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 and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting. Cale noticed that

because of the mana

Raon’s condition and Choi Han

look at my

Han’s hand was

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

Squeeze.

unclenched his fists. The

point that the shaking of

gaze headed toward

is terrible for Raon and

could not feel mana. Cale looked toward Raon as well while Raon stretched his wings open

Raon Miru’s front paws do

this young Dragon was not good at lying to Cale.

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

mana would be even more chaotic once

Raon at the same

going in with you! I am great and

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

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

could not enter into the city with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility and would continue to

like he's

pain Raon was feeling

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being invisible nor would they be able

like we can just not go

the still mumbling Raon's ears

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

do you mean you

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 undone. The

magic is still

and mighty! I can maintain at least one type

“Is that so?”

you laughing like

Raon's question and

over the wall. We have

looked

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

before recording

Castle

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

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

had not seen any

“What do you think?”

Castle is the center of the mana

in the shadows of the alley as

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

didn’t see anyone on the way

“I know.”

was the same for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well. They

The answer

White Star’s

“That’s right.”

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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

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

‘Damn it!’

embarrassing fashion every time the soldiers passed by since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his

soldiers were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

of them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

one spot. Their gazes moved toward an

of the soldiers tightened their grip

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows suddenly come

I was shocked because

circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone

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

guess there’s some rotten food in that

animal or something. Last time

aren't crows better than

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

soldiers shut up and stood up straight after hearing

a luxurious feast today for the esteemed guests of the Lord-nim! It’ll be

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed toward the

Caw. Caw.

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

alley… The crow landed

“Cale-nim.”

a caw came out of the crow's mouth. Cale started to smile and his gaze headed

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a