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

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

hand and his stern voice made Raon grumble as he canceled the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared

because of the mana

Raon’s condition

at

Han’s hand was still

after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you

Squeeze.

then unclenched his fists. The

the air is extremely chaotic right now. It is to the point that

headed toward

terrible for Raon and others

the residents of the territory, and Cale were fine because they could not feel mana. Cale

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

young Dragon was not

especially bad

mana would be even

looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon urgently shouted as

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

and timidly added on after seeing Choi

not great and mighty Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will

this, but they could not enter into the city with Raon who could

feels like he's

the pain Raon was feeling while using magic

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being

can just not go in

Raon's ears as Choi Han’s mind started to get

and mighty… Even gramps or Rosalyn cannot overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer to mana chaos than mana

do you mean you can't do

invisible Raon and looked at his hair and

magic is

am great and mighty! I

“Is that so?”

Why are you

did not answer Raon's question and

the wall. We have a

looked around in

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Choi Han before recording everything outside with

Castle

trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything

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

seen some Dubori soldiers but had not seen any of

“What do you think?”

Lord’s Castle is the center of the

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

so cruel that the residents would rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite large and decorated with luxurious sculptures

the way here, but at the Lord’s Castle

“I know.”

headed toward the west. There were more soldiers than usual at the desert entrance. It was the same for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well.

soldiers be? The answer

White Star’s

“That’s right.”

standing at the

“They're coming.”

Tap.

to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if he was crumpling

‘Damn it!’

soldiers passed by since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his scabbard

were

“Hmm?”

of them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

soldiers all looked toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward

One of the soldiers

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows suddenly

shocked because I saw

who suddenly appeared in the 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

wall clean itself snorted before

guess there’s some rotten food

or something. Last time it was eagles, now

aren't crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up and stood up straight after

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

quickly headed toward the Lord’s

Caw. Caw.

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

shaded part of the alley… The

“Cale-nim.”

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a