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

at

have delivered the message to the soldiers as you have

Buy some time.

people know that as possible. The Knight Captain looked back toward the city after dutifully completing

Dragon was

headed toward where the Dragon had

do we

we go over and

people immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon once they snapped out

mages who had both respect and

At that moment…

“Stop!”

after hearing a shout

black

Boom-!

was a small rumbling once he landed on

be urgently running

back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

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

flinched and stopped trying

said seemed

their curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor against Rosalyn, who had

big reason they did not

breathing once they had gotten a

“…What a mess.”

said that toward the Dragon, a creature whose level of magic they

the strongest things in the

like the cracks on a land dried out by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread

golden hide seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after seeing

she had not been able to

was at a loss for

Eruhaben’s fall had been

seeing 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 die in

herself, thinking that she might die

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

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at that

taken his helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes as

very stiff expression on his

was wondering how to keep up the act and

it was quite laughable that he had debated about how to react to

was

like hell

that this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s cracking

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

low voice cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon could

but look

– Crown prince.

Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

just

peeked open one of its

Apparently, there is nothing I can’t

praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

at me the way you usually look

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

on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled in

does seem to be conscious, but he keeps speaking

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot

– …Ho.

the chills after hearing

‘What chilling acting skills.’

would make most

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

internally when he heard Alberu whisper

and pretend

– Got it.

raised his

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing

doing anything. Alberu took care of

May I take

her thoughts and

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

a nearby temple

a temple in order to heal the Dragon. Multiple mages immediately took out video communication devices and started casting the

head and started talking to himself

is not enough. The Saint, I need to

nodded their

the Saint would be able to do

personally

noticed Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

bowed and respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly

the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand

We will protect him so that nobody can

toward a Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves

it

walked past Lock, and Lock

We will make it so that nobody can get close and

for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

young master-nim, no, never mind, your highness. Please, just go

else and just looked over Lock’s shoulder to the ancient Dragon who had

worry about me. I have some time to

not feel any relief after

highness. We

went up after hearing Lock’s voice that was full of

because he knew where Lock’s confidence was

stopped looking at Eruhaben and looked up at the

Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and

as if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon.

that it was okay to hurry up and go. Mary was on one of her flying skeleton monsters as she moved toward the black Bone

Dragon half-blood, Mary, and Choi

three of them should be able to prepare for any urgent

“I should hurry.”

the City Hall as if he was rushing to

was planning on chatting with

“Your highness-”

him

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

of nervousness. Alberu looked

hope you

could not have Deruth come

connected to Earth was with Cale. Furthermore,

take Duke Deruth who had come all the way here for