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 and Raon appeared in front of them while

it because of

Raon’s condition and

look at

hand

mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and the

Squeeze.

and then unclenched his fists. The shaking

the point that the shaking of the mana can be

gaze headed toward

for Raon and others who

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

The great and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws do

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

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

am great and mighty! I’m going to do

and timidly added

great and mighty Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be here unable to do anything. I am… not…

Raon who could not maintain

probably feels like

estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using magic

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

would make things quite difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being

we can

reached the still mumbling Raon's ears as Choi Han’s

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

do you mean you can't

head quickly jerked toward Cale. Cale stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at

magic is still

course! I am great and mighty! I can maintain at least one type of

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like that

not answer Raon's question and nudged Choi Han’s

over the wall. We have a

the lowered ivory hood looked around in a shaded part of the

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

recording everything outside with

Castle is over

out of the ordinary during their trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything

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

soldiers but had not seen any of

“What do you think?”

the Lord’s Castle is the center of the

of the alley as they focused their gazes on the Dubori Lord’s

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

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

“I know.”

the desert entrance. It was the same for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well. They still did not

be? The answer was easy

like the White Star’s subordinates are disguised as

“That’s right.”

at the desert entrance started to head

“They're coming.”

Tap.

Choi Han and those

‘Damn it!’

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

soldiers were slowly

“Hmm?”

them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

spot. Their gazes

of the soldiers tightened their

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

these crows suddenly

because I saw

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

the crows on the wall clean itself

guess there’s some rotten food in that

animal or something. Last time it was eagles, now it

crows better than

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

soldiers shut up and stood up

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 crows

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 his gaze

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a