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.

that

Captain looked around at them and thought about

I have delivered the message to the soldiers as you

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

black Bone Dragon

toward where the Dragon

we heal

over and take a

toward the

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

At that moment…

“Stop!”

raised their heads after hearing a shout

Alberu Crossman kicked off the black

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he landed on

urgently running to

move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is

stopped trying to follow

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, nor against Rosalyn, who had pretty much

was a big reason they did not dare to

Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once

“…What a mess.”

creature whose level of magic they would

the strongest things in the world had so many cracks

drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper body and a

radiant golden hide seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking

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

a loss for

fall had been

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

She got a headache.

had thought that someone might die in this

herself, thinking that she might die as

that someone who was pretty

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice at that

his blonde

had a very stiff

wondering how to keep up the act and play along

had debated about how to react to Eruhaben’s dead

really was

like hell right

finally realized that this heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

sounded so bad that the others who

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon

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

– Crown prince.

Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

just stay here

Dragon peeked open one of its eyes and

is

was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

you looking at me

was right in front of

put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled

seem

– What?

you cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

chills after hearing Alberu’s

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors

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

when he

here and pretend you

– Got it.

raised

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting even

there without doing anything. Alberu took care of

May I

of her thoughts and moved to

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

nearby temple right

a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication

his head and started talking to himself as if it

not enough. The Saint,

around him nodded their

Saint

personally

approaching him at

“Your highness.”

Alberu

and the Wolf tribe can stand

him so that nobody

nodded his

leave it

quietly whispered as he walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

make it so that nobody can get close and find out

hesitated for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

mind, your

else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over

worry about me. I have some time to rest

not feel any relief after hearing the ancient

your highness. We can save

after hearing Lock’s voice that was

was because he knew where Lock’s

stopped looking at Eruhaben and

half-blood and Choi Han were up

but someone needed to look as if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon.

Mary was on one

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

able to

“I should hurry.”

Hall as if he was rushing

chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

stopped him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

nervousness. Alberu looked at

hope you

not have Deruth come

connected to Earth was

not take Duke Deruth who had come all the way