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

Knight Captain looked around at them and thought

the message to the soldiers as you have

Buy some time.

know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward

Bone Dragon

toward where the Dragon had

do we heal

go over and take a look

headed over toward

had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to

At that moment…

“Stop!”

after hearing a shout above

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

Boom-!

once he landed

urgently running to the

you move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

the mana around a Dragon that

stopped

Rosalyn said

against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor against Rosalyn, who had pretty much been solidified as the

was a big reason they did

extremely faint breathing once

“…What a mess.”

that toward the Dragon, a creature whose level of magic

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

dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw

hide seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking after seeing

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

at a loss for

Eruhaben’s fall had been

condition let her know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could

She got a headache.

thought that someone might

thinking that she might

someone who was pretty much, no, was her master, might

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice at

had taken his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and

had a very stiff expression

was wondering how to keep up the act and

laughable that he had debated about

was prepared to

like hell right

heavy breathing was not

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

a bit. It sounded so bad that the others who were watching

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could

majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but look

– Crown prince.

Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm

Do I just stay

one of

there is nothing I

Eruhaben was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the way you usually

eyes enough to see Alberu who was right in front of him,

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

it. He does seem to be conscious, but he

– What?

you cannot die!

– …Ho.

chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre

someone who had protected his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He would not be alive if he was

when he heard Alberu whisper

just stay here and pretend

– Got it.

raised his

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

just laid there without doing anything.

highness! May I

snapped out of her thoughts and moved

care and turned around. He then gave an order to the first mage

a nearby temple

the Dragon. Multiple

head and started talking

Saint,

him nodded their heads after Alberu mentioned

a Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able to do

personally go

noticed Lock approaching

“Your highness.”

respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his

tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand

We will protect him so that nobody

elder who nodded his head and the Wolves started to

leave it to

as he walked

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

hesitated for a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

never mind, your highness. Please,

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

Don’t worry about me. I have

feel any relief after hearing the ancient Dragon’s

highness. We can

mouth went up after hearing

he knew where Lock’s confidence was

and looked up at the

Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han

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

Alberu that it was okay to hurry up and go. Mary was on one of her flying skeleton monsters as

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and Choi

should be able to prepare for any urgent situations that may

“I should hurry.”

if he was rushing to contact

was planning on chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu

hope you can

not have

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

Deruth who had come all the way here