Trash of the Count's Family

Cale put down the gulping Cat Knight Sir Rex from his arms and started to walk.

Tap.

Cale walked down the dark entrance into the underground with only the sound of his steps being heard around him.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

This dark path had torches at equidistant intervals. There were some water drops falling from the ceiling that looked as rough as a cave.

Only the sound of the water drops filled this area.

There was a long straight path as soon as they arrived at the bottom of the stairs. It was wide enough for a carriage to travel through.

‘It really was a secret passage.’

Choi Han was in the front of the group looking around.

He started to frown.

He could smell the scent of death.

Corpses.

It was a terrible smell that he wished he did not know. It was the smell that he had smelled too many times in the Forest of Darkness and in Harris Village.

His gaze started to turn cold. …Human, this smell-

Raon stopped before telling Cale what it was. He tightly clenched his chubby front paws while his round face started to frown.

The front paws of the Cat that was walking down the passage were shaking.

He was used to this smell.

The same thing he smelled a long time ago when he had left his siblings without even saying goodbye in fear that he might be caught overwhelmed him now fifteen years later.

He was barely able to walk. Human! There are people up front!

Cale stopped walking after hearing Raon's warning.

Two knights and one alchemist.

There were two knights standing guard on either side of the wide passage. The alchemist was next to one of the knights reading a document.

Tap.

Cale tapped on Choi Han's shoulder.

Choi Han started to walk without responding back.

‘It’s fine if we catch the hunters, however, we will be quickly be found if we touch anybody within the Alchemists’ Bell Tower.

‘That is why we will not touch anybody and instead quietly go in and come back out.

‘That is the only way to successfully save the footage and give us time to spread it to the citizens of the Empire.’

Choi Han started to think as he recalled what Cale had said to him.

‘He chooses to take such a difficult path.’

Someone would eventually realize that they had infiltrated the tower, but wouldn’t they work faster and more efficiently if they just knocked everyone unconscious?

However, Choi Han could only move seriously as he was not making that decision.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

A strand of breeze blew by.

“Wow, the outside air really is warmer now that it is springtime.”

The knight holding the spear commented while the alchemist reading the document started to grumble.

“I'm just thankful its Spring. Do you know how hard it was in the Winter? All that cold air coming in from the outside, sigh.”

Cale walked past the knights and the alchemists quite leisurely while making sure to remember their faces. Human! I will remember these bastards’ faces! I will not let them survive! I won’t forgive anyone in the Alchemists’ Bell Tower! I promised Mary that we would destroy it together!

The six-year-old was constantly being loud, however, Cale looked around without any emotions visible on his face.

They soon came to the end of the passage.

A wide area appeared in front of them.

He suddenly heard the voice of the alchemist behind him.

“There will be no ventilation and this rotten smell will fill the area if we close the entrance. That's even worse than the Winter cold.”

‘…You son of a bitch.’

Cale started to frown.

It was an extremely wide and large underground hall.

There was also a path coming into it from the east, west, and south, in addition to the northern passage they had come through.

Cale closed his eyes. Human, I don't think I can look at this.

Cale could feel the round front paws that grabbed onto his back.

Raon was holding Cale's back.

Choi Han's hand was shaking with a sword in his hand.

They saw a staircase heading down as soon as they entered the hall.

He could not help but look down the stairs.

There were skeletons.

“Oo-!”

‘Ugh!’

Billos covered his mouth.

He was looking a few meters underneath the ledge they arrived at after entering this hall.

There was a mountain of skeletons.

He could see that these bones were wearing clothes that had not rotted away.

‘…These damn crazy bastards!’

Choi Han’s body started to shake.

‘How could people, how could people do such things?’

It was a large pile of corpses.

There were cylindrical containers located at many spots within that pile of corpses.

were full

was dead mana. Human, this must be where they

after hearing Raon's

left hand

It was slightly shaking.

was about to go crazy

wasn’t the only

Billos’s hands were

Han’s

shaking in disgust while the other was shaking

minds started to

at that

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

Han and Billos

the group at that

soundproof

before the knights in the passage

the…? Did you just

you must have heard wrong. We've heard so many people dying that we think we hear

once even

that

his head as his

could not see

clearly imagine

no choice but to lower his

was coming from somewhere lower than

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

was not very

couldn’t help but cry after trying to hold himself back so much

was

to survive,

seeing this underground area

‘Whose bones are those?

those the skeletons of my

Bang, bang!

slammed his head on the ground. His forehead started to bleed after being scratched by the rough floor,

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to mix

red fluid seeped into the ground without turning

his shaking legs to stand up. He

going to

shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every

could only blankly stare at

prevented the enemies located at the entrance of

was not much light

any attention to the falling

probably could

Han didn’t know what to say about

He could feel despair.

sorrows and despair made

Han heard Cale’s voice at

“I’ll go with you.”

he heard Cale's response. He

started

underground to the lowest spot in

skeletons piled up

to have been dead for a

with his eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached his eyes, making him look like he was crying

into a Cat and run

brother, you can do

his

Rex started to speak.

going to kill

to

he would do it. He could

couldn’t control himself to

Imperial Prince… The Tower

list the people he

tears had dried

“No.”

he then heard coming from behind him. No, he

blob of blood, which was where he

bluntly, and honestly explained to

Prince is

and cold voice that was different from

then heard someone else’s voice coming

“Cale-nim.”

to Cale

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

Rex's eyes were full

down next to Sir Rex. He then whispered in Rex’s

at

‘The highest point?’

only been focused on the skeletons slowly

hall seemed to go

unbelievable that such an area

to not get caught

“…Huh?”

a certain

the highest spot in this

eyes stopped right beneath the

sticking out like a

a terrace surrounded

built just to look down at this pile of

Rex heard Cale's voice the moment his eyes landed on

voice that was

“…Found you.”

people

knights and mages, as well as some

than I

the group as the

at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

out was handing the person at the center a wine glass. Eruhaben

“It’s dead mana.”

glass was

that and leisurely looking down at the underground

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

shirtless and sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han left by his heart visible

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

thick smile appeared on

“Human!”