Trash of the Count's Family

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“I will be using that power.”

Cale could not get himself to call the Fire of Destruction the power of a god.

- ...Cheer up, Cale.

He did his best to ignore the Super Rock consoling him. Cale just thought about it in a relaxed manner.

‘I'll be leaving this world anyway, so it doesn't matter whether they see me as the purifier or whatever.

I just need to take care of things properly.’

Cale decided to think about it as lightheartedly as possible.

- Human, that expression just now seemed more like the crown prince's expression than your usual smile!

He did his best to let Raon's comment in one ear and out the other.

He spoke to Olivia instead.

“I will let you know the overall plan, so I hope that you can move accordingly, your Royal Highness.”

“...Okay.”

Olivia had noticed how the Purifier was reluctant to show himself. She knew how big it was that he had chosen to reveal himself.

That was why she was willing to move according to his will.

She was willing to do so even though she was not fully recovered.

“And there is something we must do during this next week.”

Olivia’s shoulders tensed after hearing the Purifier’s solemn voice.

"What is it?”

She then thought about what would happen at the public execution ground in a week.

It was different from her original imagination.

The Agents of Destruction and the Church of the Fire of Purification... The Purifier revealing himself in between them...

Olivia and the people loyal to her would be with them.

How would that crazed sight she had initially imagined change?

She got chills for a completely different reason now.

‘I'll do it.’

She made up her mind.

‘I'll do whatever it takes.’

She would do anything for the image in her mind to become reality.

The Purifier started to speak.

“We need to loot the Emperor's Palace.”

Silence filled the area for a moment.

“…….”

Olivia could not say anything.

- Human, I knew that you wouldn't waste your time! Yes, a week is plenty of time to loot the Emperor’s Palace! Alright! How exciting! Will we all be going?

Cale focused not on the excited Raon but the silent Olivia's shaking pupils before wondering why she was reacting like this and continuing to speak.

“Do you remember the information that the First Imperial Prince shared with us?”

“Ah.”

Olivia’s expression finally brightened after hearing that.

“You are talking about the issue of the undeads!”

“...Y, yes?”

Cale had an unsettled look on his face as he agreed with the now exaggeratedly bright expression on Olivia's face.

“As I expected!”

Olivia nodded her head multiple times as if she finally understood him and continued to speak.

“I knew that you would have some deep meaning behind it!”

Why would the Purifier, someone who uses the power of a god, really want to loot something as trivial as the Emperor's Palace?

Olivia gently smiled thinking that the Purifier was purposely using such lighthearted terms to address such a heavy topic.

‘Yes, this is not the time to just worry. It is the time to do something, anything.’

Olivia became a bit more energetic. However, her face quickly stiffened.

She knew what the Purifier would ask for her to do.

"Do I just need to be keeping his Majesty occupied?”

“Yes ma’am. I need someone to distract him as we need to get into his bedroom in the Emperor’s Palace.”

Olivia contemplated it for a bit before nodding her head.

“I want to be consoled and wish to console him. That should be a justified reason to go seek his Majesty.”

She then added on.

“I also think that it would be good if I use this time to make it look as if I have given up on the second test.”

“That is a good idea, your Royal Highness.”

Cale was satisfied watching Olivia figure out her role on her own.

- Human, going to loot is just going to loot. Is there some deeper meaning to it? Oh, do you mean that you are going to loot everything that is hidden deeply as well?

He tried his best to ignore Raon's comments. But he could not do that.

- Human, but to be more accurate, it is not actually undeads, is it?

Cale recalled the interrogation of First Imperial Prince Sanders that was disguised as a quite intimate face-to-face chat.

The First Imperial Prince had not been that sincere in his response to Cale's questions, but he did his best to answer.

thought about smacking the Huayans patriarch in the back, haven’t you? In fact, you’ve had

Cale asked seemed to impact him quite a

place in the Emperor's Palace where they store the generations of necromancer candidates who have become

‘Yes.’

for a moment before he

more specific, they are not

‘Then?’

Mineh’s helper

immediately understood that the helper Sanders was talking

He is still captured. That guy won’t be able to escape

‘I see.’

reaction made Cale realize that the generations of Emperor candidates who have turned into undeads had some connection with the

know the

what Sanders

that

two keywords were

Prince

saw were like

And...

be handling all of the

test as well.

can tell you

the identity of the undeads, but... This was

“...It’s obvious.”

"Excuse me?”

nothing, your

smiled gently. However, his eyes sank

The Blood Cult.

something in the Wuxia World that was similar to undeads

‘...Jiangshi.’

in the basement of

be

the wuxia novels that he

of jiangshis but they were all

likely the person connected to the

the Emperor's life would be the Huayans

get eaten

in his mind and he spoke while walking over to the door

When everybody is frantically moving around for this Hide and Seek... That is when

Click.

walked toward the hallway that was being lit up by the morning sunlight. His white hair sparkled with the light but all she could think about was

made

* * *

down to cover his face

eyes were looking all

“...What a mess.”

approaching a middle-aged person who looked like a

“State your background.”

"Excuse me?”

had lived quite the arduous mercenary life flinched at the sudden question and scowled before

Clang-!

man had pulled out a sword and was pointing

identity, your background, and the reason for your visit to the

“Ugh.”

mercenary seemed anxious for a bit before he quickly

out for a job and am returning home. I have my mercenary’s plaque on me. You can check its authenticity in the Mercenaries Guild

your mercenary’s

“Yes sir!”

plaque and the man

“You can go.”

“...Yes sir.”

the mercenary’s plaque and the middle-aged man received it carefully before urgently

I heard that the capital was a mess right

mumbling reached Cale’s

“Hmm?”

at Cale. He saw that Cale was covered by a long robe and his

to be suspicious and

“Who are y-”

not finish his

Shh.

sword was pointed at the swordsman’s neck. The man’s

‘When?’

suddenly a person next to the robed individual who also had his face covered by a hood and that person was pointing the sword at the swordsman’s neck. It was exactly as he had done

swordsman, who had not noticed the second hooded figure at all, got chills on his back

who do you think you

not finish that

Shhh.

took off his

hair, green eyes, and the white cloth covering the area

charge of

hand on Choi Han’s

my guard. Retract your sword as

“…….”

the sword away

neck with his hand

I did not recognize

headed to Cale's hand and he finally lowered his head after seeing the

“Goodbye then.”

left

citizens of the Empire sneering at the swordsman but an odd

“Let’s go.”

Cale and walked by his side after Cale gave the order. Choi Han was

is suspicious

a lively business district but there was an oddly sunken mood

not a depressed

and there but it was pretty calm overall, similar to a bomb just

is the third

the atmosphere in the capital that was changing

acting worse and

died among the nineteen candidates and three

using this opening were acting crazier and crazier

are even grabbing anybody

was one of the candidates’

was able to immediately

this swordsman were slowly

all people who have a decent

and prod around the capital. According to the information the church has gathered, some of them were not only using their helpers

craziness would become worse as time

‘...This isn’t good.’

Empire had embraced this Hide and Seek quite a bit when they learned about it. However, the slowly overbearing actions of the candidates made

Everybody kept quiet.

happened to the mercenary

to be publicly executed, the people who forced them to experience this, was slowly

it be okay

Cale in