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.

full of

Human, this must

blinked after hearing

left hand with his

It was slightly shaking.

he was

wasn’t the only

Billos’s hands were

Han’s

while the other was shaking

started

was at that

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

Han and

covered the group at

a soundproof barrier

the knights in the passage looked

Did you just hear

think you must have heard wrong. We've heard so many people dying that we think we hear moaning all the

once even Billos started to

that deserve

his head as his body started

could not see

clearly imagine an

had no choice but to lower

was coming from

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

was not very

trying to hold himself back so much that he

was the one who

to

seeing this underground area that he had never clearly

‘Whose bones are those?

my siblings? My neighbors?

Bang, bang!

His forehead started to bleed after being scratched by the rough floor, but Rex

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to mix

into the ground

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

going to go

was shaking and blood dripped from his

stare

enemies located at the entrance

much

of the enemies paid any attention to the falling

probably could not

what to say about the sight in front

He could feel despair.

sorrows and despair made Choi Han

Cale’s voice at

“I’ll go with you.”

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

Cat, Rex, started to

underground to the lowest

could see the skeletons piled up

to have been dead for a while, as

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

a Cat and run

brother, you can do

heard his noona

Rex started to speak.

to

to

know who, when, or how he would do

he couldn’t control himself to not say

Imperial Prince… The Tower

list the people

had dried up at

“No.”

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

of blood, which was where he

and honestly explained

Imperial Prince is

after hearing the blunt and cold voice that was different

heard someone else’s voice

“Cale-nim.”

called out to Cale who slowly responded

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

as Rex's eyes

Sir Rex. He then whispered in

look at

‘The highest point?’

been focused on

hall seemed

was almost unbelievable that such an area was

thought that they managed to not get

“…Huh?”

stopped at a certain spot as

the highest spot in this

stopped right beneath the

was an area there that was sticking

a terrace surrounded by

just

Rex heard Cale's voice the moment

scary voice that was

“…Found you.”

people

and mages, as well as some

than

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

shouted at that

“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

was a person drinking that and leisurely looking

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

and sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared

“Human!”