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 right

Knight Captain looked around at them and

highness. I have delivered the message

Buy some time.

Knight Captain looked back toward the city after dutifully completing the crown prince’s

Dragon was

where the Dragon had

do we heal

go over and take a

City… The people immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon once

seemed to be their ally, so they should check on its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move to be as

At that moment…

“Stop!”

after hearing a

Crossman kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended to the

Boom-!

was a small rumbling once he landed

to be urgently running to the

you move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

what kind of changes there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger!

flinched and stopped trying

Rosalyn said seemed reasonable

magically talented crown prince who had the

there was a big reason they did not

breathing once they had gotten a bit

“…What a mess.”

the Dragon, a creature whose level of magic they would never be

to be one of the strongest things in the world

land dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper body and

radiant golden hide seemed darker and gloomier as

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after seeing

condition that she had not been able to see because of the Lion Dragon and

was at a loss

that Eruhaben’s fall had been an

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

She got a headache.

someone might die in this

thinking that she might die

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

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at that

had taken his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue

a very stiff expression

and play along since

that he had debated about how

was prepared

looked like hell right

realized that this heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

hand touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that the others who were watching couldn’t

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could not

though they all knew that Dragons were majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but look at the heavily breathing Dragon with cracks

– Crown prince.

the moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in

I just

Dragon peeked open one of its eyes and

Apparently, there is nothing I can’t

was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

you looking at me the way you usually

had only opened his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right in

didn’t care and put his hand on Eruhaben’s

it. He does seem to

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors

was to be expected. Alberu was someone who had protected his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding

internally when

here and pretend you

– Got it.

raised

breathing

laid there without doing anything. Alberu took care of

highness! May I

snapped out of her thoughts and

turned around. He then gave an order to the first

nearby temple

probably urgently looking for a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out

and started talking to

Saint, I

around him nodded their heads

the Saint would

personally go

noticed Lock approaching

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu quickly put

and the Wolf tribe can stand guard around

highness! We will protect him

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

it to

he walked

will make it so that nobody can

for a

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

never mind, your highness. Please,

anything else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder

about me. I have

did not feel any relief

highness. We

after hearing Lock’s voice that was

because he knew where

Eruhaben and looked up

half-blood and Choi Han were

to look as if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon. For the White Star

okay to hurry up and go. Mary was

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and

able to

“I should hurry.”

Hall as if he was rushing to

was planning on chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

stopped him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

face had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu

you

not have Deruth

was with

could not take Duke Deruth who had