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

Knight Captain looked around at them and

delivered the message to the soldiers as you

Buy some time.

people know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward the city after dutifully completing the

Bone Dragon was

where the

we heal

over and take a look

over toward the fallen Dragon once they

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

At that moment…

“Stop!”

after hearing a shout

Crossman kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s

Boom-!

small rumbling once

seemed to be urgently running

move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

know what kind of changes there will be to the mana around a

mages flinched and stopped

said seemed reasonable

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

importantly, there was a big reason

see the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they had

“…What a mess.”

mages said that toward the Dragon, a creature whose

were said to be one of the strongest things in the

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

hide seemed darker and gloomier as

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking after seeing

she had not been able to see

was at a

that Eruhaben’s fall

let her know that if Eruhaben had fought some

She got a headache.

that someone might

herself, thinking that she might die as

was pretty much, no, was her

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice

his blonde hair and blue eyes as he walked

stiff expression on his

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

thought it was quite laughable that he had debated

really was prepared

looked like hell

realized that this heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

voice cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that the others who

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could not

were majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

I just

open one of its eyes

is nothing I

praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the way you usually

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

hand on Eruhaben’s forehead.

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

– What?

you cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

after hearing Alberu’s

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most theatre actors look

of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He would not be alive

was being amazed internally when he

and pretend you are

– Got it.

raised his

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting even

there without doing anything.

May I take

of her thoughts and moved

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

a nearby temple

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

shook his head and started talking to himself

not enough. The Saint, I need to contact the

Jack. Some people around him nodded their

a Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able

personally

Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

Alberu

tribe and the Wolf tribe

will protect him so that nobody can

looked toward a Wolf elder who nodded his head

it to

whispered as he walked

it so that nobody can get close

hesitated for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

mind, your highness. Please,

anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder

I have

not feel any relief after hearing the ancient

highness. We can save

his mouth went up after

he knew where Lock’s

Eruhaben and looked up at

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

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

was okay to hurry up and go. Mary was

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and Choi

of them should be able to prepare for

“I should hurry.”

the City Hall as if he was rushing to

on chatting with

“Your highness-”

stopped him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked

you

have Deruth come with

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

Duke Deruth who had come all the way here