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.”

ago had told her that he would go see their daughter and son-in-law who left before them and told her to take her time before

woman had told him that she would

been observing

you are listening, but

woman

return alive and drink all

hand toward the fire for

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

them for

his wine glass toward the awkwardly smiling grandson, Sully, before drinking the remainder in one giant gulp. Cale heard a voice in his

let's destroy that

Cale ignored it.

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

in order to get rid of

open up a path for

but he had

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

is the closest thing to nature. Living and dying are natural. Remember these

caused the snowstorm

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

wine glass down and

and Hong followed behind

gave an order to Choi

you see by

his head. Cale headed up to his room while Choi Han smiled before

Hong's question as soon as he laid

be able to turn

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

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

a bit away from the raging snowstorm when he opened his

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

to land in his open mouth. This tingling sensation was different

“More, more!”

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

pushing a kitten into

but 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 what he was about to

“So tasty!”

Cale's voice

a stomach ache

was next to

is so small that you won't ever get

Cale shook his head.

a stomach ache if you eat

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

to be wary of catching a cold.

nodded her head at Raon's statement. She

Swoooooooosh-

after hearing something by his leg. On was creating fog next to

“What are you doing?”

to make my fog like this

and looked toward Cale, who shared his

“Splendid.”

some advice while standing next to her in order to

with an odd expression on

“W, what the hell!”

half-blooded Whale Paseton pretended not to see Archie stuttering. His gaze was focused up

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

in front of them. He was just assuming

Paseton quickly looked around.

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

this itself

this wind go by without

was creating strong gusts of

made sense why many people turned away once they saw this snowstorm. The

your skin, instilling fear that you will be seriously

even the ground were completely

the people around Paseton

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

Cale was

young master Cale holds strength that

was shocked by Cale's oppressive aura. Paseton

was that Cale was using the Sound of the Wind to push the wind away. The Vitality of

still felt a prickling pain every time, so he put

“Let’s go.”

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

nobody was around, making Hong, Rosalyn,

are you planning on using

“That is the plan.”

noticed the curiosity in Rosalyn’s

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

had said just one

if you

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

he told her to ask him if she had

on