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.

hand. Cale nodded his head while eating

was only natural to talk about this after hearing about

shoot out from

Chhhhhhhh-

shocked Cale

blanket opened

her hand

mana started to draw an image on the

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

to be

see a map of the Mogoru Empire drawn

expected of the Mercenary King, you quickly recognized

Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled back

this table

idea why Cale

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

First was Rosalyn.

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

famous for her highly

many talks about her being a

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

be the one to eventually inherit that

reason for this was because of her skilled magic she had shown in

was rare to find someone

even

is someone who is

mage they

mage who seemed to be the White

was young but

think about Rosalyn and the White Star’s subordinate mage's

I smell her

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

had smelled the White

since he was an

‘…No.’

he had not sniffed these new friends

the time. Now that they were on the same boat, it would be awkward if someone noticed him using his power during

could see Mary and

have time

me explain the

sent some more red mana toward the

Tap.

the central region of the bottom of

the

where Rosalyn and the others were located right

turned toward Cale as she

state of chaos after the

to be

Empire ended up being the center of black

lot of administrative issues were discovered and slowly resolved after the Alchemists’

Cale started to speak.

the throne is

“Correct.”

as nobody dared

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

been delayed for

that empty throne

opened a bottle

her

down the bloodline for generations. But there are others with the royal bloodline aside

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

were quite a few people

rights to

not say much and just focused on restoring

will slowly start

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

the Church of the Sun

family members were bound

her hand in

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

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

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

have people as skilled as the ones at

have been as quiet as mice since the

escaped alchemists who had not touched black magic as Cale had

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

who had been listening had a

they leave

place that was connected to black

the information he received, a large number of the Western continent’s people

figured out the answer to his question. His eyes clouded

see Rosalyn’s sparkling

were

excited although she was saying they left those

They had been waiting.

here had been

Rosalyn who was the most involved of

those royal family members would try to partner with

all of them

people who approved of the Mogoru Royal family and Imperial

Bud started to frown.

had

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

if they let them

this thought came out of Rosalyn’s

like this makes it easy for us to tell which noble families, merchants, and influential people have no ties

slowly started to become

possible. The ones to suffer the most if the chaos continues are the innocent people doing their best to live honest

speaking

as if he could tell what she was going to

a way to figure out

just need to investigate the people and things tied to those bad

would be able to quickly

to speak without even touching his bottle. He

four factions? Those red dots

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

looked at the map

and the southern faction

Bud started to think.

are

even

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

see Cale happily munching away at his steak.