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.’

slowly got up

Screeeech-

the

and Mary followed behind him. The soldiers, knights, and mages who had been standing outside walked back in once they left and the

Screeech- Bang!

Flame Dwarves continued to stare at the disappearing Cale's back until the

Cale didn’t have time

“Miss Rosalyn.”

“Huuuuu, yes?”

sighed before looking toward Cale. Her gaze seemed to be asking how he could do

her expression before taking a document out of his pocket and explaining

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

‘Hooo.’

held back a gasp and looked toward Choi

isn’t like him to prepare something like this

Han smiled back at Rosalyn’s gaze but did not respond back. Rosalyn took that as something must have changed and shrugged her

have a lot of things to do.

next to Rosalyn

be heading out as well. I will be busy trying

he did not need them anymore and

were heading out of the prison, Cale headed in the opposite

the worst criminals in

was the underground

past the corridor with

bars were

of the cell.

Grrrrr, grr-

that resembled

at him in the darkness

those gazes could not

room at the end of the

was located at the far

leg as soon as he

Bang!

kicked at the iron bars. Although this looked like the actions of a

warden and the soldiers were waiting outside

“…What is it?”

wall at this last cell could be heard. It was a cracked and dry

staring at him

Kingdom did not torture their prisoners. However, they had chained the enemy leader like this so that it would be difficult for him to

that he

heard that the Bear that led the Bear tribe in the Gorge of Death was

the information she had heard from the

Bear tribe supposedly has a king that rules over them. The northern kingdoms have not seen the king, however, there

Grrrrr, grr.

at the growls he heard

all of the imprisoned Bears that were making

and let him know that

Yes, crying.

animals. That was why he started to speak to the mid-level administrator who

think shrewd bastards would look like warriors because

The crying immediately stopped.

A shrewd tribe.

way other Beast

addressing all of

Kanelle if he wanted to live and he kneeled in

administrator’s pupils started

the name of the Flame Dwarf tribe chief that the Bears had

probably begging

the Flame Dwarf tribe

around the Bears changed.

Flame Dwarves earned

earned a chance at

had never promised the Dwarves anything and instead had

noticed the change in atmosphere and

king

seem to react to that statement. This was especially true

‘It’d be a loss.’

normal because of their high numbers. The king that the administrator knew would not come to the Gorge of Death to rescue them while facing a

a land for the Bears to live on and

the shrewd Bears did not

about this

“But you see…”

expect to be rescued did not mean

knew better than

The

was why Cale

Bears been faithful? Since when have Bears

Tap. Tap.

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

Wolf tribe or

nor were they the Lion tribe who were proud

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

are the Bear

administrator started

were the tribe with the highest population because they were both

“Act on your instincts.”

telling them to follow their instincts as