Trash of the Count’s Family

live a long life!
Cale held back his sigh at Raon’s voice that was going off in his mind, but ended up sighing in the end.
It was because of Eruhaben.

“Did you say your name was Cale? Is your family perhaps a Dragon slaying family?”
“…What the-.”

‘What kind of scary and crazy shit are you saying?’

Cale held back from saying that part.
The Dragon didn’t have that pompous attitude he expected, leading him to almost speak openly, just like he did with the crown prince.

“No?”
“Of course not.”

Cale laughed at Eruhaben’s statement and waved his hand.
However, he got chills seeing Eruhaben stare at him without any emotions on his face, and thus could not help but look at the others.

“Ron, isn’t my family just a small noble family?”
“…Yes, young master-nim.”

Ron avoided the Dragon’s gaze and answered after a while.

‘It looks weird because you are avoiding his gaze.’

Cale started to frown.
Why was this old assassin acting like this? He then changed his target to Choi Han next.

“Choi Han, isn’t my family’s level of strength weak?”

Eruhaben’s gaze turned toward Choi Han as well.
Choi Han and the Gold Dragon made eye contact.
Thankfully, Choi Han answered in a more relaxed manner than Ron.

“…Yes, it is weak.”

Cale was satisfied with Choi Han’s answer and looked toward Eruhaben.

The Henituse family was a wealthy family that was average when it came to physical strength.

Eruhaben asked in a gentle tone, as if he found Cale’s confident demeanor to be cute.

“So, it is not a Dragon slayer family?”
“No.
How could there be a person who can kill a Dragon?”
“Why not?”

‘There are actually Dragon slayers?’

“A Dragon slayer family existed in the past.”

Eruhaben put his chin on top of his clasped hands and slowly continued to speak.

“It was a crazy family.
They did not get scared, even under the influence of Dragon Fear, and could even stand up against it.
That power was only passed down through the family bloodline.”

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The Gold Dragon found Cale, who had no problem making eye contact with him since the beginning, to be entertaining.

An adult Dragon had a unique dominating atmosphere around them, even when they did not use Dragon Fear.
Eruhaben lowered that atmosphere around him to a minimum for Pendrick, so it made sense for the Beast people to be okay, but most humans would still find this level of atmosphere to be difficult to handle.

There was a reason why Ron and Choi Han’s responses were a bit delayed, as well as why nobody was saying anything other than when he mentioned that Cale would die.

That was why the way the group was looking at Cale was different than before.

Eruhaben continued to speak to Cale, who did not seem to notice any of this.

“However, the final successor of that family disappeared, and the Dragon slayer bloodline ended.”

Cale felt iffy about the fact that the person had disappeared.
However, all of his doubts disappeared after hearing what Eruhaben had to say next.

“The Dragon slayer power is a power that is full of courage.”

The word, ‘courage,’ made Cale start to smile.

It was a power that had no relations to him whatsoever.

The only type of courage he had was the ability to bluff thanks to a scam ancient power like the Dominating Aura.

“I see.
Anyways, I am not a Dragon slayer.”

Eruhaben nodded his head and accepted it after listening to Cale’s stern response.

‘I guess he does not know about it yet.’

Eruhaben did not say anything else after seeing that Cale did not seem to know.

Most people who challenged Dragons in the past would tuck their tails and hide once they saw a Dragon that was tens of meters in length.
However, there was one human who never cowered and continued to charge at the Dragons.
He was the greatest Dragon hunter.

The greatest and only Dragon hunter in the past had an aura that Dragons both liked and hated.
It was because it was a power that could stand face to face with them.

“Well, I guess that is the case if you say so.”

Eruhaben did not explain everything and just gently smiled.

Cale had an ominous feeling after seeing Eruhaben’s smile, but brushed it aside.
He did not have any power relating to courage.

“But more importantly.”

‘Not again.’

Cale wanted to sigh after seeing that Eruhaben was about to say something else.
A ticking bomb and Dragon slayers, what could come next?

“Little kid.”

Cale relaxed after seeing that Eruhaben was talking to Raon and not him.

“What is it, old man.”
“Ho!”

Raon’s sassy response made Eruhaben scoff.

Did I do well?
‘Yes, you can’t just let him look down on you without dishing it back.’

Cale petted Raon’s head.

Eruhaben shook his head and casually said what he needed to say.

“You haven’t even reached your first growth phase yet.”
“I am still strong.”

Eruhaben stared at Raon.
There was a reason why he was more benevolent compared to the other Dragons.

“Yes, you will definitely be strong in the future.
However, if you were to meet another Dragon right now, you’d be flattened into a pancake.”
“What? Flattened? Pancake? That would not happen!”

Raon strongly objected.

However, Raon slowly avoided Eruhaben’s gaze and looked up at the lair’s ceiling.
Eruhaben continued to watch Raon as he started to speak again.

“You really are not like a Dragon.
How cute.”

Raon looked back at Eruhaben and shouted back.

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“What? I am not cute!”
“I will help you.”

‘Hmm?’

Raon tilted his head in confusion.
He then looked toward Cale with an expression that seemed to be asking, ‘what did I just hear?’

Cale had a confused look on his face as well.

At that moment, the human and Dragon duo heard Eruhaben’s voice again.

The ancient Dragon wanted to pass everything he had to someone else in order to leave his mark on this world before he died.

“Stay in my lair.”

Eruhaben knew that he was dying.
He had five years to live at maximum.
He did not have enough time.

The reason that he was benevolent to other Dragons was because only another Dragon could carry on his legacy.
He had now met a Dragon that was quite good and cared a lot about friendship.

“I will pass on everything I have.”

Any normal Dragon would find this to be annoying and decline.
They did not want to carry on another Dragon’s legacy.
However, Eruhaben asked, thinking that this Dragon would be different.

‘But he may still decline, since he is a Dragon.’

This little kid was a Dragon after all.
Eruhaben was worried that Raon would decline.

“Of course, you can decline if you don’t want it.
I am a generous Dragon, so I will not seek to get revenge like other Dragons might.
So, feel free to say what is on-.”

Eruhaben stopped talking after looking toward Cale and Raon.

Cale had an odd expression on his face.
Raon also had an odd expression on his face.
The former seemed to be confused, while the latter seemed to be excited.

‘Excited?’

Raon was talking in Cale’s mind while Eruhaben was being confused by Raon’s expression of excitement.

Human, it is free! He said he will give me everything!
Raon was starting to smile the same way Cale smiled every time he sold something to the crown prince.

“Golden Dragon!”
“What is it? You can decline if you’d like, but I think you will be able to learn everything in about three months-”
“Is lodging and food free as well?”

Eruhaben blinked a few times, wondering if he had heard correctly.
Raon was smiling.

Eruhaben finally managed to speak after a while.

“…What?”
“If you are going to teach me for free, do I get to stay here for free as well?”
“…Yes?”

Raon pointed to Cale and the rest before asking once more.

“Is it free for all of us?”
“…I guess so?”

Bang!

Raon slammed down on the golden table with excitement and quickly shouted.

“Then I’ll do it! I’ll do it!”

Raon started to shout in Cale’s mind.

Then I will become even stronger! If I get everything that belongs to this Golden Dragon, I will be at least twice as strong!
And it is all for free!
Cale smiled awkwardly after seeing that Eruhaben, who was unable to understand Raon’s energetic response, looking toward him instead.

“Hahaha-.”

Yes, this was good.
Cale petted Raon’s head one more time.
He felt oddly proud and satisfied.
He had taught Raon well.

1.
This is the second time the author is using Dominating Water instead of Fire Suppressing Water.
I’m going to use Dominating Water from here on.

2.
Looks like it is now wind and not water.
Makes so much more sense.