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

must be where they

hearing Raon's

left hand

It was slightly shaking.

was about to go crazy

wasn’t the only

Billos’s

of Choi Han’s

disgust while the

started to

at that

“Sob.”

heard someone's suppressed

and

group

soundproof barrier around

group before the knights in the

the…? Did you just hear

people dying that we think we hear moaning

once even

that

turned his head as his body started to

not see the

he could clearly imagine

no choice but to lower

from

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

not

after trying to hold himself back so much that he was twisting

was the one who

to

shaking after seeing this underground

‘Whose bones are those?

the skeletons of my

Bang, bang!

forehead started to bleed after being

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to

into

shaking legs to stand up. He slowly started to walk as

I'm going to go

was shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every step

only blankly stare

the enemies located at the entrance of the passage

was not much light

of the enemies paid any attention to the falling drops

probably could not even see

what to say about the sight in front of

He could feel despair.

and despair made Choi Han think of his

heard Cale’s

“I’ll go with you.”

to walk when he heard Cale's response.

started to

the lowest spot in

see the skeletons piled up

dead for a while, as

in with his eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached his eyes, making him look like he was crying

into a Cat and run

Youngest brother, you can do

still heard his

Rex started to speak.

to

to

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

himself to not say anything

Imperial Prince… The Tower

list the people he needed

had dried up

“No.”

No, he flinched at the feeling of a soft

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

bluntly, and honestly explained

Imperial Prince is

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

someone else’s voice coming from

“Cale-nim.”

out to

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

was as Rex's eyes were full

crouched down next to Sir Rex. He then

look at the highest

‘The highest point?’

focused on the skeletons slowly

seemed to go up

almost unbelievable that such an area was located

managed to not

“…Huh?”

a certain spot as they went

was at the highest spot in

stopped right beneath the

an area there that was sticking out

a terrace surrounded by

built just to look down at this pile of

voice the moment his eyes landed on

that was

“…Found you.”

the people visible

were heavily armed knights and mages, as

weaker than

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

shouted at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

Billos pointed out was handing the person at the center a

“It’s dead mana.”

was

drinking that and leisurely

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started

Imperial Prince Adin.

making the injury Choi Han left by his

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

smile appeared on Cale's

“Human!”