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

Human, this must be where they made

blinked after hearing

left hand with his right

It was slightly shaking.

shaking because he was about to go crazy in

the only

Billos’s hands

Choi Han’s hands were

disgust while the other was shaking

minds started to

at

“Sob.”

someone's

Han and

covered the group at that

put a soundproof

group before the knights in the passage looked

the…? Did you just

people dying that

started to speak once even Billos started to

bastards that

his head as

not

he could clearly imagine an angry

had no choice but to lower

from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

hear someone

not very

to

Cat, Rex. He was the one

managed to survive,

seeing this underground area that he had never

‘Whose bones are those?

my siblings?

Bang, bang!

bleed

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to mix

into the

legs to stand up. He slowly

I'm going

was shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with

stare at the falling

enemies located at the entrance of the passage from looking toward

much light in

the enemies paid any attention to the

could not even

know what to say

He could feel despair.

despair made Choi Han think of

heard Cale’s

“I’ll go with you.”

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

Rex, started to descend

underground to the lowest spot in

skeletons

to have been dead for a while,

blood from his forehead had reached his eyes, making him look

into a Cat and

Youngest brother, you

his noona and hyung's

Rex started to speak.

going to

to

who, when, or how he would do it. He could

to not say anything right

Prince… The

started to list the people he needed to

tears had dried up

“No.”

the voice he then heard coming from behind him. No, he flinched at the feeling of a soft cloth

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

and honestly

Prince is

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

else’s voice coming from behind

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to Cale who slowly

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

Rex's eyes were

next to Sir Rex. He then whispered in

at the

‘The highest point?’

been focused

hall seemed to go up

was almost unbelievable that such an

he also thought that they managed to not get caught because it was

“…Huh?”

eyes stopped at a certain spot as they

highest spot in

eyes stopped right

that was sticking out like a

a terrace surrounded

the location was built just to look

Cale's voice the moment his

scary voice that was a mix of

“…Found you.”

people visible inside

were heavily armed knights and

than I

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

shouted at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

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

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was full of black

person drinking that and

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started

Imperial Prince Adin.

shirtless and sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared

“Human!”