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

Screeeech-

the

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

Screeech- Bang!

the

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

“Miss Rosalyn.”

“Huuuuu, yes?”

seemed to be asking how he

a document out of his pocket and explaining to Rosalyn

I just put into words what I had

‘Hooo.’

held back a gasp and looked toward

to prepare something like this

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

must be on my way now. I have a lot of things to

to Rosalyn

heading out as well. I will

them as he did not need them anymore

of them were heading out of the prison, Cale headed in the opposite direction, going deeper into

of the worst criminals in the Castle Blang

was the

the corridor with multiple cells lined

iron bars

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

Grrrrr, grr-

resembled

glaring at him in

could not hold

last room at the end of

at the far end of the

as soon as

Bang!

Although this looked like the actions of a thug, only the prisoners, Choi Han, the invisible Raon,

and the soldiers were

“…What is it?”

at this last cell could be heard. It

the Bear leader staring at him from

Kingdom and the Roan Kingdom did not torture their prisoners. However, they had chained the enemy leader like

that he

the Gorge of

shared the information she had heard from the northern

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

Grrrrr, grr.

at the growls he heard coming from

the imprisoned Bears

threaten Cale and let him know that they were

Yes, crying.

hear the cries of the scared animals. That was why he started to speak to the mid-level administrator who was the

think shrewd bastards would look like warriors because they

The crying immediately stopped.

A shrewd tribe.

other Beast

before addressing all of

Chief Kanelle if he wanted to live and he kneeled in front of me and banged his forehead on the

administrator’s pupils started

of the Flame Dwarf tribe chief that the Bears had looked down upon. That

probably begging for

the Flame Dwarf

around the Bears changed. They

Dwarves earned

a

However, Cale had never promised the Dwarves anything and instead had

change in atmosphere and confidently continued to

your king has chosen

seem to react to that statement. This was especially true for the

‘It’d be a loss.’

The king that the administrator knew would not come

was a land for the Bears

did not

about this as

“But you see…”

be rescued

knew better than

The Bears knew better than anybody else that they could not

Cale asked them

Bears been faithful? Since when have Bears

Tap. Tap.

head close to the

Wolf tribe

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

see Cale who was standing underneath a torch. He could

are the Bear

administrator started to

were the tribe with the highest population because

“Act on your instincts.”

telling them to follow