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.

feeling relieved that they were not

around at them and thought about Alberu

delivered the message to the soldiers

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

Dragon was urgently

headed toward where the Dragon

do we heal

and take a

headed over toward the fallen

condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move to be as close to the Dragon as

At that moment…

“Stop!”

their heads after

off the black Bone Dragon’s armor and descended

Boom-!

a small rumbling once he

to be urgently running to

of you move back as

Rosalyn followed behind him.

mana around

mages flinched and stopped trying to follow

said seemed reasonable

the magically talented crown prince who had the

importantly, there was a big reason they

Dragon’s extremely faint breathing once they had gotten a

“…What a mess.”

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

were said to be one of the strongest things in the world had so

by drought. The crack started from the Dragon’s

hide seemed darker and

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

stopped walking

condition that she had not been able

a loss

knew that Eruhaben’s fall

know that if Eruhaben had fought some more, that fall could have

She got a headache.

thought that someone might die in

that she might die

she felt suffocated thinking that someone who was pretty

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice at that

and revealed his blonde

a very stiff expression

and play along since the White Star would be

quite laughable that he had debated

really was

like

this heavy breathing

Shhhhh.

hand touched

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

cracked a bit. It sounded so bad that the

“Huff. Huff.”

ancient Dragon could not

all knew that Dragons were majestic creatures, they couldn’t help but

– Crown prince.

the moment Alberu heard Eruhaben’s calm voice in his

just stay here like

Dragon peeked open one of its eyes and stealthily

there is nothing

was praising his acting

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

at me the way you

who was right in front of him,

put his hand on Eruhaben’s

out of it. He does seem to

– What?

Eruhaben-nim, you cannot

– …Ho.

the chills after hearing Alberu’s

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most theatre

while hiding the fact that he was

internally when he heard Alberu whisper

just stay here and pretend

– Got it.

raised

Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

without doing anything. Alberu took

highness! May I take a

her thoughts and moved to help

turned around. He then gave an order to the first mage he made eye contact

nearby temple right

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

shook his head and started talking

is not enough. The Saint, I need to

him nodded

a Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able

should personally

approaching him at

“Your highness.”

greeted Alberu. Alberu

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

will protect him so that

nodded his head and the

leave it to

he walked past Lock, and

worry. We will make it so that nobody

for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

no, never mind, your highness.

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

me. I have some time

did not feel any relief after hearing the ancient

worry, your highness. We

went up after

because he knew where Lock’s confidence was coming

looking at Eruhaben and looked up at

The Dragon half-blood and

if they were staying guarded against the Lion Dragon. For the White Star and for

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

half-blood, Mary, and Choi

should be able to prepare for

“I should hurry.”

if he was rushing to contact

planning on chatting with Cale about their

“Your highness-”

stopped him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

face had an unknown sense of nervousness.

hope you

could not have

was with Cale. Furthermore, Cale’s body was

who had