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.

the terrain issue, the residents wouldn’t be able to go there. The document

looked back toward the

holy mountain based on a tale about the Sez Kingdom’s first

is located right underneath the mountain as well.

“Ha!”

Cale scoffed in disbelief.

a tale about the first king? They’re letting the Cats keep the imprisoned sacrifices for the

responded with a stiff expression to

the citizens of the Sez Kingdom consider to be the holiest is being used for such

the leaders of the kingdom 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 the kingdom but none of them seemed to have any idea. They didn’t seem to

Cale started to speak.

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

on the Eastern continent had aligned themselves with the Endable

heard about it from Dark Tiger Alberu while

make sense if

their base on the

was impossible without cooperation

don’t know about the other kingdoms, but at least the Sez Kingdom, or at least its king

the Sez Kingdom’s side would allow them to imprison sacrificial hostages in a holy mountain

the White Star than the Molden Kingdom, which was now

a long time

on the Eastern continent are Princess Jopis and the Molden Kingdom,

compared

were extremely

Bud cautiously added on.

is not just the Sez Kingdom, but that the other kingdoms have had an alliance

had been

extremely annoying for us if the other kingdoms

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

Bud nodded his head.

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

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the

about

Tap. Tap. Tap.

on the table with his

toward the document on top of

the future of the

Sez Royal Academy that was located at the

one of the top three

students have to go through an extremely difficult admissions exam

Numerous individuals from other kingdoms have also graduated from this academy and have their

Tap. Tap. Tap.

his finger as

“Bud Illis.”

“Hmm?”

that I will have to do as you

I said? What did

things he had told Cale

a specific statement and

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

Bud’s pupils were shaking.

see a smiling

I the White Star? I don’t have any plans to

Bud started to think.

that he was not

face makes it seem like he is planning on

share that thought out

Cale’s mouth that was starting to

our target

Tap.

tapped

the 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

would be the greatest result if things went as Cale

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

Bud started to speak.

well

something we

pointed to a portion

king will

Chhh.

flipped through some pages before pointing at a different

that explained about

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is a rule that the current king will visit the Sez Royal

and looked

hear Cale’s calm

happens to be

Smile.

Cale started to smile.

king’s face on our way, so we might as well destroy

nodded his

* * *

Two days later.

King Bud Illis made a statement with a

the Sez king will

king of Sez will visit the academy tomorrow to

would climb Mount Nex the following day to

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

infiltrate the academy tomorrow and grab

who were all wearing the different outfits they were going to be using

a

mean that we

to ask, but

something else

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

That wasn’t all.