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.

Cale nodded his head while

hearing about the Mogoru Empire's

to shoot out from

Chhhhhhhh-

had shocked Cale in the past started

opened in the

her hand once

draw an image on the

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

to be the Mogoru

Empire drawn with

expected of the Mercenary King, you quickly recognized the map of the Western

toward Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled back

at this table was going through his mind

idea why

bring someone like him, someone from the Eastern continent, to the Mogoru Empire.

First was Rosalyn.

had thrown away her position as the heir to the Breck Kingdom and was doing things here

famous for her

heard many talks about her being a future Tower Master

core of the Western continent's magic had disappeared

the one to eventually

magic she had shown in

to find someone so talented

even Bud's close friend, Glenn

course, there is someone who is

they met

mage who seemed to be the White Star’s loyal

was young

started to think about Rosalyn and the

I smell

attribute ancient power that allowed him to get a

White Star’s

since

‘…No.’

sniffed

he didn’t know who Cale was at the time. Now

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

time

explain

red mana toward

Tap.

near the central region of the bottom

is the Mogoru

and the others were located

turned toward Cale as

Empire is in a state of chaos

to

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

knows, a lot of administrative issues were discovered and slowly resolved

Cale started to speak.

the throne

“Correct.”

interested as nobody

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

that trial had been delayed

who are aiming for that empty throne will start

bottle as

nodded her

had difficulties with passing down the bloodline for generations. But there are others with

well. The Mogoru Royal family had

were quite a few people

them had proper rights to the

not say much and just focused on restoring the stability of the Empire while the Church of the

slowly start

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

the Church of the

that both of these entities were quiet, the royal family members were

hand in

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

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

the Alchemists’ Bell Tower. You can consider them as branches I

people as skilled as the ones

as quiet as mice since the incident at the capital. They locked the

and escaped alchemists who had not touched black magic as Cale

was someone from one of those branch towers who had been shocked and escaped after

who had been

did they leave

any place that was connected

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

he soon figured out the answer to his question. His

see Rosalyn’s sparkling

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 Cale’s group in the

was because we knew some of those royal family members would try

planned to capture all of them

who approved of the Mogoru Royal family and

Bud started to frown.

were places that had ties to

you liked power, it was not right to tie yourself

they let them tie

this thought came out

which

tone slowly started to become

not have much time. We also need to shed as little blood as possible. The ones to suffer the most

stopped speaking for a

as if he could tell what she was going

way to figure out the

the people and things tied to

would be able to quickly figure out anybody tied to

to speak without even touching his bottle. He

four

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

map

the southern faction

Bud started to think.

factions are being

factions even

a revolt would happen, so why did you say

see Cale happily munching away at his steak. However,