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

of

about Raon’s condition

look at

hand was

decent amount of mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians who don’t use mana or

Squeeze.

unclenched

right now. It is to the point that the shaking of the mana can be

gaze headed toward

it is terrible for Raon and others who

soldiers on the walls, the residents of the territory, and Cale were fine because they could not feel mana. Cale looked toward Raon as well while Raon stretched his

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

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

disturbance is getting especially bad starting from about 500 meters away from

the mana would be even more chaotic once we enter past the

looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon urgently shouted as soon as

am great

added on after seeing Choi Han and

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

enter into the city with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility

feels like he's extremely

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

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

not enter with Raon would make things quite difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to

not like we can just

still mumbling Raon's ears as Choi Han’s

of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer to mana chaos than mana disturbance…

do you mean you can't do

Cale stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and

dye magic

and mighty! I can maintain

“Is that so?”

are you

not answer Raon's question and nudged

over the wall. We have a lot of things

looked around in a shaded part of

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

recording everything outside

Lord’s Castle is over

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

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

but had not seen any of

“What do you think?”

think the Lord’s Castle is the center of

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

rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite large and decorated with luxurious

is weird. We didn’t see anyone on the way here, but at the Lord’s

“I know.”

headed 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

soldiers be? The answer was easy to

like the White Star’s

“That’s right.”

who were standing at the desert entrance started to head

“They're coming.”

Tap.

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

‘Damn it!’

Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand

ten soldiers were slowly

“Hmm?”

of them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

soldiers all looked toward one spot. Their gazes

of the

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

crows

was shocked because

landed on the stone wall at the edge of the alley while the other few started to fly in different

wall

rotten food

a dead animal or something. Last time it was

crows better

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

soldiers shut up and stood up straight after hearing the veteran

will be a luxurious feast today for the esteemed guests of the Lord-nim! It’ll be chaotic until night time, so

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

headed toward the

Caw. Caw.

them before one

of the alley… The crow landed on the crouching

“Cale-nim.”

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

it's been