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.

feeling relieved that they were not fighting right

Captain looked around at them and thought about Alberu

have delivered the message to the

Buy some time.

order was to let as many people know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward

black Bone Dragon

toward where

do we heal

we go over and take a

toward the fallen Dragon once

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

black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended to

Boom-!

was a small rumbling once he landed on

seemed to be urgently running to the

move back as his

Rosalyn followed behind him.

to the mana around a Dragon that is in

stopped trying

Rosalyn said

could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince

importantly, there was a big reason they did not

Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they had gotten

“…What a mess.”

Dragon, a creature whose level of magic they would never be able to

one of the strongest things in the world had so many

started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its

seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after seeing

been

at a loss

knew that Eruhaben’s fall had been

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

She got a headache.

had thought that someone might die

prepared herself, thinking that she

she felt suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty much,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice at

off and revealed his blonde hair and blue

a very stiff expression on his

act and play along

it was quite laughable that he had

was prepared to

looked like hell right

that this heavy

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s

“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

Dragons were majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but look at the

– Crown prince.

Eruhaben’s calm voice

I just stay here like

one of its eyes and

there is nothing I

praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

…Why are you looking at me the way you usually look at

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

hand on Eruhaben’s forehead.

completely out of it. He does seem to be conscious,

– What?

you cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

got the chills after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most theatre actors

protected his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark

internally when he heard Alberu whisper

and

– Got it.

raised

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting

just laid there without doing anything.

May I take

her thoughts and moved to help

Eruhaben in Rosalyn’s care and turned around. He then gave an order to the first mage he made eye

nearby temple

looking for a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication devices and started casting the

talking to himself as if it was

is not enough. The Saint, I

him nodded

Maybe the Saint would be

should personally

noticed Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu

tribe and the Wolf

highness! We will protect him so that nobody can approach

who nodded his head and the Wolves started

leave it

whispered as he walked past Lock,

that

a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

no, never mind, your highness. Please, just

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

I

feel any relief after hearing the ancient Dragon’s

worry, your highness. We can save

mouth went up after hearing Lock’s voice that was full

where Lock’s confidence was coming

Eruhaben and looked

The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han were up

as well, but someone needed to look as if they were staying guarded against the Lion

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

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and Choi

should be able to prepare for

“I should hurry.”

the City Hall as if he was rushing to contact

on chatting with

“Your highness-”

stopped him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

nervousness. Alberu looked at

hope you can

have

connected to Earth was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s body was in

take Duke Deruth who had come