Trash of the Count's Family

“By the way, who are the two people that the Cat children were following?”

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The Mercenary King sat down at a table at the center of the room.

“Ahem.”

“Aigoo, there’s some urgent business to take care of in the kitchen!”

The bandit-turned-employees moved far away from the table.

“All of you can head out.”

Ron motioned for them to leave, and the employees quickly ran out.

Cale then started to speak.

“Dragons.”

“…Hmm?”

Bud, who had been looking around at the empty hall, looked completely confused. He put his finger in his ear to clear it when Cale said it once more.

“Dragons.”

“…Ah. They’re Dragons.”

Nod nod.

Bud just decided not to think about Cale’s group anymore.

But he still couldn’t accept it!

‘Dragons?! Two of them?! No wait, he already had multiple Dragons with him!’

Bud started to frown.

The door to the rear garden opened, and an employee came in and started to speak to Ron.

“Manager-nim, shall we bring some tea-”

Bud thought about the word, ‘Dragons,’ and commented.

“Are you trying to take down a kingdom on the Eastern continent to set an example or something?”

Clunk.

The bandit-turned-employee’s hand that was holding the doorknob was shaking.

‘What did I just hear? Destroy a kingdom?’

The employee immediately moved after seeing Ron’s benign smile.

Screeeech-

The door was quietly closed.

Cale frowned after hearing Bud’s comment.

“Why would I destroy a kingdom?”

“Well, the team you brought is strong enough to do that. They could probably destroy this Leeb-An City in like five minutes.”

“Cut the crap. Just hand over the information you brought.”

“Ah, okay!”

Bud took a document out of his pocket and handed it to Cale.

“The stone mountain where the Cats live is in the Sez Kingdom.”

The Cat tribe was going to be where Cale started his plan to take down the White Star’s allies.

This starting point to the final battle would be at the stone mountain in the Sez Kingdom.

“…Mount Nex in the Sez Kingdom.”

Bud responded to Cale’s mumbling.

“It’s a kingdom right next to the Castle of Light.”

It was by the Castle of Light, one of the Three Restricted Areas of the Eastern continent, the white desert where Lord Sheritt’s White Castle had once been located.

That castle was now Raon’s and moved to the Forest of Darkness as a black castle.

Cale read through the information in the document.

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< The Sez Kingdom is currently allied with the Endable Kingdom and is one of the strongest kingdoms on the Eastern continent. >

< It is famous for being a kingdom of knights, and the current king Bakehe is famous for being a sword master. >

Bud continued his explanation.

“Mount Nex is located in the northern part of the Sez Kingdom. It is an area with a stone mountain at the center and the residents rarely go toward it because the terrain is difficult to traverse.”

Cale recalled a conversation he had with Duke Fredo.

‘It is the place where a few different Cat tribes live together with the Fog Cat Tribe in charge. There is a large stone mountain at the center of their territory. It is kind of like a citadel. The Cats that are talented in fog and assassination are protecting the place.’

‘That stone mountain is where the captives are?’

‘Yes.’

Bud added on.

without the terrain issue, the residents wouldn’t be able to go there.

looked back toward the

Nex has been passed down for many generations as a holy mountain based on a tale

is located right underneath

“Ha!”

Cale scoffed in disbelief.

mountain that has a tale about the first king? They’re letting the Cats keep the imprisoned sacrifices

responded with a stiff expression

place that the citizens of the Sez Kingdom consider to

the leaders of the kingdom are

Bud nodded his head.

used like that. We subtly asked the nobles and merchants our guild has connections

Cale started to speak.

between the White Star and the Sez Kingdom is not something that started

the Eastern continent had aligned

Dark Tiger Alberu while he was completing the

doesn’t make sense if

has their base

impossible without cooperation from the

king and his loyal subordinates, seem to have made a secret alliance with the White Star a long time

a strong relationship. There’s no way the Sez Kingdom’s side would

might even have had a longer alliance with the White Star than the Molden

have needed a long time to settle

Jopis and the Molden Kingdom, The Mercenaries Guild,

were few in number compared to the size

were extremely few

Bud cautiously added on.

but that the other kingdoms have had an alliance

had been quietly listening,

if the other kingdoms have had a deep relationship with the

just joined together and one whose members have been together for a long

Bud nodded his head.

end up as a war between

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long war as even if they managed to kick the White Star out of the

thinking about

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapped on the table with his index

gaze headed toward the document on

Sez Academy is the future of the

Academy that was located at the bottom of the

The Sez Royal Academy is considered one of the top three academies on

students have to go through an extremely difficult admissions exam before completing a five-year

accepted as royalty only by graduating from this academy. Numerous individuals from other

Tap. Tap. Tap.

finger as he

“Bud Illis.”

“Hmm?”

have

said? What did

he had

recalled a specific statement and had

on the Eastern continent to set an example or something? …Are you talking about

Bud’s pupils were shaking.

see a

White Star? I don’t have any

Bud started to think.

was saying that he was not planning

like he is planning on

share that thought out

mouth

are changing our target to

Tap.

palm tapped

Cat tribe’s base and

After that…

White Star to start a chain of kingdoms on the Eastern continent breaking their alliances with the White Star. We might as well do it since we are headed

greatest result if things

a target with nowhere to run. Everything would end with the final

Bud started to speak.

as well do because you’re

Sounds like something we can

to a portion of

day the first king came down from the stone mountain. The current king will visit the holy Mount Nex on that day to proclaim that he has carried on the will of the

Chhh.

flipped through some pages before pointing

part that

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that the current king will visit the Sez Royal Academy and give a speech on the day before they visit

and looked at

hear Cale’s

just happens to be in

Smile.

Cale started to smile.

face on our

nodded his

* * *

Two days later.

statement with a grim

Tomorrow is the day the Sez king will come to the

visit the academy tomorrow to

Mount Nex the following day to

the tie of a school uniform he had not worn in a long time

academy tomorrow and grab the

wearing the different outfits they were

a different

mean that we are going

to ask,

something else

as well. Two Knights Brigades from the palace will be guarding them. They will also have mages and other

That wasn’t all.