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's

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

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

of

condition

look at

hand was still

stage. Cale-nim, you and the

Squeeze.

then unclenched his fists.

mana in the air is extremely chaotic right now. It is to the point

gaze headed

it is terrible for

the walls, the residents of the territory, and Cale were fine because they could not

Raon Miru’s front paws do

stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good at lying

like that mana disturbance is getting especially bad starting

mana would be even more chaotic

at each other before they both looked toward Raon

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

timidly added

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

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

probably feels like he's extremely

able to estimate the pain Raon was feeling

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

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

can just not

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

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

mean you

toward Cale. Cale stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s

magic

great and mighty! I can maintain

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like that

answer Raon's question and nudged Choi Han’s

over the wall. We have a lot

lowered ivory hood looked around in a shaded part of

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Choi Han before recording everything outside with a

Lord’s Castle

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

Lord’s Castle. But we

had not seen

“What do you think?”

the Lord’s Castle is the center of

of the alley as they focused their gazes on the Dubori Lord’s

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 for

way

“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 soldiers who seemed to

The answer was easy to

White Star’s subordinates

“That’s right.”

his head. The group of soldiers who were standing at the desert entrance started to head toward the street in front

“They're coming.”

Tap.

significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and

‘Damn it!’

didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his scabbard and lowered

ten soldiers were

“Hmm?”

of them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward

the soldiers tightened their

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows

because I saw

One or two landed on the stone wall at the edge of

crows on the wall

there’s some rotten food in

or something. Last time it was eagles,

aren't crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

soldiers shut up and stood up straight after

for the esteemed guests of the Lord-nim! It’ll be chaotic until night time, so everybody needs

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed toward

Caw. Caw.

the wall cawed as it watched them before one of the

alley… The crow landed on

“Cale-nim.”

mouth. Cale started to smile and his gaze

“I met with Raon-nim.”

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