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?’

turn around. However, he saw a maid being

“Hahaha!”

laughing as they dragged her

this to be

a royal maid

soon dragged

maid and a royal

of nobles and royalty, the royal maid and

however, they did not have the standings to be at this banquet hall

‘Why are they here?’

gaze back toward

a bad feeling

to be over just

“Young master-nim?”

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

you

Knight could not look Cale in

not know the Roan Kingdom’s envoy

Get to the

Cat made eye contact with Cale after

“Hahahaha!”

could hear his friend's laughter in the

already too

He started to speak.

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’ Bell

Cat recalled what

to succeed. However, make sure

three that

was able 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 barely

siblings helped him do

into a

one of us can make it out. You

the words of his older siblings, even though

Cat who was the youngest of five siblings stayed hidden for two years until he turned seven years old.

and because they were in the slums where

not forgotten about our siblings and

say that the children of the slums were doing well, the ones who had seen their siblings and friends going into the

the one who told

Empire’s dirtiest

Cat quickly described

Empire's many cities

he had said

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

tell where some of the poison and small bombs that

did this all

is driving

put the pieces of the puzzle

to attempt to assassinate the Vice Tower Master on

Cat continued to

knight 3 years ago. I was talented and I

of the organization and the strongest

in as royal

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

is no reason why we cannot get our revenge just because we are poor. We finally made

hand off

could hear Cale’s

bombs you gathered throughout the Empire are probably gathered here today. And there are others still out there aside from the ones

that the captured ones that are laughing

to make it easier for the others to

the Cat

strong. It will not be able to destroy the

not make the explosion very strong. There was

orb could be said to

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

with the Whipper Kingdom. It was the celebration that was likely to be the focus of many citizens’ attention. That was why

thought that having as many people witness it was the way for

Knight could not say anything to

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

Destroying a single wing.

believed their five years of effort was enough

will soon go off. It will be

Knight managed to injure, but not kill, the Vice

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

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

Cale started to speak.

the Roan Kingdom’s people ever do to

It is for the

“Greater good my ass.”

Knight could not help but put his head back down after hearing Cale's response. He

have no thoughts

“What bullshit.”

The Cat Knight flinched.

the people the Empire focused on because he was known as a just and respectful

of his mouth, but Cale was not looking at

“Hilsman.”

“Yes sir.”

sure he

“Yes sir.”

started to move forward. He heard the Cat Knight’s quiet

is already too late. The bombs should be lit

Raon's voice in his

will

quickly started

still many things he needed to ask the

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