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.”

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 joining them. He had told her to stay until their grandson

woman had told him that she would do

who had been observing Cale's eyes turned

looks like you are listening, but still

woman heard

alive and drink all

her hand toward the fire

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

them for

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

let's destroy

Cale ignored it.

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

World Tree in order to get rid of the

snowstorm, so it will open up a path for you if you use

rarely warned Cale about anything, but he had something to say this

Tree is cruel when you see the snowstorm. However, the World Tree is

is the closest thing to nature. Living and dying

Tree had caused the snowstorm to protect

snowstorm, that allowed the World Tree to be safe from

wine glass down and stood up to head

Hong followed behind

gave an order to Choi Han who

all of the remains you see

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

with Hong's question as soon as he laid

I'll be able to turn people blind if I

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

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

away from

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

open mouth. This tingling sensation was different than other poisons he

“More, more!”

Hong, who was in his arms closer to the snowstorm. The Killer

a kitten

still had a sense of morality. Archie opened and

“Tha, that-”

‘Shouldn’t we stop him?’

what he was about to say when he heard Hong’s

“So tasty!”

heard Cale's

a stomach ache if you eat

next to him, responded

is so small that

Cale shook his head.

ache if

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

catching a cold. Even great

Raon's statement. She then started to

Swoooooooosh-

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

“What are you doing?”

to make my fog like this

answered back and looked toward Cale, who shared his honest

“Splendid.”

her some advice while standing next to her in order to help her create a stronger

watching all of this with an odd expression on

“W, what the hell!”

not to see Archie stuttering. His

much wider than the Black Swamp they had seen

the frozen lake that should be past the frozen trees in front of them. He was

Paseton quickly looked around.

there were no other lifeforms around the lake. That was why

itself

let this wind go

snowstorm was creating

once they saw this snowstorm. The wind was so strong that it could

of snow that landed on you would prick at your skin, instilling fear

ground were completely frozen in this area. That

people around Paseton were all

Han, Rosalyn, Raon, On, and Hong were all

Cale was the

Cale holds

oppressive aura. Paseton looked toward Cale, who was standing tall against this

to push the wind

time, so he put Hong down on the

“Let’s go.”

a path through the snowstorm so that he

nobody was around, making Hong, Rosalyn, and Cale's hair seem

are you planning on using

“That is the plan.”

noticed the curiosity

token from an ancient Dragon. It made sense why a mage like Rosalyn would be curious about it. She had been in her laboratory the entire time

just one thing to evaluate

me if you have

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

ask him if she had any questions proved that

focused on this