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.

gathered around her hand. Cale nodded his head while eating a dish that was made with potatoes

about this after hearing about the Mogoru

to shoot

Chhhhhhhh-

had shocked Cale in the past started

blanket opened

her

draw an image

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

be the

the Mogoru Empire drawn with red mana in front of

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

Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled back

three women at this table was going through his mind

why

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

First was Rosalyn.

the heir to the Breck Kingdom and was doing things here and

famous for her highly skilled

about her being a future Tower Master

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

the

skilled magic she had shown in the Gorge of Death

someone so

than even Bud's close

course, there is someone

mage they met

mage who seemed to be

young but extremely

about Rosalyn and the

I smell her

allowed him to get a good idea about someone

had smelled the White Star’s subordinate mage’s

fine since he was

‘…No.’

he had not sniffed these new friends of

they had first met, 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

slowly turned away from Rosalyn. He could see Mary and

not have time to

explain the

some more red

Tap.

near the central region of the bottom of

is the Mogoru

and the others

turned toward Cale as

Mogoru Empire is in a state of chaos after the Alchemists’

to

that was the pride of the Empire ended up being the center of black magic, while the Emperor and

were discovered and slowly

Cale started to speak.

the throne

“Correct.”

seemed to be interested as nobody dared to

able to rule again. They have committed too many sins to do that. They will soon be

that trial had been

are aiming for that empty throne will

bottle as he

her

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

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

a few people

rights to the

Rex did not say much and just focused on restoring the stability of the Empire while the Church of the Sun

people will slowly start to crawl

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

the Church

that both of these entities were quiet, the royal family members

waved her hand

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

each to

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

people as skilled as the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell Tower, they

had experimented with black magic as well, however, they have been as quiet as mice since the incident at the capital. They locked the doors

the alcoholic alchemist, had gathered hiding alchemists and escaped

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

who had been

they

thoroughly investigate any place that was

to the information he received, a large number of the Western

figured out the answer to his question.

see Rosalyn’s

were quiet as

they left those four Alchemists’ Towers alone and remained

They had been waiting.

people here had

who was the most involved of Cale’s group in the

family members would try to partner with the forces

planned to capture all of them

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

Bud started to frown.

were places that had

much you liked power, it was not right to tie

them tie with factions

this thought came out of Rosalyn’s

which noble families, merchants, and influential people have no ties to

started

as possible. The ones to suffer the most if the chaos continues

speaking for a

felt as if he could tell what she was going

to figure out the

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

be able to quickly

to speak without even touching his bottle. He

of four factions?

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

the map and continued to

the southern faction currently has the strongest

Bud started to think.

are being

these factions even have royal family

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

could see Cale happily munching away at his steak. However, Cale's