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.

relieved that they were not

looked around at them and thought about Alberu

message to the soldiers as you

Buy some time.

know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward

black Bone Dragon was urgently

where

we

and take a look

Puzzle City… The people immediately headed over toward the fallen

on its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after hearing a

the black Bone Dragon’s armor

Boom-!

small rumbling once he

seemed to be urgently running

back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

the mana around a

and stopped trying to

said seemed

because of their curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest

there was a big reason they did not dare to get

extremely faint breathing once

“…What a mess.”

a creature whose level of magic they

to be one of the strongest things in the world

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

hide seemed darker and gloomier as

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking after

not been able to see

was at a loss

knew that Eruhaben’s fall

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

She got a headache.

thought that someone might die in

herself, thinking that she might die

someone who was

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice

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

very stiff expression

keep up the act and play along since

quite laughable that he had

really was

like hell right

realized that this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon

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

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in

Do I just stay here

one of

is nothing

praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

looking at me the

had only opened his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right in front of him, was almost at a loss for

hand on Eruhaben’s forehead.

it. He does seem to be conscious, but

– What?

cannot

– …Ho.

after hearing Alberu’s desperate

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most

his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding

was being amazed internally when

stay here and pretend you

– Got it.

raised

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing

laid there without doing anything. Alberu took care

highness! May I

thoughts and moved

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

nearby

the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication

and started talking to himself

not enough. The Saint, I need to contact the

around him nodded their heads after

Saint would be

should personally

noticed Lock approaching

“Your highness.”

bowed and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put

tribe and the Wolf

will protect him so

who nodded his head and the

leave it

he walked

will make it so that nobody can get close

hesitated for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

master-nim, no, never mind, your highness. Please, just go take

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

I have some

not feel any relief after

your highness.

went up after hearing

knew where Lock’s confidence was coming

Eruhaben and

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

Han wanted to come down as well, but someone needed to look as if they

at Alberu that it was okay to hurry up and go. Mary

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

be able to prepare

“I should hurry.”

if he was rushing

chatting

“Your highness-”

stopped him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

nervousness.

you can wait

have

to Earth was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s

Deruth who had come