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

Knight Captain looked around at them

highness. I have delivered the message to the

Buy some time.

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

Dragon was

headed toward where the

do we

over and take a look

toward the fallen Dragon

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 close

At that moment…

“Stop!”

raised their heads after hearing a shout

the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended

Boom-!

small rumbling once he

be urgently running

back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

the mana around a Dragon that is in danger!

and stopped trying

said seemed

curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest

was a big reason they did not dare to get

could see the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they had gotten a bit

“…What a mess.”

toward the Dragon, a creature whose level

said to be one of the strongest things in the world had

land dried out by drought. The crack started from

hide seemed

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking after seeing Eruhaben’s

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

at a

Eruhaben’s fall had been an

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

She got a headache.

someone might die in this

prepared herself, thinking that she might die

suffocated thinking that someone who was

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at

off and revealed his blonde hair and

very stiff

act and play along since the White

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

really was

looked like

this heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

bad that the

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon

were majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but look at the heavily breathing Dragon

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s calm

just stay

of

Apparently, there is nothing I can’t

praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the way you usually look at

Alberu who was

on Eruhaben’s forehead.

does seem to be conscious, but

– What?

you cannot

– …Ho.

after hearing Alberu’s desperate

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre

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

internally when

here and pretend

– Got it.

then raised

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting

laid there without doing anything. Alberu

I

snapped out of her thoughts and moved to help

and turned around. He then gave an order to the

a nearby temple

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

Alberu shook his head and started talking

The Saint, I need

nodded their heads

Maybe the Saint would be

should personally go

approaching him at that

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on Lock’s

the Tiger tribe and the

protect him so that nobody can

nodded his

it to

whispered as he walked past

so that nobody

hesitated for a

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

mind, your highness. Please,

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

worry about me. I have some time to rest

not feel any relief after

your highness. We can

mouth went up after hearing Lock’s

was because he knew where Lock’s confidence

Eruhaben and looked up at

black Bone Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and

but someone needed to look as if they were staying guarded against

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

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

of them should be able to prepare for any urgent situations

“I should hurry.”

as if he

planning on chatting with Cale

“Your highness-”

him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

face had an unknown sense of nervousness.

you can wait

not have

orb that was connected to Earth was with

Duke Deruth who had come all