Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 169: Perhaps (4)

“That is crazy.”

Cale received the large wine glass from the young man.

He was currently at the closest village to the Lake of Despair.

This was the only small inn and restaurant in this village. The owner's grandson shook his hand frantically after hearing Rosalyn ask about the Lake of Despair.

“It might be okay in another season, but saying that you will go there in January is just asking to die.”

“Is that so? I guess people do go during the other seasons?”

Cale took a sip of the alcohol before quickly stopping.

The alcohol was warm. It was also pretty strong.

‘I asked for weak alcohol.’

This was the weakest alcohol they had but it already felt like his neck and stomach were burning.

Human, is alcohol tasty? Why do you keep drinking even though you are frowning?

Cale turned his gaze toward the empty chair. Although it looked empty, the invisible Raon was currently sitting there. Cale looked around before sternly starting to speak.

“No.”

A six-year-old drinking alcohol? That was not allowed, even if he was a Dragon.

What if Raon got drunk and blew up a mountain or something? That would be a giant disaster.

-…Alright.

Cale ignored Raon's disappointed voice. He then focused on Rosalyn's conversation with the man instead.

Currently, Cale's group had all dyed their hair the common brown color with magic. Of course, the Whales Paseton and Archie were wearing robes due to their stunning appearances.

“Mm, there are people who try to go during the spring or summer.”

The owner’s grandson lightly shook his shoulders.

This was one of the Five Forbidden Regions.

The courageous people did try to get there.

However, the results were never good. The man peeked over at his grandmother who was sitting by the fireplace before continuing to speak.

“The people who ran away after seeing the snowstorm managed to survive, however, only half of those who went into the snowstorm managed to survive.”

“But half of that group did survive.”

Choi Han interjected into the conversation.

The man shook his head.

“The ones who returned alive were all severely poisoned. They went blind soon after they returned.”

Blindness.

Cale had heard that the poison in the snowstorm made people grow weaker while going blind and losing their sense of direction.

Cale thought about this fact and started to think.

‘This is actually a cruel world if you think about it.’

The Desert of Death spewed out dead mana while the Lake of Despair had a poisonous snowstorm.

This world also had many scary existences outside of turmoil between people for power. There were many strong and cruel beings throughout this world, such as Beast people or races with the darkness affinity.

‘But that is why the monsters can't do anything.’

They all prevented the monsters from running wild. This led to the regions with monsters being very small. Of course, Cale did not care as he had no plans to meet with monsters.

The owner's grandson cautiously warned them as if he was worried about their first guests in a while.

“Anyway, please carefully think about it if you plan to go there. It is a very scary place.”

“Sully.”

The grandson stopped talking after hearing his grandmother, who had not said anything until now, call out his name. The inn owner looked toward the fire and started to speak.

“There is something I've felt as I watched people head to the Lake of Despair.”

The old woman's shadow seemed to fill up the walls that looked to be as old as her.

She had lived here since she was young. She ended up marrying a man who was an adventurer and the two of them had built this inn together.

They then had a daughter and watched her get married and give birth to her grandson.

The old woman turned her head.

She made eye contact with Cale.

“None of them listen.”

None of the people heading to the lake ever listened.

“My daughter and son-in-law were the same way.”

died a few years ago had told her that he would go see their daughter and son-in-law who left before them and

woman had told him

old woman who had been observing

you are listening, but still plan to go

woman

return alive and drink

hand toward the fire for warmth before

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

charge them for the

before drinking the remainder

let's destroy

Cale ignored it.

meowing as they tapped on the table. Cale ignored that as well. He remembered what Eruhaben had

World Tree in order to get

will open up

about anything, but he had something to

the snowstorm. However, the World Tree is an existence that has lived, died, and resurrected many times for over ten

nature. Living and dying are

had caused the snowstorm to protect

World Tree

and stood

Hong followed

quietly gave an order to Choi

all of the remains you see by the lake. Tell

stopped following him and nodded his head. Cale headed up to his room

Hong's question as soon as he laid down on

able to turn people blind if I eat this

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

headed over to his sister’s side in order to prepare for bed. Hong was thinking about how he could eat as much of the snowstorm

bit away from the raging

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

This tingling sensation was different than other

“More, more!”

arms closer to the snowstorm.

kitten into

Archie opened and closed

“Tha, that-”

‘Shouldn’t we stop him?’

about to say when

“So tasty!”

Cale's

a stomach ache if you

next to him,

is so small that you

Cale shook his head.

if

the side. Raon, who was wearing a fur coat and using thermal magic on himself, was sniffling

wary of catching a cold. Even great beings can get

Raon's statement. She

Swoooooooosh-

something by his leg.

“What are you doing?”

to make my fog

looked toward Cale, who shared his

“Splendid.”

her some advice while standing next to her

this with an odd expression on

“W, what the hell!”

see

that was much wider than the Black Swamp they had seen in the Forest of

Paseton could not clearly see the frozen lake that should be past the frozen trees in front of them. He was just assuming the size

Paseton quickly looked around.

Black Dragon had said that there were no other lifeforms around the lake.

itself

wind go by without any

snowstorm was creating strong

this snowstorm. The wind was so strong

that landed on you would prick at your skin, instilling fear that you will be seriously

even the ground were completely frozen in this area. That made

the people around Paseton were

Archie, Choi Han, Rosalyn, Raon, On, and Hong were all their usual

was the

Cale holds strength

where he was shocked by Cale's oppressive aura. Paseton looked toward Cale, who was standing tall against this

know was that Cale was using the Sound of the Wind to push the wind away. The Vitality of the Heart was also healing him every time a poisonous snowflake landed on

still felt a prickling pain every time, so

“Let’s go.”

create a path through the snowstorm so that he did not have

and approached Cale. They returned their hair to normal color after seeing that nobody was around, making Hong, Rosalyn, and Cale's hair seem very vividly red in

Cale, are you planning on using

“That is the plan.”

the curiosity in

Rosalyn would be curious about it. She had been in

said just one thing to

if you

pretended not to notice, he had never told her to ask him

ask him if she had any questions proved that Rosalyn had

focused on this