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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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.

issue, the residents wouldn’t be able

back toward the

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

is located right underneath the

“Ha!”

Cale scoffed in disbelief.

a tale about the first king? They’re letting the Cats keep the imprisoned sacrifices for the summoning ritual at such a holy

stiff expression to Cale’s

consider to

are naturally hiding that fact

Bud nodded his head.

even most of the nobles of the Sez Kingdom didn’t know that the mountain was being used like that. We subtly asked the nobles and merchants our guild has connections within

Cale started to speak.

the alliance between the White Star and the Sez Kingdom is not

Eastern continent had aligned themselves

it from Dark Tiger Alberu while

if I think

has their base on the Sez Kingdom’s holy

was impossible without cooperation from

or at least its king and

relationship. There’s no way the Sez Kingdom’s side would allow them to imprison sacrificial hostages in a holy mountain if

have had a longer alliance with the White Star than the Molden Kingdom, which was now Cale’s

Fog Cat Tribe would have needed a long time to settle there and call other Cats

only allies on the Eastern continent are Princess Jopis and the Molden Kingdom, The Mercenaries Guild, the Molan household, and

in number compared to the size of the Eastern

were extremely few

Bud cautiously added on.

be possible that it is not just the Sez Kingdom, but that the other kingdoms have had an alliance with the White

had been

the other kingdoms have had a

together and one whose members have been together for a

Bud nodded his head.

mentioned, it might end up as a war between the Eastern continent and the

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long war as even if they managed to kick the White Star out of the Western continent, he would still have a foundation on the

about it

Tap. Tap. Tap.

on the table

toward the document on top of

is the future

Royal Academy that was located at the bottom of

of the top three academies on the Eastern

It accepts all students age 13 to 18 regardless of their background and students have to go through an extremely difficult

only by graduating from this academy. Numerous individuals from other kingdoms have also graduated from this academy and have their

Tap. Tap. Tap.

was tapping his finger as he started

“Bud Illis.”

“Hmm?”

I will have to do as you

said? What

the things he

recalled a specific statement and had to

kingdom on the Eastern continent to set an

Bud’s pupils were shaking.

could see a smiling

the White Star? I don’t

Bud started to think.

was saying that he was not planning on taking down a

it seem like he is planning on doing

not share that thought

Cale’s mouth that was

are changing our target to

Tap.

palm tapped on

Cat tribe’s base

After that…

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 to the Sez Kingdom

result if

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

Bud started to speak.

something you might as well do because

like something we can

to a portion

down from the stone mountain. The current king will visit the holy Mount Nex on that

Chhh.

flipped through some pages before

the part that explained

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Royal Academy and give a speech on the day before

and looked at

could hear Cale’s calm

just happens to be in four

Smile.

Cale started to smile.

see the king’s face on our

nodded

* * *

Two days later.

Bud Illis made a statement with a grim expression on

the Sez king will come to

Sez will visit the academy tomorrow to

Mount Nex the following day to celebrate

had not worn in

academy tomorrow and grab

wearing the different outfits they were going to

was in a different

king mean that we are going to

to ask,

something else

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

That wasn’t all.