Trash of the Count's Family

Cale looked toward On, Hong, and Raon.

‘What is going on?’

He asked the three of them with his gaze, but the three just sighed and shook their heads.

“Soooooooob.”

Cale could still hear Mueller continuing to cry. Why was he crying so much? Cale turned back toward Mueller.

Both the dwarves and the Rat people were very short. Having received both sets of genetics, Mueller was smaller than both dwarves and Rats.

He resembled the dwarves in fairy tales, having very cute features that would make almost any adult have the desire to protect this small person.

However, this did not apply to Cale.

“I feel so bad for him.”

On and Hong wagged their tails before approaching Mueller with pity in their eyes. Mueller started to shake even worse as they got closer. He was crying even louder now.

“...I feel so bad for him.”

Cale internally snorted at On’s words.

There was no need to feel bad for him. Mueller was 30 years old and lorded over the others as part of the family that helped develop the Magic Tower. He knew about the Magic Tower’s last line of defense, but did not use it because that would have meant revealing himself to Toonka and his crew. He was so scared that he just ignored his father’s last wishes. [1]

If it wasn’t for that, there was no way that the Mage faction would have lost so badly.

Of course, this was actually beneficial to Cale.

Although he looked like a young and cute boy based on his appearance, inside of that body was a thirty-year-old man who knew the ways of the world. He knew that his own life was what mattered the most.

Naturally, Cale preferred such a person.

“Sooooob.”

Cale was tired of seeing a grown ass man continuing to cry. He decided to stop the good guy act.

“Hey.”

Mueller flinched at Cale’s voice. He started to shake again after seeing the steel rod in Cale’s hand. He felt like this was the end of his life.

Plop, plop.

Cale placed some things on Mueller’s arms while he was still crouching inside the wall. It was a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk. He had taken it out of his magic bag.

Mueller’s eyes started to shake. He cautiously looked up at Cale only to see a slightly annoyed expression.

Eat it.”

Mueller quickly took a bite after hearing what sounded like a command. Cale had an odd feeling while watching Mueller eat the bread that got drenched in his tears.

‘...He seems to be useless.’

He had a bad feeling about this. Mueller looked like a totally useless fool.

He was supposed to have the dwarves’ technical skills and the Rat’s stealth and meticulousness. This combination was said to have given him the potential to become the greatest developer and constructor. But why-

“T, thank you very much.”

Why does he feel like such a doof?

Cale had a bitter taste in his mouth. However, On, Hong, and Raon all looked toward Mueller with pity and approached him. They were trying to be his shield, as it looked like he was afraid of Cale.

However, contrary to their intentions, Mueller was unable to even taste the bread he was chewing. Two purebred Cat tribe kittens and a dragon. At that moment, he heard a noise that brought chills down his spine.

Ding. Ding.

Cale tapped the wall with the steel rod. There was no reason behind it, he was just randomly tapping. He had a bad feeling about Mueller, but decided to take him anyway.

The Henituse territory had a lot of sculptors, as well as skilled artisans of all styles. There were especially many artisans involved in construction. It was because they had a lot of quarries. That was why Mueller would be useful.

“Do you want to live?”

Cale’s low voice echoed throughout the staircase. He started to get annoyed with Mueller, who looked like he was ready to cry again.

Ding. Ding.

Cale calmed himself by tapping on the wall with the steel rod. He thought about how he probably needed to be gentle with Mueller since he was such a coward. Cale put on a gentle smile as he asked Mueller.

“Should I save you?”

Mueller vigorously nodded his head. It was so energetic that the breadcrumbs started to fling off of him. Cale was satisfied with his energetic response and started to speak in a relaxed manner.

“Then you have to listen to me. Got it?”

“Y, yes sir!”

“Eat your bread first.”

Mueller quickly started to eat the bread. Cale was satisfied with the speed and casually asked.

“You know where the Magic Tower liege’s treasure room is, right?”

Plop.

The bread in Mueller’s hand dropped to the ground. Cale gently added on.

bread. You should pick it

inside the wall with Cale, On, Hong, and Raon

room. The

real liege’s room. The

about the room? It was something that only the liege

Mueller heard Cale’s

also know how to get into the

seeing that Mueller was looking toward him with fear, wondering how Cale knew about all those secret places. Cale felt like he had become a criminal, taking

to smile and console the

of all, I will at least let you live

take him back home and put him to work.

will do anything you tell me to

halfling

“Good.”

responded to

the man who brought the scary Cats, Cats that were even scarier because they were pure-blooded Cats, as well as the

guide

a

finished his sentence. It was a bag filled with many magic stones. Mueller quickly finished eating the

the third underground floor

no other stairs heading downward. However, Mueller took

Creeeeeeeak-

It was the pathway to the

“You go in first.”

mechanically stepped forward after Cale ordered him to do so. Cale was excited as he headed down the inclined pathway. The cave was dry without any humidity, and there were light stones keeping the path

floor of the

mages who were secretly experimenting down below, and Mueller of the developer’s family knew about. Cale walked down the path for a while

an alarm

as Mueller stood there mumbling. Once Raon lightly waved his paw, the small door opened. Naturally, there was no alarm that went off. Mueller was shocked, but Cale did not care as he

‘Found it.’

found the

hidden in the

were the two research projects that the

the

that used the principles of

for developing

want to acquire, as well as research that would take away the citizens’ greatest advantage, were

“Wonderful.”

files under layers of security

to be able to use magic. How great would they have felt if they had found these research

like that will not happen

now belonged to

approached the large orb located in the middle of the two circular

a fluid inside of this transparent orb that looked like a giant

“Human, that looks interesting!”

the egg and squished his face onto the glass in order to

Raon and patted his back

to try

“Human, is that okay?”

is mine once it

“Deal!”

accepted a deal where he would do all of the work only for someone else to benefit from it. Cale had a satisfied smile on his face as he

up everything in

I am curious

should create a lab for Raon in the future. Cale started to smile, knowing how much this

“Mueller.”

you even know, m, my

in. Mueller looked back and forth between the dragon that made the documents and the large egg disappear into

go to the liege’s room

“Y, yes sir!”

“Raon.”

“What is it, human?”

device here

revealed once the Magic Tower was destroyed. Toonka and the non-mage faction would become even stronger if they found the items that were down here. Of course, Cale did not

they will perish

was not Cale’s

Raon

in here. I need to make

continued to turn paler. Cale didn’t care about Mueller’s current mental state, instead, he waited until Mueller resealed the room that was now filled

“The liege’s room.”

respond while still remaining curled

need to first go to

and Hong jumped into Cale’s arms. Mueller, On, and Hong all shared the space in Cale’s arms. Mueller could feel Hong’s front paw on his back and felt like he was going to die. That made him

can walk-

before he could finish speaking, he needed to close his mouth because they were moving very quickly. Cale had used

to stand once they got back up to the 20th floor. He needed some support as he

you

Meeeow.

with On. He then started to speak after seeing Cale’s gaze that seemed to be telling him to explain how to get to the secret

floor in the Magic

floor the real liege’s

we do not call it the

what do you call

room. That was a room that the non-mage faction did not ever manage to

faction ended up finding the 4th floor of the basement, they would never learn about the real liege’s room. If they had discovered it, the strength of the Whipper Kingdom would have

heard Mueller’s voice in

call

“Get it ready.”

“Yes sir.”

the now quick and no longer crying Mueller with satisfaction. The moment a smile ended up on his face, Mueller’s movements became even faster. Although he looked like he was shaking a bit, he was fast after receiving the unique traits