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

Knight Captain looked around at them and

the message to the

Buy some time.

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

black Bone Dragon

was headed toward where the

we heal

we go over and take a look

over toward the fallen Dragon once

they should check on its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after hearing

kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended to

Boom-!

once he landed on

urgently running to

move back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

kind of changes there will be to the mana around a Dragon that

flinched and stopped trying to

said

crown prince who had

was a big reason they did not dare to get

extremely faint breathing once they had gotten

“…What a mess.”

whose level of magic they would

the strongest things in the world had so many

drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper body and a portion of its

radiant golden hide seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking

she had not been able to see

was at a loss for

that Eruhaben’s fall had been an

let her know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could

She got a headache.

had thought that someone might die

thinking that she might

thinking that someone who was pretty much, no, was

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice at that

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

stiff expression

act and play

quite laughable that he had debated about how to react to Eruhaben’s

really was prepared to

looked like

realized that this heavy breathing was not completely

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

a bit. It sounded so bad that the

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could

creatures, they couldn’t help but look at the heavily

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in

Do I just stay

of its eyes

is nothing

praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

…Why are you looking at me

who was

didn’t care and put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then

completely out of it. He does seem to be

– What?

you cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

the chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most

family while hiding the fact that

internally when he heard Alberu whisper extremely

and pretend you

– Got it.

raised

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

just laid there without doing anything.

highness! May I take a

out of her thoughts and

Rosalyn’s care and turned around. He then gave an order to

nearby temple right

heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication

started talking to himself as

The Saint,

people around him nodded their heads after Alberu mentioned

Saint

should personally go

approaching him

“Your highness.”

greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put

the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can

him so that nobody can

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

leave it

whispered as he walked past

so that nobody can get close and find out

a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

mind, your highness. Please, just go take a

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

I have some time to

did not feel any relief after hearing

worry, your highness. We

after

where Lock’s confidence

looking at Eruhaben and looked up at

and Choi Han were up in the

if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon.

and go. Mary was on one of her flying skeleton

Mary, and

of them should be able to prepare for any urgent situations

“I should hurry.”

if he was rushing to

on chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

stopped him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at him

you can wait

have

connected to Earth was with Cale. Furthermore,

who had come all the way here