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.

containers were full of

mana. Human, this must be

after hearing

left hand with his

It was slightly shaking.

was shaking because he was about

the only

of Billos’s hands were

of Choi Han’s hands

in disgust while the other was shaking in uncontrollable

started to

was at

“Sob.”

someone's

and

the group

put a soundproof

informed the group before the knights in the passage looked behind

the…? Did you just

people dying that we think we hear moaning all the time now.

speak once even Billos started to

that deserve

head as

could not see the

clearly imagine

choice but to lower

was coming from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear

was not very

was someone who couldn’t help but cry after trying to hold himself back so much that he was

He was

to

after seeing this underground area that

‘Whose bones are those?

the skeletons of my siblings?

Bang, bang!

to bleed after being scratched by the

“Soooob, ugh!”

tears started to mix

seeped into the ground

slowly pushed off of his shaking legs to stand up. He slowly started

I'm going

was shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every step

could only blankly stare at the falling

barrier magic prevented the enemies located at the entrance

much

attention

they probably could not

say about

He could feel despair.

despair made Choi Han think of his

heard Cale’s voice at that

“I’ll go with you.”

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

Rex, started to

to the

the skeletons piled

seemed to have been dead for a while, as only the

The blood from his

Cat and

Youngest brother, you can do

still heard his noona and hyung's

Rex started to speak.

going to

going to

do it. He could not think about

couldn’t control himself to not say anything

Imperial Prince…

started to list the

tears had dried up at

“No.”

he then heard coming from behind him. No, he flinched at the

on the floating blob of blood, which

then bluntly, and

Imperial Prince

cold voice that was

else’s

“Cale-nim.”

called out to Cale

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

as Rex's eyes were full

Sir Rex. He

Rex, look at

‘The highest point?’

eyes that had only been focused on the

underground hall seemed

unbelievable that such an area

not get caught because it was

“…Huh?”

stopped at a certain spot as

was at the highest

stopped right

that was sticking out like a terrace to view

a terrace surrounded by

was as if the location was built just to look down at this

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

was a mix of both

“…Found you.”

see the people

knights and mages, as well as some

than

of the group as

shouted at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

Imperial doctor that Billos pointed out was handing the person at

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was full of black

a person drinking that and leisurely looking down at the

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

and sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

thick smile appeared on

“Human!”