Trash of the Count's Family

Brown hair fluttered in the wind. A country farmhouse on the outskirts of the Dubori territory. It was near the desert, but plants still grew decently here.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

However, there were also barren areas that people didn’t touch.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

A strand of wind was passing through one of those areas. The owner of the fluttering brown hair reached his hand to lower his ivory-colored hood. It covered his brown hair. Human! The mana disturbance is getting worse the closer we get!

Cale bit down on his lips.

“Cale-nim.”

Choi Han who had light beige-colored hair was running with him.

“We are increasing our speed.”

Swoooooooosh-

The Sound of the Wind coming out of Cale's hand surrounded Cale and Choi Han whose hairs were dyed with magic, as well as the invisible Raon and increased their speed. Human! I see the central small city over there!

Cale looked toward the small city with the Lord’s castle. It was the location with the entrance to the Land of Death. The mana disturbance is getting worse the closer we get to it!

That meant that that was where the White Star or whatever the White Star did was located.

‘That’s also where that illusionist or whatever is as well.’

He was holding onto the golden top's whip, but had not heard anything yet. Cale was rational but slightly rushed as he headed down the mountain and toward the Dubori territory.

Swoooooooosh-

That sense of urgency raised the speed of the wind surrounding the two humans and one Dragon.

‘Now about 600 meters.’

They were about 600 meters away from the wall surrounding the small city. They would soon be able to jump over the wall.

"We will jump over the wall as effectively as possible.”

Cale gave the order to Raon and Choi Han before starting to observe the soldiers on top of the wall.

‘The citizens on our way here, as well as the soldiers over there, they all seem fine.’

They were too relaxed to be acting and the soldiers seemed to be their usual relaxed and lethargic selves who wanted to slack off if possible. There was no sense of urgency nor anxiety coming from them.

‘And surprisingly…’

Cale's gaze headed far to the West.

‘We can't see the fire as soon as we entered the boundaries of the territory.’

The fire surrounding the Land of Death was not visible anymore.

‘Is all of this just an illusion?’

The Illusionist.

He didn't know who the Illusionist was, but if this was all the work of the Illusionist, then that person was extremely strong. Cale was getting a headache because of this new enemy but continued to press forward.

‘Now about 500 meters!’

They would soon arrive at the central location of this incident.

“Ugh!”

It was at that moment. Cale stopped moving.

“…Raon?”

He heard a child’s groan in the air. Cale's eyes urgently moved toward the empty air. He saw a spot that was warping.

Crackle, crackle.

A spot in the air was warping similar to the ripples created by a rock that had landed in a lake and Raon’s body appeared and disappeared back and forth.

“What's wrong?”

Cale became anxious seeing Raon like this while Choi Han reached out and hugged Raon before they quickly moved to a blind spot where the soldiers on the walls would not be able to see them.

Cale was following behind Choi Han when Choi Han reached one hand toward him.

“Hey, why are your hands shaking?”

Choi Han’s hand in front of him was shaking.

“One moment please.”

Choi Han asked Cale for a moment before laying Raon down on a soft patch of grass.

Crackle, crackle.

Raon’s body was still glitching, making Choi Han gently speak to Raon.

“Remove your invisibility magic.”

“I, I don't want to! The great and mighty Raon Miru cannot lose!”

He was stuttering a bit, but Raon sounded better than Cale expected. Raon curled his body and channeled more black mana.

Pat.

placed their hand on

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

disappeared

it because of the mana

about Raon’s condition and

at

Han’s hand was still

a decent amount of mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians who don’t use mana or aura might not notice

Squeeze.

and then unclenched his

the air is extremely chaotic right now. It is to the point that the shaking of the

gaze headed

sure it is terrible for Raon

the territory, and Cale were fine because they could not feel mana. Cale looked

great and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws

wasn't stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good at lying to Cale. He turned

getting especially bad starting from about 500

the mana would be even more chaotic once we enter

both looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon urgently shouted as soon as he met their

going in with you! I am great and mighty! I’m going to do

his shoulders and timidly added on after seeing Choi Han

I

but they could not enter into the city with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility and would continue to struggle because of the

probably feels like he's extremely

the pain Raon was feeling

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by

it's not like we can just not go

reached the still mumbling Raon's ears as Choi Han’s mind started to get

level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer to mana chaos than mana disturbance… For I, the great and might Raon Miru to

mean you can't

Cale stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s

magic is still

course! I am great and mighty! I can maintain at least one

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like

Raon's question and

wall. We have a

hood looked

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

recording everything outside with a sharp

Lord’s Castle is

noticed anything out of the ordinary during their trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything was

to be the Lord’s Castle. But we did not see any knights or mages on our

but had not seen

“What do you think?”

the Lord’s Castle is the

of the alley as

the Dubori Lord who was famous for being so cruel that the residents would rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite large and decorated with luxurious

is weird. We didn’t see anyone on the way here, but at

“I know.”

the desert entrance. It was the same for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights, but they saw soldiers who seemed

could these soldiers be? The answer was easy

looks like the White Star’s subordinates are disguised as

“That’s right.”

The group of soldiers who were standing at the desert entrance started to head toward the street in front of where

“They're coming.”

Tap.

was significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if he was

‘Damn it!’

since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his scabbard and lowered his breathing as he

soldiers were

“Hmm?”

them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward an alley they were

something black. One of the soldiers tightened their grip

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

these crows suddenly come

shocked because I saw

who suddenly appeared in the clear sky circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at

who watched one of the crows on the wall clean itself snorted before

guess there’s some rotten food in that

something. Last time it was eagles, now it

crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up straight after

a luxurious feast today for the esteemed guests of the Lord-nim! It’ll be chaotic until night time,

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed toward the Lord’s

Caw. Caw.

as it watched them before one of the crows that flew away returned and descended into the

shaded part of the alley… The crow landed

“Cale-nim.”

the crow's mouth. Cale started to smile and his gaze

“I met with Raon-nim.”

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