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?”

fingers started

Ooooooooong.

mana gathered around her hand. Cale nodded his head while eating a dish that was made

after hearing

started to shoot out

Chhhhhhhh-

Prince Adin's fancy blanket that had shocked Cale in

blanket opened in

her hand

mana started to draw an image on the

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

to be the Mogoru

the Mogoru Empire drawn with red mana in front

quickly recognized

smiled toward Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled back

information about the three women at this table

why

Eastern continent, to the Mogoru

First was Rosalyn.

position as the heir to the

was famous for her highly

being a future Tower Master of a

said to be the core of the Western continent's magic had disappeared after Toonka

be the one to eventually

skilled magic she had shown in the Gorge of Death

to find someone so talented and

more skilled than even Bud's close friend, Glenn

there is someone who

mage they

to be the

was young

about Rosalyn and the

I smell

that allowed him to get a good idea about

had smelled the White Star’s subordinate

was fine since he was

‘…No.’

had not sniffed

who Cale was at the time. Now that they were on the same boat, it would be awkward if someone noticed him using his

could see Mary and Hannah.

did not have time to

explain

sent some more red

Tap.

red dot appeared near the central region

the Mogoru Empire's

where Rosalyn and the others were

as she

Empire is in a state of chaos after

to

the center of black

were discovered and

Cale started to speak.

throne

“Correct.”

seemed to be interested as nobody dared to

to rule again. They have committed too many sins to

had been delayed for a

are aiming for that empty throne will start to

opened a bottle

nodded her head

for generations. But there

as well as the previous Emperor as well. The Mogoru

a few people

of them had proper rights to the throne as

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

people will slowly

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

and the Church of the Sun

entities were quiet, the royal family members

her hand

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

dots appeared in four spots, one each to the North, South, East, and West

four other Alchemists’ Towers in addition to the Alchemists’ Bell Tower. You can

these towers did not have people as skilled as the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell Tower, they

quiet as mice since the incident at the capital. They locked the doors to their towers and remained quiet without doing

escaped alchemists who had not touched

towers who had been

had been listening had a

they leave those

place that was connected to black

a large number of the Western continent’s people had died because of those black magic

he soon figured out the answer to his question. His eyes

could see Rosalyn’s

we were

was saying they left those

They had been waiting.

people here

especially true for Rosalyn who was the most involved of Cale’s

royal family members would try to partner with the forces of

to capture all of them

Royal family and Imperial Prince Adin’s

Bud started to frown.

were places that had ties to

power, it was not right to tie

let them tie with factions like

this thought

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

slowly started to become

The ones to suffer the most if the

speaking

Bud felt as if he could tell what she was going

was why they needed a way to figure out the bad seeds at once and take care of

the people and things tied to those bad seeds if

they would be able to quickly figure out anybody tied

without even touching his bottle. He was

of four

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

looked at the map

factions and the southern faction currently

Bud started to think.

factions are

factions even have royal

so why did you say that it was only

looked around the table. He could see Cale happily munching away at his steak. However,