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.

were full of

dead mana. Human, this must be where they

blinked after hearing Raon's weak

grabbed his left hand with

It was slightly shaking.

because he was about to go crazy

wasn’t the

of Billos’s hands were

of Choi Han’s hands

shaking in disgust while the other was

minds started

at that

“Sob.”

someone's

Han and Billos

group at

put a soundproof

the group before the knights in

the…? Did you

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

to speak once

bastards that deserve to

head

could not

could clearly imagine

still had no choice but

sound was coming from

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

was not

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

Cat, Rex. He was the one who was

to survive,

like his whole world was shaking after seeing this underground area that he had never

‘Whose bones are those?

my siblings? My neighbors? My

Bang, bang!

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

“Soooob, ugh!”

started

seeped into the ground without turning

legs to stand up. He slowly started to walk as

going to go

blood dripped from his forehead with

could only blankly stare at

enemies located at the entrance of

much light in this

enemies paid any attention to the falling drops of

they probably could not even see

didn’t know what to say about the sight in

He could feel despair.

Rex's sorrows and despair made

Cale’s

“I’ll go with you.”

Han also started to walk when he heard Cale's response. He slowly followed behind

started to descend the

to the lowest

see the skeletons

been dead for a while, as

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

a Cat

Youngest brother, you can

his noona

Rex started to speak.

going to kill

to

or how he would do it. He could

couldn’t control himself to not say anything right

Imperial Prince… The

started to list the people he needed to

tears had dried up

“No.”

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

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

bluntly, and honestly

Imperial Prince

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

else’s voice coming from

“Cale-nim.”

to Cale who

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

was as Rex's eyes were full of

next to Sir Rex. He then

at

‘The highest point?’

focused on the skeletons slowly

seemed

was almost unbelievable that such an area

he also thought that they managed to not get caught because

“…Huh?”

at a certain spot as they went

at the highest spot in this

eyes stopped right

was sticking out like

was a terrace surrounded by

was built just

Cale's voice the moment

scary voice that was a mix of both joy and

“…Found you.”

the people visible

heavily armed knights and mages,

weaker than I

of the group as the ancient Dragon, Eruhaben, calmly deducted

shouted at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

was handing the person at the center a wine glass. Eruhaben looked at this and added

“It’s dead mana.”

glass was full of

person drinking that and

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started

Imperial Prince Adin.

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

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

thick smile appeared on

“Human!”