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's

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting. Cale noticed that Raon’s front

because of

condition and

at

Han’s hand was still

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

Squeeze.

and then unclenched his fists.

right now. It is to the point that the shaking of the mana can be felt by a

headed

terrible for

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

Miru’s front paws do not shake because

but this young Dragon was not good at lying to

like that mana disturbance is getting especially bad starting from about

mana would be even more

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

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

shrugged his shoulders and timidly added on after seeing

not great and mighty Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be here unable to do anything. I am… not…

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

like

to estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being invisible nor would they be able

like we can just not go in

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

am not great and mighty… Even gramps or Rosalyn cannot overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer

mean you

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 dye magic was being

magic

and mighty! I can maintain at least

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like

did not answer Raon's question and nudged

the wall. We have a lot of things

with the lowered ivory hood looked around

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

recording everything outside with a

Castle

their trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything was the same as the

Castle. But we

some Dubori soldiers but had not seen any of the

“What do you think?”

the Lord’s Castle is

shadows of the

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

on the way here, but

“I know.”

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

could these soldiers be? The answer was easy

Star’s subordinates

“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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid

‘Damn it!’

passed by since he didn’t have Raon

soldiers were slowly

“Hmm?”

of them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

Their gazes moved toward

black. One of the soldiers tightened their grip around their

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows

shocked because

clear sky circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at the edge of the alley while the other few started to fly in

of the crows on the wall clean

there’s some rotten food in that

probably a dead animal or something. Last time it was eagles, now

aren't crows better than

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

and stood up

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed toward the

Caw. Caw.

crow on the wall cawed as it watched them before one of the crows that flew away

part of the alley… The crow landed on the

“Cale-nim.”

crow's mouth. Cale started

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been