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 to

Ooooooooong.

gathered around her hand. Cale nodded his head while

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

shoot out

Chhhhhhhh-

shocked Cale in

opened in the

waved her hand

draw an

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

be

Empire drawn with

the Mercenary King, you quickly recognized the map of the Western

smiled toward Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled

at this table was going

have no idea why Cale Henituse

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

First was Rosalyn.

away her position as the heir to the Breck

was famous for her highly skilled

talks about her being a future

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

to be the one to

of her skilled magic she had shown

was rare to find someone

than even Bud's close friend,

is someone who is better

mage they met this

to be the White

was young but extremely

about Rosalyn and

I smell

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

the White Star’s subordinate

was fine since he

‘…No.’

had not sniffed

but that was because he didn’t know who Cale was at the time. Now that they were on the same boat, it would be awkward if someone noticed him using his power during their

slowly turned away from Rosalyn. He could see Mary and Hannah. These two were even more famous

he did not have time to think more

me explain

red mana toward the

Tap.

near the central region

the

and the

as she

Empire is in a state of chaos after the

was to be

being the center of black magic, while the Emperor

issues were discovered

Cale started to speak.

the throne

“Correct.”

as nobody dared to say

speaking, they will not be able to rule again. They have committed too

that trial had been delayed for a

people who are aiming for that empty throne will start to pop

opened a bottle as he

nodded her head

there are others with the royal bloodline aside from the Emperor

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

were quite a few people with

had proper rights to the throne as

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

will slowly start to crawl

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

and the Church of the

were quiet, the royal family members were bound

waved her hand in

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

appeared in four spots, one each to

Alchemists’ Towers in addition to the

as the ones at the

they have been as quiet as mice since the incident at the capital. They locked the doors to their

Stecker, the alcoholic alchemist, had gathered hiding alchemists and escaped alchemists

those branch towers who had been shocked and escaped after

had been listening had

did they

any place that was connected to

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

the answer to his question. His eyes clouded

see

we were

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

They had been waiting.

here had

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

members would try to

all

people who approved of the Mogoru Royal family and Imperial Prince Adin’s methods will try to partner

Bud started to frown.

were places that had ties to black

you liked power, it was not right to

they let them tie with factions

this thought came

to tell which noble families, merchants, and influential people have

started

We also need to shed as little blood as possible. The ones to suffer the most if the chaos continues are the innocent people doing their best to

stopped speaking for

could tell

way to figure out the bad seeds at

tied to those bad seeds if they found them all

to quickly figure out anybody tied to

started to speak without even touching his

there will be a total of four factions? Those red dots on

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

map and

southern

Bud started to think.

are

factions even

a revolt would happen, so why did you say that it was only

He could see Cale happily munching away