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.”

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

because of

asked about Raon’s condition and Choi Han

at

Han’s hand was

mainly use aura, but I am able to feel a decent amount of mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians who don’t use mana or aura might not notice anything right now,

Squeeze.

Han clenched and then unclenched his fists. The shaking instantly

It is to the point

headed toward

terrible for Raon and others who

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

mighty 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 gaze toward the city

like that mana disturbance is getting especially bad starting from about 500 meters

would be even more chaotic once we

before they both looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon

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

added on after seeing Choi Han and Cale’s

I alone will be

enter into the city with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility and would continue to struggle because of the mana

probably feels like

the pain Raon was

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

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

can just not

Raon's ears as Choi Han’s mind

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…

do you mean you can't

Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s magic

magic

great and mighty! I can maintain at least

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like that

did not answer Raon's question and nudged

wall. We have a lot

looked

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Choi Han before recording everything outside with a sharp

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 visited last

we did not see any knights or mages on our

soldiers but had not seen

“What do you think?”

think the Lord’s Castle is

were hiding in the shadows of the alley as

escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite

way here, but at

“I know.”

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

these soldiers be? The

the White Star’s subordinates are disguised

“That’s right.”

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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

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

‘Damn it!’

he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on

ten soldiers were slowly

“Hmm?”

of them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

all looked toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward an alley they were

the soldiers tightened their grip around

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

crows

because I

suddenly appeared in the clear sky circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at the

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

rotten food in

There’s probably a dead animal or something. Last

crows better

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

soldiers shut up and stood up

of the Lord-nim! It’ll be chaotic until night time,

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

quickly headed toward the

Caw. Caw.

one of the crows that flew away

The crow landed on the crouching

“Cale-nim.”

crow's mouth. Cale started to smile and his gaze headed toward the

“I met with Raon-nim.”

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