Trash of the Count's Family

Cale looked toward the others who came with him.

Raon looked quite dirty as if he had been covered in dirt at some point.

Bud's back was covered in fake blood and he seemed to have lost a lot of weight.

Choi Han looked the most normal.

‘…Wasn’t he the one who moved around the most?’

Choi Han had been the one to fight against the White Star. Of course, the injuries on his hands and arm that had been holding the wind whip were healed with potions, but he still should have looked the worst.

But he looked clean. He looked slightly disheveled at most.

Cale looked down at himself.

He then looked back up.

Adin's Imperial Palace.

Moonlight could not make it into this palace because the curtains were shut at night.

However, the magic lamps inside the room made the room quite bright.

Nobody usually lived in this dark place. That was why Cale's group was staying here.

Raon moved past Cale toward the people in the room.

“Good little Mary! Rosalyn! Hannah! It’s been so long!”

Cale could see Hannah who was sitting but pretty much lying down on the couch, as well as Rosalyn and Mary who were standing in front of him to greet him.

Hannah, the fake Holy Maiden who was now just a sword master.

The necromancer, Mary, and Rosalyn, the mage.

Rosalyn started to speak after making eye contact with Cale.

“Not everyone could gather at such short notice. Sir Rex is currently taking care of administrative business while Jack-nim is at the Vatican.”

The Cat Knight Sir Rex and Saint Jack were busy working even in the middle of the night.

“Tasha-nim and Miss Freesia are inside the capital taking care of things.”

Alberu had returned to the Roan Kingdom, but Dark Elf Tasha and some other Dark Elves remained behind to support Sir Rex. Freesia and her subordinates, members of Cale's information network, were busy as well.

"Everybody is busy.”

Cale first headed toward the couch.

Mary got in his way and started to speak.

“You must wash up, eat, and then get to work. The only time you should not eat is when you are dead.”

Cale turned toward the bathroom instead of the couch. He then heard an awkward voice behind him.

“Um, are you not going to introduce me……?”

Cale turned around and started to speak to Rosalyn and Mary after hearing Mercenary King Bud's voice.

“He’s my servant.”

“You, you-!”

Cale ignored Bud's shocked mumbling as he headed toward the bathroom.

A piece of steak was placed inside Cale's mouth.

“Human! You can eat more!”

Cale could see a large piece of meat being placed on his plate. Raon had given it to him.

He could see Rosalyn smiling at Raon's actions. She lifted up four fingers once she made eye contact with Cale.

That made Cale think about the past.

It was Rosalyn, Cale, and Raon who ate together like this when they first ate at the Roan Kingdom's capital.

Cale had lifted four fingers back then to tell Rosalyn that Raon was four years old.

‘You eat your food. This is mine.’

The Raon back then had hugged his plate of homemade sausages and did not want to share.

Two years had passed since then.

Cale ignored the emotions piling up inside him as he put a piece of steak into his mouth.

“Ahh! The alcohol is great! The Western continent’s alcohol is great!”

Naturally, nobody was paying attention to Bud. Choi Han was looking neat and proper but had already finished off a couple of plates of steak.

“Young master Cale, I heard you have to stop by a merchant guild? Will you be heading over right away?”

Munch munch.

Cale finished the piece of meat in his mouth as he started to speak.

“Yes, we will probably head back right away after taking care of some business. But we will be back soon.”

‘Be back soon?’

Bud looked confused.

Cale asked Rosalyn a question.

“Do you see signs of a revolt happening any time soon?”

Clank.

The fork in Bud Illis's hand fell to the table. He then touched his ears.

“…Haaaaa, I can’t eat or drink without worrying about anything.”

He mumbled to himself before flinching.

“Seems to be about 50/50.”

It was because of Rosalyn’s response.

Rosalyn, Mary, and Hannah were sitting at the table but were not eating. It was because they had already eaten dinner.

Clank.

The teacup in Rosalyn’s hand was placed on the table.

“Young master Cale, can I open up a map?”

started

Ooooooooong.

while eating a dish that was made with potatoes

natural to talk about this after hearing about the Mogoru Empire's situation

to shoot out from

Chhhhhhhh-

that had shocked

opened in the

her hand once

to draw

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

to be the

could see a map of the Mogoru Empire

King, you quickly recognized

toward Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled back

women at this table was going through

why Cale Henituse brought me

understand why Cale would bring someone like him, someone from the Eastern continent, to the Mogoru Empire.

First was Rosalyn.

to the Breck Kingdom and was doing things

for

about her being a

who were said to be the core of the Western continent's magic had disappeared after Toonka killed the Tower Master during the Whipper Kingdom's

deemed Rosalyn to be the one to eventually inherit

because of her skilled magic she had shown in

to find someone so talented and

more skilled than even Bud's close friend,

someone who is

mage they met this

be the White Star’s

young

started to think about Rosalyn and the White Star’s

I smell

allowed him to get a

the White Star’s

fine since he was an

‘…No.’

had not sniffed these new friends

had sniffed Cale’s scent when they had first met, but that was because he didn’t know who Cale was at the time. Now that they were on the same boat, it would be awkward if someone

slowly turned away from Rosalyn. He could see Mary and Hannah. These two were even more

time to think more

explain

more red mana

Tap.

the central region of the

the Mogoru Empire's

and the

turned toward Cale as she continued

of chaos after the Alchemists’ Bell

to be

up being the center of black magic, while the Emperor and Imperial Prince had both committed all sorts

as everybody already knows, a lot of administrative issues were discovered and slowly

Cale started to speak.

the throne is

“Correct.”

to be interested as nobody

the Emperor are locked up, but realistically speaking, they will not be able to rule again. They have committed too many sins to

trial had been delayed for

for that

opened a bottle as he

her head

royalty has had difficulties with passing down the bloodline for generations. But there are others with the royal bloodline aside from the Emperor

Emperor, as well as the previous Emperor as well. The Mogoru Royal

a few

proper rights to the

royal family members were quiet at first. However, Sir Rex did not say much and just focused on restoring the stability of the Empire while the Church of the

will slowly start to crawl

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

and the Church of

of these entities were quiet, the royal family members were bound to show

her hand

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

one each to the North, South, East, and West

the Alchemists’ Bell Tower. You

as the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell Tower, they were still

as quiet as mice since the incident at the capital. They locked the doors to their

alchemists and escaped alchemists who had not touched black magic

from one of those branch towers who had been shocked and

been listening had a

did they

place that was connected

received, a large number of the Western continent’s people had died because of

he soon figured out the answer to

see Rosalyn’s

were quiet as

they left those four Alchemists’ Towers alone and

They had been waiting.

here had

true for Rosalyn who was the most involved

was because we knew some of those royal family members would try to partner with the

all

family and Imperial

Bud started to frown.

that had

liked power, it was not

they let them tie with factions

thought came

this makes it easy for us to tell which noble families, merchants, and influential people have no

tone slowly started to become

as little blood as possible. The ones to suffer the most if the chaos

speaking for a

felt as if he could tell what

figure out the bad

people and things tied to those bad

able to quickly figure out

to speak without even touching his bottle.

four factions? Those red dots on the

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

map and

and the southern faction currently has

Bud started to think.

are being

these factions even have

seems obvious that a revolt would happen, so why did

Cale happily munching away at