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 a

Human, this must be

blinked after hearing Raon's weak

hand with

It was slightly shaking.

he was about to go

the

Billos’s

Han’s

was shaking in disgust while the other was shaking

minds started to go

was at that

“Sob.”

someone's

Han and

the group at that

a soundproof barrier around

before the knights in

Did you just hear

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

once even Billos

that deserve to

flinched and turned his head as his body started

not see

he could clearly imagine an angry

Billos still had no choice

from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear someone

was not very

after trying to hold himself back so

Rex. He was the one who was

managed to

seeing this underground

‘Whose bones are those?

skeletons of my siblings? My

Bang, bang!

forehead started to bleed after being scratched by the rough floor, but Rex

“Soooob, ugh!”

tears started to

red fluid seeped into

to stand up. He slowly started to walk as he

going

and blood dripped from his forehead with every step

stare at the falling

enemies located at the entrance of the passage from

much

the enemies paid any attention to the falling

they probably could not even

know what to say about

He could feel despair.

Rex's sorrows and despair made

Han heard Cale’s voice at

“I’ll go with you.”

he heard Cale's response.

Cat, Rex, started

the lowest

could see the skeletons

seemed to have been dead for a

from his forehead had reached his eyes, making him

Cat and

you can do

his noona

Rex started to speak.

to kill

going to

who, when, or how he would do it. He could

couldn’t control himself to not

Imperial Prince… The

the

tears had dried up

“No.”

No, he flinched at

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

bluntly, and honestly explained

Prince

voice that was different from the warm hand that

then heard someone else’s voice coming from behind

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to Cale who slowly responded

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

eyes

Sir Rex. He then whispered in Rex’s

at the highest

‘The highest point?’

been focused

underground hall seemed to

almost unbelievable that such an

not get caught because it was

“…Huh?”

stopped at a certain spot as they

the highest spot in this underground

stopped right

an area there that was sticking out like a terrace to view a

was a terrace

was built just to look down at this pile of

the moment his eyes

voice that was a mix of

“…Found you.”

could see the people visible

and

than I

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

at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

at the center a

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was full of black

was a person drinking that and

“…The Imperial Prince.”

pupils started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

and sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared on Cale's

“Human!”