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

looked around at them and

have delivered the message to the soldiers as

Buy some time.

possible. The Knight Captain

Dragon was

headed toward where

we heal

over and take a look

headed over toward the fallen Dragon

both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move to be

At that moment…

“Stop!”

raised their heads after hearing a shout above

the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended to the

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he

be urgently

you move back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

be to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach unless we say

stopped trying to

Rosalyn said

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

importantly, there was a big reason they

the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing

“…What a mess.”

creature whose level of magic they

be one of the strongest things

started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper

golden hide seemed darker and gloomier as

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after

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

at a loss

knew that Eruhaben’s fall had been

know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that

She got a headache.

someone might

prepared herself, thinking that

suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty much,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at

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

very stiff expression on

to keep up the act and play along since the

that he had debated about how to react to Eruhaben’s dead

was

like hell

heavy breathing was not completely

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

voice cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon

but look at the heavily

– Crown prince.

Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm

Do I just

one of its eyes and stealthily

is nothing I can’t

praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

you looking at me the way

only opened his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right in

Eruhaben’s forehead. He

of it. He does seem to be

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors

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

when he heard Alberu whisper extremely

stay here and pretend

– Got it.

raised

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing

just laid there without doing anything. Alberu took care of

highness! May I

snapped out of her thoughts

then gave an order to the first mage he

nearby

the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication devices and started casting

and started talking to himself as if it was not

is not enough. The Saint, I need to

Jack. Some people around him nodded their heads after Alberu

Saint would be able

should personally

noticed Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

bowed and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on

Tiger tribe and the

We will protect him so that

a Wolf elder who nodded his head

leave it to

whispered as he walked

don’t worry. We will make it so that nobody

hesitated for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

your

anything else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over

I have some time to rest

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

highness. We can save

up after hearing Lock’s voice

knew where Lock’s

at Eruhaben and looked up

Dragon half-blood and

they were staying guarded

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

half-blood, Mary,

them should be able to prepare for any

“I should hurry.”

headed toward the City Hall as if

on chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

of nervousness. Alberu looked at him

hope you can wait

not have

to Earth was

had come all the way