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.’

Flame Dwarf chief slowly got up from his kneeling

Screeeech-

to the area

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

Screeech- Bang!

to stare at the disappearing

hand, Cale didn’t have time to

“Miss Rosalyn.”

“Huuuuu, yes?”

how he could do something big like

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

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

‘Hooo.’

gasp and

like him to prepare something like

Rosalyn’s gaze but did not respond back. Rosalyn took that as something must have changed and shrugged her shoulders before speaking

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

to Rosalyn and added

heading out as well. I will be busy trying

not need them anymore and

prison, Cale headed

of the worst criminals in

was the underground

walked past the corridor with

bars were clearly

of the cell. The large floor of the underground prison

Grrrrr, grr-

were sounds that resembled the cries

on a twisted smile after looking toward the individuals who were glaring at him in the

gazes could not hold Cale

the last room at the end of

was located at the

raised his leg as soon as he approached

Bang!

the actions of a thug, only the prisoners, Choi

warden and the soldiers were waiting outside

“…What is it?”

chained to the wall at this last cell could be heard.

could see the Bear leader staring at him from

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

that he was

heard that the Bear that led the Bear tribe in the Gorge of Death was a mid-level administrator. Cale

she had heard from the northern kingdoms

king that rules over them. The northern kingdoms have not seen the king,

Grrrrr, grr.

the growls he heard coming from

was all of the imprisoned Bears

as if to threaten Cale and let

Yes, crying.

started to speak

shrewd bastards would look like

The crying immediately stopped.

A shrewd tribe.

was the way other Beast people

looked at the administrator before addressing all of

he wanted to live and he kneeled in front of me and banged his

administrator’s pupils

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

was probably begging for

the Flame Dwarf tribe to

around the Bears changed. They started

Dwarves

earned a chance

Cale had never promised the Dwarves anything and instead had

change in atmosphere and confidently continued

like your king has chosen to throw you

did not seem to react to that statement. This was especially true

‘It’d be a loss.’

the administrator knew

land for the Bears to live

Bears did not expect

knew about this as

“But you see…”

they did not expect to be rescued did not mean that

knew

they died like this. The Bears knew better than anybody else that they could not

why Cale

been faithful?

Tap. Tap.

close to the bars

the Wolf tribe or the

Wolves who would sacrifice themselves for their pack and family, nor

clearly see Cale who was standing underneath a

the

administrator started to

the Lions, they were the Bears. They were the tribe with the highest population because they

“Act on your instincts.”

them to follow