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

was dead mana. Human, this must be

blinked after hearing

hand with

It was slightly shaking.

was

the only

of Billos’s hands were

Han’s hands

shaking in disgust while the other

started

was at

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

and Billos

group

put a soundproof barrier around

the knights in

the…? Did you just hear

have heard wrong. We've heard so many people dying that we think we hear moaning

once even

bastards that

flinched and turned his head as his

could not see the

he could clearly imagine an angry

no choice but to lower

coming from

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear

not very

someone who couldn’t help but cry after trying to hold himself

was the one

to survive,

seeing this underground area that he

‘Whose bones are those?

those the skeletons of my siblings? My

Bang, bang!

his head on the ground. His forehead started to bleed

“Soooob, ugh!”

tears started to

seeped into

up. He slowly started to walk

going to

from his forehead with

blankly stare at

located at the entrance of the

not much light in

paid any attention to

they probably could

didn’t know what to say about

He could feel despair.

despair made Choi

Han heard Cale’s

“I’ll go with you.”

walk when he heard Cale's response.

Cat, Rex, started to descend the

finally arrived underground to the lowest spot in the

could see the skeletons piled up into

dead for a while, as only

his eyes. The blood from his

a Cat and run

you can

his noona and hyung's

Rex started to speak.

to

going to kill them

he would do it.

he couldn’t control himself to not

Imperial Prince…

to list the people

dried up

“No.”

behind him. No, he flinched

was pressing down on the floating blob of blood, which

then bluntly, and honestly

Prince is

hearing the blunt and cold voice that was different

heard someone else’s voice coming from

“Cale-nim.”

out to Cale who slowly responded

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

as Rex's eyes were full

Sir Rex. He

Rex, look at

‘The highest point?’

focused

underground hall seemed to go

almost unbelievable that such an area was

also thought that they managed to not get caught

“…Huh?”

stopped at a certain spot as they

highest

eyes stopped right beneath the

area there that was sticking out like a terrace to view

was a terrace surrounded by

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

Cale's voice the moment his eyes landed

was a scary voice that was a mix of both joy and

“…Found you.”

the people visible

armed knights and mages, as well as

weaker than

at the center of the group as the ancient Dragon,

at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

the person at the center a wine glass. Eruhaben looked

“It’s dead mana.”

was full of black

that and leisurely

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started

Imperial Prince Adin.

on a wheelchair, making the injury

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared

“Human!”