Trash of the Count’s Family

immediately opened it.

It was a map focused on the east side of Leeb-An City which was divided into pieces.

“One side is an organization that has been controlling Leeb-An City ever since it was founded. It is an organization led by someone named Mostrue, and they are pretty close with the Mercenaries Guild.

“And the other is Arm?”

“Yes sir. They are the other organization. They have a bad relationship with the Mercenaries Guild.”

“And the Merchant Guild?”

“They always remain neutral.”

Cale looked at the map of Leeb-An Citys underworld.

Although the map was divided, there were many spots on the map that were marked with circles as well.

”What are these circles?”

“The small organizations that are still around.”

“…Really?”

The bandit leader flinched after seeing an evil smirk on Cales face again.

“That, umm, the old man that I sell my goods to run his own independent region. This map is something I received from that old man in the past.”

“The past?”

“Yes sir. Approximately 6 months ago. Arms influence is slightly stronger now.”

Tap, tap.

Cale tapped on the map with his finger.

“You need a strong foundation in order to control the underworld. Isnt that right, former bandit leader?”

“Correct.”

“Hypothetically speaking…”

Cale ’s gaze headed toward Ron.

“What would happen to Leeb-An City if Arm took control of Leeb-An Citys underworld?”

“They would become their subordinates. So would the Merchant guild and the Mercenaries Guild.”

Cale looked at the map and started to think.

A few words came out of his mouth.

“…Mayor… Mercenaries … Merchant … Mostrue … The mayors of the other cities……”

Eruhaben shook his head after hearing Cale say,mayor, twice. The unlucky human was screwing up his life again. However, it sounded like this time he would not be screwing up his own life, but someone elses life.

Eruhaben looked at the bandit leader ’s pale expression, as well as the blank expression on Rons face.

Cale started to speak at that moment.

“How often does the mayor change?”

“You see…”

“Yes?”

The bandit leader hesitated after seeing Cales gaze that was waiting for the answer before finally responding.

“Funny thing is that there are only about three months left. Hahahaha!”

“…Ho.”

Cale let out a gasp as his eyes started to sparkle.

The bandit leader felt annoyed at his useless wit and avoided Cale ’s gaze. Of course, Cale was not looking at the bandit leader.

He was quickly plotting things in his head.

‘I need to shake Arm at their roots in the Eastern continent if I want to catch them. The starting point is important. It will not be enough to take care of them only on the Western continent.

That was the reason Cale had come to the Eastern continent.

Leeb-An City.

Cale had a lot to gain here as it was a free city.

It was somewhere where a person ’s identity did not matter.

Tap, tap.

Cale ’s fingers that were tapping on the map started to get stronger. The bandit leader who was watching this with caution made eye contact with Cale.

“Go.”

“Excuse me?”

“Go do what you have to do.”

“Ah, yes sir!”

The bandit leader bowed in his clean outfit before heading down from the roof. His movements were quite agile for his large size.

Cale started to speak once the bandit leader disappeared.

“Eruhaben-nim.”

“Looks like I will need to learn more about Leeb-An Citys history.”

Cale looked toward Eruhaben who knew what he had to do without Cale needing to say anything.

“How can you learn about its history? You will need quite ancient information if you wanted to know the history starting from the Super Rock ’s time.

It was not easy getting old history for anywhere.

This was especially true when you were not looking for written history, but the truth.

Cale could see Eruhaben casually answer back.

“I just need to ask a Dragon.”

“…Excuse me?”

‘What? A Dragon?

An existence revealed itself in the air as Cale became shocked.

“Goldie! There are other Dragons?”

”Why are you asking such an obvious question? Little kid, there are 10 Dragons on the Eastern continent.”

“Wow! I want to meet the other Dragons!”

“No.”

Eruhaben spoke sternly as he said that.

”That bastard is crazy.”

‘…If he is crazy using Dragon standards…

Cale did not say this out loud.

“Then Goldie, how do you know him? You have a really good personality!”

The corners of Eruhabens lips twitched at Raon ’s question, however, the Gold Dragon let out a fake cough without smiling.

“Ahem, because I have a good personality.”

Eruhaben started to frown as if he was thinking about that Dragon and continued to speak.

“I protected him when he went through his first growth phase.”

“…Protected him?”

“Goldie, why do you need to protect them when they are growing?”

Eruhabens expression turned odd at Cale and Raon ’s question.

“… Didnt I tell you that I was planning on making this kid go through his first growth phase in my lair?”

“I think you did?”

Cale recalled when Eruhaben had taught Raon many things.

“That was so that I could protect him. My lair is the safest place. As you all already know, Dragons go through a total of three growth phases.”

The bodys plate grows with the first growth phase. The physical appearance does not change as it is only creating the foundations for the Dragon ’s future growth.

The Dragon then grows significantly during the second and third growth phases and becomes stronger as well.

“There are growing pains each time. Not all Dragons are the same. There are rankings in a Dragon ’s level of strength, and the Dragons that will go on to become stronger will suffer the most.”

‘I didnt know.

Cale had not known about this.

All he had known was that Dragons go through three growth phases. The novel did not discuss a Dragons growth.

However, it almost seemed obvious once he thought about it.

It would be weird if they didnt have any reaction to a sudden explosive growth.

“I assumed you knew this, but I guess you didnt.”

“I didnt know. I am great and mighty, but I did not know this! But it is fine because I learned it now!”

“The little kid has turned weird.”

Eruhaben patted the Black Dragons round head as he continued to speak.

“That is why young Dragons suffer a lot when they go through their first growth phases alone, but it looks like you won ’t need to suffer.”

“Even I know that! I am not worried!”

Raon ’s shoulders moved up and down as he stealthily peeked at the rest of the group. Of course, Eruhaben noticed this and started to smile.

This little Dragon had grown quite a bit. And he had grown properly.

Although he was not like a Dragon, he still grew up like a Dragon.

Eruhaben made eye contact with the Black Dragon.

“You will naturally have to be there as well, Goldie!”

The ancient Dragon let out a laugh.

He found it cute that the little kid was pretending not to know that he did not have much time left. Eruhaben patted the Black Dragon ’s head a little harder.

“Little kid, I am a very busy person.”

He expected Raon to grumble as usual as he said that. In fact, Eruhaben was looking forward to the little kids usual reaction.

However, Raon ’s expression turned odd.

“…Human!”

“…Why are you calling me in such an ominous way?”

Cale, who had been sitting at the edge of the roof and looking at Raon, had an odd expression on his face.

His face soon started to turn into a frown as his gaze headed toward Raon ’s chubby front paw. A video communication device appeared in Raon ’s paw.

Beeeeeep- Beeeeeep-

It was an emergency call.

“Human! It is a call from the slightly crazy bastard!”

The one calling was the slightly crazy Guardian Knight, Clopeh Sekka.

Cale had no idea what this bastard had to say.

1. There is a Korean proverb that says that birds listen to day-words and rats listen to night-words. So, the English equivalent of this would be,rumors spread like wildfire.