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.”

spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting. Cale noticed that

because of

about Raon’s condition and

look at

Han’s hand

a decent amount of mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim,

Squeeze.

and then unclenched his fists. The

to the point that the shaking of the

headed toward

terrible for Raon and others who

fine because they could not feel mana. Cale looked toward Raon as

Raon Miru’s front paws do not shake

if he wasn't stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good at

like that mana disturbance is getting especially bad starting from

be even more chaotic once we enter past the

before they both looked toward Raon at the

am great and mighty! I’m going to

then shrugged his shoulders and timidly added on after

great and mighty Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone

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

probably feels like he's

Han was able to estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using magic

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

with Raon would make things quite difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being invisible nor would they be able to teleport away if they ended up

like we can just not

ears as Choi Han’s mind

disturbance… I am not great 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 disturbance… For I, the great and might Raon Miru to be unable

mean

the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s

dye magic

mighty! I can maintain at least

“Is that so?”

Why are you

answer Raon's question and nudged Choi

the wall. We have a lot of things

hood looked around in a

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

before recording everything outside with

Lord’s Castle

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

we did not see any knights

had seen some Dubori soldiers but had not

“What do you think?”

think the Lord’s Castle is the center of

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

of the Dubori Lord who was famous for being so cruel that the residents would rather escape to the desert was probably

on the way here, but at the Lord’s Castle entrance

“I know.”

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

could these soldiers be? The answer was

the White Star’s subordinates are

“That’s right.”

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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

compared to Choi Han and those

‘Damn it!’

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

were

“Hmm?”

them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

looked toward one spot. Their gazes

the

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

these crows suddenly come

because

crows who suddenly appeared in the clear sky circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at the

one of the crows on the wall clean itself snorted before releasing his grip

rotten

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

aren't crows better

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

and stood up straight after hearing the

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed

Caw. Caw.

one of the crows that flew away returned and descended

of the alley… The

“Cale-nim.”

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a