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.

were feeling relieved that they were not

Knight Captain looked around at them and thought

delivered the message to the soldiers as you

Buy some time.

Knight Captain looked back toward the city after dutifully

Dragon

toward where the

do we

and take a look

City… The people immediately headed over toward

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

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after hearing

kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s armor

Boom-!

a small rumbling once

to be urgently running to

of you move back

Rosalyn followed behind him.

don’t know what kind of changes there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not

mages flinched and stopped

said seemed

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

big reason they did not

extremely faint breathing once they had gotten a

“…What a mess.”

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

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

cracks on a land dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper body and a

seemed darker and gloomier

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking

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

was at a loss

fall had been

that if Eruhaben had fought some

She got a headache.

that someone might

thinking that she might

thinking that someone who was pretty

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice

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

a very stiff expression

wondering how to keep up the act and play along since the White Star

it was quite laughable that he had debated

was prepared to

like hell right

this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could not

Dragons were majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but look at the heavily breathing Dragon with cracks on its

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s

I just stay here

one of its eyes and stealthily looked

there is nothing I can’t

was praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

me the way you usually look at

who was

on Eruhaben’s forehead.

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

– What?

cannot die!

– …Ho.

the chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors

was to be expected. Alberu was 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 not a skilled

amazed internally when he heard Alberu

just stay here and pretend

– Got it.

raised

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting

just laid there without doing anything. Alberu took

I

snapped out of her thoughts and moved

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

nearby

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

head and started talking to himself

The Saint,

Some people around him nodded their heads

Maybe the Saint would be able to do

should personally

Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on Lock’s

the Wolf tribe can

him so

his head

leave it to

walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

will make it so that nobody can get close and find out Eruhaben’s

hesitated for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

master-nim, no, never mind, your

anything else and just looked over Lock’s

about me. I have some

not feel any relief after hearing

worry, your highness. We can

mouth went up after hearing Lock’s

because he knew where Lock’s confidence was

looking at Eruhaben and looked up at the

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

they

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

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and

able to prepare for any urgent situations that may

“I should hurry.”

toward the City Hall as if he was rushing to

chatting

“Your highness-”

stopped him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at

hope you can

could not have

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

take Duke Deruth who had come all