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.”

disappeared and Raon appeared

of the

asked about Raon’s condition and Choi Han

at my

hand was still

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

Squeeze.

clenched and then unclenched his fists. The

is extremely chaotic right now. It is to the point that the shaking of the mana can be felt by a

headed toward

for Raon and others who

could not

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

this young Dragon was not good at lying to Cale. He turned his gaze toward the city

especially bad starting from about 500 meters

be even more chaotic once we enter past the

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

you! I am great

shrugged his shoulders and timidly added on after seeing

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

felt bad about this, but they could not enter into the city with Raon who could not

probably feels like

pain

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to

not like we can just

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

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

you mean you can't

head quickly jerked toward Cale. Cale stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s magic was not completely undone. The dye magic

magic is

am great and mighty! I can

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like

question and nudged Choi Han’s

wall. We have a lot

looked

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

recording everything outside with a sharp

Lord’s Castle

not noticed anything out of the ordinary during their trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything was the same as the Dubori

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

some Dubori soldiers but had not seen

“What do you think?”

think the Lord’s Castle is the center of the mana

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

the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite large and decorated with luxurious sculptures for a territory

anyone on the way here, but at the Lord’s Castle entrance and

“I know.”

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

The answer was easy to

Star’s subordinates

“That’s right.”

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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

Han's location changed instantly. Cale, whose physical strength was significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if

‘Damn it!’

had to hide in such an embarrassing fashion every time the soldiers passed by since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his scabbard and lowered

ten soldiers were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

Their gazes moved toward an alley they

black. One of the soldiers tightened

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows suddenly come

because

in the clear sky circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at the edge of the alley while the other

the crows on the wall

rotten food in that

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

crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up straight

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

quickly headed toward

Caw. Caw.

wall cawed as it watched them before one of the crows

of the alley… The crow landed on

“Cale-nim.”

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

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