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.

hand on

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

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

of the mana

about Raon’s condition and Choi Han

look at my

Han’s hand was still

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

Squeeze.

then unclenched

point that the shaking of the mana can

gaze headed toward

sure it is terrible for Raon and others who

could not feel mana. Cale looked toward Raon as well while

Raon Miru’s front paws do not shake because

not

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

I believe the mana would be even more

other before they both looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon urgently shouted

you! I am great and mighty! I’m going

shoulders and timidly added on after seeing

Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be here

the city with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility and

like

able to estimate the pain Raon was feeling

‘…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

it's not like we can just not go in

reached the still mumbling Raon's ears as Choi

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

mean you can't do

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

dye magic is still

am great and mighty! I can

“Is that so?”

Why are you

not answer Raon's question

We have a lot of things to

lowered ivory hood looked

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Han before recording everything outside

Lord’s Castle

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

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

had

“What do you think?”

Castle is the center of

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

famous for being so cruel that the residents would rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the

didn’t see anyone on the way here, but at the Lord’s Castle entrance

“I know.”

Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights, but they saw soldiers who seemed to be trained better

could these soldiers be? The answer was

looks like the White Star’s subordinates are

“That’s right.”

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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if

‘Damn it!’

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

were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

of them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

one spot. Their gazes moved toward an alley they

of the soldiers tightened their grip

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

crows

was shocked because I saw something

two landed on the stone wall at

crows on the wall clean itself snorted before releasing his

rotten food in

animal or something. Last time it was eagles, now it is

crows better

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up straight after hearing

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

“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

alley… The crow landed on the crouching person's

“Cale-nim.”

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been