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.

their hand on Raon's

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

made Raon grumble as he canceled the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting.

of the

condition and Choi Han

at

hand

to feel 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 anything right

Squeeze.

unclenched his fists. The shaking

the point that the shaking of the

headed

terrible for Raon and others

the territory, and Cale were fine because they could not

great and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws do

one thing if he wasn't stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good at lying to Cale. He turned his gaze toward the

disturbance is getting especially bad starting from about 500 meters away from the

I believe the mana would be even more chaotic once we enter past the city

at each other before they both looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon urgently shouted as soon as he met

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

and timidly added on after seeing Choi Han

Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be here unable to do anything. I

with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility and

feels like he's

able to estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using magic

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

not be able to avoid the

not like we can just not go

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

am not great and mighty… Even gramps or Rosalyn cannot overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer to mana chaos than mana disturbance… For I, the great and

do you mean you can't

head quickly jerked toward Cale. Cale stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s magic was not completely

dye magic is still

mighty! I can maintain at least one

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing

Raon's question and nudged Choi Han’s

climb over the wall. We have a lot of things to

lowered ivory hood looked around in a shaded part of

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Han before recording everything outside

Castle

anything out of the ordinary during their trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything was the same as the Dubori territory he visited last

to be the Lord’s Castle. But we did not see any knights

had seen some Dubori soldiers but had not seen any of

“What do you think?”

the Lord’s Castle is the

shadows of the alley as

residents would rather escape to the desert

the way here, but at the

“I know.”

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

The answer was

looks like the White Star’s subordinates are

“That’s right.”

agreed with Choi Han’s deduction and raised his head. The group of soldiers who were standing at the desert entrance started to head toward the street in front of where Cale and Choi Han

“They're coming.”

Tap.

to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if he was crumpling his body since he

‘Damn it!’

in such an embarrassing fashion every time the soldiers passed by 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 slowly getting

“Hmm?”

them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

one spot. Their gazes moved

the

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

these crows suddenly

shocked because I saw

clear sky circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at the edge of the

soldier who watched one of the crows on the wall clean itself snorted before releasing his grip

some rotten food in

probably a dead animal or something. Last time it was

aren't crows better than

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

soldiers shut up and stood up straight after hearing the veteran start

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

quickly headed

Caw. Caw.

them before one of

a shaded part of the alley… The crow

“Cale-nim.”

caw came out of the crow's mouth. Cale started to smile and

“I met with Raon-nim.”

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