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

this must be where they

after hearing

hand

It was slightly shaking.

shaking because he was about to go

the only

of Billos’s

Choi Han’s hands

while the other was

started to

was at

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

Han and

group at that

a soundproof

informed the group before the knights

you

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

to speak once even Billos started to

bastards that deserve

turned his head as

not see the

could clearly imagine an angry

still had no choice but to lower his

was coming from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear

not

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

Cat, Rex. He was

to

after seeing this underground area that he had never

‘Whose bones are those?

of my siblings? My

Bang, bang!

head on the ground. His forehead started to bleed after being scratched by the rough

“Soooob, ugh!”

started to mix

seeped into the ground

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

going to go

and blood dripped from

Han could only blankly stare

located at the entrance of the

was not much light in this

any attention to the falling drops

they probably could not even

what to say about the

He could feel despair.

sorrows and despair made

Cale’s voice

“I’ll go with you.”

to walk when he heard Cale's response.

Rex, started to descend

to the lowest spot in the

could see the skeletons piled up

seemed to have been dead for a

took all of it in with his eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached his eyes, making him look like he was crying

into a Cat

brother, you can

his noona and hyung's

Rex started to speak.

going to kill

to kill

how he would do it. He could not think about anything

himself to not

Prince…

started to list the people he

had dried up

“No.”

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

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

and honestly explained to

Prince

senses after hearing the blunt and cold voice that was

heard someone else’s voice coming from behind

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

Rex's eyes were full

next to Sir Rex. He then whispered in Rex’s

at the highest

‘The highest point?’

that had only been focused on the

underground hall seemed to

almost unbelievable that such an

thought that they managed to not get

“…Huh?”

eyes stopped at a certain spot as

at the highest spot

eyes stopped right

was sticking out like a terrace to view a

a terrace surrounded

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

heard Cale's voice the moment his eyes landed on that

was a scary voice that was a mix of both joy

“…Found you.”

people visible inside

heavily armed knights and mages, as well as

weaker than I

of the group as the ancient Dragon, Eruhaben, calmly deducted the strength

shouted at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

was handing the person at the center a wine

“It’s dead mana.”

was full of

and leisurely looking down at the

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

wheelchair, making the injury Choi

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

smile appeared on

“Human!”