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

must

hearing Raon's

left hand with his right

It was slightly shaking.

was shaking because he was about

the only

Billos’s

Han’s hands were

in disgust while the

started

was at that

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

and Billos

the group at

put a soundproof

before the knights in the passage looked behind

the…? Did you just

heard wrong. We've heard so many people

to speak once

bastards that

head as

could not see

could clearly imagine an angry

no choice but to lower

from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

not very

to

was the

to

like his whole world was shaking after seeing this underground

‘Whose bones are those?

skeletons of my siblings? My neighbors?

Bang, bang!

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

“Soooob, ugh!”

tears started to

into the ground without

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

going

was shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every step

Han could only blankly stare at the

barrier magic prevented the enemies located at the entrance of the passage from

much

any attention to the falling

they probably could not even

what to say about

He could feel despair.

Rex's sorrows and despair made Choi Han think of his

heard Cale’s voice at that

“I’ll go with you.”

heard Cale's response. He slowly followed behind the Cat’s

Cat, Rex, started to descend

underground to the lowest spot in the

the skeletons piled up

seemed to have been dead for a while, as only the

blood from his forehead had reached

into a Cat

brother, you can do

heard his noona and

Rex started to speak.

going to

going to kill them

he would do

he couldn’t control himself to

Imperial Prince…

the people

tears had dried

“No.”

flinched at the voice he then heard coming from behind him. No, he flinched at

was pressing down on the floating blob of blood, which was where

and honestly

Prince is

hearing the blunt and cold voice that was different

someone else’s voice

“Cale-nim.”

out to

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

was as Rex's eyes were full of

to Sir Rex. He then whispered

at the highest

‘The highest point?’

only been focused on the

underground hall seemed to go

that such an area was

to not get caught

“…Huh?”

certain

highest

eyes stopped right

an area there that was sticking out like

terrace

was as if the location was built just to look down at

Cale's voice the moment his eyes landed

voice that was a mix of both joy

“…Found you.”

could see the people visible

knights and mages, as well as some

than I

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

shouted at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

was handing the person at the center a

“It’s dead mana.”

glass was full of black

was a person drinking that and

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started

Imperial Prince Adin.

making the injury Choi Han left by his

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared on Cale's

“Human!”