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

Captain looked around at them and

have delivered the message to the soldiers as you have

Buy some time.

many people know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked

Dragon was

toward where

do we

over and take a

Puzzle City… The people immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon once they

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

At that moment…

“Stop!”

after hearing

black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended

Boom-!

once

be urgently

back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach unless we say

and stopped trying to follow

Rosalyn said seemed reasonable

could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor against Rosalyn, who had pretty much been

reason they

the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they had gotten a bit

“…What a mess.”

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

were said to be one of the strongest

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

seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking after seeing Eruhaben’s

Eruhaben-nim’s current condition that she had not been able to see because of the Lion Dragon and the

at a

Eruhaben’s fall had been an

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

She got a headache.

that someone might die in this

that she might die as

suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty much, no, was her master, might

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at

blonde

stiff expression on

act and play along since

laughable that he had debated about how to react to

really was

looked like hell

that this heavy breathing was not completely

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

voice cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon

they couldn’t help but look at the heavily breathing Dragon with

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s

just stay here like

peeked open one of its

is

Eruhaben was praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

…Why are you looking at me the way

only opened his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right in front of

care and put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled in

does seem to be

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot

– …Ho.

the chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors

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

was being amazed internally when he heard Alberu

here and pretend

– Got it.

then raised his

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting

doing anything. Alberu took care of

I

out of her thoughts

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

a nearby temple right

the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication devices and

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

The Saint,

people around him nodded

the Saint would be able to

personally go

noticed Lock approaching

“Your highness.”

and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly

tribe and the

highness! We will protect him so

a Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves started

leave it

as he walked past Lock, and Lock

will make it so that nobody can

a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

never mind, your highness. Please, just go take a

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

I have some time

did not feel any relief after hearing the ancient

highness. We

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

knew where

looking at Eruhaben and looked up at

Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han were

needed to look as if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon. For the White Star and

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

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and

of them should be able to prepare for any urgent

“I should hurry.”

headed toward the City Hall as if he was

chatting with

“Your highness-”

him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

face had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu

you

not have Deruth come with

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

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