Trash of the Count's Family

Raon was clapping while Mila was calmly focusing on her task at hand. Cale was lying on the bed, looking toward the window and snickering.

Lock just blankly looked out the terrace window.

“H, he’s acting, right? It’s fake?”

His voice was shaking.

The fallen Eruhaben…. The sight was too shocking to call it an act.

‘My heart is beating wildly even though I know it’s fake.’

Lock tightly clenched his fists.

“Lock, don’t worry! Gramps wasn’t hurt by the Lion Dragon’s attack!”

Cale looked at Ron with an odd gaze for a moment.

‘…He shouldn’t be able to see anything because it’s so far away. How is he so sure Eruhaben-nim wasn’t hit?’

Cale questioned Raon’s response, but Raon just smiled brightly, as if he didn’t question anything at all.

Lock couldn’t help but smile after seeing Raon’s bright smile.

“Lock, you start moving according to the plan as well.”

“Yes, young master-nim!”

Lock watched Cale, who was reaching the final stages of Connect Together, as he responded vigorously.

“I’m okay.”

“…Yes, sir, I understand.”

Lock barely managed to lift his feet and left the office after hearing Cale say that he was okay.

Cale watched Lock leave for a bit before looking back out the window.

The fallen Dragon’s large body…

A portion of a building was unfortunately destroyed because of the Dragon’s fall. Dust and smoke rose up like clouds because of the aftershock.

This sight brought shock to everybody except the few who knew the truth.

“…Ah.”

Some of the mages plopped down on the ground.

The shield they had cast to block the aftershock of the Dragon and monster’s fight was long gone, and all that the mages could see was the fallen Dragon…an existence that was said to be the king of magic.

“I, I can’t believe that he…so futilely-”

Although the battle had been fierce and intense, it oddly felt as if it had all been futile.

The reason behind it was simple.

“…It really is a monster.”

The Dragon had fallen, but the monster was fine.

The monster was quietly observing the fallen Dragon without a single scratch on its shield.

The Dragon had not managed to harm the enemy even a little.

That fact was making the others feel as if it had been futile.

“…Something that even a Dragon couldn’t do-”

‘We have to do it now?’

The mages could not get themselves to say that part.

But there were others who were feeling even more scared than they were feeling.

“W, what just happened? Did the Dragon really fall to the ground?”

“I don’t know! I can’t see anything!”

They were the soldiers waiting outside the city walls.

The soldiers definitely saw the Dragon falling down. But they could not accept what had just happened.

They heard the noise of the Dragon crashing to the ground, but they could not accept it since the tall city walls prevented them from seeing what had happened.

The number of people quietly whispering slowly increased, getting louder and amplifying their anxiety as well.

“Quiet-!”

The soldiers flinched and shut up after one of the knights shouted.

The knight would usually scold the soldiers more for their actions, but he too was swept up with fear and astonishment that he couldn’t scold the anxious soldiers.

The Knight Captain stepped forward at that moment.

“All of you stay in position! Do not lose focus!”

There was a video communication device in his hand.

Although he was shouting sternly, his back that was covered by his armor was full of sweat.

‘…Your highness.’

He recalled the short conversation he just had with Alberu and continued to shout.

“As long as we do not attack first! That monster will not attack us!”

The soldiers looked up at the monster in the sky.

This monster really was just quietly observing the ancient Dragon.

“So, do not be afraid!”

The Knight Captain started to walk as soon as he shouted toward the soldiers. The lower-grade knights followed right behind him.

They whispered to him.

“Captain-nim, then what should we-?”

“Are we just waiting?”

The Knight Captain nodded his head with a stiff expression.

“First of all, we have no plans on attacking first. The decision has been made that we need to first figure out the monster’s weakness and get a better grasp of the current situation. His highness as ordered us to wait.”

He then gave the knights an order.

“So make sure that the soldiers are not overwhelmed by fear.”

“…We are just going to stay in place for now, sir?”

“That’s right. His highness’s order is to wait and buy us some time in a stalemate. Inform the soldiers about the situation as well.”

The knights responded with a salute and called their subordinate knights and the ones leading the soldiers.

The message that they were stalling for time started to be distributed.

It made people scared but also relieved that they were not fighting right now.

The fallen Dragon… The struggling heroes…

And finally, the absence of their Commander, who was like a symbol of victory.

feeling relieved that they were not fighting

at them and

have delivered the message to the

Buy some time.

to let as many people know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward the city after dutifully

Bone Dragon was

headed toward where the Dragon

do we heal

we go over and take a look

toward the

its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for the

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after hearing a shout

the black Bone Dragon’s armor

Boom-!

small rumbling once he landed on

urgently running

you move back

Rosalyn followed behind him.

changes there will be to the mana around

flinched and stopped trying

Rosalyn said seemed reasonable

of their curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor against Rosalyn, who had pretty much been solidified as the Tower

there was a big reason they did

faint breathing once

“…What a mess.”

the Dragon, a creature whose level of magic

be one of the strongest things

drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper body and a portion of its

seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking after seeing

she had not been able to

was at a loss for

fall had been an

condition let her know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could have ended up becoming

She got a headache.

thought that someone might die in

herself, thinking that she

she felt suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty much, no, was her master,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice at

off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes as he

stiff

and

he had debated about

was prepared

like hell right

this heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that the others who were

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could

creatures, they couldn’t help but look at the heavily breathing Dragon with cracks on its

– Crown prince.

the moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

I just stay here like

of its

is nothing I

praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

you looking at me

see Alberu who was right in front of him, was almost at

didn’t care and put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then

completely out of it. He does seem to be conscious,

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot die!

– …Ho.

after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most

the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He would not be alive if he was not a

when he heard Alberu whisper

here and pretend you are

– Got it.

then raised

breathing is getting

there without doing anything. Alberu

May I take a

snapped out of her thoughts

in Rosalyn’s care and turned around. He then gave an order to the first

nearby temple right

a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication

and started talking to himself as if it was not

The Saint, I need to contact the

nodded their heads

the Saint would be able to

personally go

approaching him at that

“Your highness.”

and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand

Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand

highness! We will protect him

toward a Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves started

it to

whispered as he walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

We will make it so that

a

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

no, never mind, your highness. Please,

ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the ancient Dragon who

I have

not feel any relief after hearing the ancient

worry, your highness. We can

after hearing Lock’s voice that

he knew where Lock’s

at Eruhaben and looked up

half-blood and Choi

if they were staying guarded against the Lion

Han nodded his head at Alberu that it was okay to hurry up and go. Mary was on one of her flying skeleton monsters as she

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

them should be able to prepare

“I should hurry.”

headed toward the City Hall as if he

planning on chatting with

“Your highness-”

him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

nervousness.

hope you can

could not have Deruth come

was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s body

could not take Duke Deruth who had