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 of

dead mana. Human, this must be where they made the dead

after hearing

grabbed his left hand with

It was slightly shaking.

shaking because he was about to go

wasn’t the

Billos’s hands were

Han’s hands

shaking in disgust while the

minds started to

at that

“Sob.”

someone's

Han and

group at that

soundproof

knights

you just hear

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

to speak once even Billos started to

bastards that deserve

flinched and turned his head as his body started

not see the

clearly imagine an angry

still had no choice but to lower his

sound was coming from

“Soooob, sob.”

hear

was not very

couldn’t help but cry after trying to hold himself back so much that

He was the one who was

to

like his whole world was shaking after seeing this underground area that he had

‘Whose bones are those?

those the skeletons of my siblings?

Bang, bang!

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

“Soooob, ugh!”

tears started

fluid seeped into the ground without turning

up. He slowly started to

going

was shaking and blood dripped from his forehead with every step

only blankly stare at

located at the entrance of the passage from

not much light in this

enemies paid any attention to the

probably could not even see

what to say

He could feel despair.

made Choi

Han heard Cale’s

“I’ll go with you.”

started to walk when he heard Cale's response. He slowly

Cat, Rex, started to descend the

arrived underground to the lowest spot

the skeletons piled up into

to have been dead for a

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

a Cat and run

brother, you

his noona and

Rex started to speak.

to

to kill

when, or how he would do it. He could

control himself to not say anything

Imperial Prince… The

started to list the

tears had dried up

“No.”

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

of blood, which was

then bluntly, and

Prince is

hearing the blunt and cold voice that

then heard someone else’s voice coming from behind

“Cale-nim.”

out to Cale

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

was as Rex's eyes were full

next to Sir Rex. He then whispered

Rex, look at the

‘The highest point?’

only been focused on the skeletons

seemed

was almost unbelievable that such an

he also thought that they managed to not get

“…Huh?”

at a certain spot as

was at the highest spot in this

eyes stopped right

there that was sticking out like a terrace to view a

was a terrace

the location was built just to look down at this

Cale's voice the moment his eyes landed on

that was a mix of both joy and

“…Found you.”

people visible

were heavily armed knights and mages,

weaker than I

as the ancient Dragon, Eruhaben, calmly

at that

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

Billos pointed out was handing the person at the

“It’s dead mana.”

was

that and leisurely

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started

Imperial Prince Adin.

wheelchair, making the injury Choi Han left by his

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

thick smile appeared on Cale's

“Human!”