Trash of the Count's Family

The crow observed the fainted rat in Choi Han’s hand. The crow on Cale’s shoulder approached the rat and thoroughly observed it.

“The Illusionist seems to control rats.”

Choi Han put the fainted rat down and picked his sword up again after hearing the certainty in Gashan's voice.

Slaaaaash, slash!

The ground underneath the entire alley was flipped over. Choi Han frowned every time he stabbed his sword into the ground. Once the sword stabbed a certain length into the ground…

‘…There’s a path!’

He felt a small underground path that small animals such as rats would be able to cross. Choi Han quickly flipped the ground over. He then raised his senses to become as sensitive as possible.

Squeeak, squeak-

He then heard a quiet noise. Choi Han turned his head. Somewhere in the dark alley… A shaded spot in the corner of the wall that even Choi Han who was hiding there had ignored…

Squeeak, squeak, squeak!

Choi Han made eye contact with a rat that started to run away. He looked around at the ground, the alley, on top of the wall, and then across the Dubori territory.

‘…We're on top of the White Star's palm!’

He had no idea where else those small rats might be hiding. He had no way of knowing where they might be hiding and observing them.

‘Since when…since when were we being observed?’

Choi Han got goosebumps on his back.

Had they been observed by those rats as soon as they entered the Dubori territory? Or were they being observed long before they even arrived at the territory?

‘The rumbling we felt in Young-en when we were meeting with crown prince Valentino. Was that rumbling from the West we felt the Illusionist's doing as well?’

Choi Han had known the White Star was strong this whole time, but for some odd reason, he had not been afraid of the White Star. He felt as if the White Star was an enemy they could defeat at any moment.

‘Why did I have such thoughts?’

The White Star and his subordinates were not people they could look down upon.

The White Star had clashed with Choi Han and the others many times, but it had been as if he had been hiding himself every time. The situation in the Mogoru was something he did by making the Empire's people move.

But now, the White Star was revealing himself without hiding at all in the Caro Kingdom’s Dubori territory. It felt as if the White Star’s power, influence, and abilities were coming out of hiding and surrounding Choi Han.

‘…Shit.’

Choi Han finally started to feel a sense of danger.

‘I didn't think I’d only realize I was stuck in a spider web until after I was already stuck.’

Since they entered this small city with the Lord’s Castle, no, since they entered the Dubori territory or even the Caro Kingdom, they had been caught in the White Star’s web and had been moving on top of his palm.

Caw, caw.

Choi Han realized he could not hear anybody speaking through the crow's cawing.

‘Even Cale-nim is quiet.’

He felt the weight of this dangerous situation even more after seeing that both Gashan and more importantly, Cale, were quiet. His gaze headed toward his silent liege.

“…Cale-nim?”

Choi Han could see the silently smiling Cale. His smiling gaze met Choi Han’s eyes. Choi Han then realized why he had not been scared of the White Star until now. Every time he was about to be shocked because of the White Star’s strength, there was someone who was always smiling as if it was nothing.

“Choi Han, there's none left around us now, right?”

Choi Han closed his eyes after hearing Cale’s question. His sensitive swordsman’s senses were activated again and he soon opened his eyes.

“There are no living creatures other than us here.”

The Illusionist's rats were nowhere to be found.

“Is that so?”

Cale then crouched down on the ground. The ground that Choi Han had overturned earlier… Cale put his hand inside the now soft dirt.

Caw, caw.

A few crows surrounded Cale and Choi Han. Choi Han's eyes opened wide as this small area outside the White Star's gaze was created.

The Western continent’s common language was being written on the ground.

< Choi Han, Gashan. They won't be able to see this. >

There were no rats nearby. That meant that they would not be able to read these words.

Shh.

Cale quickly erased the words he had just written. He then started to write something else in the ground.

< Go call your friends over right away. >

‘Friends?’

The crow looked toward Cale in confusion but Cale shook his head. Choi Han also looked confused but Cale kept on writing.

Go call your friends over right away. And then…

< Tell your friends in the desert about our situation. >

Choi Han started to move his hand.

< Cale-nim, who are you talking to? >

Who was Cale giving this order to? Cale looked at him and started to speak.

"The White Star used his head very well.”

Shhhhh.

the ground were covered up

fire with an illusion and made us rush here in shock. He separated Raon and I with the mana disturbance and hid his

as well as Gashan's existence. They

White Star did not know about. Cale tightened his

be

think it’ll be better

I

breeze brushed past Cale and rose

you heard the soldiers

them made

Cale-nim, I heard

soldiers had said the

today for the esteemed guests of

you

voice through

“First.”

write on the ground

this strong can probably bewitch people easily, right?

write more things. The crow read what Cale was writing before leaving Cale’s

Caw, caw.

left Cale’s

Shhhh.

rid of the evidence. Cale then motioned toward a direction

where the luxurious feast

that nobody would visit because it had the

expected a day like

instead of his armor raised his

Clang!

glass in the

not have to stand guard for the first time in a long while! We also get to wear these new

knight was smiling while looking at his suit. He continued to touch this new suit of his. There was a gold-plated badge with the Dubori crest on his

the lord found such

of the wine. His eyes

who had no thoughts about taking care of the territory. Today was the day they were celebrating these people the lord had brought

for such a dazzling feast to happen in the

enjoy! There were beautiful chandeliers,

we would get to enjoy such luxuries after

were people who

seems extremely giving by calling everyone here

his subordinate knight let out a

‘The lord’s giving?’

but those new individuals

were filled with greed as he looked toward

and had brought over

I can’t understand what they saw in the lord to want to serve

Screeeech-

knight covered his ear

“Ugh.”

“Sir, what’s wrong?”

“No. It's nothing.”

before returning to

you really

course. Shouldn't we enjoy ourselves when such a grand welcome feast is taking part in our territory?

the three individuals had disappeared from the laughing knight’s mind.

Plop.

“Hmm?”

small rocks inside his wine glass. The knight frowned and looked up. He could see the banquet hall's old

they should replace the ceiling or something. There are things

will get you a new

replaced the wine glass and the

‘That scared me.’

person hiding in the

in the ceiling to look inside turned his

‘Do it properly.’

a vicious glare. Choi Han who had made the hole erased his aura from his fingertip with an awkward

shook his head side to side as he mouthed silently. A small candle

are

nodded his

are no rats

“Haaaaa.”

out a sigh before stretching his legs out and sitting

‘These… rats!’

was a mess. He looked completely dirty as

be this hard to move around

the Lord’s Castle

truly is great

he recalled how he had to roll around in the dirt as the new employee Kim Rok Soo for

‘…Why! How?!’

was clean. Cale finally felt the difference between his physical

Tap. Tap.

tapped his shoulder and pointed toward the holes in the ceiling. There were two holes and Cale held back his sigh as he laid

through one of

‘Ha!’

fancy feast. He could see people enjoying themselves. Cale thought about the different rooms in the castle he

magic research room, the military

all empty. Only black

wonder they can't receive crown prince Valentino's calls

mana disturbance, which probably meant

everybody raise

through the small hole. The Dubori Lord was sharing

the Dubori territory! Look over here! These are the people who

pointed

‘Aigoo.’

Cale sighed.

White Star, the

the feeble-looking Bear King were smiling while wearing fancy suits. Cale’s

person the

green hair was smiling while standing between the Bear King and the White

‘It’s not here.’