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.

mana gathered around her hand. Cale nodded his head while

hearing

started to shoot out from

Chhhhhhhh-

shocked

opened in the

her hand

draw an image

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

be the Mogoru

could see a map of the Mogoru Empire drawn with red mana in front of

Mercenary King, you quickly recognized the

Bud awkwardly smiled

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

idea why Cale

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

First was Rosalyn.

thrown away her position as the heir to the Breck Kingdom

was famous for her highly

talks about her being a future Tower Master of a Magic

magic had disappeared after Toonka killed the Tower Master during the Whipper

be the one to

reason for this was because of her skilled magic she

someone so talented

skilled than even Bud's close friend,

someone who is better than

mage they met this

be

young but

and the White Star’s

smell

wind attribute ancient power that allowed him

smelled the White Star’s subordinate mage’s

since he

‘…No.’

had not sniffed these new friends of

Cale’s scent when they had first met, but that was because he didn’t know who Cale was at the time.

and Hannah.

did not have time to think more about these

explain

some more red mana toward the

Tap.

dot appeared near the central region of the

the Mogoru

was where Rosalyn and the others

turned toward Cale as she

Empire is in a state of chaos after

was to

the Empire ended up being the center of black

as everybody already knows, a lot of administrative issues were discovered and slowly resolved after the Alchemists’ Bell Tower

Cale started to speak.

throne is

“Correct.”

as nobody dared to

will not be able to rule again. They have committed too many sins to

had been

aiming for that empty throne will

a bottle as

her head and

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

father, the Emperor, as well as the previous Emperor as well. The Mogoru Royal

quite a few

proper rights to the

first. However, Sir Rex did not say much and just focused on restoring the stability of

will slowly

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

the Church

that both of these entities were quiet, the royal family

waved her hand

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

to the North,

in addition to the Alchemists’ Bell Tower.

the ones at the

black magic as well, however, they have been as quiet as mice since the

gathered hiding alchemists and escaped alchemists who had not touched black magic as Cale

had been shocked and escaped after

who had been listening had

they leave those

investigate any place that was connected to

number of the Western continent’s people had died because

soon figured out the answer to

could see

were quiet as

excited although she was saying they left those four

They had been waiting.

here

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

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

all

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

Bud started to frown.

places that had ties to

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

them tie

to this thought came out

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

slowly started to become

not have much time. We also need to shed as little blood as possible. The ones to suffer the most if the chaos

stopped speaking for

he could tell

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

the people and things tied to those bad seeds if they

to quickly

without even touching his bottle. He was subconsciously

four

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

looked at the map

the southern

Bud started to think.

are being

factions even

happen, so why did you say that it

away