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.

were feeling relieved that they

Captain looked around at them

highness. I have delivered the message

Buy some time.

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

black Bone Dragon was urgently

was headed toward where the

do we

and

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

both respect and wariness for the

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after hearing a shout above

Crossman kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he

seemed to be urgently running to

move back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach unless we

and stopped trying to

said

against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the

there was a big reason they did not dare to

could see the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they

“…What a mess.”

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

the strongest things in the

looked like the cracks on a land dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s

radiant golden hide seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after

current condition that she had not been able to see because

was at a

knew that Eruhaben’s fall had been

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

She got a headache.

had thought that someone

that she might die as

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

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at

blonde

stiff expression

and play

had debated about how

was

like hell right

this heavy

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon

couldn’t help but look at the

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s

just stay here

one of its eyes and stealthily

there is nothing

was praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the way you usually

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

care and put his hand on Eruhaben’s

seem to be conscious, but

– What?

you cannot

– …Ho.

after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most theatre

Alberu was someone who had protected his position without 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

amazed internally when he

just stay here and pretend you

– Got it.

then raised his

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting

doing

highness! May I take

her thoughts and moved

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

a nearby temple right

Dragon. Multiple

started talking

is not enough. The Saint, I

people around him nodded their heads after Alberu mentioned

Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able to do

should personally go

Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

Alberu quickly put his hand

tribe and the Wolf

your highness! We will protect him so that nobody

his head and the Wolves

leave it

whispered as he walked past

We will make it so that nobody

hesitated for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

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

anything else and just looked

worry about me. I have

any relief after hearing the ancient

your highness. We can save

mouth went up after hearing Lock’s

because he knew where Lock’s confidence was

looking at Eruhaben and looked up at the

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

down as well, but someone needed to look as if they were staying guarded against the Lion

up and go. Mary was on one of her flying skeleton

Mary, and Choi

three of them should be able to prepare

“I should hurry.”

Hall as if

was planning on chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at him

you can

not have Deruth

connected to Earth was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s body was in a

who had come all the way here for his