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

looked around at

delivered the message

Buy some time.

let as many people know that as possible. The Knight

Bone Dragon was

toward where the

do we

over and

people immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon once they snapped

their ally, so they should check on its condition. The mages who had both

At that moment…

“Stop!”

raised their heads after

black Bone

Boom-!

rumbling once he landed

urgently running

back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

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

and stopped trying

Rosalyn said seemed reasonable

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 the Tower

big reason

the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing

“…What a mess.”

the Dragon, a creature whose level of magic they

were said to be one of the strongest things in

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

hide seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking

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

was at a loss

Eruhaben’s fall had been an

that if Eruhaben had fought some more,

She got a headache.

someone might die in this

herself, thinking that

that someone who was pretty much, no, was her master,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice at

revealed his blonde hair

a very stiff

wondering how to keep up the act and

had debated

really was prepared to

looked like hell

finally realized that this heavy breathing was not completely

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

so bad that the others who were

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could

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

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in

Do I just stay here

of its

is

was praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

looking at me the way

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

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

it. He does seem to be

– What?

cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

after hearing Alberu’s desperate

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors

the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that

was being amazed internally when he heard Alberu whisper

stay here and

– Got it.

raised his

breathing is getting even

doing anything. Alberu took

May I take a

snapped out of her thoughts and moved to

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

nearby

was probably urgently looking for a temple in order to heal the Dragon.

Alberu shook his head and started talking to himself as

is not enough. The Saint, I need to

him nodded their

Dragon… Maybe the Saint

should personally

noticed Lock approaching him at that

“Your highness.”

bowed and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his

and the Wolf tribe can

him so that nobody can

looked toward a Wolf elder who nodded his

leave it to

quietly whispered as he walked past Lock,

We will make it so that nobody can get

hesitated for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

mind, your highness.

say anything else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the ancient Dragon who had his

worry about me. I have

feel any relief after hearing the ancient

your highness.

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

was because he knew where Lock’s confidence

stopped looking at Eruhaben and looked up

half-blood and

if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon.

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

half-blood, Mary,

three of them should be able to prepare for

“I should hurry.”

City Hall as if he

chatting with

“Your highness-”

him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

face had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at him

you can wait

have Deruth come

Earth was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s

had