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

at them and thought about

message to the soldiers as you have

Buy some time.

order was to let as many people know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward the city after dutifully completing the

black Bone Dragon was urgently

toward where the Dragon had

do we heal

we go over and take a look

Puzzle City… The people immediately headed over toward

so they should check on its condition. The mages who had both respect and

At that moment…

“Stop!”

heads after hearing a shout

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

Boom-!

a small rumbling once

be urgently running to

you move back

Rosalyn followed behind him.

mana around a Dragon that is in danger!

stopped

Rosalyn said seemed

talented crown

there was a big reason

see the Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they

“…What a mess.”

that toward the Dragon, a creature whose

the strongest things in the world had so

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

radiant golden hide seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after

that she had not been able

was at a loss for

that Eruhaben’s fall had

if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could have ended up

She got a headache.

that someone might

thinking that she might die as

that someone who was pretty much,

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice at

helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes as

stiff expression on his

act and play along since the White

thought it was quite laughable that he had debated

really was prepared

like

finally realized that this heavy breathing was not completely

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could

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

– Crown prince.

the moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

Do I just stay

Dragon peeked open one of

there is nothing I can’t

Eruhaben was praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

at me the way you usually look

his eyes enough to see Alberu who was right

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

it. He does seem to be conscious, but

– What?

you cannot die! Please

– …Ho.

the chills after

‘What chilling acting skills.’

make most

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 quarter Dark Elf. He would not be alive

when he heard

here and pretend you are

– Got it.

raised

breathing is getting even

doing anything.

I

her thoughts and moved to help

gave an order to

a nearby temple right

order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication

shook his head and started talking to himself as if it

is not enough. The Saint, I need to

Some people around him nodded

a Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able to do

personally

Lock approaching him

“Your highness.”

greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put

and the

your highness! We will protect him so that nobody can

toward a Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves

it to

he walked past Lock, and Lock whispered

so that

a moment before adding

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

no, never mind, your highness.

say anything else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked over Lock’s

Don’t worry about me. I have some time

any relief after

highness. We can save

of his mouth went up after hearing Lock’s

knew where Lock’s confidence was

stopped looking at Eruhaben and looked up at

half-blood and Choi Han were up

if they

was okay to hurry up and go. Mary was on one of her flying skeleton monsters as she

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and

to prepare for any urgent

“I should hurry.”

headed toward the City Hall as if

chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

face had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked at

hope you

could not have Deruth

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

could not take Duke Deruth who had come all