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 to

Ooooooooong.

around her hand. Cale nodded his head while eating a dish that was made with potatoes and

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

shoot out from

Chhhhhhhh-

shocked Cale in the past

blanket opened in the

her hand once

mana started to draw

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

seems to be the

see a map of the Mogoru Empire drawn

Mercenary King, you quickly

Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled back

this table was going

idea why Cale Henituse brought

from the Eastern continent, to the Mogoru Empire. That was why he started to think about

First was Rosalyn.

heir to the Breck Kingdom and was doing things here and

was famous for her

many talks about her being a future Tower Master of a

continent's magic had disappeared after Toonka killed

be the one to eventually

she had shown in the Gorge of Death

to find someone

skilled than even

someone who is

they met

to be the White

young

think about Rosalyn and

smell her

wind attribute ancient power that allowed him to get a good idea about someone

the White Star’s

fine since he was

‘…No.’

sniffed

because he didn’t know who Cale was at the time. Now that they were on the same boat, it would be awkward if

away from Rosalyn. He could see Mary and Hannah. These two were even more famous than

have time to

me explain

some more red mana

Tap.

central region of the

is the Mogoru Empire's

was where Rosalyn and the others

Cale as she

state of

was to

the center of black magic, while the Emperor and

already knows, a lot of administrative issues were discovered and slowly resolved after the Alchemists’ Bell

Cale started to speak.

throne

“Correct.”

as

rule again. They have committed too many sins to

trial had been delayed for a

aiming for that empty throne

bottle as he

nodded her head and

passing down the bloodline for generations. But there are others with the royal bloodline aside from the Emperor and the Imperial

the previous Emperor as well. The Mogoru Royal family had weak bodies for generations. That was why their bloodline

there were quite a few people with royal

them had proper rights to the throne

much and just focused on restoring the stability of the Empire while the Church of the Sun God

will slowly start to crawl

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

Church

quiet, the royal family members were bound to show their interest in

waved her hand

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

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

Empire has four other Alchemists’ Towers in addition to the Alchemists’ Bell Tower. You can consider them as

have people as skilled as the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell Tower, they were

quiet as mice since the

had gathered hiding alchemists and escaped alchemists who had not touched black magic

those branch towers who had been shocked and escaped after seeing one of those black magic

been listening

did they leave those

thoroughly investigate any place that

the Western continent’s people had died

soon figured out the answer

see

we were quiet as

excited although she was saying they left those four Alchemists’ Towers alone

They had been waiting.

people here

especially true for Rosalyn who was the most involved of

we knew some of those royal family members would

all of them

the Mogoru Royal family and Imperial Prince Adin’s methods will try to partner with them

Bud started to frown.

were places that had ties to

matter how much you liked power, it was not right to tie yourself

they let them tie with factions like

answer to this thought came out of Rosalyn’s

to tell which

slowly started to become

to suffer the most if the chaos continues are

stopped speaking for

could tell what she was

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

tied to those bad seeds

quickly figure out anybody tied to

speak without even touching his bottle. He was

will be a total of four factions? Those red

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

looked at the map and continued

southern faction currently has the strongest

Bud started to think.

are being

factions even

happen, so why

see Cale happily munching away at