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 where they made the

after hearing Raon's

grabbed his left hand with his

It was slightly shaking.

shaking because he was about to

the only

of Billos’s

Han’s hands

the other was shaking in

started to

was at

“Sob.”

heard someone's

Han and

covered the group

put a soundproof

informed the group before the knights in

the…? Did you just

so many people dying that we

speak once even Billos started to

bastards that deserve

head as

not see

clearly imagine

Billos still had no choice but

was coming from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

hear someone

not

help but cry after trying to hold himself back so much

Rex. He was the one

managed to

like his whole world was shaking after seeing this underground area that

‘Whose bones are those?

of my siblings? My neighbors? My

Bang, bang!

bleed after being scratched by the rough floor, but Rex did

“Soooob, ugh!”

tears started to mix

fluid seeped into the ground without

stand up. He slowly started

I'm going to go

blood dripped from his forehead with

stare at the

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

was not much light

attention to the falling drops

they probably could not

say about the sight in front

He could feel despair.

and despair made

Han heard Cale’s voice at that

“I’ll go with you.”

when he heard Cale's response. He slowly followed

Cat, Rex, started

the

could see the skeletons

for a while, as

with his eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached his eyes, making him look

Cat

brother, you

still heard his noona and hyung's

Rex started to speak.

to kill

to kill them

do it.

control himself to not say anything right

Imperial Prince… The Tower

the people he needed to

tears had dried up at

“No.”

voice he then heard coming from behind him. No, he flinched at the feeling of a soft

was pressing down on the floating blob of blood, which was where he presumed Rex’s forehead was located,

and

Imperial Prince is

senses after hearing the blunt and cold voice that was different from the warm hand that was touching

then heard someone else’s voice

“Cale-nim.”

out to Cale

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

was as Rex's eyes were full of

Sir Rex. He then whispered

Rex, look at

‘The highest point?’

eyes that had only been focused on the skeletons

hall seemed to

such an area was located

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

“…Huh?”

eyes stopped at a certain spot as they went

was at the highest spot

stopped right

an area there that was sticking out like

was a terrace surrounded

built just to look down at this pile of

heard Cale's voice the moment his eyes landed on

voice that was a mix of both

“…Found you.”

could see the people

knights and mages, as well

weaker than

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

at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

the person at the center a wine glass. Eruhaben looked at

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was full

drinking that and leisurely looking down at the underground

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started

Imperial Prince Adin.

a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han left

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

thick smile appeared on Cale's

“Human!”