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.

were full

this must be where they made the

hearing Raon's weak

his left hand with his right

It was slightly shaking.

because he was about to

the

of Billos’s hands

of Choi Han’s hands

in disgust while the other

minds started to go

at that

“Sob.”

heard someone's

and

covered the group at that

put a soundproof barrier around

before the knights in the passage looked behind

the…? Did you just hear

people dying that we think we hear moaning all the time

once even

that

head as his body started

not see

he could clearly imagine an angry

Billos still had no choice

sound was coming from somewhere lower

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

was not

but cry after trying to hold himself back so much that he

Cat, Rex. He was the one who

to survive,

like his whole world was shaking after seeing

‘Whose bones are those?

the skeletons of my siblings? My

Bang, bang!

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

“Soooob, ugh!”

started

seeped into the ground without

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

going

was shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every step

stare at the

prevented the enemies located at the entrance of the

was not much light

of the enemies paid any attention

probably could not even see

didn’t know what to say about the sight

He could feel despair.

and despair made Choi

Han heard Cale’s voice at

“I’ll go with you.”

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

started

underground to the lowest

the skeletons piled up into

been dead for a while, as only

slowly took all of it in with his eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached

into a Cat

Youngest brother, you can do

heard his noona and

Rex started to speak.

to kill

to

he would do it. He could not think

himself to not say anything

Imperial Prince… The

to list the

had dried up

“No.”

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

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

then bluntly, and honestly explained to

Imperial Prince is

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

else’s voice coming

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to Cale

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

eyes were full

Sir Rex. He

at the highest

‘The highest point?’

focused on

seemed to go up

an area

they managed to not get caught because it

“…Huh?”

eyes stopped at a certain spot as they

the highest spot in this underground

right

that was sticking out like a terrace to view

was a terrace

was built just to look down at this pile

heard Cale's voice the moment his

that was a

“…Found you.”

the people visible

and mages, as well as some

weaker than

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

at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

that Billos pointed out was handing the person at the

“It’s dead mana.”

was full of black

and leisurely looking down at the underground

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started

Imperial Prince Adin.

making the injury Choi

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared on Cale's

“Human!”