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.

Cale nodded his head while

after hearing about the

shoot out

Chhhhhhhh-

blanket that had shocked Cale in the past

blanket opened in the

her hand once

to draw an image on

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

seems to be the

of the Mogoru Empire drawn with red mana in front

quickly recognized the map of

toward Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled

three women at this table was

no idea why Cale Henituse brought

why Cale would 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

was famous for her highly skilled

her being a future Tower Master of a Magic

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

be the one to eventually

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

find someone so talented

than even Bud's close friend,

there is someone

they

seemed to be the White Star’s

was young but

and the White

smell her

allowed him to get a good idea about someone

White Star’s subordinate

fine since he was an

‘…No.’

he had not sniffed these

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

He could see Mary and Hannah. These two

time to think

me explain the

sent some more red mana toward

Tap.

dot appeared near the central region of the bottom

the

was where Rosalyn and the others were

Cale as

state of chaos after the Alchemists’ Bell

was to

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

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

Cale started to speak.

the throne is

“Correct.”

be interested as nobody dared

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

had been delayed for

are aiming for that empty throne will start to pop

a bottle

nodded her head and

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

father, the Emperor, as well as the previous Emperor as well. The Mogoru Royal family had

there were quite a few

them had proper rights

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

those people will slowly start to

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

the Church

entities were quiet, the royal family members were bound

her hand

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

in four spots, one each to the North, South,

in addition to the Alchemists’ Bell

these towers did not have people as skilled as the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell Tower, they were still

experimented with black magic as well, however, they have been as quiet as mice since the incident at the capital. They locked the

and escaped alchemists who had not touched black

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

who had been

did they

place that was connected to

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

the answer

see Rosalyn’s sparkling

were quiet

left those four Alchemists’ Towers alone and

They had been waiting.

people here

for Rosalyn who was the most involved of Cale’s group

of those royal family members would try to

all of them at

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

Bud started to frown.

places that had ties to black

was not right to tie yourself

if they let them tie with factions

this thought came out of

makes it easy for us to tell which noble families, merchants,

slowly started to become

shed as little blood as possible. The ones to suffer the most if the chaos continues are the innocent people doing

stopped speaking

if he could tell what she was going to say

a way to figure out the bad seeds at

people and things tied to those bad seeds

be able to quickly figure out anybody tied to black

without even touching his bottle.

total of four factions? Those red dots on the

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

at the map and continued

and the southern faction currently has the

Bud started to think.

are

even have royal family

it seems obvious that a revolt would happen, so why

He could see Cale happily munching away at