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.

their hand on

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in

of the mana

Raon’s condition and Choi

at

Han’s hand was still

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

point that the shaking of the

headed

is terrible for Raon

could not feel mana.

The great and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws do not

stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good at

is getting especially bad starting from

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

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

you! I am great

timidly added on after

outside. I alone will

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

feels like he's extremely

to estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

things quite difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being invisible nor would they be able

not like we can just not go in

mumbling Raon's ears as Choi Han’s mind started to

overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer to mana chaos than mana disturbance… For I, the

you mean

and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair.

dye magic is still

am great and mighty! I can maintain at least

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing

not answer Raon's question and nudged

wall. We have

lowered ivory hood looked around in a shaded part of the

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Han before recording everything outside with a sharp

Lord’s Castle

of the ordinary during their trip to this alley from the city

the Lord’s Castle. But we did not see any knights or mages on our way

had not seen any of the Dubori

“What do you think?”

is

the alley as they focused their gazes on the Dubori

the Dubori Lord who was famous for being so cruel that the residents would rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was

way here, but at the Lord’s Castle entrance

“I know.”

same for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights, but they saw soldiers who seemed to

could these soldiers be? The

the White Star’s

“That’s right.”

and raised his head. The group of soldiers who were standing at the desert entrance started to head toward the street in

“They're coming.”

Tap.

and those soldiers, hid in the

‘Damn it!’

such an embarrassing fashion every time the soldiers passed by since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han

soldiers were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

Their gazes moved

the soldiers tightened their grip around their

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

these crows suddenly come

I was shocked 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

wall clean itself snorted before releasing his grip on

rotten food

dead animal or something. Last time it

crows better

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up and stood up straight

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

quickly headed toward

Caw. Caw.

cawed as it watched them before one of the crows

of the alley… The crow landed on

“Cale-nim.”

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a