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.

soldiers were feeling relieved that they were not

at

delivered the message to the soldiers as you

Buy some time.

as many people know that as possible. The Knight Captain

Bone Dragon was

headed toward where the Dragon had

do we heal

go over and

people immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon

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

At that moment…

“Stop!”

after

prince Alberu Crossman kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s

Boom-!

once he

be urgently running to

back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

to the mana around a Dragon that is in

and stopped trying to follow

Rosalyn said seemed reasonable

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

was a big reason

the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they had

“…What a mess.”

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

Dragon scales that were said to be one of the strongest things in the world had so many cracks in

looked like the cracks on a land dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread

radiant golden hide seemed darker and gloomier as

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after seeing Eruhaben’s

finally see Eruhaben-nim’s current condition that she had not been able to see because

was at a

fall had been

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

She got a headache.

thought that someone might die in this

prepared herself, thinking that she might die as

someone who was pretty

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice

taken his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes

very stiff

was wondering how to keep up the act and play along since the White Star

he had debated about how to react

really was prepared

like hell right

this heavy breathing was not

Shhhhh.

touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

bad that the others who were

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon

but

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s

just

of its

is nothing

was praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

you looking at me the way you usually

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

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

does seem

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot

– …Ho.

got the chills after hearing Alberu’s

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most theatre actors

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

when he heard Alberu whisper

just stay here and pretend

– Got it.

raised

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing

just laid there without doing anything.

May I

of her thoughts

care and turned around. He then gave an order

a nearby

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

Alberu shook his head and started talking to

is not enough. The Saint, I need to

nodded their heads after Alberu mentioned

Saint would be able to

should personally

noticed Lock approaching him

“Your highness.”

greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on

tribe and the

will protect him so that nobody

nodded his head

leave it to

quietly whispered as he walked past Lock, and Lock

so that nobody can get close and

for a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

no, never mind, your highness. Please,

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

worry about me. I

not feel any relief after

highness. We

up after hearing Lock’s

because he knew where

stopped looking at Eruhaben and looked up at

half-blood and Choi Han were up in the

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

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

Mary, and Choi

them should be able to prepare for any urgent

“I should hurry.”

Hall as if

was planning on chatting

“Your highness-”

stopped him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked

you can wait

could not have

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

who had come all