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 and

have delivered the message to

Buy some time.

let as many people know that as possible. The Knight

black Bone Dragon

where the Dragon had

do we heal

we go over and take

over toward the fallen Dragon once they snapped

both respect and wariness

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after

the black Bone Dragon’s

Boom-!

was a small rumbling once he landed on the

urgently running to the

you move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

of changes there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not

and stopped trying to

said seemed reasonable

not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown

importantly, there was a big reason

breathing once they had

“…What a mess.”

creature whose level of magic they

of the strongest things in the world

crack started from the Dragon’s claw

radiant golden hide seemed darker and gloomier as

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

subconsciously stopped walking after seeing

not been able to see because of the Lion Dragon and the golden

at a loss

knew that Eruhaben’s fall had been an

Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could have ended

She got a headache.

had thought that someone might die in

thinking that she might die as

thinking that someone who was pretty much,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice at

and revealed his blonde

a very stiff expression on his

act and play along since the White

that he had debated about how to

really was

looked like hell

that this heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

It sounded so bad that the

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could

but look at the heavily breathing Dragon with cracks on its hide

– Crown prince.

moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s

Do I just

peeked open one of its

there is nothing I can’t

Eruhaben was praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

…Why are you looking at me the

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

care and put his hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled in a

seem to be conscious,

– What?

cannot die!

– …Ho.

chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most theatre actors

this 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

being amazed internally when he

just stay here and pretend you

– Got it.

raised

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting

without doing

May I take

of her thoughts and moved

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

a nearby temple right

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

his head and started talking to himself as if

The Saint, I need to

around him nodded their heads after

Saint would

should personally go

Lock approaching

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu quickly put

and the Wolf tribe can

We will protect him so

Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves started to

leave it to

as he walked past Lock, and Lock

that nobody can get close and

a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

never mind, your highness. Please, just go

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

about me. I have some time

any relief

highness.

of his mouth went up after hearing

knew where

Eruhaben and looked up at

Bone Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and

needed to look as if they

Mary was on one of her flying skeleton monsters as she moved

Mary, and

be able to prepare for any urgent situations that may

“I should hurry.”

headed toward the City Hall as if he was rushing to

planning on chatting with Cale about

“Your highness-”

him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at

you

could not have

was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s body was

Duke Deruth who had come all the