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.”

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

of

Raon’s condition and Choi Han

look at my

Han’s hand was still

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

Squeeze.

and then unclenched his

It is to the point that the shaking of the mana can

gaze headed

sure it is terrible for Raon

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

paws do

not good at lying to Cale. He

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

is correct. I believe the mana would be even more

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

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

shoulders and timidly added

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

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

feels like he's extremely

estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

They would not be able

we can

ears as Choi Han’s mind

overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible…

you mean you can't

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

dye magic is still

I am great and mighty! I can maintain

“Is that so?”

are you laughing like

answer Raon's question

over the wall. We have a lot

with the lowered ivory hood looked around

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

recording everything outside with a sharp

Castle is over

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

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

soldiers but had not seen any of the Dubori

“What do you think?”

Lord’s Castle is the center of the mana

Cale were hiding in the shadows of the alley as they focused their gazes on 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 quite large and decorated

on the way here, but at

“I know.”

usual at the desert entrance. It was the same for the Lord’s Castle entrance

The answer

White Star’s subordinates are disguised

“That’s right.”

standing at the desert entrance started to head toward the street in front of where Cale

“They're coming.”

Tap.

Han's location changed instantly. Cale, whose physical strength was significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if he was

‘Damn it!’

hide 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 observed

soldiers were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward an

something black. One of the soldiers tightened their grip around their

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows

was shocked because I saw something

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

crows on the wall clean

there’s some rotten

There’s probably a dead animal or something. Last time it was

crows better

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up and stood up straight after hearing the veteran start to

the Lord-nim!

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

soldiers quickly headed toward the Lord’s

Caw. Caw.

them before one

shaded part of the alley… The crow landed

“Cale-nim.”

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

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