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.

that they

looked around at them and thought about Alberu

delivered the message to the soldiers

Buy some time.

possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward the

Bone Dragon was urgently

toward where

do we

we go over and take

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

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

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after hearing a

Alberu Crossman kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s armor and

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he landed on the

to be urgently running

back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach unless

stopped

Rosalyn said seemed

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

big reason they did

extremely faint breathing once they

“…What a mess.”

toward the Dragon, a creature whose

the strongest things

like the cracks on a land dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s

golden hide seemed darker and gloomier

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking after

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

at a loss for

knew that Eruhaben’s fall had

Eruhaben’s condition let her know that if Eruhaben had fought

She got a headache.

had thought that someone might die in this

even prepared herself, thinking that

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

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at

and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes as he

had a very stiff

act and

he had debated about how to

really was

looked like hell

heavy breathing was not

Shhhhh.

hand touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could

knew that Dragons were majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but look

– Crown prince.

Eruhaben’s calm

Do I just stay here

Dragon peeked open one of its eyes

is nothing I

Eruhaben was praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the way you

see Alberu who was right in front of him, was almost

his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He

He does seem

– What?

you cannot

– …Ho.

chills after hearing Alberu’s desperate

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most theatre actors look

family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He would not

was being amazed internally when

stay here and

– Got it.

raised his

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing

just laid there without doing anything. Alberu took

May I

her thoughts and moved to

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

a nearby temple right

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

shook his head and started talking to himself as

not enough. The Saint,

Jack. Some people around him nodded their

Maybe the Saint would be able to

personally go

approaching him at that

“Your highness.”

respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put

hope that the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe

We will protect him so

a Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves

leave it to

he walked

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

a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

mind, your highness. Please, just

ask anything else and just

me. I have some

did not feel any relief

highness. We can save

mouth went up after hearing Lock’s

because he knew where Lock’s confidence

Eruhaben and looked up at

and Choi Han were up

well, but someone needed to look as if they were staying guarded against the

okay to hurry up and go. Mary was on one

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and

able to prepare for

“I should hurry.”

headed toward the City Hall as if he was rushing to contact

planning on chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

nervousness. Alberu looked at him with pity,

hope you can

have Deruth come

was with Cale.

could not take Duke Deruth who had come all the