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.

mana gathered around her hand. Cale nodded his head while eating a dish that was made with potatoes and

about this after hearing about the Mogoru

shoot out from Rosalyn’s

Chhhhhhhh-

blanket that had shocked Cale in

opened in the

waved her hand once

draw an image on the

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

be

see a map of the Mogoru Empire drawn

Mercenary King, you quickly recognized the map of the

toward Bud. Bud awkwardly

women at this table was going through his mind

idea why Cale

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

First was Rosalyn.

to the

famous for

her being a future Tower Master of a Magic

be the core of the Western continent's magic

the one to

she had shown in the Gorge of

to find someone

more skilled than even Bud's close

is someone who is

they met

to be the White

was young

Rosalyn and the White

smell

ancient power that allowed him to get a good idea

White Star’s subordinate mage’s

was fine since

‘…No.’

sniffed

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

from Rosalyn. He could see Mary and

have time to think

explain the

sent some more red mana toward the

Tap.

near the central region

is the

was where Rosalyn and the

turned toward Cale as she continued to

in a state of chaos

was to be

of the Empire ended up being the center of

administrative issues were discovered and slowly resolved after the Alchemists’ Bell

Cale started to speak.

throne is

“Correct.”

interested as nobody dared to

rule again. They have committed too many sins

been delayed for a

are aiming for that empty throne will start to pop

bottle as

her

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

well. The Mogoru Royal family had weak bodies

were quite a

rights to

However, Sir Rex did not say much and just focused on restoring the

slowly start to crawl

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

Rex and the Church of the Sun

were quiet, the royal family members were bound to

waved her hand in the

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

four spots, one each to the North,

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

not have people as skilled as the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell Tower, they were

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

alcoholic alchemist, had gathered hiding alchemists and escaped alchemists who had not touched black

one of those branch towers who had been shocked and

who had been

they leave those

investigate any place that was

number of the Western continent’s people had died because of

soon figured out the answer to his

could see Rosalyn’s

we were

they left those four Alchemists’ Towers alone

They had been waiting.

people here had

true for Rosalyn who was the most involved

family members

planned to capture all of them

Mogoru Royal family and Imperial

Bud started to frown.

places that had ties to

it was not right to tie yourself to such

let them tie with factions

this thought

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 their best to live honest

speaking for

tell what she

why they needed a way to figure out

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

would be able to quickly figure out anybody tied to black

speak without even touching his bottle.

of four factions? Those red dots

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

map and continued to

the southern faction currently has

Bud started to think.

are

even have

seems obvious that a revolt would happen, so

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