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.

soldiers were feeling relieved that

around at

the message to the

Buy some time.

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

black Bone Dragon

headed toward where

we heal

over and take a look

Puzzle City… The people immediately headed over toward the fallen

both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move to be as close

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after hearing

Crossman kicked off the black

Boom-!

was a small rumbling once he

be urgently running

of you move back

Rosalyn followed behind him.

there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in

stopped trying to

Rosalyn said seemed reasonable

Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest

there was a big reason they did

see the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing

“…What a mess.”

whose level of magic they would never

said to be one of the

looked like the cracks on a land dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper body and a portion of

hide seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking

see Eruhaben-nim’s current condition that she had not been able to see because of the Lion Dragon and

at a loss

knew that Eruhaben’s fall

if Eruhaben had fought some

She got a headache.

thought that someone might die in

that she might die

someone who was pretty much, no, was her master,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice

and revealed his blonde hair and

very stiff expression

the act and play along since the White Star

it was quite laughable that he had

really was

looked like hell right

realized that this heavy breathing was not completely

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could

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

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s calm

Do I just stay here

of its eyes and

there is nothing I

Eruhaben was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

looking at me the way

had only opened his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right in front of him, was almost at

hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled

He does seem to

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most theatre actors

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

internally when he heard Alberu whisper extremely

and pretend you are

– Got it.

then raised his

breathing

doing

highness! May I

snapped out of her thoughts and moved to help

in Rosalyn’s care and turned around. He then gave an order to the first mage he made eye contact

nearby temple right

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

and started talking to himself as if it

enough. The Saint,

Jack. Some people around him nodded

Maybe the Saint would be

personally

approaching

“Your highness.”

bowed and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu

and the Wolf tribe

your highness! We will protect him so that nobody can

who nodded his

it

quietly whispered as he walked past Lock,

so that nobody can get close and find out Eruhaben’s

for a

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

never mind, your

anything else and just looked

Don’t worry about me. I have some time to

relief after hearing the ancient Dragon’s

your highness. We can

of his mouth went up after

was because he knew where Lock’s

Eruhaben and looked up at

Bone Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han were up

look as if they

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

Mary, and Choi

be able to prepare for any urgent situations

“I should hurry.”

headed toward the City Hall as if he was rushing

chatting

“Your highness-”

him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu

hope you

not have Deruth come

was with Cale.

Duke Deruth who had come