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

looked around at

the message to the soldiers as you have

Buy some time.

that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward the city after

Bone Dragon was urgently

was headed toward where the Dragon had

we heal

go over and

immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon once they snapped

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

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after hearing a shout above

Crossman kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he

be urgently running to the

back

Rosalyn followed behind him.

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

and stopped trying to follow

Rosalyn said

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

there was a big reason they

the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they

“…What a mess.”

the Dragon, a creature whose level

one of the strongest things in the world had so

the cracks on a land dried out by drought. The crack started from the

hide seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after seeing

that she had not been able to see because of the Lion Dragon

at a loss for

knew that Eruhaben’s fall had been an

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

She got a headache.

that someone

thinking that she might die as

felt suffocated thinking that someone who was

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice

his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes as

very stiff expression

and play along since

had debated about how to react to

was prepared

like hell right

realized that this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

It sounded so bad that

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon

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

– Crown prince.

Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in

I just stay here

Dragon peeked open one of

Apparently, there is nothing

was praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the

opened his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right in front of him, was almost at a loss

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

completely out of it. He does seem

– What?

you cannot

– …Ho.

got the chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre actors look

had protected his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact

amazed internally when he heard Alberu

here and pretend you

– Got it.

then raised his

breathing is

laid there without doing anything.

highness! May I take

snapped out of her thoughts

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

a nearby

looking for a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication devices and started casting

and started talking to himself as if

The Saint, I

people around him nodded their heads after

Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able

personally go

approaching him at

“Your highness.”

Alberu quickly put his

that the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand guard around

will protect him so

his head and the Wolves started to surround

leave it

quietly whispered as he walked past

We will make it so that

hesitated for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

no, never mind, your highness.

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

did not feel any relief after hearing the ancient Dragon’s

worry, your highness. We can

after hearing Lock’s voice that was full

knew where

stopped looking at Eruhaben and looked

half-blood and Choi

down as well, but someone needed to look as if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon. For the White Star and for

up and go. Mary was on

half-blood, Mary,

be able to prepare for any urgent situations that may

“I should hurry.”

Hall as if he was rushing

chatting with Cale

“Your highness-”

him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

nervousness. Alberu looked at him with

you

have Deruth

orb that was connected to Earth was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s

not take Duke Deruth who had come all the way here for his