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?’

to turn around. However, he saw a maid being dragged out through the entrance

“Hahaha!”

dragged her out. One of the knights who was dragging her out rushed toward the Imperial Prince with a serious expression

found this to

is a

royal servant was soon dragged

and a royal

of nobles

all over the place, however, they did not have the

‘Why are they here?’

turned his gaze back toward

a bad feeling about

not seem to be

“Young master-nim?”

called out to Cale in confusion while watching him rush back toward his direction, but Cale did not answer as he lifted up the chin of the Cat in Hilsman's arms who had his

you trying to

Knight could not look Cale in the eyes as he started

Kingdom’s envoy came for such a

to the

eye contact with Cale

“Hahahaha!”

his friend's laughter in

already

He started to speak.

in and I was able to grow up with

Cat recalled what his mother had

there. You’ll also be able to succeed. However, make sure that you never

Cat was the youngest of the three that

to escape because he was a Cat, no, because he was a very small kitten at the time. He crossed through a filthy sewer to

helped him

into a cat and

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

his older siblings, even though they were only one and two

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 seven

he was lucky and because they were in the slums where there was not much

no, we have not forgotten about our siblings

were doing well, the ones who had seen their siblings and friends going into the tower continued to question it even after

told them the truth and gathered

from the Empire’s dirtiest place to

Cat quickly described everything that

We then split off into the Empire's many cities to buy bombs from both

what he had said to the Alchemist Rei

Makes poison and small bombs for underworld organizations to use when

where some of the poison and

all around the

driving me

put the pieces of the puzzle

Cat to attempt to assassinate the Vice Tower Master on his

Cat continued to

ago. I

of the organization and the strongest of the bunch took on the

brought in as royal servants

as a royal servant or as a royal maid. The Cat Knight thought about the organization members who had lived such difficult lives for

get our revenge just

hand off the Cat and

could hear Cale’s

gathered throughout the Empire are probably gathered here today. And there

a high probability that the captured ones that are laughing right

job was to make it easier for the others to

asked the

are not strong. It will not be able to

did not make the explosion very strong. There was also a low success rate compared

bomb that had a mana orb could be said

enough strength to destroy the Sun Palace,

Kingdom. It was the celebration that was likely to be the focus of

as many people witness it was the way for them to get their revenge and reveal

the Cat Knight could not say anything to this noble

sorry. We gathered these bombs for the past five years. They've slowly been placed around a

Destroying a single wing.

Cat was saying that they believed their five years of effort was enough

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

injure, but

get revenge against the Empire. He had been feeling sorry for the Roan

toward him. Cale was looking back

Cale started to speak.

the Roan Kingdom’s people ever do

for

“Greater good my ass.”

help but put his head back down after hearing Cale's response. He then started to

have no

“What bullshit.”

The Cat Knight flinched.

was one of the people the Empire focused on because he

mouth, but Cale was not looking at him. There was wind

“Hilsman.”

“Yes sir.”

he doesn’t kill

“Yes sir.”

He heard the Cat Knight’s quiet voice

is already too late. The bombs

hear Raon's voice

will save

quickly started

many things he needed to ask the Cat

so many bombs around the wing while avoiding the guards as well, as what