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.

around her hand. Cale nodded his head while

about this after hearing about the Mogoru Empire's

shoot

Chhhhhhhh-

fancy blanket that had shocked Cale in the past

blanket opened in the

her hand once

to draw an image on the

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

seems to be the

the Mogoru Empire drawn

King, you quickly recognized the map of the Western

Bud awkwardly smiled back

three women at this table was going through

why Cale Henituse

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

First was Rosalyn.

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

for her highly

a future Tower Master of a Magic

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

Rosalyn to be the

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

to find someone

skilled than even

is someone who

they met this

seemed to be the White Star’s loyal

young but

and the White

I smell her

attribute ancient power that allowed him to get a

the White

fine since he was an

‘…No.’

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.

slowly turned away from Rosalyn. He could see Mary and

he did not have time

explain the

red mana toward the

Tap.

appeared near the central region of

the

and the others were located

as she continued

of chaos after the Alchemists’

to

of the Empire ended up being the center of black magic, while the Emperor

everybody already knows, a lot of administrative issues were discovered

Cale started to speak.

throne is

“Correct.”

as

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

trial had been

aiming for that empty throne will start to pop

opened a bottle

her head and

generations. But there are others with the royal bloodline aside from the

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

there were quite a few

of them had proper rights to the throne as

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

those people will slowly start to crawl

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

and the Church of the Sun

royal family members were

hand in the

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

dots appeared in four spots, one each to the North,

addition to the Alchemists’ Bell Tower. You can consider them

as the ones at

however, they have been as quiet as mice since the incident at

and escaped alchemists who had not touched black

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

had been

they

any place that was connected to

the information he received, a large number of the Western continent’s people

he soon figured out the answer to his

could see Rosalyn’s

we were quiet

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

They had been waiting.

people here

who was the most involved of Cale’s

knew some of those royal family members would try to partner with the forces of

capture all of them at

the Mogoru Royal family and Imperial Prince Adin’s methods will

Bud started to frown.

had ties

was not right

if they let them tie with

to this thought came out of

tell which noble families, merchants, and influential people

tone slowly started to

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

stopped speaking

tell what she was going to say

a way to figure out the bad

and things tied to those bad seeds

would be able to quickly figure out anybody

without even touching his bottle.

of four factions? Those red dots on

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

map and continued

are four factions and the southern faction currently has the strongest

Bud started to think.

are being

factions even

would happen, so why did you

happily munching away at