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.

his head while

natural to talk about this after hearing

started to shoot

Chhhhhhhh-

fancy blanket that had shocked Cale

blanket opened in

her

draw an image on the

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

to be

Empire drawn with red

you quickly

Bud awkwardly smiled

information about the three women at this table was

idea why

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

First was Rosalyn.

position as the heir to the Breck

famous for her highly skilled

about her being a future Tower

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

to be the one to eventually inherit

for this was because of her skilled magic she had

someone so

was more skilled than even Bud's close friend,

course, there is someone who is better

mage they met this

mage who seemed to be the White Star’s

young

to think about Rosalyn and the White Star’s subordinate

smell

ancient power that allowed him to get a good idea about someone else's power and

White

fine since he

‘…No.’

had not sniffed these

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

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

time to think more about these

explain

sent some more red mana toward

Tap.

appeared near the central region of

is the Mogoru Empire's

and the

turned toward Cale as she continued to

state of

to

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

administrative issues were discovered and slowly resolved after

Cale started to speak.

throne is

“Correct.”

as nobody dared to

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

trial had been delayed for

are aiming for that empty throne will start

bottle as

her head and

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

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

quite a few people with

them had proper rights to the throne as

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

those people will slowly

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

the Church of

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

hand in

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

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

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

people as skilled as the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell

mice since the incident at the capital. They locked the doors to their towers and remained quiet without doing

had gathered hiding alchemists and escaped alchemists who had not touched black

been shocked

had been

did they leave

place that was connected to

the Western

soon figured out the answer

could see Rosalyn’s

we were quiet

they left those four Alchemists’ Towers alone and remained

They had been waiting.

here had

was the most involved of Cale’s

was because we knew some of those royal family members would try to partner with the forces of the

planned to capture all of them

approved of the Mogoru Royal family and Imperial Prince Adin’s

Bud started to frown.

that had

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

they let them tie with factions like

to this thought came

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

slowly started to

ones to suffer the most

speaking for a

as if he could tell what she was going to

why they needed a way to figure out the bad seeds at once and take

need to investigate the people and things tied to those bad seeds if they found

able to quickly figure out anybody

started to speak without even touching his bottle. He was subconsciously sitting

of four factions? Those

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

map and continued to

four factions and the southern

Bud started to think.

factions are being

factions even have royal family

it seems obvious that a revolt would happen, so

Cale happily munching away at his steak.