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

at them and thought about

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 city after dutifully completing the crown

Bone Dragon

headed toward where the Dragon had

we heal

go over and

over toward the fallen Dragon

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

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after hearing a shout above

black Bone

Boom-!

small rumbling once he

to be urgently running

you move back as his highness

Rosalyn followed behind him.

know what kind of changes there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in

and stopped trying

said seemed reasonable

not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince

there was a big reason they did not dare

extremely faint breathing once they had

“…What a mess.”

a creature whose level of magic they would never be able to

scales that were said to be one of the strongest things in the

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

golden hide seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking after

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

at a

knew that Eruhaben’s fall had

Eruhaben had fought some more,

She got a headache.

had thought that someone might

that she

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

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice at that

his blonde hair and blue eyes as he walked

stiff

keep up the act and

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

was

looked like hell

heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could not

creatures, they couldn’t help but look at the heavily breathing Dragon with cracks on its

– Crown prince.

heard Eruhaben’s

just stay here like

Dragon peeked open one of its

is nothing I can’t

Eruhaben was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

me the way you

his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right in front of him, was almost

put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled

out of it. He does seem to be conscious,

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot

– …Ho.

chills after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most theatre actors look

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

was being amazed internally when he heard

stay here and pretend

– Got it.

then raised

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

just laid there without doing

May I take a

out of her thoughts and

around. He then gave an

nearby

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

talking to himself as if it was

not enough. The Saint, I need to contact the

nodded their heads after Alberu mentioned

Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able

should personally go

noticed Lock approaching him at that

“Your highness.”

greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand on

hope that the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand

your highness! We will protect him so that nobody can

Wolf elder who nodded his head and the

leave it

he walked past Lock, and Lock

worry. We will make it so that nobody can get

for a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

no, never mind, your

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

about me. I have some

did not feel any relief after

worry, your highness. We can

after hearing

knew where Lock’s confidence

at Eruhaben and looked

Dragon half-blood and Choi Han

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

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

Mary, and

to prepare for any urgent

“I should hurry.”

the City Hall as if he was rushing

chatting with Cale

“Your highness-”

him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at him with pity,

hope you can

have

cintamani… That orb that was connected to Earth was

had come all the way here for his