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.

relieved that

Captain looked around at

the message

Buy some time.

possible. The Knight Captain

black Bone Dragon was urgently

headed toward where

do we heal

go over and

people immediately headed over toward the

to be their ally, so they should check on its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after hearing a shout

the black Bone Dragon’s armor

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he landed

be urgently running to the

of you move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach

flinched and stopped trying

said seemed reasonable

because of their curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had

importantly, there was a big reason they did not dare to

faint breathing once

“…What a mess.”

a creature whose level of magic they would never be

of the strongest things in

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

seemed darker and gloomier

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking after seeing Eruhaben’s

finally see Eruhaben-nim’s current condition that she had not been able to see because of the Lion Dragon and

a

Eruhaben’s fall

Eruhaben’s condition let her know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could have ended

She got a headache.

thought that someone might

herself, thinking that she might die

felt suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty much,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Alberu’s voice at

and revealed his blonde

had a very stiff expression on

the act and play along since the White

thought it was quite laughable that he had debated about

really was

like hell right

that this heavy

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that the

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could not

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

– Crown prince.

the moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm

I just stay here

of its eyes and stealthily

Apparently, there is nothing

praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

you looking at me the way you usually look at

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

hand on Eruhaben’s forehead.

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

– What?

you cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most theatre actors

his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter

internally when he heard Alberu whisper extremely

stay here and pretend you are

– Got it.

then raised his

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting

laid there without doing anything. Alberu took care of

I take a

her thoughts and moved

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

nearby

a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages

shook his head and started talking

enough. The Saint, I need to contact the

Some people around him nodded

the Saint would be able to

personally

noticed Lock approaching him at that

“Your highness.”

bowed and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on

the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe

will protect him so that nobody

his head and the Wolves started to

it to

he walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

don’t worry. We will make it so that nobody can get

for a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

young master-nim, no, never mind, your

didn’t ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the ancient Dragon who had his eyes

Don’t worry about me. I

not feel any relief after hearing

highness. We can

up after hearing

knew where Lock’s confidence was

stopped looking at Eruhaben and looked up

Bone Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han were up in the

to come down as well, but someone needed to look as if they

okay to hurry up and go. Mary was on one of her

Mary,

of them should be able to prepare for any urgent

“I should hurry.”

City Hall as if he was

planning on chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

stopped him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

nervousness. Alberu

you can wait

have

to Earth was with Cale.

Duke Deruth who had come all the way here for his