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

at them

have delivered the message to the soldiers as you

Buy some time.

know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward the

Dragon was urgently

headed toward where

we heal

and take a look

immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon once

should check on its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after hearing a shout

kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s armor

Boom-!

small rumbling once he landed on the

seemed to be urgently running

move back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

changes there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do

flinched and stopped trying

Rosalyn said

wanted to get closer because of their curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position

a big reason they did

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

“…What a mess.”

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

the strongest things in the

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

radiant golden hide seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking

see Eruhaben-nim’s current condition that she had not been able to

was at a loss

Eruhaben’s fall had been an

her know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that

She got a headache.

had thought that someone

herself, thinking that

thinking that someone who was pretty

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice

taken his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes as he walked up to

very stiff expression on

how to keep up the act and play along since the White

laughable that he had debated about how to react

was prepared to

looked like

finally realized that this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

hand touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

low voice cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that the others who were watching couldn’t

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could

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

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

just stay here like

open one of

Apparently, there is nothing I can’t

praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the way you usually look

to see Alberu who was right in front

on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled

completely out of it. He does seem to be conscious, but

– What?

you cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most

had protected his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He

was being amazed internally when he heard Alberu

just stay here and pretend you

– Got it.

then raised his

breathing is

without doing anything. Alberu took care of

highness! May I take

out of her thoughts and moved

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

nearby

looking for a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages

his head and started talking to himself as

not enough. The Saint, I need to contact

him nodded

the Saint would be

personally go

noticed Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu

the Wolf tribe

him so that nobody can

Wolf elder who nodded his

it to

walked past Lock, and

We will make it so that nobody can get close and find

hesitated for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

never mind, your highness. Please,

say anything else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder

worry about me. I have some

feel any relief after hearing

worry, your highness. We can

mouth went up after

where Lock’s confidence was

stopped looking at Eruhaben and looked

The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han were

to look as if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon. For the White Star and for their

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

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

be able to prepare for any urgent situations that

“I should hurry.”

as if he was

planning on chatting

“Your highness-”

stopped him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

of nervousness.

hope you

could not have

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

could not take Duke Deruth who had come all the