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 was

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

shoot out from Rosalyn’s

Chhhhhhhh-

had shocked Cale in the past started

opened in

waved her hand once

to draw an image

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

to be the

of the Mogoru Empire drawn with red mana in front of

of the Mercenary King, you quickly recognized the

smiled toward Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled back

the three women at this table was going

have no idea why Cale Henituse brought

bring someone like him, someone from the Eastern continent, to the Mogoru Empire. That

First was Rosalyn.

heir to the

for her highly

many talks about her being a future Tower Master

be the core of the Western continent's magic had disappeared after Toonka killed the

deemed Rosalyn to be the one to eventually inherit

because of her skilled magic she

rare to find someone so

skilled than even Bud's close friend,

is someone

they met

mage who seemed to be the White Star’s

was young

about Rosalyn and the White Star’s

smell

had a wind attribute ancient power that allowed him to get a good idea about someone else's power

White Star’s

was fine since he

‘…No.’

not sniffed these new friends

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

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

not have time to think

me explain

sent some more red mana

Tap.

central

is the

and the others were

turned toward Cale as she

is in a state of chaos after the Alchemists’ Bell

to

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

a lot of administrative issues were discovered

Cale started to speak.

throne

“Correct.”

interested as nobody

and the Emperor are locked up, but realistically speaking, they will not be able to rule again. They have committed too many

been delayed

aiming for that empty throne will start

opened a bottle

nodded her head and

generations. But there

as the previous Emperor as well. The

were quite a few people with

them had proper rights to the throne

first. However, Sir Rex did not say much and just focused on restoring the stability of the Empire while the

will slowly start to

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

and the Church

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

her hand

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

appeared in four spots, one each to the North, South, East, and West of the

the Alchemists’ Bell Tower. You can consider

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

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

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

who had been shocked and escaped after seeing one of those black magic

who had been listening had a

they

place that was connected

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

answer to his

see Rosalyn’s

we were quiet

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

They had been waiting.

here had been

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

we knew some of those royal family members would try to

capture all of them

the nobles and influential people who approved of the Mogoru Royal family

Bud started to frown.

had

matter how much you liked power, it was not right to tie yourself

if they let them tie with

thought

us to tell which noble families,

started to become

to shed as little blood as possible. The ones to

speaking for

tell what she was

way to figure out the bad seeds at once and

to investigate the people and things tied to those

be able to quickly figure out anybody tied to

even touching his bottle. He

a total of four factions? Those red dots on the

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

at the map and

are four factions and the southern faction currently has the strongest

Bud started to think.

are

even

happen, so why did you say

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