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

must be where they made the dead

after hearing

grabbed his left hand with his

It was slightly shaking.

because he was about to go crazy

wasn’t the only

of Billos’s

Han’s

shaking in disgust while the other

started

was at that

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

and

covered the group at

put a soundproof barrier around

the group before the knights in the passage looked behind

the…? Did you just hear

wrong. We've heard so many people dying that we

speak once

that deserve

turned his head as his

not see the

he could clearly imagine an

choice but to

was coming from somewhere lower than

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear

not

to hold himself back so much that he was

Cat, Rex. He was the one

to

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

‘Whose bones are those?

the skeletons of my siblings? My neighbors? My

Bang, bang!

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

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to

into the

his shaking legs to stand up. He slowly started to walk as

I'm going to

from his

could only blankly stare

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

much

paid any attention to the falling drops of

could not even

Han didn’t know what to say about the sight in front

He could feel despair.

Rex's sorrows and despair made Choi Han

Cale’s voice at that

“I’ll go with you.”

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

Cat, Rex, started to descend the

finally arrived underground to the lowest spot

the skeletons piled up

for

slowly took all of it in with his eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached his eyes, making him

a Cat and

Youngest brother, you

heard his noona and hyung's

Rex started to speak.

to kill

going to

or how he would do it. He could

couldn’t control himself to not

Prince… The

started to list the people he needed to

tears had dried up at

“No.”

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

blob of blood, which was where he presumed

bluntly, and honestly explained

Imperial Prince

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

someone else’s voice coming from

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to Cale who slowly

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

as Rex's eyes were full of

Rex. He then

look at the

‘The highest point?’

been focused on the skeletons slowly headed

hall seemed to

such an

thought that they managed to not get caught because it was

“…Huh?”

certain

highest

stopped right

there that was sticking out like a terrace to view

terrace

the location was built just to look down at

moment his eyes landed on

was a scary voice that was

“…Found you.”

could see the people visible inside the

were heavily armed knights and mages, as well as some

than

at the center of the group as the

at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

at the center a wine glass. Eruhaben looked at this

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was full of

was a person drinking that and leisurely looking

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han left by

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

smile appeared on Cale's

“Human!”