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.

residents wouldn’t be able to go there. The document

looked back toward the

down for many generations as a holy mountain based on a tale about the Sez Kingdom’s first king,

is located right underneath the mountain as well.

“Ha!”

Cale scoffed in disbelief.

in a mystical mountain that has a tale about the first king? They’re letting the Cats keep the imprisoned sacrifices for the summoning ritual

responded with a stiff expression to Cale’s

citizens of the Sez Kingdom consider to be the

the kingdom are naturally hiding that fact from

Bud nodded his head.

seemed like 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

Cale started to speak.

alliance between the White Star and the

Eastern continent had

heard about it from Dark Tiger Alberu while

sense if I think about it that

tribe has their base on the Sez Kingdom’s holy

was impossible without cooperation from the Sez

its king

strong relationship. There’s no way the Sez Kingdom’s side would allow them to imprison sacrificial

longer alliance with the White Star

have needed a long time to settle there and call

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

number compared to the size of the Eastern

were extremely

Bud cautiously added on.

the Sez Kingdom, but that the other kingdoms have had an alliance with the White Star since a long

been quietly

other kingdoms have had a deep relationship

together and one whose

Bud nodded his head.

as a war between the Eastern continent and the Western continent if things go terribly

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

thinking about

Tap. Tap. Tap.

table

the document on top of

Sez Academy is the future of the Sez

Royal Academy that was located at the bottom of the holy Mount

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

all students age 13 to 18 regardless of their background and students have to go through

officially accepted as royalty only by graduating from this academy. Numerous individuals from other kingdoms have also graduated from this academy and have their own small

Tap. Tap. Tap.

tapping his finger as

“Bud Illis.”

“Hmm?”

seems that I will have to do

I said?

recalled the things he had told

specific statement and

on the Eastern continent to set an example

Bud’s pupils were shaking.

see a smiling

down? Am I the White Star? I don’t have

Bud started to think.

was not planning on

face makes it seem like he is planning on

not share that

Cale’s mouth that

our target to two

Tap.

palm tapped on the

Cat tribe’s base and rescuing the

After that…

second target is destroying the Sez Kingdom’s alliance with the 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

result if things

White Star would end up a target with nowhere to run. Everything would end with

Bud started to speak.

you might as well do because

something we

a

anniversary of the 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

Chhh.

before pointing at a different

part that

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current king will visit the Sez Royal

and looked at

hear Cale’s calm

happens to

Smile.

Cale started to smile.

looks like we can see the king’s face on our way, so

just nodded

* * *

Two days later.

statement with a grim expression on

is the day the Sez king will come to

current king of Sez will visit the academy

would climb Mount Nex the following day to celebrate

uniform he had not worn

the academy tomorrow and

outfits they were going

in a different outfit as

king mean that

wanted to ask,

said something

will be other nobles who visit as well. Two Knights Brigades from the palace will be guarding them. They

That wasn’t all.