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

this must be where they

hearing Raon's weak

left hand with his right

It was slightly shaking.

he was

wasn’t the only

Billos’s hands were

Choi Han’s hands were

disgust while the other was

minds started

was at that

“Sob.”

someone's suppressed

and

group at that

put a soundproof barrier around

group before the knights in

the…? Did you just

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

once even Billos started to

bastards that deserve

flinched and turned his head as his

could not see

could clearly

still had no choice but

from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear someone

was not very

to hold himself back so much that he was twisting in

Rex. He was the one who was

managed to

seeing this underground area that he had

‘Whose bones are those?

my siblings? My

Bang, bang!

forehead started to bleed after being

“Soooob, ugh!”

started to

fluid seeped into the ground without turning

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

I'm going to

and blood dripped from his forehead

could only blankly stare at the

located at the

much light

the enemies paid any attention

probably could

didn’t know what to say about the

He could feel despair.

despair made

heard Cale’s voice

“I’ll go with you.”

Cale's response. He slowly followed behind

started to

arrived underground to the lowest

the skeletons piled

seemed to have been dead for

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 noona

Rex started to speak.

to kill

going to

do it. He could not think

to not say anything right

Imperial Prince… The

list the

dried up at some

“No.”

from behind him. No, he flinched

pressing down on the floating blob of blood, which was where

then bluntly, and

Imperial Prince

the blunt and cold voice that was different from the

else’s voice coming

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to Cale who slowly

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

as Rex's eyes

Sir Rex.

Rex, look at the

‘The highest point?’

been focused

seemed to go

was almost unbelievable that such an area was located underneath

he also thought that they managed to not get caught because

“…Huh?”

eyes stopped at a certain spot as

highest spot in

eyes stopped right beneath the

sticking out

terrace surrounded

built just to

Cale's voice the moment his eyes landed on that

a scary voice that was a

“…Found you.”

people visible

were heavily armed knights and mages,

than I

at the center of the group as the

at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

doctor that Billos pointed out was handing the person at the center a

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was full of black

and leisurely

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started

Imperial Prince Adin.

wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han left by his heart visible

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

thick smile appeared on Cale's

“Human!”