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.

then, holy crap! I thought that patriarch Ron Molan-nim whose face was drawn inside the directory would look exactly like you do right now as he got older. That was why we came

not avoid the Mercenary King’s gaze

bow to the White Star and cause a

appeared on

Star? Me? Someone like me who has lost my family and my wife? Someone like me who

a funny

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

Illis bowed his head in

that I made a big mistake once I got

Illis immediately apologized to Ron.

bow down and go to serve the White Star in

“…What?”

had not known about

believed all five assassin households had been

is talking about

robed mage was not looking at anyone as

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

remembered that this mage was the only survivor of

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

mage was calling

my

massacred but not massacred

feel his

silence

was the one who broke the

doesn’t sound like you finished what you

Bud Illis’s face became

Cale was younger than him, however, he did not

fact, he responded

know why the White Star wants to kill

just

took a gulp of

me because he hates my power that is able to tell

power to tell

was a very dangerous yet desirable power. Cale's stoic gaze headed toward the

wants it

White Star wanted to either get rid of that power or

continued to

possess an

over

met anyone other than someone from Arm who

question at the same

other people’s abilities even if there were restrictions

“What attribute is it?”

thought about

of the attributes. Was Bud Illis's power

Mercenary King's power did have an

“Wind.”

‘Wind?

is the power

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

“I can smell things.”

expression turned dark as

can also

brushed by his

and hear a

looked toward Cale. Cale's smell, presence

are delivered to me along with

and smell those

him by riding on the

why he

and his new friend

with ancient powers smell like the attribute

touched the bridge of

as the biggest difference

“What is it?”

Bud Illis quickly responded

you that the other does not

each of us has that the other does

Cale started to smile.

eye

said something to Cale before

White Star

has not achieved a balance

The attributes of nature.

balance

Cale started to speak.

have the smell of

“Correct. You knew.”

was telling him

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

‘The faintest smell?’

all of his ancient powers other than

White Star had both fire

“Which is it?”

“Earth.”

‘…Earth?

Super Rock?’ You

voice

power. Of course, I can’t be certain as this

and the

that Cale and the White Star had

looked toward

clash against each other

burden within a person's body, while collecting all five attributes

was not

The White Star.

link for him to achieve

since who knows when. I think he might be desiring my power so that he can find

King

is why I am openly running from him while thinking about ways to

eyes were no longer smiling but

all since some point in

underworld and the Mercenaries Guild. That would destroy the balance

and the regular Eastern

in the