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.

feeling relieved that they were not fighting

Knight Captain looked around at

message to the soldiers as

Buy some time.

to let as many people know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked

Dragon

toward where the Dragon

do we heal

and take

immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon

on its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move to

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after hearing a shout

black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended to the

Boom-!

once

seemed to be urgently running

back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

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

mages flinched and stopped trying

said seemed reasonable

get closer because of their curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here,

big reason they did not dare to

Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they had gotten a

“…What a mess.”

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

Dragon scales that were said to be one of the

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

seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking after seeing

that she had not been able to see because

was at a loss for

that Eruhaben’s fall had

seeing Eruhaben’s condition let her know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall

She got a headache.

thought that someone might die in this

thinking that she might die as

she felt suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice at that

had taken his helmet off and revealed his blonde

a very stiff expression on his

keep up the act and play along

laughable that he had

really was prepared to

looked like

realized that this heavy breathing was not

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 couldn’t help but

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could

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

– Crown prince.

Alberu heard Eruhaben’s

I just stay

Dragon peeked open one of its eyes and stealthily

is nothing I

Eruhaben was praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

…Why are you looking at me the way you usually look

only opened his eyes enough to see Alberu who was

hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled in a

of it. He does seem to be

– What?

cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

after hearing Alberu’s

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors look

had protected his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He

internally when he heard Alberu whisper

just stay here and pretend you

– Got it.

raised

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting

laid there without doing anything.

I take a

her thoughts and

He then gave an order to the first mage he made eye

a nearby

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

his head and started talking to himself as if

enough. The Saint, I need to contact

nodded their heads after

Dragon… Maybe the Saint

should personally

Lock approaching him

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on

tribe and the Wolf tribe

him so that nobody can approach

toward a Wolf elder who nodded his head

it

walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

will make it so that nobody can get close and find out

hesitated for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

your highness. Please, just go

say anything else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to

I have some time to rest

not feel any relief after hearing the

worry, your highness.

after hearing Lock’s voice

because he knew where Lock’s confidence was coming

stopped looking at Eruhaben and looked up

The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han were

they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon. For the White Star and

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

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

three of them should be able to prepare for any urgent situations that

“I should hurry.”

if

chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

face had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at him

hope you can wait

have Deruth come with

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

who had come all the way here