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.

relieved that they were not fighting right

around at them

I have delivered the message to the soldiers

Buy some time.

know that as possible. The Knight

black Bone Dragon

where the Dragon

do we heal

we go over and take a look

Puzzle City… The people immediately headed over toward the fallen Dragon once

on its condition. The mages who had both respect and wariness for the Dragon started to move to

At that moment…

“Stop!”

after hearing

black Bone Dragon’s armor and

Boom-!

rumbling once he

seemed to be urgently running

back as his

Rosalyn followed behind him.

changes there will be to the mana around a Dragon that is in danger! Do not approach unless we say

and stopped

said

magically talented crown prince who had the highest position here, nor against Rosalyn,

there was a big reason they did not dare to get

faint breathing once they had

“…What a mess.”

mages said that toward the Dragon, a creature whose level of

one of the strongest

from

radiant golden hide seemed

“…Eruhaben-nim.”

walking after seeing Eruhaben’s

condition that she had not been able to see because of the Lion Dragon and the golden

at a loss for

knew that Eruhaben’s fall had been an

Eruhaben had fought some more, that

She got a headache.

someone might die in

prepared herself, thinking that she

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

“Eruhaben-nim.”

voice

revealed his blonde hair and

very stiff

how to keep up the act and

laughable that he had debated about how to react to Eruhaben’s

was prepared to

looked like hell right

that this heavy breathing was

Shhhhh.

touched Eruhaben’s

“Are you okay, Eruhaben-nim?”

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

“Huff. Huff.”

Dragon

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

– Crown prince.

Alberu heard Eruhaben’s

I just stay

peeked open one of its eyes

Apparently, there is

Eruhaben was praising his

“Haaaaaaaa.”

Alberu’s gaze changed.

at me the way

to see Alberu who was right

hand on Eruhaben’s forehead. He then mumbled in a sad

does seem to be conscious,

– What?

you cannot die! Please stay

– …Ho.

the chills after hearing Alberu’s

‘What chilling acting skills.’

most theatre

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

when he

here and pretend you are

– Got it.

then raised his

breathing! Eruhaben-nim’s breathing is

doing

May I take a

out of her thoughts and moved to help

care and turned around. He then gave an

nearby temple right

order to heal the Dragon.

and started talking to himself as if

enough. The Saint, I need to

him nodded their heads after

Dragon… Maybe the Saint would be able

personally

Lock approaching him at

“Your highness.”

Alberu. Alberu

and the

will protect him so that nobody

Wolf elder who nodded his head and the Wolves

it

whispered as he walked past Lock, and

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

for a moment before

“…The Young master-nim…”

Alberu turned toward Lock.

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

just looked

Don’t worry about me. I have some

relief after hearing the

your highness.

went up after hearing Lock’s voice

was because he knew where

Eruhaben and

black Bone Dragon… The Dragon half-blood and Choi Han

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

Mary was on one of her flying skeleton monsters as she moved toward the black Bone

Mary, and

be able to prepare

“I should hurry.”

headed toward the City Hall as if

chatting

“Your highness-”

stopped him as he

“…Duke.”

It was Duke Deruth.

had an unknown sense of nervousness. Alberu looked

hope you can

could not have Deruth come with

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

who had come all the way here