Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 161: Somehow Once Again (1)

Cale could hear people in the distance. He couldn’t tell whether they were screams or shouts. Many unidentifiable voices were mixed together.

Cale maintained his eye contact with the Cat and started to speak.

“Hilsman.”

The Cat flinched.

“Yes sir!”

At that moment, Hilsman approached the Cat and reached his hands outward.

The Cat tried to quickly turn and run away. However, the injury on his side made his front paw buckle and Hilsman did not miss that moment.

“I caught him!”

The Vice Captain could not hold on tightly to the injured Cat, and thus did his best to carefully hold the Cat as he approached Cale.

“Grrrrrr.”

The Cat revealed his fangs and raised his claws. His claws seemed ready to cut through Hilsman's leather armor at any moment.

“Ay.”

The Cat heard a sigh at that moment. A cold fluid poured over his body at the same time.

It was a potion.

Cale poured the potion on the Cat as a temporary solution as he started to speak.

“I can’t just ignore seeing the knight who showed me around being injured like this.”

The Cat flinched. Vice Captain Hilsman also flinched. Cale held back his sigh at Hilsman’s gaze that seemed to be saying that he had no idea as he observed the Cat Knight.

This knight was said to be from the slums.

The crown of any nation selects knights from the ordinary citizens on a strict ratio. To be picked like that is already a difficult feat; that citizen being from the slums meant that they had significant talent and luck.

He recalled what Hilsman had said about the Cat Knight.

‘Some of his siblings were said to have gone to the Alchemy Tower 15 years ago. His parents definitely seem to be human.’

Where would those siblings have gone 15 years ago?

Would they have gone to the Alchemists’ Bell Tower?

It would make sense for this Knight to try to kill the Vice Tower Master if that was the case.

Cale and the Cat’s gazes were still on each other as if they were feeling each other out. The Cat looked at the empty potion bottle and his healing injuries as he started to speak.

“… What do you plan to do with me?”

“You say that after you've been caught already?”

The Cat Knight stopped speaking at Cale's response.

Are you also trying to destroy Alchemy?

He had flinched at that question and pain had shot through his body. His injuries were then healed by the potion and the pain had gone away.

He had grown up in the slums and had developed his quick wit while living on the edge inside of the palace. That wit was telling him that he should go with this person.

The Cat Knight could hear the voice of Cale Henituse, the noble from the Roan Kingdom.

“The Roan Kingdom came here to investigate the incident caused by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower and the Empire 15 years ago.”

15 years ago.

Those words made the Cat Knight emotional.

He tried to soak in Cale’s calm demeanor.

“We wish to reveal their evil sins to the world. We want to show the world what the Empire and the Alchemists’ Bell Tower did to the people of the slums 15 years ago.”

“…I heard you came here to investigate the Magic Bomb terror incident.”

“Then why did I heal you and why am I trying to save you?”

The Cat flinched before starting to speak.

“…Save?”

“Yes.”

Cale slowly walked away from the dark corner of the garden toward the brightly lit area. He then gave Hilsman an order.

“Hilsman, I'll take care of everything else, so carefully head back to the palace.”

A highest-grade expert.

Hilsman was an expert now as well.

“Yes, young master-nim. I understand.”

Hilsman sounded reliable as he said that. Cale turned around. His gaze headed toward the Sun Palace entrance that was still busy with people coming out.

However, he heard the Cat Knight's voice before he could even take a single step.

“I cannot live.”

‘What?’

However, he saw a maid being dragged out

“Hahaha!”

the royal maids was laughing as they dragged her out. One of the knights who was dragging

found this

a royal maid

was soon dragged out

and a royal

regular maids and servants who did visible tasks such as taking care of nobles

did not have the standings to be at this banquet hall that was full

‘Why are they here?’

gaze

had a bad

seem to be

“Young master-nim?”

while watching him rush back toward his direction, but Cale did not answer as he lifted up the chin of the Cat

are you

not look Cale in

know the Roan Kingdom’s envoy came for such a

to the

eye contact with Cale after hearing

“Hahahaha!”

hear his friend's

was already

He started to speak.

abandoned at a young age. My parents took me in and I was able to grow up with my siblings. Three of us were selected by the Alchemists’

Cat recalled what his mother had

succeed. However, make sure that you never show them your cat form. Lean on your older sister

was the youngest of the three that

small kitten at the time. He crossed through a filthy sewer to barely get

helped him

turn into a

as your sister said. At least one of us can make it out. You

siblings, even though they were only one and

The Cat who was the youngest of five siblings stayed hidden for two years until he turned seven years old. He then started to live as the youngest of six children, saying that he was five years old when he really was

and because they were in the slums where there was not

no, we have not forgotten about our

that the children of the slums were doing well, the ones who had seen their siblings and friends going into the tower continued to question it even after they became

Knight was the one who told

move from the Empire’s dirtiest

quickly described everything that

years ago. We then split off into the Empire's many

had said to

bombs for underworld organizations to use when

of the poison and small bombs

all

is driving me

finally start to put the pieces

to attempt to assassinate the

continued to

3 years ago. I was talented and I

and the strongest

as royal servants

highest position someone from the slums could get was as a royal servant or as a royal maid. The Cat Knight thought

get our revenge just

off the

could hear Cale’s

the Empire are probably gathered here today. And there are others still out there aside from the

high probability that the captured ones that are

to make it easier for the

asked the Cat a

It will not be able to destroy

of nature imitating mana inside these bombs made of Alchemy did not make the

said to be an Alchemy bomb with a one hundred percent

bombs did not have enough strength to destroy the Sun Palace, but they had determined that it was possible to destroy a part of

the Whipper Kingdom. It was the celebration that was likely to be the focus of many citizens’ attention. That was why they had to do it

as many people witness it was the way for them to get

Knight could not say anything to this noble

We gathered these bombs for the past five years. They've slowly been

Destroying a single wing.

believed their five years of effort was enough to take down

sorry to the Roan Kingdom. However, the bombs will soon go off. It will be difficult to

Knight managed to injure, but not

get revenge against the Empire. He had been feeling sorry for the Roan Kingdom’s envoy from the beginning, but that feeling was even

him. Cale was looking back at him.

Cale started to speak.

Roan Kingdom’s people ever do

It is for

“Greater good my ass.”

help but put his head back

is why I have no thoughts

“What bullshit.”

The Cat Knight flinched.

of the people the Empire focused on because he was known as a

language come out of his mouth, but Cale was not looking at him. There was wind swirling

“Hilsman.”

“Yes sir.”

sure he

“Yes sir.”

forward. He heard the Cat Knight’s quiet voice behind

too late. The bombs should

could hear Raon's voice in

we will

quickly started

many things he needed to ask the

wing while avoiding the guards as well, as what