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.

full of a black

Human, this must be where they

hearing Raon's weak

grabbed his left hand with his right

It was slightly shaking.

shaking because he was about to go crazy in

the only

of Billos’s hands

Han’s hands were

was shaking in disgust while the other was

started

at

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

and

group at that

a soundproof barrier around

before the knights in the passage looked

Did you just

have heard wrong. We've heard so many people dying

once even Billos

that deserve

turned his head as his

could not

clearly imagine

Billos still had no choice but

coming from somewhere lower than

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

not

trying to hold himself

was the

to

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

‘Whose bones are those?

of my

Bang, bang!

bleed after being scratched by the rough

“Soooob, ugh!”

started to mix

red fluid seeped into the ground

legs to stand up.

I'm going to

shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every step he

only blankly stare

the enemies located at the entrance of the

was not much light in this

any attention to the falling

probably could

what to say about the sight in front of

He could feel despair.

sorrows and despair made Choi Han think

Cale’s voice at

“I’ll go with you.”

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

Rex, started

arrived underground to the

the skeletons piled up

have been dead for a while, as

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

Cat and

Youngest brother, you

his noona and

Rex started to speak.

going to

going to kill

would do it. He

control himself to not say anything

Imperial Prince…

started to list the people he needed

tears had dried up at some

“No.”

behind him. No, he flinched

down on the floating blob of blood, which was where

and honestly explained to

Imperial Prince is

cold voice that was different from the warm hand that was touching his

someone else’s voice coming

“Cale-nim.”

called out to Cale who slowly responded

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

eyes were

down next to Sir Rex. He then whispered

at the highest

‘The highest point?’

focused on

seemed to

almost unbelievable that such an area

not get caught

“…Huh?”

stopped at a certain

was at the highest spot in

right

sticking out like a terrace

was a terrace

location was built just to

Cale's voice the moment his eyes

scary voice that was a mix of both joy and

“…Found you.”

could see the people visible

heavily armed knights and mages, as well as some

weaker than I

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

at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

that Billos pointed out was handing the person at the center a wine

“It’s dead mana.”

was full of black

a person drinking that and leisurely looking

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started

Imperial Prince Adin.

the injury

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared

“Human!”