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?’

saw a maid being dragged out through

“Hahaha!”

who was wearing an outfit that showed that she was one of the royal maids was laughing as they dragged her out. One of the knights who

this

is a

royal servant was soon

and a

tasks such as taking care of nobles and

why they were all over the place, however, they did not have the standings to

‘Why are they here?’

turned his gaze back

bad

did not seem to

“Young master-nim?”

him rush back toward his direction, but Cale did not answer

you trying to

Knight could not look Cale in

know the Roan Kingdom’s envoy came for such a

Get to

contact with Cale

“Hahahaha!”

hear his friend's laughter

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

recalled what his

sure that

the three that

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

siblings helped him do

you turn into

one of us can make

the words of his older siblings, even though they were only one

while. 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

was possible because he was lucky and because they

no, we have not forgotten about our siblings

the Bell Tower showcased a few children to say 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

Cat Knight was the one who told

from the Empire’s dirtiest place to get my

quickly described everything that had

into the Empire's many cities to buy bombs

recalled what he had said to the Alchemist Rei

alchemist. Makes poison and small bombs for underworld organizations to use

and small bombs that Rei Stecker

this all

driving me

finally start to put the pieces of

it would have been difficult for this Cat to attempt to assassinate the

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a knight 3 years ago. I

was the head of the organization and the strongest of the

brought in as royal

a royal maid. The Cat Knight thought about the organization members who had lived

get our revenge just because we are poor. We finally

his hand off

Cat could

the Empire are probably gathered here today. And there are

was a high probability that the captured ones

was to make it easier for the

asked the

Alchemy are not strong. It will not be able to destroy the Sun

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

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

strength to destroy the Sun Palace, but they had determined that it was

the war with 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

for

say anything to this noble from

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

Destroying a single wing.

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

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

to injure, but not kill, the Vice

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

turning back toward him. Cale was looking back at him. The Cat Knight suddenly had an

Cale started to speak.

what did the Roan Kingdom’s people

for the

“Greater good my ass.”

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

is why I have no thoughts about

“What bullshit.”

The Cat Knight flinched.

the Empire focused on because he was known

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

“Hilsman.”

“Yes sir.”

he doesn’t

“Yes sir.”

body started to move forward. He heard the

is already too late. The bombs should be

hear Raon's voice

we will

quickly started to

many things he needed to

to know how they placed so many bombs around the wing while avoiding the guards