through the directory. And then, holy crap! I thought that patriarch Ron Molan-nim whose face

did not avoid the Mercenary King’s gaze

the Molan household or if patriarch Ron Molan-nim had chosen to bow to the White Star and cause a ruckus in

appeared on Ron's

to the White Star? Me? Someone like me who has lost my family and my wife? Someone like me who saw the

a funny

the Mercenary King a punk. His eyes that were usually cold were slowly starting to reveal the fire hidden inside

his head

that I made a

immediately apologized to Ron. He then continued to

of the five households did voluntarily bow down and go to serve the White Star

“…What?”

had not

all five assassin households had been destroyed or massacred like his

is talking

Ron. The robed mage

household. My uncle who was second-in-command took his people

this mage was the

members massacred our Poeff household. They killed everyone

calling

my father, my

Poeff was massacred but not massacred at the same

anything else. However, they could feel his hatred for Arm, the White Star,

short silence filled the

one who broke

finished what

Bud Illis’s face became

lived for over thirty years, knew that Cale was younger than

he responded right

know why the White Star

just tell

a gulp of

to kill me because he hates my power that is able to tell other

tell

was a very dangerous yet desirable power. Cale's

he wants it

to either get rid of that power

Illis continued

possess an

clouded over

other than someone from Arm who

question at the

even if

“What attribute is it?”

then thought about his Dominating

of the attributes. Was Bud Illis's power similar

Mercenary King's power

“Wind.”

‘Wind?

the power

his, ‘Sound of the Wind.’ Bud Illis continued to

“I can smell things.”

dark as he scrunched

can also hear

rough palm brushed by his

a person's smell, their presence, and

Cale. Cale's smell, presence

to me along with the

see and smell

him by riding on the

why he

Star and his new friend

with ancient powers smell like the

bridge of his

what I noticed as the

“What is it?”

calmly asked and Bud

of you that

thing that each of us has that

Cale started to smile.

made eye contact with

had said something to Cale before coming

White Star is

has not

The attributes of nature.

balance

Cale started to speak.

probably don't have the smell of

“Correct. You knew.”

seeing Cale’s gaze that was telling him to hurry up

is a scent that the White Star does not have that you do have.

‘The faintest smell?’

his ancient

the White Star had both fire

“Which is it?”

“Earth.”

‘…Earth?

Rock?’

ignored the solemn voice of

doesn’t seem like the White Star has an Earth attribute ancient power. Of course, I can’t be certain as this information was from three

sky and

the powers that Cale and the White Star had or

Cale looked toward each other

powers clash against each other due to their

body, while collecting all five attributes being a

not one

The White Star.

achieve balance was an earth attribute

knows when. I think he might be desiring my power so that he can find an earth attribute power

Mercenary King was

I am openly running from

eyes were no longer smiling but

drinking at all since some point in the

Star cannot dominate both the underworld and the Mercenaries Guild. That would destroy the balance

and the regular

stood in the middle