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.

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

was only natural to talk about this after hearing about the Mogoru Empire's situation from

shoot out from

Chhhhhhhh-

blanket that had shocked Cale in the past started

opened in the

her hand

to draw an image

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

be

Mogoru Empire drawn with red mana

Mercenary King, you quickly recognized the

Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled back

information about the three women at this table was going through

no idea why Cale Henituse brought me

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

First was Rosalyn.

heir to the Breck

was famous for her highly

about her being a future Tower

to be the core of the Western continent's magic had disappeared after Toonka killed the Tower Master during the Whipper Kingdom's

to be the one to eventually inherit that

of her skilled magic she had shown

to find someone so talented and

was more skilled than even Bud's

there is someone who is better than

mage they

to be the White Star’s

was young but extremely

and

smell

a wind attribute ancient power that allowed him to get

had smelled the White Star’s subordinate mage’s

fine since

‘…No.’

had not sniffed these new friends of

they had first met, but that was because he didn’t know who Cale was at the time. Now

Rosalyn. He could see Mary and Hannah. These two were even more famous

did not have time to think

explain

more red mana toward

Tap.

the central region of the bottom of the

the

was where Rosalyn and the

turned toward Cale as she

is in a state of chaos

was to be

Bell Tower that was the pride of the Empire ended up being the center of black magic, while the Emperor

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

Cale started to speak.

the throne is

“Correct.”

be interested as nobody dared to say

Prince Adin and the Emperor are locked up, but realistically speaking, they will not be able to rule

trial had been

that empty throne will start to

opened a bottle as

nodded her head and

for generations. But there are others with

for Adin's father, the Emperor, as well as the previous Emperor as well. The Mogoru Royal family had weak bodies for generations. That was why their bloodline

a few people with

proper rights to the throne as

say much and just focused on restoring the stability of the

slowly start

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

and the Church of the

were quiet, the royal family members were bound to show their interest in

hand in

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

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

has four other Alchemists’ Towers in addition to the Alchemists’ Bell Tower. You can consider them as branches I

as skilled as the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell Tower,

since the incident at the capital. They locked the doors to their towers

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

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

been listening had

did they leave

they thoroughly investigate any place that was connected

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

he soon figured out the answer

see Rosalyn’s sparkling

were quiet

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

They had been waiting.

here

was the most involved of Cale’s group

because we knew some of those royal family members would try to partner

all

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

Bud started to frown.

places that had ties

power, it was not right to tie yourself to such

let them tie

answer to this thought came out of Rosalyn’s

for us to tell which noble families, merchants,

started to

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

stopped speaking

Bud felt as if he could tell what she was going to

why they needed a way to figure out the bad seeds

just need to investigate the people and things tied to those bad seeds if they found them all together

to quickly

without even touching his bottle. He was subconsciously sitting up

a total of four factions? Those red dots

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

at the map and continued to

the southern faction

Bud started to think.

factions are

factions even have royal family

revolt would happen, so why did you

could see Cale happily munching away at his steak. However,