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, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting.

because of the

Raon’s condition

look at my

hand was still

this stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians who don’t use mana or aura might not notice

Squeeze.

Han clenched and then unclenched his fists. The shaking instantly

point that the shaking

gaze headed toward

for Raon and

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

Raon Miru’s front paws do not shake because of mana disturbance

stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good

getting especially bad starting from about 500

be even more chaotic once we enter past

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

am great and mighty! I’m going to

added on

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

Han felt bad about this, but they could not enter into the city with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility and would continue to

feels like

was able to estimate the pain Raon was feeling

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

fact that they could not enter with Raon would make things quite difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able

it's not like we can just not go in

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

cannot overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer to mana chaos

you mean you can't do

jerked toward Cale. Cale stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi

magic is still

great and mighty! I can maintain at least one

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like that

question and nudged Choi Han’s

We have

hood looked

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Choi Han before recording

Lord’s Castle

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

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

had not seen any of the

“What do you think?”

is the center of the mana

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

that the residents would rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite large and decorated

didn’t see anyone on the way here, but at the Lord’s Castle

“I know.”

the desert entrance. It was the same for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights, but

be? The answer was easy

the White Star’s

“That’s right.”

at the

“They're coming.”

Tap.

significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if he was crumpling his body since

‘Damn it!’

have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his

were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

of them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

all looked toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward

One of the soldiers tightened their grip around their

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

crows

shocked because I saw

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

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

rotten

dead animal or something. Last time it was

crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up straight after hearing the veteran

the Lord-nim! It’ll be chaotic until night time, so everybody needs to

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

soldiers quickly headed toward the Lord’s

Caw. Caw.

watched them before one

The crow

“Cale-nim.”

crow's mouth. Cale

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a