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 were not fighting

around at them

highness. I have delivered the message to the soldiers as

Buy some time.

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

black Bone Dragon was urgently

headed toward where the Dragon

we heal

and

headed over toward the fallen Dragon once

who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after

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

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he

seemed to be urgently running

move back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

don’t know what kind of changes there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach

flinched and stopped trying to follow

Rosalyn said seemed

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

was a big reason they did not dare to

the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once

“…What a mess.”

toward the Dragon, a creature whose level of magic they would

one of the strongest things in the world had so

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

golden hide seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after seeing

that she had not been

at a

Eruhaben’s fall had been

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

She got a headache.

thought that someone might die in this

prepared herself, thinking that

that someone who was pretty much, no,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at

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

had a very stiff

and play along since the White Star would

quite laughable that he had debated about how to react

was prepared to

like

heavy

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

low voice cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that the others who

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon

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

– Crown prince.

Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in

just stay

of its

there is

praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

…Why are you looking at me the way you usually look at

to see Alberu who was right in

on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then

does seem to be conscious, but

– What?

cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

chills after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most theatre

help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He would not be alive if he

was being amazed internally when he

just stay here and pretend you

– Got it.

then raised his

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

just laid there without doing anything. Alberu took care of

I

out of her thoughts and moved

Eruhaben in Rosalyn’s care and turned around. He then gave an order

a nearby temple right

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

Alberu shook his head and started talking to himself as

The Saint, I need to

him nodded their heads after

a Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be

personally go

approaching him

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on

the Tiger tribe and the

him so that nobody can

a Wolf elder who nodded his head

leave it

as he walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

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

hesitated for a

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

no, never mind, your

didn’t ask anything else and just looked over

Don’t worry about me. I have some

any relief after hearing the ancient

worry, your highness. We

after hearing Lock’s

where

Eruhaben and looked up at

The Dragon half-blood and Choi

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

go. Mary was on one of her flying skeleton monsters as she

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

able to prepare for any

“I should hurry.”

the City Hall as if

on chatting with Cale

“Your highness-”

stopped him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

had an unknown sense of nervousness.

you can wait

could not have Deruth come

was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s

who had come all