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 where they

blinked after hearing Raon's weak

left hand with his right

It was slightly shaking.

was shaking because he was about to

wasn’t the

of Billos’s hands

of Choi Han’s hands

the other was shaking in

started to go

was at that

“Sob.”

someone's

Han and Billos

covered the group at

put a soundproof barrier

the knights

you

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

to speak once even Billos started

bastards that deserve to

head as his body started to

not see

clearly imagine

still had no choice but to lower his

was coming from somewhere

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

not

help but cry after trying to hold

Cat, Rex. He was

managed to survive,

his whole world was shaking after seeing this

‘Whose bones are those?

my siblings? My neighbors? My

Bang, bang!

bleed after being scratched by the rough floor, but Rex did not

“Soooob, ugh!”

started to

fluid seeped into the ground

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

going

shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every step he

stare at the falling blood

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

was not much light in

of the enemies paid any attention to

they probably could not

didn’t know what to say about the sight

He could feel despair.

and despair made Choi Han think

Cale’s voice at that

“I’ll go with you.”

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

started to

the lowest spot in the

see the skeletons piled up into

have been dead for a

eyes. The blood from his forehead had reached his eyes,

Cat

Youngest brother, you

still heard his noona

Rex started to speak.

going to

going to kill

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

control himself to not

Imperial Prince… The

to list the people he needed

tears had dried up at some

“No.”

coming from behind him. No, he flinched at

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

bluntly, and honestly explained to

Prince

cold voice that was different from the warm hand that was

heard someone else’s voice coming from behind

“Cale-nim.”

Han called out to Cale who

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

was as Rex's eyes were full of

Rex.

Rex, look at the

‘The highest point?’

eyes that had only been focused on the skeletons slowly headed

hall seemed

that such an

to not get

“…Huh?”

a certain spot as they went

the highest spot

stopped right

an area there that was sticking out like

was a terrace surrounded

as if the location was built just to look down at this pile

voice the moment

voice that was a

“…Found you.”

people visible inside the

and mages, as well as some

than I

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

shouted at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

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

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was full of

that and leisurely looking down at the

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started

Imperial Prince Adin.

on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

smile appeared on

“Human!”