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

was dead mana. Human, this must be where

hearing

grabbed his left hand

It was slightly shaking.

was about to go crazy

the

Billos’s hands were

of Choi Han’s hands were

disgust while the other was

started to go

was at that

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

Han and

group

put a soundproof barrier

the group before the knights in the passage

you just

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

speak once even Billos started

bastards that deserve

flinched and turned his head as his body started to

not

could clearly

no choice but to lower

sound was coming from

“Soooob, sob.”

hear someone

was not very

couldn’t help but cry after trying to hold himself back so much

was the one

managed to survive,

felt like his whole world was shaking after seeing this underground area that he had

‘Whose bones are those?

the skeletons of my siblings?

Bang, bang!

started to bleed after being scratched by the rough floor,

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to mix

into the ground without turning

legs to stand up. He slowly

going to

was shaking and blood dripped from

could only blankly stare

the enemies located at the entrance of the passage from looking toward

not much

attention to the falling drops

could not

to say about the sight in

He could feel despair.

despair made

Cale’s voice at

“I’ll go with you.”

also started to walk when he heard Cale's response. He slowly followed behind the Cat’s

started to descend the

underground to the lowest

could see the skeletons piled

dead for a while, as

with his eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached

a Cat and run

brother, you can do

still heard his

Rex started to speak.

going to

to kill them

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

himself to

Prince… The Tower

the people

dried

“No.”

behind him. No, he

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

and honestly

Imperial Prince is

after hearing the blunt and cold voice that was different from the warm hand that

someone else’s voice

“Cale-nim.”

to Cale

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

Rex's eyes were full of

down next to Sir Rex. He then

Rex, look at the

‘The highest point?’

only been focused on the skeletons

hall seemed to go

almost unbelievable that such an area

not get caught because it was so deep

“…Huh?”

eyes stopped at a certain spot as

the highest spot in

right beneath the

was an area there that was sticking out like a terrace to

a terrace

the location was built just to

moment his

voice that was a mix

“…Found you.”

people

heavily armed knights and mages, as well as some

than

as the ancient Dragon, Eruhaben,

at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

Billos pointed out was handing the person at the center a wine glass. Eruhaben

“It’s dead mana.”

glass was full of

and

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started

Imperial Prince Adin.

wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

thick smile appeared on Cale's

“Human!”