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 fighting right

at them

I have delivered the message to the soldiers as you

Buy some time.

The Knight Captain looked back

black Bone Dragon was

toward where the Dragon had

we

go over and take

immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon

they should check on its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move

At that moment…

“Stop!”

raised their heads after hearing a shout

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

Boom-!

a small rumbling once

seemed to be urgently

you move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach unless we say

mages flinched and stopped trying to follow

Rosalyn said seemed reasonable

go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the

importantly, there was a big reason they did not

faint breathing once they

“…What a mess.”

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

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

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

golden hide seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after seeing

she had not been able to see because of

at a loss for

that Eruhaben’s fall had

her know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could have ended

She got a headache.

had thought that someone

herself, thinking that she might

someone who was pretty much,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at

taken his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue

a very stiff expression on

act and play

that he had debated

was prepared

looked like

realized that this heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could

couldn’t help but look at the heavily breathing Dragon with cracks on

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

I just stay

one of its eyes and stealthily looked

Apparently, there is nothing I can’t

was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

me

only opened his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right

on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled in a sad

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

– What?

you cannot

– …Ho.

the chills after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most

this 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

amazed internally when he heard Alberu

just stay here and pretend

– Got it.

then raised

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting even

just laid there without doing anything.

highness! May I

of her thoughts and moved to help

and turned around. He then gave an order to the first mage he made eye contact

nearby

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

Alberu shook his head and started talking to himself as if it

enough. The Saint, I need to

Jack. Some people around him nodded their heads

a Dragon… Maybe the Saint would

should personally

approaching him at

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand

that the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand guard

We will protect him so that nobody can approach

a Wolf elder who nodded his head and

it

as he walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

make it so that

for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

your highness. Please, just go

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

worry about me. I

did not feel any relief

highness. We can

up after hearing Lock’s voice that was

because he knew where Lock’s confidence was coming

stopped looking at Eruhaben and

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

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

half-blood, Mary,

three of them should be able to prepare for any urgent

“I should hurry.”

the City Hall as if he was rushing to contact

chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

stopped him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at him

you can wait

not have

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

not take Duke Deruth who had