Trash of the Count's Family

Teaser: Caged Bears

Cale made eye contact with the individual who had been looking down at the ground.

“Can you do it?”

Kanelle, the chief of the Flame Dwarf tribe. The Dwarf who had been kneeling could see the smiling commander.

Peek.

The other Dwarves were staring at the blank wall where the Imperial Prince's face had been.

‘Although I know that the Imperial Prince is working together with Arm…’

That was why he had been scared of Imperial Prince Adin who had been working with Arm and the Indomitable Alliance, however, this was no longer the case.

Dwarf Kanelle returned his gaze back to its original spot and slowly lowered his head.

Boom!

His forehead hit the cold stone floor. The chief confidently answered back.

“We will definitely get it done.”

They could do it. They will do it.

He could not give such bland responses if he wanted to live. He needed to say something that put more certainty than that.

Cale started to frown while looking at the desperate Dwarf chief before his face quickly returned to normal.

‘Why is he overreacting like this?’

He could have simply said, ‘yes,’ so why was he banging his forehead against the ground in desperation like this?

Cale felt that something was off, but decided it must be the Dwarf chief’s personal style and just put his hand on the chief's shoulder.

Pat.

Chief Kanelle got goosebumps at how cold the hand that was placed on his shoulder felt. An indifferent voice reached his ear before those goosebumps could go away.

“I feel your desire to live. Work hard.”

The Dwarf bit down on his lips.

‘As expected, is will alone not enough?’

Firebird.

Although he didn’t know exactly what the commander was asking for, he felt as if they needed to make that in order to survive.

‘I need to save my tribe, even if we end up being slaves again.’

The commander's voice could be heard again at that moment.

"Although you were our enemies, the wings made by the Flame Dwarf tribe were amazing.”

‘Amazing? The wings that we made?’

The chief flinched and slowly raised his head. He made eye contact with Cale.

“We will dominate the sky on the battlefield.”

Everyone else was silent in the area. Cale's voice started to settle within the Flame Dwarves.

“I look forward to the Flame Dwarf tribe making properly made wings with your hands this time.”

The chief felt the hand leaving his shoulder along with that statement.

The commander did not tell the Flame Dwarf tribe to become slaves nor talk about anything related to the future.

All he did was ask if they wanted to live as well as what they needed to make from here on.

Was that the reason? These two problems filled chief Kanelle’s mind as if he was branded with a branding iron. The chief did not need to look around at the other Dwarves in order to know what was going through their minds. That was why he looked at the back of the commander who was walking away and asked.

“Do we just need to make them?”

That was something that the Flame Dwarves had done their whole lives.

They had done it while being oppressed by the Dragon half-blood and Arm and ignored by the other Dwarf tribes.

Did they just need to do that to survive?

The Dwarves were all staring at the commander’s back. The commander responded back as he continued to walk toward the door.

"Dwarves are better than other races at making things.”

The commander didn't promise anything like, ‘I'll let you live if you make it.’ However, chief Kanelle clenched his fists at Cale’s next comment.

“I wish to see the strength of experts.”

Experts.

Someone who had reached the top of a single specialty.

Someone who knew how to devote their lives to a single cause.

Those were the type of people who were called experts.

‘…Not slaves, but experts.’

Dwarf chief slowly got up from his kneeling

Screeeech-

to the area opened

door that Choi Han had opened. Rosalyn and Mary followed behind him. The soldiers, knights, and mages who had been standing outside walked back

Screeech- Bang!

to stare at the disappearing Cale's

hand, Cale didn’t have time to just look at

“Miss Rosalyn.”

“Huuuuu, yes?”

asking how he could do something big like that without saying anything to them

a cough after seeing her expression before taking a document out

about the Firebird. I just put into words what I had in mind, so I leave this task

‘Hooo.’

gasp and looked toward Choi

him to prepare something like this

Han smiled back at Rosalyn’s gaze but did not respond back. Rosalyn took that as

I have a lot of things to do. I have things to finish

slowly moved next to

be heading out as well. I will be busy trying

did not

the prison, Cale

heading toward the location of the worst criminals in the Castle Blang

was the

walked past the corridor with multiple cells

iron bars

could also see the chained individuals on the other side of the cell.

Grrrrr, grr-

that resembled the cries of

smile after looking toward the individuals who were glaring at him in the darkness as

those gazes could not hold

at the end

located at the far end of the

as soon as he approached

Bang!

ruthlessly kicked at the iron bars. Although this looked like the actions of a thug, only the prisoners, Choi Han,

soldiers were waiting outside the underground

“…What is it?”

wall at this last cell could be heard.

see the Bear leader staring at him from

their prisoners. However, they had chained the enemy leader like this so that it

that he

that led the Bear tribe in the Gorge of

had heard from

northern kingdoms have not seen the king, however, there are

Grrrrr, grr.

the growls he heard coming from many of the

all of the imprisoned Bears that

threaten Cale and let

Yes, crying.

That was why he started to speak to the mid-level

think shrewd bastards would look like warriors because they pretended to

The crying immediately stopped.

A shrewd tribe.

way other Beast people

administrator before addressing all of

kneeled in front of me

pupils started to

the Flame Dwarf tribe chief that the Bears had looked down upon. That chief had supposedly kneeled in front

was probably begging

something for the

around the Bears changed. They started to

Flame Dwarves earned a

a

had never promised the Dwarves anything and instead

change in atmosphere and confidently continued

looks like your king has chosen to throw you

Bears did not seem to react to that

‘It’d be a loss.’

than normal because of their high numbers. The king that the

the Bears to

did not expect any help

about this

“But you see…”

to be rescued did not

knew better than anybody

like this. The

Cale asked them a

faithful? Since

Tap. Tap.

the iron bars. He pushed his head close to the bars and observed the chained

aren’t the Wolf tribe or the

were not the Wolves who would sacrifice themselves for their pack and family, nor were they

administrator who was in the darkness could clearly see Cale who was standing underneath a torch. He could also see the sword

the

started

were the Bears. They were the tribe with the highest population because they were both strong and

“Act on your instincts.”

them to follow their