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 of a black

was dead mana. Human, this must be

blinked after hearing

his left hand with his

It was slightly shaking.

he was about

the

of Billos’s

Han’s

in disgust while the other was shaking in

minds started

at that

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

Han and Billos

group at that

soundproof barrier around

the knights

you just

wrong. We've heard so many people dying

once even Billos started to

bastards that deserve to

and turned his head as his body started

could not see the

could clearly imagine an

still had no choice but to lower his

coming from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear

was not very

someone who couldn’t help but cry after trying to

was the

managed to

was shaking after seeing this underground area that he had never clearly seen

‘Whose bones are those?

my

Bang, bang!

to bleed after being

“Soooob, ugh!”

tears started

fluid seeped into

legs to stand up. He slowly started to walk as he started to

going

voice was shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every step he

blankly stare at the falling blood

enemies located at the entrance

was not much light in

the enemies paid any attention

could

know what to say about the sight in

He could feel despair.

Rex's sorrows and despair made Choi Han think

heard Cale’s voice

“I’ll go with you.”

heard Cale's response.

Cat, Rex, started to descend the

finally arrived underground to the lowest spot in

could see the skeletons piled up

dead for a while,

his forehead had reached his eyes, making him look like he was

into a Cat and

Youngest brother, you

his noona and hyung's

Rex started to speak.

going to

going to kill them

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

himself to not say anything

Imperial Prince… The Tower

list the

tears had dried up

“No.”

him. No, he

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

bluntly, and honestly explained

Prince is

his senses after hearing the blunt and cold voice that

heard someone else’s

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to Cale who slowly

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

as Rex's eyes were full

to Sir Rex. He then whispered in

Rex, look at the

‘The highest point?’

focused on the skeletons slowly

hall seemed

was almost unbelievable that such an area was located underneath the

he also thought that they managed to not get caught because it was so

“…Huh?”

certain

highest spot in this underground

stopped right beneath

an area there that was sticking out

was a terrace surrounded by

if the location was built just to look down at this pile of

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

was a mix of both joy

“…Found you.”

the people visible inside the

and

weaker than I

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

at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

Imperial doctor that Billos pointed out was handing the person at the center a

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was full

a person drinking that and leisurely looking down at the underground

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started

Imperial Prince Adin.

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

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared on Cale's

“Human!”