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 and

hearing about the Mogoru Empire's situation from the crown

to shoot out

Chhhhhhhh-

blanket that had shocked Cale

blanket opened

her

mana started to draw an image

“Mm.”

Bud gulped.

be

a map of the Mogoru Empire drawn with red

you quickly

toward Bud. Bud awkwardly

information about the three women at this table

no idea why Cale

could not 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

First was Rosalyn.

position as the heir to the Breck Kingdom

was famous for her

many talks about her being a

were said to be the core of the Western continent's magic had disappeared

deemed Rosalyn to be the one to eventually

of her skilled magic she had shown in the Gorge of Death and

someone so talented and

than even Bud's

is someone

they

to be the White Star’s

was young but extremely

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

smell

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

smelled the White Star’s subordinate

fine since

‘…No.’

had not sniffed these new friends

the time. Now that they were on the same boat, it would be awkward if someone

Mary and Hannah. These two were even more famous than Rosalyn right

he did not have time

explain

red mana toward the

Tap.

the central region of the bottom

is the

and the others were located

Cale as she

state of chaos after the

to

the Empire ended up being the center of

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

Cale started to speak.

throne is

“Correct.”

be interested as nobody dared to say

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

that trial had been delayed for a

are aiming for that empty throne will start

a bottle as he

nodded her head and

has had difficulties with passing down the bloodline for generations. But there are others with

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

there were quite a few people

them had proper rights

much and just focused on restoring the stability of the

people will slowly start

Rosalyn responded to Bud.

“That is correct.”

Rex and the Church of the

royal family members were bound to

her hand in the

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

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

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

the ones at the Alchemists’ Bell

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

gathered hiding alchemists and escaped alchemists who had

one of those branch towers who had been shocked and

been listening had

did they leave those

investigate any place that was connected to

number of the Western continent’s people had died because of those

he soon figured out the answer to his question.

could see

were quiet

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

They had been waiting.

people here had been

was especially true for Rosalyn who was the

members would try to partner with the forces

planned to capture all of them

the nobles and influential people who approved of the Mogoru Royal family and Imperial Prince

Bud started to frown.

places that had ties to black

matter how much you liked power, it was

if they let them tie with factions like

to this thought came out of Rosalyn’s

easy for us to tell which

slowly started

possible. The ones to suffer the most if

speaking for

Bud felt as if he could tell what she was

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

and things tied to those bad

be able to quickly figure out

without even touching his bottle. He was subconsciously sitting up

four factions? Those red

“Yes, Mr. Bud.”

map and continued to

are four factions and the southern faction currently has

Bud started to think.

factions are

even have royal

revolt would happen, so why did you say that it

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