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.

You should

inside the wall with Cale, On,

know about the secret room. The real

the real liege’s room. The Magic Tower had more to it

the room? It was something that only the liege of the tower and the members of the developer’s

heard Cale’s voice

also know how to get into the fourth floor of

with fear, wondering how Cale knew about all those secret places. Cale felt like he had become a criminal, taking

smile and

all, I will at least let you live

free Mueller. He needed to take him back home and put

I will do anything you tell me

mix halfling

“Good.”

to

Cats, Cats that were even scarier because they were pure-blooded Cats, as well as the Black Dragon with

guide

need a magic

out and threw it toward Mueller before he even finished his sentence. It was a bag filled with many magic stones. Mueller quickly finished

then had to go down to the third underground floor with

and no other stairs heading downward. However, Mueller took a magic stone out and approached the wall, eventually revealing a mechanism

Creeeeeeeak-

cave was revealed accompanied by the noise. It was the pathway

“You go in first.”

down the inclined pathway. The cave was dry without any humidity, and there

floor

that only the liege of the tower, the mages who were secretly experimenting down below, and Mueller of the developer’s family knew

is an

forward 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

‘Found it.’

found

in the

the two research projects that the Magic Tower

the research projects were

device that used the principles

reason for developing

well as research that would take away the citizens’ greatest advantage, were both held

“Wonderful.”

the files under layers of security inside

ancient power, and Haros who hated magic but also wanted to be able to use magic. How great would they have felt

that will

belonged

located in the middle of

see a seed resting within a fluid inside of this

“Human, that looks interesting!”

the glass in order to

and patted his back

want to try raising

“Human, is that okay?”

mine

“Deal!”

happily accepted a deal where he would do all of the work only for someone else to benefit from it.

up everything in

course! I am

Raon in the future. Cale started to smile, knowing how much this

“Mueller.”

know, m,

made the documents and the large egg disappear into another dimension, and Cale, who was approaching him.

the

“Y, yes sir!”

“Raon.”

“What is it, human?”

alarm device here and

would become

perish

that was not

watched as Raon happily

cannot take all of the interesting things in here. I need

about Mueller’s current mental state, instead, he waited

“The liege’s room.”

Mueller respond while

go to the 20th

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

I can walk-

because they were moving very quickly. Cale had used the Sound of the Wind to

they got back up to the 20th floor. He needed some support as he seemed to be dizzy, leading On to

you very

Meeeow.

started to speak after seeing Cale’s gaze that seemed to be telling him to explain how to get to the

is actually another floor in the

the 21st floor the real liege’s

not call

do you call

ever manage to find. Cale only knew about it because of

the non-mage faction ended up finding the 4th floor of the basement, they would never learn about the real liege’s room.

heard Mueller’s voice in his

0th floor. We call it the

“Get it ready.”

“Yes sir.”

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