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.

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

hearing about

shoot out from Rosalyn’s

Chhhhhhhh-

shocked

blanket opened

her

started to draw an

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

be the

of the Mogoru Empire drawn with red mana in front of

King, you quickly recognized the map

Bud. Bud

information about the three women at this table was going through his mind

idea why

Cale would bring someone like him, someone from the Eastern continent, to the Mogoru Empire. That was why he started to think

First was Rosalyn.

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

was famous for her highly

about her being a future Tower Master

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

be the one to

this was because of her skilled magic she had shown in the Gorge of

was rare to find someone

than even Bud's

course, there is someone who is better

they met

who seemed to be the White Star’s

young but extremely

about Rosalyn and

I smell

that allowed him to get

White Star’s subordinate

was fine since he was an

‘…No.’

sniffed these new friends

was at the time. Now that they were on the

from Rosalyn. He could see Mary and Hannah. These two were

time to think more

me explain the

some more red mana

Tap.

central region of the bottom of the

the

the others were located

turned toward Cale as she continued to

in a state of chaos after the Alchemists’ Bell Tower

to

the center of black magic, while the Emperor and Imperial Prince had both

knows, a lot of administrative issues were discovered and slowly

Cale started to speak.

the throne

“Correct.”

interested as nobody dared

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

that trial had been

aiming for that empty

opened a bottle as

her head and

generations. But there are others

case for Adin's father, the Emperor, as well as the previous Emperor as well. The Mogoru Royal family had weak

there were quite a few people with royal

rights to the

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

people will slowly start

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

the Church of the Sun

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

hand in the

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

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

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

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

mice since the incident at the capital.

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

of those branch towers who had been shocked and

who had been listening

did they leave

they thoroughly investigate any place that was connected to black

number of the

he soon figured out the answer to his question.

could see Rosalyn’s

were

sounded excited although she was saying they left

They had been waiting.

here had

the most involved of Cale’s group in the

of those royal family members

all of them at

who approved of the Mogoru Royal family

Bud started to frown.

had ties

it was not right

they let them tie with factions

answer to this thought came out

for us to tell which noble families, merchants, and influential people have no ties to

tone slowly started

have much time. We also need to shed as little blood as possible. The ones to suffer the most if the chaos continues are the innocent people doing

speaking

as if he could tell what

a way to figure out the bad seeds at

need to investigate the people and things tied to those bad seeds if

would be able to quickly figure out anybody tied to

to speak without even touching his bottle. He was subconsciously sitting

there will be a total of four factions? Those red dots

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

at the map and continued

four factions and the southern faction currently

Bud started to think.

are being

these factions even have royal

revolt would happen, so why did

Cale happily munching away at his steak. However, Cale's eyes were focused on Rosalyn's