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?’

around. However, he saw a maid being dragged out through

“Hahaha!”

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

found this to be

a royal maid

was soon

royal maid and a royal

tasks such as taking care of nobles

did not have the standings to be at this banquet

‘Why are they here?’

turned his gaze back toward the

had a bad

did not seem to be

“Young master-nim?”

back toward his direction, but Cale did not answer as he lifted up the chin of the Cat in Hilsman's arms

are you trying

Cat Knight could not look Cale in the

Kingdom’s envoy came for

Get to

eye contact with Cale

“Hahahaha!”

his friend's laughter

already

He started to speak.

My parents took me in and I was able to grow up with my siblings. Three of us were selected by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower

Cat recalled what

eat delicious food if you go there. You’ll also be able to succeed. However, make sure that you never show them your cat

youngest of the three that were heading

was a Cat, no, because he was a very small kitten at

siblings helped him do

you turn into

one

older siblings, even though they were only

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 seven years old.

was lucky and because they were in the slums where there was

forgotten about

that the children of the slums were doing well, the ones who had seen their siblings

one who told them the truth and gathered

the Empire’s dirtiest

described everything that

ago. We then split off into the Empire's many cities to buy bombs from both fake and real

said to the Alchemist Rei

fake alchemist. Makes poison and small bombs for underworld organizations to use when they fight against each

of the poison and small bombs

did this all around

driving

to put the

would have been difficult for this Cat to attempt to assassinate the Vice Tower Master on

continued

I was talented and I was

who was the head of the organization and the strongest of the bunch took on

brought in as royal servants

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

revenge just because we are

took his hand off the Cat and

could hear Cale’s

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

high probability that the captured ones that

was to make it

the Cat a

not strong. It will not be able to destroy

Alchemy did not make the

a mana orb could be said to be an Alchemy bomb with a one hundred percent

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

was the end of year celebration after 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

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

not say anything to

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

Destroying a single wing.

that the Cat was saying that they believed their five

Kingdom. However, the bombs will soon go

managed to injure, but not kill, the Vice

at least get revenge against the Empire. He had been feeling sorry

back toward him. Cale was looking back at him.

Cale started to speak.

bastard, what did the Roan Kingdom’s people

It is for the greater

“Greater good my ass.”

back down after hearing

no thoughts about

“What bullshit.”

The Cat Knight flinched.

one of the people the Empire focused

after hearing such language come out of his mouth, but Cale was not

“Hilsman.”

“Yes sir.”

sure he

“Yes sir.”

forward. He heard the

too late. The bombs should be lit

Raon's voice

we will save

started to

he needed to ask the Cat

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