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 fighting right

Knight Captain looked around at

I have delivered the message to the soldiers as

Buy some time.

Knight Captain looked back toward the city after dutifully completing the crown

black Bone Dragon was urgently

toward where the

we heal

we go over and take

toward the fallen

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

At that moment…

“Stop!”

raised their heads after hearing a shout above

off the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended to

Boom-!

small rumbling once he landed on

seemed to be urgently

move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

be to the mana around a Dragon that

flinched and stopped trying to follow

Rosalyn said seemed reasonable

to get closer 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

could see the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they

“…What a mess.”

mages said that toward the Dragon, a creature whose level of

to be one of the

started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper body and a portion

radiant golden hide seemed darker and gloomier

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking

that she had not been able to see because of the Lion Dragon and

was at a loss

fall had been an

know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that

She got a headache.

someone might die

thinking that she might die as

she felt suffocated thinking that someone who was

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice

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

had a very stiff expression on his

keep up the act and play along since

had debated

really was prepared

looked like

that this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

It sounded so bad that the others who were watching couldn’t

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon

Dragons were majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but look at the heavily breathing Dragon with cracks

– Crown prince.

Eruhaben’s calm voice in

Do I just stay

open one of its eyes and stealthily looked

is nothing

praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

at me the

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

put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then

does seem to be conscious, but

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

the chills after hearing Alberu’s desperate

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most theatre actors

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

amazed internally when he heard Alberu whisper

here and pretend you are

– Got it.

raised

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting even

there without doing anything. Alberu took

highness! May I

out of her thoughts and moved to help

He then gave an order to the first mage he made

nearby temple

Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication devices

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

Saint, I need to

him nodded their heads after

a Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able to do

personally go

Lock approaching

“Your highness.”

greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on Lock’s

tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand guard around

highness! We will protect him so that nobody

his head and the Wolves

it

quietly whispered as he walked past Lock, and Lock

make it so that nobody can get close and find out Eruhaben’s

for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

no, never mind, your highness. Please, just

ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the ancient Dragon who

Don’t worry about me. I have some time to rest

feel any relief after hearing

highness.

after hearing Lock’s

because he knew where Lock’s confidence was coming

and looked up

and Choi Han were

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

up and go. Mary was

Dragon half-blood, Mary,

of them should be able to prepare for any urgent

“I should hurry.”

City Hall as if he

planning on chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

stopped him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked

you

could not have Deruth

to Earth was with

could not take Duke Deruth who had come all the way here for