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 right

at them and thought about

highness. I have delivered the message to the soldiers as you have

Buy some time.

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

black Bone Dragon

where

do we heal

over and

toward the fallen Dragon once

check on its condition. The mages who had both respect

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after

off the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended

Boom-!

small rumbling once he landed on the

to be urgently running to the

you move back as his

Rosalyn followed behind him.

the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do

flinched and stopped trying

said

Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor against Rosalyn, who had pretty

there was a big reason they did

the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they had gotten a

“…What a mess.”

said that toward the Dragon, a creature whose level of magic

be one of the strongest things in the world had so many

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

radiant golden hide seemed

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after

been able to see because of the Lion Dragon and the golden

was at a

that Eruhaben’s fall

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

She got a headache.

someone might

even prepared herself, thinking that she might

she felt suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty much, no, was

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at that

his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes

very stiff expression on

act and play along since

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

really was prepared

like hell

that this heavy

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

bit. It sounded so bad that

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could

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

– Crown prince.

Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in

I just stay here like

of

is nothing I can’t

Eruhaben was praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

you looking at me the way you usually

who was right in front of him, was almost at a

on Eruhaben’s forehead.

of it. He does seem to be conscious, but

– What?

you cannot die!

– …Ho.

the chills after hearing Alberu’s desperate

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors look

to be expected. Alberu was someone who had protected his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact

amazed internally when he heard Alberu whisper extremely

and pretend you

– Got it.

then raised

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

laid there without doing anything. Alberu took care

highness! May I take a

of her thoughts and moved to

then gave an order to

nearby temple right

for a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out

his head and started talking to himself as if it was

Saint, I need to

Jack. Some people around him nodded their heads after

Saint

should personally go

Lock approaching him at that

“Your highness.”

bowed and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu

that the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand guard

protect him so that nobody can

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

leave it

whispered as he walked past Lock,

make it so that nobody

hesitated for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

your

and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the

I have some time to rest

feel any relief after hearing the

worry, your highness. We can save

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

knew where Lock’s confidence was coming

looking at Eruhaben and

Dragon half-blood and Choi

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

head at Alberu that it was okay to hurry up and go. Mary was on one of her flying skeleton

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and

three of them should be able to prepare for

“I should hurry.”

the City Hall as if he was rushing to

on chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at him

you can

could not have

cintamani… That orb that was connected to Earth was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s body was in a

had come all the way here