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.”

their daughter and 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 got

had told him that she would do

who had been observing Cale's

looks like you are listening, but still

old woman

will return alive and drink all of your

old woman reached her hand toward the fire for warmth before starting to

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

them

before drinking the remainder

destroy

Cale ignored it.

Cale ignored that as well. He remembered what Eruhaben had

need to destroy the World Tree in order to get rid of

World Tree controls the snowstorm, so it will open up

warned Cale about anything, but he had something to

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

is the closest thing to nature. Living and dying are

had caused the snowstorm to protect itself

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

glass down and stood up

Hong followed

Choi Han who got

all of the remains you

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

had to deal with Hong's question as

able to turn people blind if I eat this

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

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

next morning, Hong was a bit away from the raging snowstorm when he opened his mouth

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

to land in his open mouth. This

“More, more!”

who was in his arms closer to the snowstorm. The Killer Whale Archie was

kitten into

may be rude, but he still had a sense of morality. Archie opened and closed his mouth multiple times without saying anything before putting

“Tha, that-”

‘Shouldn’t we stop him?’

was what he was about to say when he

“So tasty!”

Cale's

get a stomach ache

next to

is so small that you won't ever

Cale shook his head.

stomach ache if you eat too many cold

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

of catching a cold. Even great beings can get

Raon's statement.

Swoooooooosh-

something by his leg.

“What are you doing?”

make my

toward Cale, who

“Splendid.”

advice while standing next to her in

of this with an

“W, what the hell!”

not to see Archie stuttering.

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

that should be past the frozen trees in front of them. He was just assuming the size of

Paseton quickly looked around.

had said that there were no other lifeforms around

this itself was

wind go

snowstorm was creating strong gusts of

why many people turned away once they saw this

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

grass, and even the ground were completely

the people around

Han, Rosalyn, Raon, On, and Hong

Cale was the

holds strength

shocked by Cale's oppressive aura. Paseton looked

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

he still felt a prickling pain every time, so he put Hong down on the

“Let’s go.”

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

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

master Cale, are you planning on

“That is the plan.”

the curiosity

It 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

you

while Eruhaben was teaching Raon. Although Eruhaben pretended not to notice, he had never told her to ask him if

fact that he told her to ask him if she had any

on