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 they were not

around at

delivered the message to the soldiers as

Buy some time.

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

Bone Dragon was urgently

where the Dragon had

do we

over and take

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

who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after hearing a shout above

black Bone

Boom-!

small rumbling once he

urgently running to

of you move back

Rosalyn followed behind him.

the mana around a Dragon that is

and stopped trying to

said seemed

to get closer because of their curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown

was a big reason they did not dare to get

breathing once they had gotten a bit

“…What a mess.”

whose level

one of the strongest things in the

The crack started from the

radiant golden hide seemed darker and gloomier

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking

she had not been able to see because of

a loss

fall had been an

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

She got a headache.

had thought that someone might

herself, thinking that she might die

felt suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice

his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair

very stiff expression on

was wondering how to keep up the act and play along since the White

thought it was quite laughable that he had debated about how to react

was prepared to

looked like hell right

realized that this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

so bad that the others who were watching couldn’t

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could not

couldn’t help but look at the heavily breathing Dragon with cracks on its hide with

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm

just stay here

peeked open one of its eyes and stealthily

there is nothing I can’t

was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the way you

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

on Eruhaben’s forehead.

out of it. He does seem

– What?

you cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most

his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He would

being amazed internally when he heard Alberu

and pretend

– Got it.

then raised his

breathing is getting even

without doing anything. Alberu took care of

highness! May I take a

out of her thoughts and moved to help

around. He then gave an order to the

nearby temple

to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication

his head and started talking to himself as if it

is not enough. The Saint, I need to

Jack. Some people around him nodded their heads

Saint would be able to

personally go

approaching him at that

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu quickly put his

that the Tiger tribe and the Wolf

We will protect him so that nobody

elder who nodded his head

it

as he walked past

will make it so that nobody can get

for a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

young master-nim, no, never mind, your highness. Please, just

did not say anything else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the ancient Dragon who had his eyes

me. I have some time to

feel any relief after hearing the ancient

highness. We can

up after hearing Lock’s voice

because he knew where

looking at Eruhaben and looked up

black Bone Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and Choi

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

to hurry up and go. Mary was on one of her

Mary, and

to prepare for any urgent situations

“I should hurry.”

toward the City Hall as if

chatting

“Your highness-”

stopped him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

of nervousness. Alberu looked at him

hope you can

have Deruth

was

not take Duke Deruth who had come