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

was dead mana. Human, this must be where

hearing

grabbed his left hand

It was slightly shaking.

was

wasn’t the only

of Billos’s hands were

of Choi Han’s hands were

shaking in disgust while the other was shaking

started to go

was at that

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

Han and Billos

the group at that

soundproof barrier around

the group before the knights in the passage looked behind

you just

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

started to speak once

bastards that

turned his head as his body started to

not see

clearly imagine an

still had no choice

from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear someone

not

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

Cat, Rex. He was the one

to survive,

was shaking after seeing this

‘Whose bones are those?

my

Bang, bang!

head on the ground. His forehead started to bleed after being scratched by the rough floor, but Rex did

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to mix

red fluid seeped into

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

I'm going

from his forehead

could only blankly stare

located at the entrance of

much

the enemies paid any attention to the falling drops of

they probably could not even

what to say about the

He could feel despair.

and despair made

Cale’s voice

“I’ll go with you.”

heard Cale's response. He slowly followed behind the

started

arrived underground to the

see the skeletons piled

have been dead for a while, as only

eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached his eyes, making him

a Cat

you can

heard his noona and hyung's

Rex started to speak.

to

going to kill

didn't know who, when, or how he would do it.

couldn’t control himself to not say anything

Imperial Prince… The Tower

the people he needed

dried up at some

“No.”

the voice he then heard coming from behind him. No, he flinched at the feeling of a soft cloth covering his

blood, which was where he presumed Rex’s forehead was

bluntly, and honestly explained

Imperial Prince

slowly returned to his senses after hearing the blunt and cold voice that was different from the warm hand that

else’s voice coming

“Cale-nim.”

out to Cale who slowly

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

was as Rex's eyes were

next to Sir Rex. He then

look at the highest

‘The highest point?’

eyes that had only been focused on the skeletons slowly headed

underground hall seemed to

such an area

they managed to not get caught because

“…Huh?”

eyes stopped at a certain

at the highest spot

eyes stopped right

there that was sticking out

a terrace

built just to look down at

moment his eyes landed

voice that was

“…Found you.”

people

heavily armed knights and mages,

than

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

at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

the person at the center a wine glass.

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was full

was a person drinking that and

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started

Imperial Prince Adin.

on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

thick smile appeared on Cale's

“Human!”