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.

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

King’s gaze as Bud Illis continued to

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

appeared

and my wife?

a funny

a punk. His eyes that were usually cold

his

that I made a big mistake once

Illis immediately apologized to Ron. He then

one of the five households did voluntarily bow down and go to

“…What?”

had not known

five assassin households had been destroyed or massacred like his

is talking about my

the Mercenary King and Ron. The robed mage was not looking at

second-in-command took his people and

this mage was the only survivor

along with Arm’s members massacred our Poeff household. They killed everyone except me,

mage was calling

my father, my siblings,

massacred but not

not say anything else. However, they could feel his hatred for

short silence filled the

the one who broke

sound like you finished what you

on Bud Illis’s face became

who had lived for over thirty years, knew that Cale was younger than him, however, he did not mind Cale’s casual

fact, he

know why the White Star

you just tell

gulp of alcohol as he responded

power that is able to tell other people's abilities,

tell other

power. Cale's stoic gaze headed toward

wants it

get rid of

Illis continued

an ancient

over

time he met anyone other than someone

a question at

other people’s abilities even if there were restrictions

“What attribute is it?”

then thought about his

fall under any of

power did have an

“Wind.”

‘Wind?

is the

of the Wind.’

“I can smell things.”

turned dark as he

can also hear

palm brushed by

faintly smell and hear a person's smell, their

Illis looked toward Cale. Cale's smell,

delivered to me

see and

him by riding on the

was why he had

his new friend in

powers smell like the attribute

the bridge of his

the biggest difference between you and the

“What is it?”

and Bud

of you that the other

of us has that

Cale started to smile.

eye

said something to Cale before coming to the Eastern

White Star is not

has not achieved a balance

The attributes of nature.

not have a balance

Cale started to speak.

probably don't have the

“Correct. You knew.”

continued after seeing Cale’s gaze that was

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

‘The faintest smell?’

think about all of his ancient powers other than the

the White Star had both fire and

“Which is it?”

“Earth.”

‘…Earth?

Super Rock?’ You

the solemn voice

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

each other due to their different

while collecting all five attributes being a way to

was not

The White Star.

link for him to achieve

started to desire my power since who knows when. I think he might be desiring my power so that he can find an earth

Mercenary King was

I am openly running from him while

no longer smiling but full

drinking at all since some point in

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

underworld and the regular Eastern

Guild stood in the