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.

while

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

shoot

Chhhhhhhh-

that had shocked Cale

opened in

her hand

mana started to draw

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

seems to be the Mogoru

a map of the Mogoru Empire drawn

of the Mercenary King, you quickly recognized the

Bud

information about the three women at this table was going through his mind right

have no idea why Cale Henituse

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

First was Rosalyn.

had thrown away her position as the heir to the Breck Kingdom and was doing

was famous for her highly

about her being a future Tower Master of a Magic

continent's magic had disappeared after Toonka killed

deemed Rosalyn to be the one to eventually inherit

was because of her skilled magic she had

was rare to find someone so talented

even Bud's close friend, Glenn

is someone who

they met

mage who seemed to be the White

young but

and the White Star’s subordinate

smell her

ancient power that allowed him to get a good

White Star’s subordinate

was fine since he

‘…No.’

sniffed these new friends of

didn’t know who Cale was at the time. Now that they were on

and Hannah. These two

he did not have time to think

explain

some more red mana toward the

Tap.

red dot appeared near the central region of the bottom of the

the

where Rosalyn and the others were located

as she continued to

a state of chaos after

to

center of black magic, while the Emperor and Imperial Prince had both committed

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

Cale started to speak.

the throne

“Correct.”

to be interested as nobody dared to

Emperor are locked up, but realistically speaking, they will not be able to rule again. They

been delayed for a few

aiming for that empty throne will start to

bottle as

her

bloodline for generations. But there are others with

as well. The Mogoru Royal family had weak bodies for generations. That was why their bloodline was

were quite a few people with

proper rights to the throne as

just focused on

slowly start to

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

the Church

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

waved her hand in the

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

spots, one each to the

to the Alchemists’ Bell Tower. You can

skilled as the ones at

as quiet as mice since the incident at the

and escaped alchemists who had not

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

been listening

they leave

place that was

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

figured out the answer to his

see Rosalyn’s

we were

left those four Alchemists’

They had been waiting.

people here had

was the most involved of Cale’s group

some of those royal family members would try

to capture all of them at

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

Bud started to frown.

had ties

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

if they let them tie

this thought came out

which noble families, merchants, and influential people

started to become

to suffer the most if the chaos continues are the innocent people doing their best to live

stopped speaking for a

if he could tell what she was going to

needed a way to figure out the bad

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

quickly

touching his bottle. He was

four factions?

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

the map

the southern faction currently

Bud started to think.

factions are being

these factions even have

obvious that a revolt would happen, so why did you say

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