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

Ooooooooong.

head while eating a dish that

about this after hearing about the Mogoru Empire's situation from the

to shoot

Chhhhhhhh-

shocked Cale in the past started

blanket opened in

waved her

draw an image on

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

be the Mogoru

map of the Mogoru Empire drawn

the Mercenary King, you quickly recognized the map

Bud. Bud awkwardly

information about the three women at this table

idea why Cale Henituse brought me

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

First was Rosalyn.

the heir to the Breck Kingdom and was doing things here and

was famous for her

her being a future Tower Master

the core of the Western continent's magic

be the one to eventually inherit

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

was rare to find someone so talented and so

more skilled than even Bud's

someone

mage they met

be the White Star’s

young

Rosalyn and the White Star’s

smell her

him to get a

had smelled the White

fine since he was

‘…No.’

he had not sniffed these new friends

because he didn’t know who Cale was at the time. Now that they were on the

see Mary and

have time

explain the

some more red mana toward

Tap.

red dot appeared near the central region of the bottom

is the Mogoru Empire's

was where Rosalyn and the others were located

Cale as she continued to

Mogoru Empire is in a state of chaos after the Alchemists’ Bell Tower

was to

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

administrative issues were discovered and slowly resolved

Cale started to speak.

the throne is

“Correct.”

be interested as nobody dared

not be able to rule again. They have

that trial had been delayed

people who are aiming for that

bottle as

her head

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

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

there were quite a few people with royal

proper rights to the throne

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

slowly start to

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

and the Church of the

both of these entities were quiet, the royal family members were bound to

her hand

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

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

other Alchemists’ Towers in addition to the Alchemists’

as skilled as the ones at

quiet as mice since the incident at the capital. They locked the doors to their towers and remained

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

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

had been

they leave those

investigate any place that was connected

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

soon figured out the answer to his question. His

see

we were

she was saying they left those four Alchemists’ Towers

They had been waiting.

people here had

true for Rosalyn who was the most involved of

of those royal family members would try to partner with the

capture all of them at

approved of the Mogoru Royal family and Imperial Prince Adin’s methods will try to partner

Bud started to frown.

that had ties

liked power, it was not

they let them tie

to this thought came out of

easy for us to tell which noble families, merchants, and influential people have

started

shed as little blood as possible. The ones to suffer the most if the chaos

stopped speaking

as if he could tell

they needed a way to figure out the bad

people and things tied to those bad seeds if they found them

be able to quickly figure

even touching his bottle. He

four factions? Those red

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

looked at the map

southern faction

Bud started to think.

factions are

even have royal family

that a revolt would happen, so why did

table. He could see Cale happily munching away at his steak. However, Cale's eyes were focused