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 a black

dead mana. Human, this must be where they made

hearing Raon's

grabbed his left hand with

It was slightly shaking.

was shaking because he was about to go

the only

Billos’s hands were

of Choi Han’s hands were

the

started to go

at that

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

Han and

group at that

a soundproof barrier around

informed the group before the knights in the

Did you

think you must have heard wrong. We've heard so many people

once even Billos started to

bastards that

and turned his head as his body

not see the

clearly imagine an

Billos still had no choice but to lower

sound was coming from somewhere lower than

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear someone

was not

but cry after trying to hold himself back so much that he

He was

managed to

felt like his whole world was shaking after seeing this underground area that he had never clearly

‘Whose bones are those?

the skeletons of my siblings? My

Bang, bang!

His forehead started to bleed after being scratched by the rough floor,

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to mix

into the

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

I'm going

voice was shaking and blood dripped from his

could only blankly stare

located at the entrance of

not much

any attention to the falling

could not

what to say about the sight in

He could feel despair.

Rex's sorrows and despair made Choi

heard Cale’s voice at that

“I’ll go with you.”

walk when he heard Cale's response. He slowly

Cat, Rex, started to

to the lowest spot in the

could see the skeletons piled

dead for a while,

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

Cat

you

still heard his noona and hyung's

Rex started to speak.

going to kill

going to

when, or how he would do it. He could not think about anything

he couldn’t control himself to not

Prince…

the people he

had dried

“No.”

voice he then heard coming from behind him. No,

down on the floating blob of blood, which was

then bluntly, and honestly explained

Imperial Prince is

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

someone else’s

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to Cale who slowly

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

was as Rex's eyes were full

Sir Rex. He then

at the highest

‘The highest point?’

had only been focused on the skeletons slowly headed

hall seemed to

almost unbelievable that such an

to not get

“…Huh?”

stopped at a certain spot as they

was at the highest spot in

right

that was sticking out like

terrace surrounded

was as if the location was built just

Rex heard Cale's voice the moment

scary voice that was a mix of both

“…Found you.”

people

were heavily armed knights and mages, as well

weaker than

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

at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

the person at the center a wine

“It’s dead mana.”

glass was full of

and leisurely looking

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started

Imperial Prince Adin.

the injury Choi

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

thick smile appeared on

“Human!”