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.

soldiers were feeling relieved that they were not fighting

at them

message to the soldiers

Buy some time.

possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward the city after dutifully

Bone Dragon was

where the Dragon

do we heal

and

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

should check on its condition. The mages who had both

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after hearing

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

Boom-!

once

urgently running

of you move back

Rosalyn followed behind him.

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

flinched and stopped trying to

said

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

big reason they did not

could see the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they

“…What a mess.”

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

were said to be one of the strongest things in the world had so many

like the cracks on a land dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper body and a portion of its

golden hide seemed darker and gloomier as

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking after

finally see 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

let her know that if Eruhaben had fought some more,

She got a headache.

had thought that someone

thinking that she might die

who was pretty much,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice

his blonde hair

very stiff expression

the act and play

thought it was quite laughable that he had debated about

was prepared

looked like hell

finally realized that this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

so bad that the

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon

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

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm

I just stay

open one of

is

Eruhaben was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

at me the way you

his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right

hand on Eruhaben’s

of it. He does seem to be conscious, but

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot die!

– …Ho.

got the chills after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most theatre actors look

position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter

being amazed internally when he heard

here and pretend

– Got it.

then raised his

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

just laid there without doing anything. Alberu took care

highness! May I take a

her thoughts and moved

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

nearby

temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple

and started talking to himself as if

not enough. The Saint, I need to contact

people around him nodded their

Saint would be able to

personally go

noticed Lock approaching

“Your highness.”

bowed and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on Lock’s

the Wolf tribe can

your highness! We will protect him so that nobody can approach

nodded his head and the

leave it to

quietly whispered as he walked past Lock,

worry. We will make it so that nobody can get close

a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

your highness.

just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the ancient Dragon who had his eyes

I have some time to rest

not feel any relief after hearing the

your highness. We can

mouth went up after hearing Lock’s voice that

he knew where Lock’s confidence

Eruhaben and looked up at the

Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han were up

they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon.

Mary was on one of her flying skeleton monsters as she moved toward

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and Choi

of them should be able to

“I should hurry.”

Hall as if

planning on chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at him with pity,

hope you

have

was with Cale. Furthermore,

who had come all the way here