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.

were feeling relieved that they were not fighting right

around at them

delivered the message to the

Buy some time.

as possible. The Knight

Dragon

where the Dragon

we heal

we go over and take a

people immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon

check on its condition. The mages who had both

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after hearing a

prince Alberu Crossman kicked off the black Bone Dragon’s armor

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he landed

be urgently running

you move back

Rosalyn followed behind him.

what kind of changes there will be to the mana around

mages flinched and stopped

Rosalyn said seemed reasonable

the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor

big reason they did not dare to get

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

“…What a mess.”

that toward the Dragon, a creature whose level of magic

the strongest things in the world had so many cracks in

The crack started from

hide seemed darker and gloomier as

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking

been able to see

at a

Eruhaben’s fall had

had fought some more, that fall could have ended up

She got a headache.

had thought that someone

herself, thinking that

thinking that someone who was pretty much, no, was her master, might

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at that

his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and

stiff

the act and

he had debated about how to react to Eruhaben’s dead

was prepared to

looked like

finally realized that this heavy

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

sounded so bad

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon

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

– Crown prince.

Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

I just stay here

one of its eyes

is nothing I

praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

looking at me the way you usually look

who had only opened his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right in front of him, was

his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then

it. He does seem to be conscious, but he

– What?

you cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

got the chills after hearing Alberu’s desperate

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most theatre actors

Alberu was someone who had protected his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that he was quarter Dark Elf. He would not be

internally when he heard

here and pretend

– Got it.

then raised his

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

just laid there without doing

I take a

thoughts and

around. He then gave

nearby temple right

the Dragon. Multiple mages

his head and started talking to himself as if it

The Saint, I need

Some people around him nodded their

Maybe the Saint would be able to

personally

noticed Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put his hand

the Tiger tribe and the Wolf

your highness! We will protect him so that

elder who nodded his head and the

leave it to

he walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

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

a

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

mind, your highness. Please, just go

just looked over Lock’s shoulder to

about me. I have some time

relief after

your highness. We can

went up after hearing Lock’s voice that was full

knew where Lock’s confidence was

at Eruhaben and looked

half-blood and Choi Han were up

Han wanted to come down as well, but someone needed to look as if they were staying guarded

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

Mary,

be able to prepare for any urgent situations that may

“I should hurry.”

if he was rushing to contact Saint

chatting with Cale

“Your highness-”

stopped him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

of nervousness. Alberu looked at him

hope you can wait

could not have Deruth

connected to Earth was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s body was

had