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.”

grumble as he canceled the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting. Cale noticed that

it because of the

asked about Raon’s condition

look at

hand was still

to feel a decent amount of mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and

Squeeze.

then unclenched his fists.

point that the shaking of the mana can be felt

headed toward

is terrible for Raon and others who use

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

and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws do not

was not good at lying to Cale. He turned his gaze toward the

is getting especially bad starting from about 500

be even more

each other before they both looked toward Raon

great and mighty! I’m going to do

and timidly added on after seeing Choi

Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be here

but they could not enter into the city with Raon who

probably feels like he's extremely

pain Raon was feeling while using

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being invisible nor would they be able to teleport

like we can just not go

ears as Choi

to this stupid mana 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 to do anything… This

do you mean

the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s magic was not

magic is still

I am great and mighty! I

“Is that so?”

are you laughing

did not answer Raon's question and

climb over the wall. We have a lot of things

looked around in a shaded part of

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Choi Han 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 or

but had not seen any of the

“What do you think?”

the Lord’s Castle is

Han and Cale were hiding in the shadows of the alley as they focused their gazes on the Dubori Lord’s

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

didn’t see anyone on the way

“I know.”

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

be? The answer was easy

like the White Star’s subordinates are

“That’s right.”

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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

instantly. Cale, whose physical strength was significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers,

‘Damn it!’

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

were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

all looked toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward

the soldiers tightened their grip around

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

crows suddenly

because I saw

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 to fly in different

watched one of the crows on the wall clean itself snorted

some rotten food in

something. Last time it was

aren't crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

stood up straight

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

headed toward the Lord’s

Caw. Caw.

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

alley… The crow landed on the crouching

“Cale-nim.”

Cale started to smile and his gaze headed toward

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been