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

around at them and thought about

I have delivered the message

Buy some time.

to let as many people know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward the city after

black Bone Dragon

toward where the

we heal

we go over and

over toward the fallen Dragon once they

both respect and

At that moment…

“Stop!”

raised their heads after hearing a shout above

prince Alberu Crossman kicked off the black

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he landed

to be urgently running to

you move back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

of changes there will be to the mana around a

flinched and stopped

said

get closer because of their curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor against Rosalyn, who had pretty much been solidified as

there was a big reason they did not dare

breathing once

“…What a mess.”

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

of the strongest things in the world had

dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread

golden hide seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking after

not been able to see because

at a

that Eruhaben’s fall had

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

She got a headache.

had thought that someone might die in this

that she might die

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

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice

had taken his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and

stiff expression

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

laughable that he had debated

was

like hell

heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could not

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

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s

just stay

of

there is nothing

Eruhaben was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

you looking at me the way you usually look at

his eyes enough to see Alberu who was

hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He

out of it. He does seem to be conscious, but he keeps

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most theatre actors look

while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He

was being amazed internally when

here and

– Got it.

then raised his

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing

laid there without doing anything. Alberu took

highness! May I take

her thoughts and moved

care and turned around. He then gave

a nearby

heal the Dragon. Multiple mages

shook his head and started talking to himself

is not enough. The Saint, I need to contact

around him nodded their

Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able to

should personally

Lock approaching

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu quickly put his

Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand guard around the

We will protect him so

toward a Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves started

leave it to

quietly whispered as he walked past Lock, and

that nobody can get close

hesitated for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

young master-nim, no, never mind, your highness.

not say anything else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to

Don’t worry about me. I have some time

not feel any relief after hearing the ancient Dragon’s

your highness. We can

after hearing Lock’s

knew where Lock’s confidence

looking at Eruhaben and looked up at the

Dragon half-blood and

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

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

Mary, and

them should be able to prepare for any urgent situations

“I should hurry.”

City Hall as if he was rushing to contact Saint

was planning on chatting with Cale

“Your highness-”

stopped him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at him with pity,

hope you can wait

could not have Deruth come

was connected to Earth was

Deruth who had come all the way here for