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's

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front

of

asked about Raon’s condition and Choi Han

at my

hand was still

able to feel a decent amount of mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians who don’t use mana or

Squeeze.

and then unclenched

the point

gaze headed

is terrible for Raon and

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

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

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

getting especially bad starting from about

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

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

I am great and mighty! I’m

and timidly added on after

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

Raon who could not maintain

probably feels like he's extremely

Han was able to estimate the pain Raon

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

They would not be able to

not like we can just not go in

the still mumbling Raon's ears as Choi

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

mean

stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and

dye magic is still

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

“Is that so?”

Why are you

answer Raon's question and nudged

over the wall. We have

with the lowered ivory hood looked

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Han before recording

Castle is

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

Castle. But we did not see any knights or mages on our

had not

“What do you think?”

think the Lord’s Castle is the center of

the shadows of the alley as they focused their

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

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

“I know.”

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

be? The

the White Star’s subordinates are disguised as

“That’s right.”

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

“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 he was crumpling his body since

‘Damn it!’

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 his

soldiers were

“Hmm?”

of them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

Their gazes moved toward an alley they

black. One of the soldiers tightened their grip

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows suddenly come

shocked because I saw something

soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at the edge of the

crows on the wall clean itself snorted before releasing his

some rotten food in

probably a dead animal or something. Last time it was

crows better

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

soldiers shut up and stood up straight after hearing

will be a luxurious feast today for the esteemed guests of the Lord-nim!

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

headed

Caw. Caw.

one of the crows that flew away returned

The crow landed on the crouching person's

“Cale-nim.”

of the crow's mouth. Cale started to

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a