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 the entrance

“Hahaha!”

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

this to be

a royal

royal servant was soon dragged out as

maid and a

of nobles and royalty, the royal maid and royal servants

they did not have the standings to be

‘Why are they here?’

his gaze

a bad feeling

not seem to be

“Young master-nim?”

toward his direction, but Cale did not answer

are you trying to

could not look Cale in the eyes

Roan Kingdom’s envoy came for

to

made eye contact with Cale after hearing

“Hahahaha!”

could hear his friend's laughter in

was already too

He started to speak.

was able to grow up with my siblings. Three of us were selected by the Alchemists’

Cat recalled what

However, make sure that you never show them

youngest of the three that were heading to the Alchemists’ Bell

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

helped

turn into a cat

least one of us can make it out. You can

never forgot the words of his older siblings, even though they were only one and two years older

for two years until he turned seven years

because he was lucky and because they

not forgotten about our siblings

to say that the children of the slums were doing well, the ones who had seen

Knight was the one who told

from the Empire’s dirtiest place

Cat quickly described everything that

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

what he had said to the Alchemist

small bombs for underworld organizations to use when they fight

where some of the poison and small bombs that Rei Stecker made ended

all around the

driving

to put the

would have been difficult for this Cat to attempt

Cat continued

a knight 3 years ago. I was talented and

was the head of the organization and the strongest

were brought in as royal

royal servant or as a royal maid. The Cat Knight thought about the organization members who had

why we cannot get our revenge just because

hand off

could hear

probably gathered here today. And there are others still out there aside from the

high probability that the captured ones that are

was to make it easier for the others

asked the Cat a

bombs made with Alchemy are not strong. It

the explosion

said to be an Alchemy bomb with

Cat Knight knew that the bombs did not have enough strength to destroy the Sun Palace,

of year celebration after the war with the Whipper Kingdom. It was the celebration that was likely to be the focus of

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

say anything to this noble from

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

Destroying a single wing.

their five years

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

injure, but not kill,

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

Cat could see Cale slowly turning back toward him. Cale was looking back

Cale started to speak.

crazy bastard, what did the Roan

for

“Greater good my ass.”

but put his head back down after hearing Cale's response.

no thoughts about continuing to

“What bullshit.”

The Cat Knight flinched.

Empire focused

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

“Hilsman.”

“Yes sir.”

sure he doesn’t kill

“Yes sir.”

forward. He heard the Cat Knight’s quiet voice

late. The bombs should be

could hear Raon's voice

we will

quickly started

still many things he needed to

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