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

dead mana. Human, this must be where they made

blinked after hearing

grabbed his left hand with

It was slightly shaking.

he was about to go crazy

the

of Billos’s

Han’s hands were

disgust while the other was shaking in uncontrollable

started

was at

“Sob.”

heard someone's

and

group

soundproof barrier

group before the knights

you

wrong. We've heard so many people dying that

to speak once even

that deserve to

his head as his body started to

could not see the

could clearly

still had no choice

from somewhere lower than

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear

not very

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

was the one who was

managed to

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

‘Whose bones are those?

skeletons of my siblings? My neighbors? My

Bang, bang!

forehead started to bleed after being scratched by

“Soooob, ugh!”

tears started to mix

fluid seeped into the ground

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

going to go

was shaking and blood dripped from his forehead

stare at the falling blood

soundproof barrier magic prevented the enemies located at the entrance of

not much light in this

the enemies paid any attention to the falling drops

they probably could not even

say about

He could feel despair.

made Choi Han think

Han heard Cale’s voice at

“I’ll go with you.”

to walk when he heard Cale's response. He

started to

the lowest

could see the skeletons

to have been dead for a while, as

his forehead had reached

a Cat and run

brother, you can

his

Rex started to speak.

to kill

to

how he would do it. He could not

couldn’t control himself to not say anything right

Imperial Prince…

to list the people

tears had dried

“No.”

voice he then heard coming from behind him. No, he flinched

down on the floating blob of blood, which was where he presumed Rex’s forehead was located,

then bluntly, and honestly explained

Prince is

blunt and cold voice that was different

then heard someone else’s voice coming from

“Cale-nim.”

to Cale who slowly

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

eyes were full

Rex. He then whispered in

look at the highest

‘The highest point?’

been focused on the skeletons slowly headed

underground hall seemed

unbelievable that such an area was

managed to not get

“…Huh?”

at a certain spot as

highest spot

right

was sticking out like a terrace

terrace

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

Cale's voice the moment

a scary voice that was a mix of both

“…Found you.”

could see the people visible inside the

were heavily armed knights and mages, as well as

weaker than

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

at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

Billos pointed out was handing the person at the center

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was

person drinking that and

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started

Imperial Prince Adin.

was shirtless and sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han left by his heart visible

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

smile appeared on Cale's

“Human!”