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

mana. Human, this must be where they made

hearing

left hand with his right

It was slightly shaking.

because he was about to go

wasn’t the only

of Billos’s hands

Choi Han’s hands

the other was shaking in

started

at

“Sob.”

someone's

and Billos

the group at that

a soundproof barrier around

the knights in the passage

the…? Did you just

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

started to speak once even Billos

that

head

could not see

clearly imagine

still had no choice but to lower

from

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear someone

not very

cry after trying to hold himself back so much that he

Cat, Rex. He was the one who was

managed to survive,

seeing this

‘Whose bones are those?

those the skeletons of my siblings? My

Bang, bang!

forehead started to bleed after being

“Soooob, ugh!”

started to mix

into the

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

going to go

from his forehead with every step he

blankly stare at the falling

soundproof barrier magic prevented the enemies located at the entrance of the passage from looking toward

much light in

the enemies paid any attention to the falling

probably could not

what to say

He could feel despair.

and despair made Choi Han

heard Cale’s voice at that

“I’ll go with you.”

started to walk when he heard Cale's response.

Cat, Rex, started to

arrived underground to the lowest spot in the

could see the skeletons piled

to have been dead for a while, as only

his eyes. The blood from his

a Cat and run

brother, you can

still heard his

Rex started to speak.

going to

going to kill

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

to

Prince… The Tower

to list the people he

had dried

“No.”

heard coming from behind him. No, he

blob of blood, which was where he presumed Rex’s forehead was located, with his

and honestly explained

Prince is

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

then heard someone else’s voice coming from behind

“Cale-nim.”

called out to

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

as Rex's eyes were full

Sir Rex. He then

Rex, look at the highest

‘The highest point?’

been focused on the skeletons slowly

underground hall seemed to

such an area was

thought that they managed to not get caught because it

“…Huh?”

eyes stopped at a certain spot as

highest spot in this

right beneath the

that was sticking out like a terrace

was a terrace surrounded

the location was built just to look down at this pile

Rex heard Cale's voice the moment his

a scary voice that was a mix of both joy and

“…Found you.”

people visible inside

and

weaker than

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

at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

doctor that Billos pointed out was handing the person at the

“It’s dead mana.”

glass was full

was a person drinking that and leisurely looking

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han left

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared on

“Human!”