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.”

son-in-law who left before them and told her to take her time before joining them. He had told her to stay until their grandson grew up and

old woman had told him that she would

woman who had been observing Cale's eyes turned her

you are listening, but still plan to

woman

return alive and drink

the fire for warmth

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

charge them for

the awkwardly smiling grandson, Sully, before drinking the remainder in one giant

let's destroy

Cale ignored it.

Cale

in order to get rid of

Tree controls the snowstorm, so it will open up

but he had something

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

is the closest thing to nature. Living

the snowstorm to

people died by the snowstorm, that allowed the World Tree to be safe

put the wine glass down and stood up to head to

Hong followed

quietly gave an order to Choi

you see by

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

as soon as he laid

able to turn people blind

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

to prepare for bed. Hong was thinking about how he could eat as

next morning, Hong was a bit away from the

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

his open mouth. This tingling sensation was

“More, more!”

his arms closer

pushing a kitten

he still had a sense of morality. Archie opened and closed his mouth multiple times without saying

“Tha, that-”

‘Shouldn’t we stop him?’

was about to say

“So tasty!”

Cale's voice

ache if

next

small that you

Cale shook his head.

stomach ache if you eat too

‘ah,’ before nodding her head. She then turned her head to the side. Raon, who was wearing a fur coat and using

to be wary of catching a

at Raon's statement. She then started to create a

Swoooooooosh-

by his leg. On was creating

“What are you doing?”

want to make my

toward Cale, who shared his honest

“Splendid.”

fog. The Black Dragon gave her some advice while standing next to her in order to

this with an odd expression on his

“W, what the hell!”

see

Black Swamp they had seen in the Forest

not clearly see the frozen lake that should be past the frozen trees in front of

Paseton quickly looked around.

had said that there were no other lifeforms around the lake. That was why everybody

this itself was

let this wind

snowstorm was creating strong gusts

why many people turned away once they saw this

every speck of snow that landed on you would prick at your skin, instilling fear that you will be

and even the ground were completely

people around Paseton

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

Cale was the

holds

he was shocked by Cale's oppressive aura. Paseton looked toward Cale,

wind away. The Vitality of the Heart was also healing him every time a

a prickling pain every time, so he

“Let’s go.”

the snowstorm so that he did not have to feel this pain

normal color after seeing that nobody was around, making Hong, Rosalyn, and Cale's hair seem very

you planning on using Eruhaben-nim's token right

“That is the plan.”

noticed the curiosity in

made sense why a mage like Rosalyn would be curious about it. She had been in her laboratory the entire time that Cale was in the

had said just one thing to evaluate

you have

Although Eruhaben pretended not

that he told her to ask him if she had any questions proved that Rosalyn

on this