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 a black

Human, this must be where they

blinked after hearing Raon's weak

his left hand with his

It was slightly shaking.

was shaking because he was about to go crazy

the

Billos’s hands

Han’s hands

shaking in disgust while the other was shaking

started to go

was at that

“Sob.”

someone's

and

group

a soundproof barrier

group before the knights in the

Did you just

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

speak once even

bastards that deserve

and turned his head as his body started

not see

clearly

choice but

was coming from

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear someone

was not

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

He was

managed to

felt like his whole world was shaking after seeing this

‘Whose bones are those?

skeletons of my siblings? My neighbors?

Bang, bang!

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

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to mix

into the ground without turning

legs to stand up. He slowly

I'm going to

was shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every step he

only blankly stare at the falling blood

barrier magic prevented the enemies located at the entrance of the passage from looking

was not much light

paid any attention to

probably could not even

know what to say

He could feel despair.

despair made Choi

Han heard Cale’s

“I’ll go with you.”

to walk when he heard Cale's response. He slowly followed behind the

Rex, started

to the

the skeletons piled up into

to have been dead for a while, as only the skeletons

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

Cat

brother, you

still heard his noona and

Rex started to speak.

going to kill

to

he would do

control himself to

Prince… The

the people he needed

tears had dried up at

“No.”

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

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

then bluntly, and honestly explained

Prince is

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

else’s

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

as Rex's eyes were full

to Sir Rex. He

at the highest

‘The highest point?’

only been focused

underground hall seemed to go

was almost unbelievable that such an area was located underneath

thought that they managed to not get caught because it was

“…Huh?”

a certain spot as they

at the highest

eyes stopped right beneath

was sticking out like

terrace

location was built just to look down at this

voice the moment his eyes

was a mix

“…Found you.”

could see the people visible

knights and mages, as well as some

weaker than I

the center of the group as

at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

the person at the center a wine glass. Eruhaben looked at

“It’s dead mana.”

glass was

was a person drinking that and leisurely looking down

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started

Imperial Prince Adin.

and sitting on a wheelchair, making the

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

smile appeared on

“Human!”