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 were not fighting right

looked around at

message to

Buy some time.

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

Bone Dragon

where the

we

we go over and take a look

City… The people immediately headed over toward

had both respect

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after hearing

the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended

Boom-!

once he

to be urgently running

back as his

Rosalyn followed behind him.

be to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach unless we say

mages flinched and stopped trying

Rosalyn said

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

was a big reason they did not dare to

see the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing

“…What a mess.”

creature whose level of magic they would never be able to

the strongest things in

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

radiant golden hide seemed

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after

current condition that she had not been

a loss

that Eruhaben’s fall had been an

if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could

She got a headache.

had thought that someone

thinking that she might die

suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty much, no, was her master, might have

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice at that

helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes as he walked

a very stiff expression on

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

that he had debated about how to react to

really was prepared

like

this heavy breathing was not completely

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could

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

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s calm

I just

open one of

Apparently, there is

was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

looking at me the way you usually look

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

on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then

seem to be

– What?

cannot

– …Ho.

after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most theatre actors

to be expected. 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

internally when

here and

– Got it.

raised his

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting

there without doing anything. Alberu

highness! May I

of her thoughts and moved to help

gave an order to the first mage he made eye contact

nearby

to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication devices and started casting

his head and started talking to himself as if

enough. The Saint, I need to contact

around him nodded their heads after Alberu mentioned

Maybe the Saint

should personally go

noticed Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put

that the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand guard

We will protect him so that nobody can

nodded his

leave it to

he walked

so that nobody can get close

a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

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

else and just looked

worry about me. I

feel any relief after hearing the ancient

highness. We can save

up after hearing Lock’s voice that was full of

where Lock’s confidence

Eruhaben and looked up at the

half-blood and Choi Han were up in the

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

it was okay to hurry up and go. Mary was on one of her flying skeleton monsters as she

half-blood, Mary,

of them should be able to prepare

“I should hurry.”

the City Hall as if

was planning on chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at

you can

not have Deruth

to Earth was

Deruth who had come all