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 on Raon's

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

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

it because of the mana

about Raon’s condition and

at my

hand was still

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

Squeeze.

and then unclenched his fists. The

is extremely chaotic right now. It is to the point that the shaking of the mana can

headed toward

terrible for Raon and others

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

Raon Miru’s front paws do not shake because of

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

mana disturbance is getting especially bad

correct. I believe the mana would be even more chaotic once

before they both looked toward Raon

you! I am great

timidly added on after seeing Choi Han and Cale’s

outside. I alone will be here unable

the city with Raon who

feels like

was able to estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using

‘…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 invisible nor would they be able to teleport away if they

it's not like we can just not

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

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

you mean you can't do

longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s magic was not completely undone.

dye magic is

and mighty! I can

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing

Raon's question and nudged Choi Han’s

wall. We have a lot of things to

person with the lowered ivory hood looked around in a shaded

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Han before recording everything outside with

Castle is over

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

seem to be the Lord’s Castle. But we did not see any knights or mages on

had seen some Dubori soldiers but had

“What do you think?”

is the center

the shadows of the alley as they focused their gazes on the

to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite large and decorated with luxurious

weird. We didn’t see anyone on the way here, but at the Lord’s

“I know.”

the same for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights,

be? The answer was

the White Star’s subordinates are disguised

“That’s right.”

of soldiers who were standing at the desert entrance

“They're coming.”

Tap.

was significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if

‘Damn it!’

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

were

“Hmm?”

of them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward an

black. One of the soldiers tightened their

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows suddenly come

was shocked because I saw

One or two landed on the stone wall at the edge of the alley while

the crows on the wall clean itself snorted before releasing

there’s some rotten food

be. There’s probably a dead animal or something. Last time it was

aren't crows better than

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

chatting soldiers shut up and stood up straight after hearing

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

headed toward the

Caw. Caw.

one of the crows that flew away

shaded part of the alley… The

“Cale-nim.”

came out of the crow's mouth. Cale started to

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been