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.

their hand

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

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

because of the mana

asked about Raon’s condition and Choi

at my

Han’s hand

reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and

Squeeze.

Han clenched and then unclenched

the air is extremely chaotic right now. It is to the point that the shaking of the mana can be felt

headed toward

it is terrible for Raon and others who use

could not feel mana. Cale looked toward Raon as well while Raon stretched his wings open

front paws

be one thing if he wasn't stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good at lying to Cale. He turned his

especially bad starting from about

I believe the mana would be even more chaotic once we enter past the city

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

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

then shrugged his shoulders and timidly added on after seeing Choi

Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be here unable

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

probably feels like he's

to estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using magic right

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

could not enter 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

like we can just

voice reached the still mumbling Raon's ears as Choi Han’s mind started to get

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

mean you can't do

looked at his hair and Choi Han's

dye magic is still

I am great and mighty! I can maintain at least

“Is that so?”

you laughing like that

Raon's question and nudged Choi Han’s

have a lot of things to

ivory hood looked around in a

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

shushed Choi Han before recording everything outside with a

Lord’s Castle is over

had not noticed anything out of the ordinary during their trip to this alley from the

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

some Dubori soldiers but had not

“What do you think?”

Castle is the center of the mana

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

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 with luxurious sculptures for a territory this

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

“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 well. They still did not see any knights, but they saw soldiers who seemed to be trained better than the Dubori territory's

soldiers be? The answer

White Star’s subordinates are

“That’s right.”

deduction and raised his head. The group of soldiers who were standing at the desert

“They're coming.”

Tap.

compared to Choi Han and those soldiers,

‘Damn it!’

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

were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

looked toward one spot. Their gazes moved

the

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows

was shocked because I saw

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

watched one of the crows on the wall clean itself snorted

rotten food in that

probably a dead animal or something. Last

crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

chatting soldiers shut up and stood up straight after hearing the veteran

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed toward the

Caw. Caw.

on the wall cawed as it watched them before one of the crows that flew away returned and descended

alley… The crow landed on

“Cale-nim.”

of the crow's mouth. Cale started to smile and his

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been