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 right

Captain looked around at them and thought about

message to the soldiers as you

Buy some time.

The Knight Captain

black Bone Dragon

where the Dragon

do we heal

over and take

people immediately headed over toward

to be their ally, so they should check on its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after hearing a shout

off the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended to the

Boom-!

rumbling once he landed

to be urgently running

move back as his

Rosalyn followed behind him.

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

stopped trying

said

they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor against Rosalyn, who had pretty much been solidified as the

reason they

Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they had gotten a

“…What a mess.”

a creature whose level of magic

Dragon scales that were said to be one of the strongest

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

hide seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after seeing

Eruhaben-nim’s current condition that she had not been able to see

at a loss

fall

Eruhaben had fought some more, that

She got a headache.

that someone might die

prepared herself, thinking that she might die as

she felt suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice at that

taken his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes as he walked

a very stiff expression

up the act and play along since the White Star would be

laughable that he had debated about

really was prepared

looked like hell

realized that this heavy breathing was not

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

voice cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that the others who

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon

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

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

just stay

one of its eyes and stealthily

Apparently, there is nothing I can’t

praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

me the way

see Alberu who was right in

care and put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled in a

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

– What?

you cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

the chills after hearing Alberu’s

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors

his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He would not be alive if he was not

amazed internally when he heard Alberu

just stay here and pretend you are

– Got it.

then raised his

breathing is getting

doing anything. Alberu took care of

May I

snapped out of her thoughts and moved to

in Rosalyn’s care and turned around. He then gave an order to

nearby temple right

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

started talking to himself as if it was

is not enough. The Saint,

people around him nodded their heads

Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be

should personally

Lock approaching him

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu

and the Wolf tribe can stand guard around

highness! We will protect him so that nobody can

Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves started

leave it to

whispered as he walked

will make it so that nobody can get close and

hesitated for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

master-nim, no, never mind, your highness. Please,

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

I have some time to rest

did not feel any relief after hearing the ancient Dragon’s

highness. We

went up after hearing Lock’s

he knew where Lock’s confidence was coming

at Eruhaben and looked

Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and

to come down as well, but someone needed to look as if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon. For the White Star and for their

up and go. Mary was on one of

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

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

“I should hurry.”

as if he was rushing

chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

stopped him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

face had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked

hope you can

could not have Deruth come

Earth was

had come all the way here