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

must be where they made

after hearing Raon's

left hand with his right

It was slightly shaking.

shaking because he was

wasn’t the

Billos’s hands were

Han’s

the other was shaking in uncontrollable

started

at that

“Sob.”

heard someone's

and

group at

put a soundproof

the group before the knights

you just hear

have heard wrong. We've heard so many people

speak once even Billos

bastards that deserve

and turned his head as

not

clearly imagine an

choice but to lower his

was coming from somewhere lower

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear someone

was not very

couldn’t help but cry after trying to hold himself

He was the

managed to

world was shaking after seeing this underground

‘Whose bones are those?

those the skeletons of my siblings? My neighbors? My

Bang, bang!

Cat slammed his head on the ground. His forehead started to bleed

“Soooob, ugh!”

tears started

seeped into the ground without

shaking legs to stand up. He slowly

going to go

dripped from his

stare at

enemies located at the entrance of the passage from

much light

of the enemies paid any attention to the falling drops of

could not even

say about the sight

He could feel despair.

despair made Choi Han think of his

heard Cale’s voice at

“I’ll go with you.”

he heard Cale's response. He

Rex, started to descend

arrived underground to the lowest

could see the skeletons piled

dead for

in with his eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached his eyes, making

a Cat and

you can do

heard his

Rex started to speak.

to

going to

didn't know who, when, or how he would do it. He could not think about

to not say anything

Prince…

list the

had dried up at some

“No.”

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

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

bluntly, and honestly

Imperial Prince is

senses after hearing the blunt and cold voice that was different from the

then heard someone else’s voice coming from

“Cale-nim.”

called out to

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

Rex's eyes were full

Sir Rex.

look at the

‘The highest point?’

focused

seemed to

unbelievable that such an area was located

managed to not get caught because

“…Huh?”

at a certain

highest spot

right beneath the

area there that was sticking out like a terrace to view

a terrace surrounded by

as if the location was built just

the moment his eyes

scary voice that was a mix of

“…Found you.”

see the people visible inside

were heavily armed knights and mages, as

than

the group as the ancient Dragon, Eruhaben, calmly

shouted at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

person at the center a wine glass.

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was

was a person drinking that and leisurely looking down at the

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han left by his heart visible

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared

“Human!”