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.

relieved that they were not

Knight Captain looked around at them and thought about

message to the soldiers as

Buy some time.

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

Bone Dragon was

was headed toward where

do we

over and take a look

immediately headed over toward the

so they should check 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

prince Alberu Crossman kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended to the

Boom-!

small rumbling once he landed

be urgently running to

move back as his

Rosalyn followed behind him.

to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach

mages flinched and stopped

Rosalyn 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,

a big reason they

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

“…What a mess.”

creature whose level of magic they

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

dried out by drought. The crack started from

seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after

been able to see because of

at a loss

that Eruhaben’s fall had

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

She got a headache.

that someone might die in

prepared herself, thinking that she might die as

someone who was pretty much,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice at that

off and revealed his blonde hair and

had a very stiff expression on his

wondering how to keep up the act and

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

really was prepared

looked like

that this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

hand touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could

though they all knew that Dragons were majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but look

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s

just

of its eyes and stealthily

Apparently, there is nothing I can’t

praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

you looking at me the

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

and put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He

of it. He does seem to

– What?

you cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

the chills after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre

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

being amazed internally when he heard Alberu whisper extremely

just stay here and pretend you

– Got it.

then raised

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing

just laid there without doing

highness! May I

of her thoughts and moved

around. He then gave an

a nearby

heal the Dragon. Multiple mages

his head and started talking to

not enough. The Saint, I need

people around him nodded their heads after Alberu mentioned

the Saint would be able to do

should personally go

approaching him

“Your highness.”

and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his

the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can

We will protect him so that nobody can approach

elder who nodded his head and the

it

whispered as he walked past Lock,

worry. We will make it so that nobody can get close and

for a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

your highness. Please, just go take

Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the ancient Dragon who had his eyes

me. I

feel any relief after

highness. We can

after hearing Lock’s voice that was full of

where Lock’s confidence

looking at Eruhaben and looked up

black Bone Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han were up in the

needed to look as if they were staying guarded against the Lion

to hurry up and go. Mary

half-blood, Mary,

to prepare for

“I should hurry.”

headed toward the City Hall as if he was rushing to

on chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

stopped him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

of nervousness. Alberu

you can wait

could not have Deruth

cintamani… That orb that was connected to Earth was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s body was in a

take Duke Deruth who had come all the way