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.’

chief slowly got up

Screeeech-

door to the area opened once

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

Screeech- Bang!

stare at the disappearing

other hand, Cale didn’t have

“Miss Rosalyn.”

“Huuuuu, yes?”

be asking how he could do something big like that without saying

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

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

‘Hooo.’

back a gasp and looked toward Choi

prepare

not respond back. Rosalyn took that as something must have changed and shrugged her shoulders before

on my way now. I have a lot of things

moved next to Rosalyn and added

well. I

not need them anymore and quickly

them were heading out of the prison, Cale headed in

the location of the worst criminals

was the

past the corridor with multiple

iron bars were

individuals on the other side of the cell. The large floor of the underground prison was packed

Grrrrr, grr-

sounds that resembled

were glaring at him in the darkness as the light of the torch did not

could not hold

reached the last room at the end of the underground

was located at the far

his leg 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, the invisible Raon, and Cale

and the soldiers were waiting outside the

“…What is it?”

individual who was chained to the wall at this last cell could be heard. It was

leader staring

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

they say that he

tribe in the Gorge of Death was a mid-level administrator.

information she had heard from

seen

Grrrrr, grr.

he heard coming

was all of the imprisoned Bears that were making

if to threaten Cale and let him know that they were still

Yes, crying.

to speak to the mid-level administrator who was the leader of the Bears

shrewd bastards would look like warriors because they

The crying immediately stopped.

A shrewd tribe.

other Beast people

looked at the administrator before addressing all of the Bears

he wanted to live and he kneeled in front

pupils started to

the Bears had looked down upon. That chief

was probably begging for his

gave something for the Flame

the Bears changed. They started to

Flame Dwarves

a

was natural for them to think that way. However, Cale had never promised the Dwarves anything and instead had only given

atmosphere

it looks like your king has

seem to react to that statement. This was especially

‘It’d be a loss.’

of their high numbers. The king that the

he cared about was a land for the Bears to live on and a

did not expect any help

about this as

“But you see…”

to be rescued

knew better than

knew that they would die for nothing if they died like this. The Bears knew better than anybody else that they could not die like

was why Cale asked them a

have Bears been faithful? Since when have Bears been

Tap. Tap.

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

Wolf tribe or the

family, nor were they the

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

the

administrator started to

were not the Wolves nor the Lions, they were the Bears. They were the tribe with the highest population because they were both strong

“Act on your instincts.”

was telling them to follow their instincts as