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?’

he saw a maid being dragged

“Hahaha!”

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

found this

is a royal

soon dragged

royal maid and a royal servant.

to the regular maids and servants who did visible tasks such as taking care of nobles and royalty, the royal maid and royal servants oversaw many behind the scenes tasks

over the place, however, they did not have the standings

‘Why are they here?’

gaze back

bad feeling

not seem to be over just

“Young master-nim?”

confusion while watching him rush back toward his direction, but Cale did not answer as he lifted up

you

Knight could not look Cale in the eyes as he started

not know the Roan Kingdom’s envoy came for

to

contact with

“Hahahaha!”

could hear his friend's laughter in

was 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

what his

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

the youngest of the three that were

able to escape because he was a Cat, no, because he was a very small kitten at the

siblings helped

turn into a

as your sister said. At least one of us can

even though

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

we have not forgotten about our siblings

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

one who told them

from the Empire’s dirtiest

described

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

recalled what he had said

small bombs for underworld

could tell where some of the poison and small

did this all

driving

could finally start to put the pieces of the puzzle

have been difficult for this Cat to attempt to

Cat continued

years ago. I was talented and I was the

of the organization and the strongest of the bunch

others were brought in as royal servants and

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

we cannot get our revenge just because we are

took his hand off the Cat and turned

Cat could

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

that the captured ones

make it easier for the others to

asked the Cat a

made with Alchemy are not strong. It

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

that had a mana orb could be said to be

destroy the Sun Palace, but they had determined that it was possible to destroy a part 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 had to do it

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

could not say anything to

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

Destroying a single wing.

their

will soon

but

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 was

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

Cale started to speak.

crazy bastard, what did the Roan Kingdom’s

for the

“Greater good my ass.”

Cat Knight could not help but put his head back down after hearing

I have no thoughts about

“What bullshit.”

The Cat Knight flinched.

one of the people the Empire focused on because he was known as a

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

“Hilsman.”

“Yes sir.”

he doesn’t

“Yes sir.”

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

It is already too late.

Raon's voice

we will

started

were still many things 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 what they were going to