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 to

Ooooooooong.

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

natural to talk about this after hearing about the

started to shoot

Chhhhhhhh-

Prince Adin's fancy blanket that had shocked Cale in the past started

opened in the

waved her hand

to draw

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

be the

of the Mogoru Empire drawn with red mana in front

Mercenary King, you quickly recognized the map of the

Bud. Bud awkwardly smiled

three women at this table was going through his mind right

why Cale Henituse brought me

bring 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.

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

was famous for

her being a future Tower Master of

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

the one to

skilled magic she had shown in the Gorge of Death

was rare to find someone so talented and

more skilled than even Bud's close friend, Glenn

there is someone who

they met this

who seemed to be the

was young but extremely

and the White

I smell

power that allowed him to get a good idea about someone

had smelled the White Star’s subordinate mage’s

was fine since he was

‘…No.’

sniffed

sniffed Cale’s scent when 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

Mary and

he did not have time to think more about

me explain the

some more red mana

Tap.

the central region of the

the Mogoru Empire's

and the others were located right

Cale as she

in a state of chaos after the Alchemists’ Bell Tower

to

the pride of the Empire ended up being the center of black magic, while the Emperor and Imperial Prince had both committed all sorts of

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

Cale started to speak.

throne is

“Correct.”

interested as nobody dared to

but realistically speaking, they will not be able to rule again. They have committed too many sins to do that. They

that trial had been delayed for a few

aiming for that empty

bottle

her

there are others with the royal bloodline aside

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

quite a few people with royal

rights to the throne

were quiet at first. However, Sir Rex did not say much and just focused on restoring the

slowly start to crawl

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

the Church of the Sun

quiet, the royal family members were bound

hand in

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

appeared in four spots, one each to the North, South, East, and West

to the Alchemists’ Bell Tower. You

towers did not have people as skilled as the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell Tower, they were still

well, however, they have been as quiet as mice since the incident at the capital. They locked the doors to their towers and remained

escaped alchemists who had not touched black

been shocked and

had been

did they leave those

they thoroughly investigate any place that was connected to black

the Western continent’s people had

out the answer to his question. His eyes

see

we were quiet

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

They had been waiting.

here had been

was especially true for Rosalyn who was the

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

capture all of

the Mogoru Royal family and

Bud started to frown.

places that had ties

how much you liked power, it was not right to

if they let them tie

this thought came out of Rosalyn’s

tell which noble families, merchants, and

started

much time. 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 live honest

stopped speaking

Bud felt as if he could tell what she was going to say

to figure out the bad seeds at once and take care of

people and things tied to

able to quickly figure out anybody

even touching his bottle. He was subconsciously sitting

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

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

the map and

four factions and the southern faction currently

Bud started to think.

factions are being

factions even have royal family

would happen, so

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