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

“Hahaha!”

her out. One of the knights

this

is a royal maid

servant was soon dragged

and a

nobles and royalty, the royal maid and royal servants oversaw many behind the scenes tasks in the

why they were all over the place, however, they did not have the standings to be at this banquet hall that was full

‘Why are they here?’

his gaze back toward

a bad feeling about

seem to be

“Young master-nim?”

rush back toward his direction, but Cale did not answer as he lifted up the chin

you trying

Cat Knight could not look Cale in the eyes

the Roan Kingdom’s envoy came for

to

contact with Cale after hearing his cold

“Hahahaha!”

hear his friend's

already

He started to speak.

that was 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’

what his

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

the youngest of the three that were heading

was a very small kitten at the time. He crossed through a filthy sewer

helped him do

turn into a cat and

as your sister said. At least one of

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

a 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 of six children, saying that he was

lucky and because they were in the slums where there

no, we have not forgotten about

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

the one who told them

Empire’s dirtiest

Cat quickly described

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

recalled what he had said to

bombs for underworld organizations

where some of the poison and small bombs that

all around the

is driving me

could finally start to put the pieces of the

for this Cat to attempt to assassinate the Vice Tower

Cat continued

knight 3 years ago. I

organization and the strongest of the bunch took

brought in as royal servants

could get was as a royal servant or as a royal maid. The Cat

revenge just because we are poor. We

hand off the

Cat could hear Cale’s

And there are others still out there aside from the ones

a high probability that the captured ones that

was to make it easier for

asked the Cat a

made with Alchemy are not strong. It will not be able

bombs made of Alchemy did not make the explosion very strong. There was also a low success rate compared to

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

that the bombs did not have enough strength to destroy the Sun Palace, but they had

with the Whipper Kingdom. It was the celebration that was

was the way for them to get their revenge and reveal the truth to

the Cat Knight could not say anything to this noble

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

Destroying a single wing.

saying that they believed their five years of effort was

will soon go off. It will be

but not kill, the

was the case, they needed to at least get revenge against the Empire. He had been feeling sorry for the Roan

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

“Greater good my ass.”

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

why I have no thoughts about continuing to

“What bullshit.”

The Cat Knight flinched.

people the Empire focused on because he

Cale after hearing such language come out of his mouth, but Cale was not looking at him.

“Hilsman.”

“Yes sir.”

sure he doesn’t

“Yes sir.”

forward. He heard the Cat

late. The bombs

hear Raon's voice in his

will

started

many things he needed

wing while avoiding the guards as well, as what they were