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 were

around at them and thought

the message to the soldiers as you

Buy some time.

The Knight Captain looked back toward the city after dutifully completing the crown

black Bone Dragon was urgently

was headed toward where the Dragon had

we heal

and

headed over toward

had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move to be as close to

At that moment…

“Stop!”

raised their heads after hearing a

black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended to the

Boom-!

once he

urgently running to the

you move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

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

flinched and stopped trying to

said seemed reasonable

of their curiosity, they could not go against Alberu, the magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here,

reason

Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they

“…What a mess.”

whose level of

Dragon scales that were said to be one of the strongest things in the world had so many cracks in

crack started from the Dragon’s claw and spread throughout its upper body and a portion of

radiant golden hide seemed darker

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking

current condition that she had not been able to see because of the

a loss

that Eruhaben’s fall

if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could

She got a headache.

someone might

even prepared herself, thinking that she might

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

“Eruhaben-nim.”

heard Alberu’s voice at that

helmet off and revealed his blonde hair and blue eyes as he walked up to

a very stiff expression on his

was wondering how to keep up the act and play along since the White Star

had debated about how to react to

was

looked like hell

that this heavy

Shhhhh.

hand touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

sounded so bad that

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon

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

– Crown prince.

Eruhaben’s calm

I just stay

of its eyes and stealthily looked

is nothing I can’t

Eruhaben was praising

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

are you looking at me the

Alberu who was right in front of him, was

on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled in

it. He does seem to be

– What?

you cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

chills after hearing Alberu’s desperate

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most

someone who had protected his position without the help of his mother’s family while hiding the fact that

amazed internally when he heard Alberu whisper extremely

and pretend you are

– Got it.

raised

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is getting even

laid there without doing anything. Alberu took care

I take

snapped out of her thoughts and moved to help

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

a nearby temple

heal the Dragon.

head and started talking to himself

not enough. The Saint, I

nodded their heads after Alberu mentioned

a Dragon… Maybe the Saint would

should personally

approaching him at that

“Your highness.”

respectfully greeted Alberu. Alberu quickly put

hope that the Tiger tribe and the Wolf tribe can stand guard

will protect him so that nobody can

toward a Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves started

it to

as he walked

don’t worry. We will make it so that nobody can

a moment

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

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

not say anything else. Alberu didn’t ask anything else and just looked

I have some time to

did not feel any relief

your highness. We can

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

because he knew where Lock’s confidence

at Eruhaben and

The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han were up in the

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

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

Mary, and

three of them should be able to prepare for

“I should hurry.”

Hall as if he was rushing to contact Saint

chatting

“Your highness-”

him as

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

nervousness. Alberu looked at him with

you can

not have Deruth

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

had come all the