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?’

he saw a maid being dragged out through

“Hahaha!”

they dragged her out. One of the knights who was dragging her out rushed toward the Imperial Prince

this to be

is a

soon dragged out

and a royal

tasks such as taking care of nobles and royalty, the royal maid and royal servants oversaw

have the standings to be at this

‘Why are they here?’

turned his gaze back toward

bad feeling about

not seem to

“Young master-nim?”

toward his direction, but Cale did not

you trying to

Cale in the

Kingdom’s envoy

Get to the

with Cale after hearing his

“Hahahaha!”

hear his friend's laughter in the

was already

He started to speak.

parents took me in and I was able to grow up with my siblings. Three of us were selected by

what his mother had

if you go there. You’ll also be able to succeed. However, make sure that you

youngest of the three that were

was a Cat, no, because he was a very small kitten at the time. He crossed

helped him

into

sister said. At least one of us can make

though they were only one and two years

returned to his parents, who hid him in a crypt for a while. The Cat who was the youngest of five siblings stayed hidden for two years until he turned

this was possible because he was lucky and because they were in the slums where there

have not forgotten

children of the slums were doing well, the ones who had seen their siblings and friends going into the tower

the one who told them the truth

to move from the Empire’s dirtiest place

Cat quickly described everything that had

created an organization five years ago. We then split off into the Empire's many cities to buy bombs from both fake and real Alchemists in

said to the Alchemist Rei

underworld organizations to

could tell where some of the poison and small bombs

this all

driving

to put the pieces of the

for this Cat to attempt to

continued to

became a knight 3 years ago. I was talented and

the organization and the strongest

others were brought in as royal servants and royal

a royal servant or as a royal maid. The Cat Knight thought about the

revenge just because we are

off the

Cat could

here today. And there are others still out

high probability that the captured

was to make it easier

asked the Cat

It

not make the

timed magic bomb that had a mana orb could be said to be an Alchemy bomb with a one

did not have enough strength to destroy the Sun

Whipper Kingdom. It was the celebration that was likely to

as many people witness it was the way for them

Cat Knight could not say anything to

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

Destroying a single wing.

was saying that they believed their five years of effort was enough to take down

the Roan Kingdom. However, the bombs will soon go off.

to injure, but not kill,

needed to at least get revenge against the Empire. He had been feeling sorry for the Roan Kingdom’s envoy

was looking back at him. The Cat Knight

Cale started to speak.

bastard, what did the Roan Kingdom’s

is for the greater

“Greater good my ass.”

but put his head back

is why I have no thoughts about

“What bullshit.”

The Cat Knight flinched.

people the Empire focused on because he was known

come out of his mouth, but

“Hilsman.”

“Yes sir.”

he

“Yes sir.”

body started to move forward. He heard the Cat

late. The bombs should

hear Raon's

we will save

started to

he needed to ask

how they placed so many bombs around the wing while avoiding the guards as well, as