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.

hand on

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting.

because of the mana

condition and Choi Han

look at my

Han’s hand was still

this stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians who don’t

Squeeze.

unclenched his fists. The

is to the point that the shaking of the mana can

gaze headed toward

is terrible for Raon and others who

and Cale were fine because they could not feel mana. Cale looked toward Raon as well while Raon stretched

front paws do not

if he wasn't stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good

disturbance is getting especially bad starting from about 500 meters

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

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

am great and mighty! I’m going to do it

shrugged his shoulders and timidly added on after seeing Choi

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

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

probably feels like he's extremely

the pain Raon was

‘…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 to avoid the

like we can just not go

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

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

you mean you

the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s magic

dye magic is

great and mighty! I can maintain at

“Is that so?”

are you

question and nudged

the wall. We have a lot

looked around in

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Han before recording everything outside with a sharp

Castle

their trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything was the same as the Dubori territory he visited

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

soldiers but had not seen any of the Dubori

“What do you think?”

Castle is the center of the

were hiding in the shadows of the alley

escape to the desert was probably the reason the

the way here, but at the Lord’s

“I know.”

soldiers than usual at the desert entrance. It was the same for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well. They still

soldiers be? The answer

looks like the White Star’s subordinates are

“That’s right.”

standing at the desert

“They're coming.”

Tap.

Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as

‘Damn it!’

didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his scabbard and lowered

were

“Hmm?”

of them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

Their gazes moved toward an alley

the soldiers tightened

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows suddenly

because

landed on the stone wall at the edge

one of the crows on the wall

there’s some rotten food in that

There’s probably a dead animal or something. Last time it was eagles, now it

aren't crows better than

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

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

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed toward the Lord’s

Caw. Caw.

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

the alley… The crow landed on the crouching person's

“Cale-nim.”

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a