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.

full of a

mana. Human, this must

blinked after hearing Raon's

left hand with his

It was slightly shaking.

he was about to go crazy

the only

Billos’s hands

Han’s

shaking in disgust while the other was shaking in uncontrollable

minds started

at that

“Sob.”

heard someone's

Han and

covered the group at

soundproof

the group before the knights in the

you

so many people dying that we think we hear moaning

started to speak once even Billos started

that deserve to

and turned his head as his

could not

could clearly imagine an

had no choice but to

coming from

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

was not

to hold himself back so much that he was twisting

Cat, Rex. He was

managed to

seeing this underground area that he had never

‘Whose bones are those?

those the skeletons of my siblings? My

Bang, bang!

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

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to mix

red fluid seeped into

stand up. He slowly started to walk as

going

blood dripped from his forehead

could only blankly stare at

prevented the enemies located at the entrance of the passage from looking

was not much

any attention to the falling drops of

they probably could not even

know what to say about the sight in front of

He could feel despair.

Rex's sorrows and despair made

Han heard Cale’s

“I’ll go with you.”

Han also started to walk when he heard Cale's response. He slowly followed behind

Rex, started to

to the lowest spot in the

see the skeletons

have been dead for a while, as only

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

a Cat and run

you can do

his

Rex started to speak.

going to kill

to

didn't know who, when, or how he would do it. He could not think

he couldn’t control himself to not say anything

Prince… The Tower

to list the people he needed to

dried

“No.”

No, he flinched at the feeling of

was pressing down on the floating blob of blood, which was

then bluntly, and honestly

Prince is

hearing the blunt and cold voice that was different from the

then heard someone else’s voice coming from

“Cale-nim.”

called out to Cale who slowly responded

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

as Rex's eyes

Sir Rex.

look at the

‘The highest point?’

only been focused on

seemed

unbelievable that such an area was

he also thought that they managed to not get

“…Huh?”

at a certain spot

highest spot in this underground

right beneath

sticking

was a terrace surrounded by

was as if the location was built just to

Cale's voice the moment his eyes landed

voice that was a mix of both joy

“…Found you.”

people

were heavily armed knights and mages, as

weaker than

group as the ancient Dragon, Eruhaben, calmly deducted the strength of

shouted at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

handing the person at the center a

“It’s dead mana.”

was full

and leisurely looking down at

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

a wheelchair, making the injury Choi

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

smile appeared on

“Human!”