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.

soldiers were feeling relieved that they were not fighting

around at them and thought about

have delivered the message to

Buy some time.

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

Bone Dragon

was headed toward where the Dragon

do we

over and take a

immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon once they

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

prince Alberu Crossman kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s

Boom-!

rumbling once he

seemed to be urgently running to

back

Rosalyn followed behind him.

what kind of changes there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in

stopped

said seemed

not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor

a big reason they did not dare to get

see the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing

“…What a mess.”

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

that were said to be one of the strongest things in the world had so many

the cracks on 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

hide seemed darker and gloomier

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking

current condition that she had not been

a loss for

knew that Eruhaben’s fall had

had fought some more, that fall could have ended up becoming

She got a headache.

had thought that someone might

herself, thinking that

felt suffocated thinking that someone who was

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice at

his blonde

very stiff expression on

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

thought it was quite laughable that he had debated

was prepared

like hell right

heavy breathing was not

Shhhhh.

hand 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.”

ancient Dragon could

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

– Crown prince.

Eruhaben’s

just stay here like

Dragon peeked open one of its eyes

Apparently, there is nothing I

Eruhaben was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the way

Alberu who was right in front of him,

put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then

out of it. He does seem to be conscious, but he keeps

– What?

you cannot

– …Ho.

after hearing Alberu’s desperate

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most theatre

help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact

was being amazed internally when

stay here and pretend you

– Got it.

then raised his

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

there without doing anything. Alberu took

highness! May I take

her thoughts and moved

then gave an

nearby temple right

a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately

started talking to himself as if it was not

is not enough. The Saint,

nodded their heads after Alberu mentioned

Maybe the Saint

personally

Lock approaching him

“Your highness.”

Alberu quickly put

the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand guard

highness! We will protect him

a Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves started to

leave it

quietly whispered as he walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

so that nobody can get close and

for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

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

just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the

me. I have some time to rest

any relief after hearing the

highness. We

corner of his mouth went up after hearing Lock’s voice that was full of

because he knew where

at Eruhaben and looked

Bone Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and

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

okay to hurry up and go. Mary was on one

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

of them should be able to prepare for any

“I should hurry.”

the City Hall as if he was rushing to contact Saint

was planning on chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked

you can

could not have Deruth come

Earth was with Cale.

could not take Duke Deruth who had come all