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

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while

it because of

Raon’s condition and Choi Han

look at

Han’s hand

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

Squeeze.

unclenched his

to the point that the shaking of the mana can

headed

it is terrible for

residents of the territory, and Cale were fine because they could not feel mana. Cale looked toward Raon as well while Raon stretched

The great and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws do not shake because of mana disturbance like

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

looks like that mana disturbance is getting especially bad

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

and Choi Han looked at each other before they both looked toward Raon at the

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

then shrugged his shoulders and timidly added on after seeing Choi Han and

outside. I alone will be here unable to do anything. I am… not… great

bad about this, but they could not enter into the city with Raon who could not maintain his

like he's extremely

Han was able to estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using magic right

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

that they could not enter with Raon would make things quite difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being invisible nor would they be able to teleport away if they ended

we can just

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

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

you mean you can't do

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

dye magic is still

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

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like that

question and nudged

We have

hood looked around in

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

recording everything outside

Lord’s Castle is over

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

we did not see any knights or mages on our

seen some Dubori soldiers but had not seen any

“What do you think?”

Castle is the center

and Cale were hiding in the shadows of the alley as they focused their

residents would rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite

way here, but at the Lord’s Castle entrance and the

“I know.”

more soldiers than usual at 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 to be trained better than

The answer was easy

Star’s subordinates are

“That’s right.”

Choi Han’s deduction and raised his head. The group of soldiers who were standing at the

“They're coming.”

Tap.

strength was significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid

‘Damn it!’

to hide in such an embarrassing fashion every time the soldiers passed by since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility.

ten soldiers were

“Hmm?”

them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

looked toward one spot. Their gazes

One of the

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

these crows

I was shocked because

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

wall clean itself snorted before releasing

there’s some rotten food

probably a dead animal or something. Last time it was

aren't crows better than

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

and stood up

esteemed guests of the Lord-nim! It’ll be chaotic until night time,

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

headed toward the Lord’s

Caw. Caw.

cawed as it watched them before one of the

shaded part of the alley… The

“Cale-nim.”

voice instead of a caw came out of the crow's mouth. Cale started to smile

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been